Schadenfreude » food http://www.ralree.com Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:10:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My Review of The Melting Pot http://www.ralree.com/2008/08/16/my-review-of-the-melting-pot/ http://www.ralree.com/2008/08/16/my-review-of-the-melting-pot/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:33:00 +0000 Erik http://www.ralree.info/2008/08/16/my-review-of-the-melting-pot So, I went to the Melting Pot restaurant today. I was anticipating it last night, so I had a look at the menu. I noticed it was going to be extremely expensive, and I knew it was fondue, so I thought it would be a ripoff. It turns out that it isn’t all that bad, but it’s still overpriced. You start with pots of cheese with bread, apples, and vegetables to dip. Then you move to salad, which is pretty good – I had the Caesar, which had real anchovie flavor! Next, they bring out new pots of broth for you to boil potatoes, salmon, 2 kinds of beef, shrimp, and chicken in. The helpings are actually pretty massive – the 6 of us had 3 plates of meat, and we didn’t finish all of it. You cook the meat in the broth for 1.5 to 2 minutes for most of it, and the chicken for longer. Then, you pull it out and have it with a variety of sauces, ranging from yellow curry sauce to horseradish ranch to bleu cheese. It was pretty fun. Finally, you top it off with some chocolate fondue for dessert, including pound cake, rice crispy treats, strawberries, and cheesecake. All in all, if you want to drop about $50/person on novelty, it’s not bad. But, I still recommend Tersiguel’s in Ellicott City for the same price much more.

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Today, I got the craving for some beer again. I drove down to Corridor Fine Wines and picked up 49 beers (singles, of course). Here are some photos of the booty:






Now, I just have to slowly and meticulously try and catalog these beers. It’s going to take quite a while. I managed to crack a joint (one of the stiff ones from my recent injury) on the way to my car, and it hurt a lot. Hopefully I didn’t damage anything…

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Oh man. I just fell in love with concord grapes. These things are insane. So eating them is a bit tricky because they have seeds that are lodged inside their gummy insides. My method is simple.

  • Put the grape entirely into your mouth
  • Strip it of the skin with your teeth, and put it aside in your cheek
  • Move the gummy inside in front of your teeth and bite down almost entirely
  • Suck hard and pull

This strips the seeds right out of the inside of the grape. It’s fantastic.

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]]> http://www.ralree.com/2007/02/20/cheesetoast-org-is-live/feed/ 0 How to make an Awesome Sandwich http://www.ralree.com/2006/06/11/how-to-make-an-awesome-sandwich/ http://www.ralree.com/2006/06/11/how-to-make-an-awesome-sandwich/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:18:47 +0000 Erik http://www.ralree.info/2007/10/13/how-to-make-an-awesome-sandwich Wow. I just made the tastiest sandwich ever. Here are the instructions:

1. Get some Rye Bread (I used “Extra Sour” rye

2. Get some Green Pepper

3. Get some Tomato

4. Get some Miracle Whip

5. Get some Shredded Beef

6. Get some Mustard

7. Put the oven on broil and put the bread in

8. Cut up your pepper and tomato.

9. Check the bread.


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10. Finally, take the bread out and place golden side down on plate

11. Put on generous amount of miracle whip

12. Put on tomato

13. Put on green pepper

14. Put on mustard (just squirt it as evenly as possible)

15. Put on cheese

16. Put on beef

17. Put on bread

Here’s what it should look like:

Congratulations. You can cook.

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