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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 10:51 AM Original message |
"you can't judge a mexican restaurant by it's salsa" |
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djeseru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Er, sorry. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Quote from Jerry to George in "The Pitch" |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. immediately followed |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. I agree. And if its a serve yourself salsa bar... its always better to |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. yeah, that's kind of an ignorant thing to say |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. Now, now, Cynthia.... |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. But you can judge a Chinese restaurant by it's fried rice |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. My wife judges Chinese restaurants by smell |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That makes sense ... |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Some places are so spotlessly clean... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Those restaurants are missing a bet |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Perhaps! |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Most of the fine, 4 or 5 star restaurants I've been to are "clean" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Since when has the aroma of food become "unclean"? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. If that aroma is getting out of the kitchen, |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. That's one hypothesis n/t |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. A chef once told me, she would start cooking a boullabaise in the |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. My wife too! |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. You are truly blessed. Hey ever read Kitchen Confidential? If |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. And if they have cats. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Please, the PC term is Urban Cabrito |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I was always told to judge Chinese places by the noise |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. There's truth in that too |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, I can agree with that statement |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Yeah? What do you think of El Abajeno? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. OK, maybe I havent been to every mexican restaraunt in So Cal.. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Yeah, well it's a dive, hole in the wall. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. The best Mexican joints are holes in the wall! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. yes, yes you can |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here in Elgin we have dozens of real Mexican restaurants... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. There are several down here, too |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Most of our Taquerias here ARE open til 3 AM. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yeah, sadly, we don't have any quickie taquerias |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Damn. Now I want a BBQ Burrito... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. I also judge a Mexican restaurant by |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Here in Texas, there is a God Given Right to Free Chips & Salsa.... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I was going to add that criteria |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
66. ¡Salsa o muerte! |
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2bfree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Well ain't that the truth! |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. It's automatically not an authentic Mexican restaurant |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. I disagree with that statement |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Salsa is the BEST thing to use to judge a mexican restaurant |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. The crappier the restaurant, the better the food. |
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Innoma (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I have to agree... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Same goes for any foriegn food, I suppose. |
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Innoma (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I can still remember... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Calvin Trillin has said he prefers Mexican restaurants that serve tripe. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. La Cabana in Santa Monica |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. There's no excuse for bad Mexican food, salsa included. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes you can |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bullcrap. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. If a place can't make a decent salsa, it's a safe bet the food sucks. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Went to a local Mex place in N. Cal and |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. The hell you can't. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. If the chips are stale, pay your drink tab and leave. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Bingo |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. yep you sure as hell can, except for one trend i see lately |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
40. There is a restaurant near me that serves excellent salsa. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
41. If it's open til 3 am, not entirely full of drunk frat boys, and serves |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I don't count Chipotle as a "Mexican Restaurant" |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. Before ordering food I always ask for salsa/chips and Dos Equis Amber |
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cleofus1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
49. i believe |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes, you can. I sure do. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. nonsense, among the things you judge a mexican restaurant as to... |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. I go to a particular restaurant just because of the salsa! |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. You can always judge a restaurant by the cleanliness of its bathrooms. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. Sure you can. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-26-06 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
67. As it happens..... |
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