By the Numbers (Food That's Bad for You edition)

[slipjig3]

1) It's easy to forget that one owns a waffle iron until one is asked if they own a waffle iron. Yes, I own a waffle iron.

2) I put my life on the line yesterday, and bought a can of store-brand corned beef hash. It's in the cabinet now, scowling at me. I don't want to die.

3) I want the T-shirt I saw in saveur magazine recently: "BACON: THE GATEWAY MEAT"

4) I just realized that I got all the way through last year's Vidalia season without making one single batch of buttermilk onion rings. Dammit.

5) Three ways to earn the palpable hostility of the natives during your next visit to Chicago: (a) pronounce the "s" in "Illinois"; (b) root openly for the Green Bay Packers; and (c) order ketchup on your hot dog.

Comments

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Our lives run strange parallels:

1. I need to own a waffle iron. Waffles are yummy, and I'd eat more waffles if I owned one.:D

2. I have cans of *chili* in the cupboard as opposed to making my own. I may have offended some
god/dess/s/es by doing so, I am not entirely certain.

3. I want a shirt that says "Leave the cobra hearts to Mister Bourdain; I'll take dark chocolate myself!"

4. Hush, you. Now I want big thin crispy onion rings. With MUSTARD.

5. Ill-ih-noise, Wisconsin Goat Cheese, and we need REAL DELI in Mad City!!

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

On that note, re: #5 - One sure way to annoy a Jew is to put ketchup on the latkes ;-)

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

*wince* Oy gevalt. I'm about as goyish as they come, and I know better.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

1. Waffles will happen. Oh, yes, they will happen.

2. twofiveandseven recently sent a care package of several heat'n'eat cans of Steak'n'Shake chili. Never has physical distress made me more happy.

3. *snerk*

4. With mustard?!

5. *scowl*

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Yes, mustard, Delicious:D!

And remember, I'm *from* Illinois originally. Being a cheesehead in addition doesn't help;).

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, where did you hear The Whitlams first? I don't know many people who know about them...

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

That was slipped to us on a mix from our Aussie friend 1phish2phish, along with a bunch of other good stuff. This, indeed, is why I love the LiveJournals.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

Then again, since Illinois is the state where "Marseilles" rhymes with "pails," "Cairo" rhymes with "pharaoh," and "Des Plaines" rhymes with "chest pains," I suppose I shouldn't complain.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Indeed, since they spell champagne Champaign!:D

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

I can only promise to avoid two out of three of those edicts.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid to ask what the third one would be.

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Ketchup on hot dogs is a god-given right. It's in the Constitution, in fact. I believe the phrasing is something like: "All hot dogs are created equal, especially hot dogs with ketchup which are even more equal than their equal-but-inferior cousins."

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I agree with you, in general; I will eat ketchup on my hot dogs anywhere on earth. Except Chicago. You have to experience a true Chicago-style hot dog to understand why.

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I didn't realize there was such a thing. That would have been fun to try while I was actually in Chicago. I'm a little skeptical, though, because I usually dislike mustard. Sometimes, on a chili dog, it can be ok though.

I definitely need a native guide next time I visit.

My favorite hot dogs at the moment come from Ikea. Topped with ketchup, pickles, and crunchy onion bits. They are soooo good. Especially since we don't usually have "real" hot dogs here.

[rafaela.livejournal.com]

A true Chicago style hot dog can be more properly defined as a salad on a bun.

(Also, you don't tend to eat ketchup on a Dirty John's dog.)