i get stuck on food items. anyone else afflicted?
When I find some [reasonably cheap] novel taste, I do this.
Knowing the individual tastes involved is part of the fun.
Everywhere I’ve worked I’ve had a lunch, so one place it was one set of items, another place another set …
I have a cheese problem. Not sure if it counts as being stuck on it as it has been my entire life. I will eat cheese with peanut butter. Peanut butter Mac in cheese 🤤
my pizza requires 2.5lbs of cheese. i think youd enjoy it
I have always wanted to try Chicago (and Detroit) style. Unfortunately the one time I was in Chicago, my Amtrak layover wasn’t long enough to find that many options and I ended up at some vegan place a few blocks away.
If you’re a home cook, it’s possible to make a very passable Chicago style pizza at home. I’ve done knock-offs of Giordanos’s stuffed spinach and also a standard Lou Malnoti’s.
But I’ll admit that it’s a bit tricky if you don’t have that base knowledge of what you’re going for.
I think this was the resource I used to back-engineer the crusts. The rest is getting the order of ingredients (cheese on bottom to form a fat shield that protects the crust, toppings, potentially more cheese or another razor thin crust, then red sauce.)
im already there, you can see my copycat in this thread its beautiful, and exact.
I do cook at home, the bready things I make are with basically corn flour. I have wheat flour, but I don’t even know how old it is… A new thing to learn!
i was driving through arizona once and out of the corner of my eye i caught a ‘giordanos’ sign at a mall… i couldnt believe it. it turns out the original operators from paris, il (chicago) opened one in paris, az. so weird.
keep your eye out!
My colon just turned upside down thinking about this. Enjoy those times, the older you get the less the body enjoys it.
i figure ive only got a few years left of nonsense eating. then i’ll prolly switch to some simple, egg+toast+coffee til tombstone
It’s very true that all of a sudden you wake up and crave just butter on toast with black coffee, and then that’s just like, the best breakfast for years after that. Oh my god I’m becoming my parents
That’s a lot of egg rolls? 4 a day? I mean I love queso but I will admit I go get a fountain Diet Pepsi at Leary once a day.
i get them in packs of 16 from the local sams. i only eat once per day usually so theyve been that meal all week
I spent a couple years living off homemade pizzas because I was working 7 12-hour days a week and it was the only thing that really fit in my schedule.
Get home, turn on shower, pull out premade pizza crust, slather it with sauce, dump a pound of cheese on it, throw some pepperoni on it, toss in still-preheating oven, jump in shower, hop out and pizza is done.
If I could go back in time, absolutely not
o0o0 i love homemade pizza.
heres my pic from my fav recipe… can ya guess where im from?
From Italian hell.
very, very close
Chicago would be my first guess but that would be too easy, so I’m gonna guess… … Lexington Kentucky
you were right the first time
italian hellchicagothis is my giordanos copycat recipe and its freeeakin perfect
i dont think anyone lives in kentucky on purpose
Having been through Kentucky, you’d be surprised. Then you’d be slightly disappointed because suddenly you have a baseline for “Wants to live in Kentucky” and that’s not a pretty picture.
That looks like a perfect copycat Giordanos! I used to make those at home before they opened one up locally in
American hellOhio.They make my friends in Italy SO ANGRY. They insist that it’s some sort of quiche or casserole. And then I point out that I’ve been to Italy and seen the hotdog and french fry pizza with my own eyes. That makes them angrier.
if you want the recipe its pretty damn simple i can post it
I’ve given up and have been eating yfood (meal in powder form, EU soylent equivalent) for the last 9 months.
The better option amongst many bad options, is how I rationalize my choice.
I did Soylent for a year or so and have zero regrets. I felt better, lost weight and probably saved some money. I ate it for most meals but would probably make dinner for myself about half the time just for some variety. Hope you have a good experience with it!
Boring grocery store Top Ramen. I add loads of vegetables, and only use half the flavor pack. I’ve got it down to a science.
You’re going to turn into an eggroll.
maybe another week or two and ill get sick of them… maybe.
definitely better than the corn-dog phase. at least there are vegetables involved
the proper old school take out, large and thick, deep fried blistering full on cabbage/roast pork/celery/shrimp egg rolls? or the new fangled cheap out hard shiny shell “spring roll” egg rolls?
definitely the big, deep fried ones! those spring rolls are practically empty
I get stuck on foods too but it’s usually something I cook. I keep cooking until I get the recipe down, then I get sick of it after awhile and move on.
I’ve also got a few staples: breakfast burritos (tofu scramble + homemade fake meat or soy chorizo), chili, pizza with imported tipo 00 flour, stir fry, etc. I love spicy foods so especially with the stir fry I add chili oil to kick it up several levels and then something repetitive and boring a lot more complex.
That’s approximately 438 grams of protein. Egg rolls sure are an eggcellent source of protein!
I’m currently stuck on eating bags of raw tagliatelle, picking apart and eating some as I’m typing this LMAO
That sounds …crunchy.
Vegetable soup lately.
