Comments on: Foie Gras

By: MidnightMuse

MidnightMuse — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:19:38 +0000

I remember once when I was a kid, Mom and Dad took us all to this expensive place called Sundays – the most I remember from there was a waiter who seemed married to our table, the name of the place, and that it was the first time I’d ever been handed a bowl of warm water and a towel between each course for cleaning my fingers.

I’m more the Applebees-type. Give me a good bar, food that fills you up, a waitress who knows you and a bill small enough so you can leave a big tip and still have gas money!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:46:01 +0000

Interesting topic. Thanks for that one. Keep em coming.

By: Cath

Cath — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:30:29 +0000

I was amazed how easily you can get good, inexpensive food in France. You have to know where to look of course. And it helps that to a countrified Brit, moule frite sounds classy.

By: Virginia Lee

Virginia Lee — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:05:29 +0000

I don’t think I’m a fancy restaurant sort of person. I like simple food made with simple ingredients. The idea of an avocado foam dressing the plate of something or other that has been flash cooked using liquid nitrogen or somesuch is beyond my ken. Give me a really good club sandwich and I’m happy. Especially if there’s a really good kosher dill pickle spear on the side.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:24:45 +0000

“I’d rather learn how to cook quail for myself and get to enjoy luxuries without having to develop the habits of wealth.”

This is my point, you can’t. I mean you can go out and cook yourself some fantastic food, this is not the problem. What you can’t invent is the experience of the restaurant. It’s not a question of the function of food. You can eat a sandwich and it has the same function – to get sustinance down your gullet, but it has no experience attached. “Habits of wealth” is just saying I don’t want to participate in this experience.

By: Terrie

Terrie — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:26:50 +0000

One thing I have learned to appreciate here is good food. I had foie gras with much reservation and it was absolutely delicious. I’ll try anything once. Twice if I can afford it! Except the fish hearts…they were a bit too gamey for me.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:08:55 +0000

I’d rather learn how to cook quail for myself and get to enjoy luxuries without having to develop the habits of wealth. Speaking of which, they had a special on quail at the markets.

I guess it depends on if you want to feel special, or if you want a particular taste experience. For me, it’s about the taste, not the feeling special, I guess.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:39:22 +0000

What’s up with you wishing luck to all the other blogs except mine? I think you should have said all the intelligent *and not-so-intelligent* blogs!

By: sam

sam — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:30:29 +0000

LOL @ “Foie Gras is Us”! You’re right, though. I don’t go to expensive restaurants very often, but I went to a relatively-expensive one in Taos that had a giant sculpture of an anaconda along the ceiling, patio dining (complete with a close-up woodpecker), and bathroom sinks that sort of spit at you if you get too close. It was beyond my budget, but in that environment, I really didn’t care.