Guitar Jam

[Sad Navigator]

How do you cope with the frequent use of tomato as a base in Indian curries?

Quit badgering the man. HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER. OKAY????!!!!!

[Actionsquid]

I guess I'm not opposed to dumping a can of diced toms in the beans and rice. Or maybe chopping a fresh slightly-overripe tom and adding it.

Fresh pico de gallo will add a lot more, flavor/texture-wise than canned tomatos, and it's pretty fast/easy/cheap to make a bunch and have it all week. I'll often make some on Sunday and keep it around to top stuff like tacos and beans+rice, and to put in burritos.

[2manband]

Mas tranquillo que tu, hermano.

Thank you for your thoughtful contribution.

But I get it. The notion that preferences aren't achievements is hard to swallow when you base as much of your self esteem on "tastemanship" as some of you seem to do. But the notion is so utterly absurd that it's hard to argue in favor of it.

So you do whatever you can to distract, or sidestep, or redirect, or talk about elastic waistbands and the Olive Garden. And that's cool. Whatever you need to do to keep feeling good about yourself.

[requiem156]

I get it tho - it's much easier to do that than to address what I've been saying all along; be proud of the things that you do, not the things that you prefer. Having a preference does not constitute an achievement.

Well, that's great. You should be very proud of your ability to unfailingly find a moral high ground in situations where it's completely unnecessary.

[Sad Navigator]

Fresh pico de gallo will add a lot more, flavor/texture-wise than canned tomatos, and it's pretty fast/easy/cheap to make a bunch and have it all week. I'll often make some on Sunday and keep it around to top stuff like tacos and beans+rice, and to put in burritos.

Well, yeah. Like, duh. But that's just your preference. Maybe you have time for that, but yr only other hobby is bluejeans.

[Actionsquid]

How do you cope with the frequent use of tomato as a base in Indian curries?

Somewhat different set of spices/flavors, I guess. And no beans. :idk:

I'm starting to feel like you people think of chili as some kind of Mexican curry. Is that at the root of this rice thing? oke:

[yanktar]

8 pages on this thread? EIGHT?????????!!!???? I like all kinds of food and all kinds of music. There are some of both I can live without, though. I'm not TOO crazy about Vietnamese food, except when certain friends make it, and I don't like torch singers much, except Nat "King" Cole and later Tony Bennet. But other than that, any food or music that's well-done I'm probably going to enjoy. (Well, maybe not Punk or Heavy Metal)

[dmn23]

Somewhat different set of spices/flavors, I guess. And no beans. :idk: I'm starting to feel like you people think of chili as some kind of Mexican curry. Is that at the root of this rice thing? oke:

RACIST!

[Sad Navigator]

And no beans.

Chana masala, motherfucker. DO YOU EAT IT?!?

[Sad Navigator]

8 pages on this thread? EIGHT?????????!!!???? I like all kinds of food and all kinds of music. There are some of both I can live without, though. I'm not TOO crazy about Vietnamese food, except when certain friends make it, and I don't like torch singers much, except Nat "King" Cole and later Tony Bennet. But other than that, any food or music that's well-done I'm probably going to enjoy. (Well, maybe not Punk or Heavy Metal)

WRONG!!!!!

[Actionsquid]

But I get it. The notion that preferences aren't achievements is hard to swallow when you base as much of your self esteem on "tastemanship" as some of you seem to do. But the notion is so utterly absurd that it's hard to argue in favor of it.

A mi no me importa todo eso. Estoy aqui para habler de los Europeanos raros y sus problemas con arroz.

[yanktar]

WRONG!!!!!

You mean I'm GOING to enjoy Punk and Heavy Metal? How do you figure that?? Some asshole screaming into a mike while another makes his guitar sound like brakes squealing before an accident and then the grinding metal of the accident?? Not for me!

[Actionsquid]

Chana masala, motherfucker. DO YOU EAT IT?!?

Chickpeas and rice are exempt from my Tomato Sauce Issue.

[2manband]

Good taste IS an achievement. It requires hours of careful consumption and evaluation to achieve it. It's really a scholarly endeavor.

OK - now we're getting somewhere.

You're entitled to your opinion, but I disagree.

Creation is the scholarly endeavor. Appreciation is armchair quarterbacking.

If you learn to cook well, or brew beer, or paint, or write music - then you have every right to be proud of what you've accomplished. If I just go to a restaurant and order X, that makes me a consumer, nothing more and nothing less. And being a consumer is nothing to be proud of. Everybody on earth is a consumer.

I mean, maybe through cultivating your tastemanship you've found a way to satisfy your senses more thoroughly than somebody else might have. But so what? Should those who are really good at masturbating also be proud of their achievement?

[StringJunky]

You mean I'm GOING to enjoy Punk and Heavy Metal? How do you figure that?? Some asshole screaming into a mike while another makes his guitar sound like brakes squealing before an accident and then the grinding metal of the accident?? Not for me!

8 more pages

[yanktar]

8 more pages

Shit! I fell into the trap! Gotta check some other threads. Otherwise it's like getting some idiot song in your head you cannot get out of it!

[2manband]

A mi no me importa todo eso. Estoy aqui para habler de los Europeanos raros y sus problemas con arroz.

Ah. Entiendo. Eres mas tranquilo que todos. Eres el tranquilisimo.

[Sad Navigator]

Chickpeas and rice are exempt from my Tomato Sauce Issue.

WTF?!!? Inconsistent!

[Sad Navigator]

You mean I'm GOING to enjoy Punk and Heavy Metal? How do you figure that?? Some asshole screaming into a mike while another makes his guitar sound like brakes squealing before an accident and then the grinding metal of the accident?? Not for me!

It rubs the Ramones on its skin or else it gets the hose again.

[Actionsquid]

Ah. Entiendo. Eres mas tranquilo que todos. Eres el tranquilisimo.

El tranquilator. Tranquimodo. Haciendo las copias.