I was at a trendy restaurant in Minneapolis called The News Room, reading over the salad descriptions and came across a salad consisting of mixed greens, dollops of goat cheese, almond crescents, yellow and red beets, and a light vinegarette dressing. It sounded delicious. As the waitress was taking our order, I quickly glanced down at the menu and said, "I'll have Goat." Yes, the name of the salad was Goat. I almost choked on my iced tea after I said it because it sounded like I was ordering a giant side of Goat. Maybe people should really reconsider what they name their dishes to propogate more mass appeal among their audiences?
On a side note: I also highly disagree with illustrating one's menu with happy dancing chickens next to the "Chicken" section, and peaceful grazing cuddling cows next the "Steak" section. Do I really want to know how happy-go-lucky that animal was pre-consumption? No, I don't. I think that is why I am meat-squeamish...it's a pure mental block. Omit the vivid images of peaceful animalian living, and I can stomach it occasionally...as long as I don't think about Bambi at all during my dinner.
I agree whole-hartedly. As many wonderful words as there are to describe food, why the hell would anyone want to refer to a dish as "Goat Salad?" That's worse than the one casual-dining place I went to that called their fried cheese "fried cheese." Um, just a little creativity, please. Thanks.
I have had a similar struggle with seeing happy pigs on the side of pork products, especially really cheap ones. One bag of pork rinds I saw had a pig in a chef's toque smiling and holding a steaming frying pan! That's messed up. Even though pigs are natural cannibals, we still don't need to see that, pork processors of America!
I saw that episode of 60 minute, about the serial killer putting all the bodies in the meat grinder in Canada. GAH! Good thing I don't like pork/pig products.
I love sexually suggestive food names and unintentionally pornographic food items.
I bought a pouch of "Cock Soup" in the Jamaican food section of my grocery store and was going to send the pic to Maxim, but I never got around to it. I'll see if I still have it and I'll post it on my blog if I do.
I still get a chuckle about the first time I saw fish balls on the shelves of Kroger when I was little. I think I was, like, 12, and it was fuckin' hilarious back then.
I apologise for this one in advance. This is sick, but it's hilarious. This is from New York magazine
HaHa!
ReplyDeleteI was at a trendy restaurant in Minneapolis called The News Room, reading over the salad descriptions and came across a salad consisting of mixed greens, dollops of goat cheese, almond crescents, yellow and red beets, and a light vinegarette dressing. It sounded delicious. As the waitress was taking our order, I quickly glanced down at the menu and said, "I'll have Goat." Yes, the name of the salad was Goat. I almost choked on my iced tea after I said it because it sounded like I was ordering a giant side of Goat. Maybe people should really reconsider what they name their dishes to propogate more mass appeal among their audiences?
On a side note: I also highly disagree with illustrating one's menu with happy dancing chickens next to the "Chicken" section, and peaceful grazing cuddling cows next the "Steak" section. Do I really want to know how happy-go-lucky that animal was pre-consumption? No, I don't. I think that is why I am meat-squeamish...it's a pure mental block. Omit the vivid images of peaceful animalian living, and I can stomach it occasionally...as long as I don't think about Bambi at all during my dinner.
~Carrie =)
~Carrie =)
Woops...I double-signed that one. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteI agree whole-hartedly. As many wonderful words as there are to describe food, why the hell would anyone want to refer to a dish as "Goat Salad?" That's worse than the one casual-dining place I went to that called their fried cheese "fried cheese." Um, just a little creativity, please. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI have had a similar struggle with seeing happy pigs on the side of pork products, especially really cheap ones. One bag of pork rinds I saw had a pig in a chef's toque smiling and holding a steaming frying pan! That's messed up. Even though pigs are natural cannibals, we still don't need to see that, pork processors of America!
Willie Pickton of Port Coquitlam, B.C. is laughing at our concern about the feed that makes his prized 'Canadian Bacon' such a west-coast treat.
ReplyDelete...The majority of compelling evidence is conveniently buried beneath a newly-rendered subdivision.............
Vegans unite??? Or pig farmers who have some serious damage-control issues to address, unite?
One wonders why the price of canadian bacon has gone down so drastically, or whether anybody (no pun intended) really cares.......
Gaaah! Canadian bacon is made out of PEOPLE! PEOPLE!
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I saw that episode of 60 minute, about the serial killer putting all the bodies in the meat grinder in Canada. GAH! Good thing I don't like pork/pig products.
ReplyDelete~Carrie
I didn't see the story, but I kinda read between the lines on Heather's comments.
ReplyDeleteThe sad part is that his packaging probably had some happy humans on the front with a frying pan. Ewww.
I know that's sick, but I couldn't resist, considering we were taking about it earlier in the thread.
I love sexually suggestive food names and unintentionally pornographic food items.
ReplyDeleteI bought a pouch of "Cock Soup" in the Jamaican food section of my grocery store and was going to send the pic to Maxim, but I never got around to it. I'll see if I still have it and I'll post it on my blog if I do.
Cock soup. That's funny as shit.
ReplyDeleteI still get a chuckle about the first time I saw fish balls on the shelves of Kroger when I was little. I think I was, like, 12, and it was fuckin' hilarious back then.