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Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: pburn on August 04, 2009, 03:06:48 am
Anyone who really knows me has probably heard me complain constantly about the food I've had to eat in my home since birth. As a child, I was often force fed a bowl of scrambled eggs mashed together with tomatos and all that shit by my father, and still to this day, I still have problems eating in my home. And thus, that is why it takes little to make me full, and why I am so thin. I've turned into a very picky eater, and the food in my house is terrible.

Some people have asked for photograx, and I'm really fed up right now, so from now until I leave to college in 28 days I will try to post a few pictures of my dinner per week.

Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Drule on August 04, 2009, 03:15:24 am
This is a really cool topic. Don't mess it up.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Kaempfer on August 04, 2009, 03:25:11 am
I obviously can't vouch for the taste and I get fed pretty well (regardless of who makes dinner) but that doesn't look THAT bad.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: pburn on August 04, 2009, 03:27:20 am
Quote from: Kaempfer on August 04, 2009, 03:25:11 am
I obviously can't vouch for the taste and I get fed pretty well (regardless of who makes dinner) but that doesn't look THAT bad.
I agree that the photograph does not look bad due to the fact that i ate some of the puffy noodles that were laying on top of it like rising bread with a bunch of random ingredients tucked under there.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: King of Spooks on August 04, 2009, 03:41:19 am
Dude I eat pizza almost every day. I am thin as, I weigh like 120 at age 19. I have the body that little girls wish they could have.
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Post by: jamie on August 04, 2009, 03:44:19 am
Those noodles look kind of tasty to me, man. Well, they look like basic noodle soup without the soup but i could eat that, stick some salt on it and remove that beef. Doesn't look bad at all, Makes me want some soup myself.
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Post by: Sludgelord on August 04, 2009, 03:46:49 am
Quote from: Drule on August 04, 2009, 03:15:24 am
This is a really cool topic. Don't mess it up.
Drule's right. Do NOT fuck this up. Only warning Psyburn.

Psyburn that looks delicious, I don't understand why you're complaining. I looked at that and really wanted some noodles.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on August 04, 2009, 03:49:02 am
psyburn only likes pizza and nachos and corn dogs and candies and popcorn and doritos and mcdon
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Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on August 04, 2009, 03:49:27 am
ald's and cotton candy and hamburgers and
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Allen Hunter on August 04, 2009, 03:50:32 am
IMO, just eliminate junk food from your plate and eat atleast 2-3 balanced meals a day. Also, from my experience, consume more plant foods than meat and dairy instead. They are much healthier for you and help keep you slim. I am a vegetarian (not vegan) for 2 years, and weigh 207-214 lb. at 5'9".

Also, I could eat that photographed soup dish, but cooked without the meat.
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Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 04, 2009, 03:52:47 am
yeah that doesn't look bad at all man

your next pics better be way more horrible
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Post by: Ryan on August 04, 2009, 03:53:10 am
i've really gotten into eating healthy/working out lately. i've been going to the gym every day for like the past month and a half or so and i've been eating a lot healthier (drastically reduced eating fast food, i get free meals from mcdonalds which i take just for financial reasons but i usually get a grilled chicken meal or whatnot)

you can definitely notice an improvement in my physique though. i've gained back a lot of muscle i had during highschool and stayed around the same weight (~155lbs 5'9)
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: pburn on August 04, 2009, 03:54:13 am
Quote from: Allen Hunter on August 04, 2009, 03:50:32 am
IMO, just eliminate junk food from your plate and eat atleast 2-3 balanced meals a day. Also, from my experience, consume more plant foods than meat and dairy instead. They are much healthier for you and help keep you slim. I am a vegetarian (not vegan) for 2 years, and weigh 207-214 lb. at 5'9".

Also, I could eat that photographed soup dish, but cooked without the meat.
i don't eat junk food i have no junk food in this house.

Also, it ain't a soup dish and it is terrible tasting i wish i could photograph taste man
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Ryan on August 04, 2009, 03:54:39 am
basically: im getting ripped as f*Ck so dont mess with me. k?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Hundley on August 04, 2009, 03:55:16 am
(http://pub.gamingw.net/24744/noodles.jpg)
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Post by: Evangel on August 04, 2009, 03:57:56 am
I used to be like you until I lived on my own.  Now I'll eat just about anything and a lot of it.  After being moved away so long, a home-cooked meal is awesome.  Surely your dad can't suck that bad at cooking that every single thing sucks, but I guess we'll see about that. 
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: pburn on August 04, 2009, 04:00:15 am
Quote from: Hundley on August 04, 2009, 03:55:16 am
(http://pub.gamingw.net/24744/noodles.jpg)
They're not even Chinese noodles, my house isn't even Asian food.

Whatever let's wait until tomorrow!
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: ase on August 04, 2009, 04:01:35 am
i'm thin because i have a shit metabolism. also, i eat like 8 times a day but i small meals. i can't eat big meals because i get full pretty quickly, but i'm always hungry!
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: jamie on August 04, 2009, 04:03:44 am
Quote from: ase on August 04, 2009, 04:01:35 am
i'm thin because i have a shit metabolism. also, i eat like 8 times a day but i small meals. i can't eat big meals because i get full pretty quickly, but i'm always hungry!

I'm stumped!!!
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 04, 2009, 04:04:24 am
Uh yeah, that is pretty gross. Your dad boiled the noodles too long. A quick remedy to sloppy noodle texture is rice, dude. It also sublimates the taste somewhat -- a trick I've always used whenever mom decides to 'experiment' with the fish again. In my house, you have to eat everything or you die so it's kinda like 3 parts rice to 1 part radioactive fish.

Seriously though, that looks like salad with noodles in it. That's retarded -- just ask for the salad and noodles separate (he knows how to prepare a good salad, right?). And what is that unidentifiable brown muck congealing on the bottom left quadrant of the bowl?

Make your dad watch some goddamn Rachel Ray

Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Ryan on August 04, 2009, 04:07:05 am
psyburn quit fucking whining man. when i was little i got ramen noodles, GRITS, oatmeal, etc. maybe some baked chicken and corn or something for dinner
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Post by: ATARI on August 04, 2009, 04:07:36 am
being thin is the fucking worst when you're shopping for clothes because they don't make 28 x 34 jeans
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Mince Wobley on August 04, 2009, 04:07:47 am
One time I dreamed I was eating some kind of chinese noodles and it had cow brains in it, it was quite disgusting
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Ryan on August 04, 2009, 04:08:44 am
no one can complain about food until they've eaten insta grits 5 times a week for 10 years
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Hundley on August 04, 2009, 04:09:14 am
Quote from: Psyburn on August 04, 2009, 04:00:15 am
They're not even Chinese noodles, my house isn't even Asian food.
(http://pub.gamingw.net/24744/JAP%5C%27S.JPG)
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: datamanc3r on August 04, 2009, 04:11:51 am
Quote from: Ryan on August 04, 2009, 04:07:05 am
psyburn quit fucking whining man. when i was little i got ramen noodles, GRITS, oatmeal, etc. maybe some baked chicken and corn or something for dinner
And a glass of Kool-Aid.

Grits aren't THAT bad. Not filling, tasteless, but not terrible. Try kraft mac-n-shit for 3 years straight and then try not to vomit whenever you see cheesasaurus rex ride that disgusting processed cheese fountain all over your tv screen.

Psyburn btw, potatoes are your FRIEND.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 04, 2009, 04:16:14 am
Quote from: captain chekhov on August 04, 2009, 04:07:36 am
being thin is the fucking worst when you're shopping for clothes because they don't make 28 x 34 jeans
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Mince Wobley on August 04, 2009, 04:21:15 am
People will hate anything their parents force them to eat when they're kids


Also psyburn maybe you should learn to cook
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Post by: Zatham on August 04, 2009, 04:22:11 am
Yeah I was borderline malnourished as a kid/teen too due to lack of food and apathetic parents. It was frustrating because I was always hungry because there was never any food at home, then I'd go to school where I'd be ridiculued all of the time, called "anorexic", "bone rack", etc. etc. It's like, yeah, I really need to get shit on from both ends here people thanks. And then to top it off my best friend's family was OBSESSED with eating, always had food, he'd often ate until he threw up. I live with him now and his family sends us so much food I literally can't wrap my head around it.

Anyway I moved away and turned into a pretty good cook and now I look awesome. So GL!
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Sludgelord on August 04, 2009, 04:28:27 am
Quote from: captain chekhov on August 04, 2009, 04:07:36 am
being thin is the fucking worst when you're shopping for clothes because they don't make 28 x 34 jeans
Hahaha, I definitely see 44x32 jeans all the time.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: esiann on August 04, 2009, 04:33:43 am
did he put something like soba noodles on top? i cannot imagine a good-tasting soba noodle

it would be helpful to our smellovision if you could provide an ingredient list or just a description of taste
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: ase on August 04, 2009, 04:39:38 am
i used to be a 28 waist back in middle school. now i am a 32. whooo
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Drule on August 04, 2009, 04:40:13 am
Quote from: dogchode69 on August 04, 2009, 03:46:49 am
Drule's right. Do NOT fuck this up. Only warning Psyburn.
It is a warning to everyone else.
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 04, 2009, 04:47:46 am
So yeah, isn't lugging out a digital camera and taking pictures of the food at the dinner table going to piss your dad off?
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Post by: esiann on August 04, 2009, 04:51:46 am
it's for a film project
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Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on August 04, 2009, 05:51:37 am
icecream and popsicles and coookies and onion rings and quesadillas and
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: The One on August 04, 2009, 06:01:44 am
i only ever eat snacks and at least mc donald's once a week, yet i'm thin. you can see my ribs. i want some extra weight and all i ever eat is snacks yet i never get fat. =/

also that doesn't look that bad.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 04, 2009, 06:12:58 am
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/pub/48013/cry%20for%20help.jpeg)

fromage a la mode le aerosol
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: King of Spooks on August 04, 2009, 06:25:02 am
No one cooks we get pizzzzaaa. Like let's look at my diet for today. Breakfast 1 donut, lunch, 2 bread rolls and a couple glasses of coke. Got home, had pizza with my folks/bros with some pepsi. Then I cracked open a mountaindew later on. That's it for today. Idk how tall I am but it dont matta. Workin out is a waste of time. UGhhh yeah look how ripped I am. I really need these muscles to lift heavy things@!!!!!!

I work at resotrante and throw away other people's food. Lemme take a pic of the trash can and you can see how good it looks.
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Post by: Cray on August 04, 2009, 06:28:53 am
Man, I actually think that pic looks yummy, I would gladly eat those, send them over!
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Post by: King of Spooks on August 04, 2009, 06:38:55 am
Some bitchass pasta with some leaves in it....that aint no way to live, bro.
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Post by: Farren on August 04, 2009, 06:40:50 am
learn how to cook for yourself
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: pburn on August 04, 2009, 06:41:24 am
Quote from: Coxswain on August 04, 2009, 06:40:50 am
learn how to cook for yourself
My parents won't let me cook.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Farren on August 04, 2009, 06:52:41 am
tell them you want to learn so you can run your very own oriental restaurant franchise
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Post by: pburn on August 04, 2009, 06:55:52 am
Quote from: Coxswain on August 04, 2009, 06:52:41 am
tell them you want to learn so you can run your very own oriental restaurant franchise
No i mean, like I say I'm gonna cook for myself and then they still end up cooking and it's weird.
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Post by: Mongoloid on August 04, 2009, 07:12:53 am
is there a way to mail food and keep it good?
do they have a "keep frozen" option at UPS?

I think we should all cook for psyburn and send it in the mail.
I wouldn't eat anything without a return address on it though.
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Post by: Pulits on August 04, 2009, 09:20:16 am
If you wanna get big, you gotta eat big!!
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Mongoloid on August 04, 2009, 09:33:38 am
I think that food looks delicious but if that's an example of what you eat every day it makes sense that you don't weigh much. You need lots of proteins and dareisay exercise to gain weight.

It's not as healthy an idea if you are eating veggie filled stir fry type dishes all the time, but I know people who have used eating peanuts to gain weight. They are pretty cheap and you can eat them outside or while you're doing whatever. I think you have to be moderate though cause too many will clog up your bowel.
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Post by: Vellfire on August 04, 2009, 11:34:07 am
Quote from: Psyburn on August 04, 2009, 06:55:52 am
No i mean, like I say I'm gonna cook for myself and then they still end up cooking and it's weird.

probably because they're going to cook and eat whatever they want no matter what

just cook something for yourself and eat a separate meal, or go to someone else's house and cook or something, you need to find some way to get your own food into your system if you think your parents' is so awful

Quote from: Mongoloid on August 04, 2009, 07:12:53 am
is there a way to mail food and keep it good?
do they have a "keep frozen" option at UPS?

I don't know about how well it works for food but when I had a snake I would order frozen mice and they were packaged with dry ice to keep them frozen.  It would probably work just as well for food.
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 04, 2009, 02:30:57 pm
Or we could just send him frozen mice. Nom nom nom...

The sort of bad thing about cooking, though, is that once your parents recognize that you can cook, they make you cook for the whole family. Not that that should be a deterrent -- cooking is usually fun and rewarding. Usually, the first thing people learn to make is pasta, so if I were you I'd try that.
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Post by: Mince Wobley on August 04, 2009, 04:39:03 pm
Quote from: Mongoloid on August 04, 2009, 07:12:53 am
is there a way to mail food and keep it good?
do they have a "keep frozen" option at UPS?

I think we should all cook for psyburn and send it in the mail.
I wouldn't eat anything without a return address on it though.

Freeze drying is what the astronauts use
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Post by: Marge on August 04, 2009, 04:48:51 pm
That looks like some yummy noodles. Seriously, if you don't want to sound like a whining teen give us something more than a pic, because that looks good. What was it, how was it made, how did it taste (other than bad, I think that's given)?
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Post by: Evangel on August 04, 2009, 04:50:03 pm
I cook a lot for my parents now.  They used to go through a lame weekly routine of hamburger helper, hamburgers, spaghetti, tacos, BEEF BEEF BEEF BEEF BEEF.  Now I've been introducing them to stir fry, various pasta, chicken parmesian, fajitas, and various vegetables.  It's a lot of fun, as I'm usually bored as shit at the house and it's something to do.  I've taken quite an interest in making the finest stir fry glaze.
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 04, 2009, 05:15:10 pm
Okay YOU need to be posting pics too.
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Post by: big ass skelly on August 04, 2009, 05:24:36 pm
Cooking for your family is actaully a great idea psyburn.

Like say DON'T COOK TONIGHT POPPA-SAN, MOMMA-CHAN... got it covered.

I wish my parents had got me cooking for the family like 1 night a week when I was younger because cooking is a really good thing to be good at when you leave home. Not enough parents teach their children to cook any more.
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Post by: King of Spooks on August 04, 2009, 05:58:51 pm
well you usuaLLY LEAVE IT up to the woman to cook.
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Post by: Evangel on August 04, 2009, 06:03:09 pm
Quote from: Mark on August 04, 2009, 05:24:36 pm
I wish my parents had got me cooking for the family like 1 night a week when I was younger because cooking is a really good thing to be good at when you leave home. Not enough parents teach their children to cook any more.

Yeah, it was a rough road when I moved out, like HOW MAKE PANCAKE.  The internet helped a lot, but trial and error is the name of the game.  I learned how to improvise many dishes, too, as I was broke, but had a good variety of spices.
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Post by: Marge on August 04, 2009, 06:18:32 pm
I'm doing exactly the same thing right now, trial and error, learning to cook mostly by improvising. I rarely use recipes as they are, I google a few examples and mix something along the same lines. My mum makes so damn fantastic home food I just have to learn to cook, I can't live on pea soup after that. Should've made her teach me a few tricks before moving out.
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Post by: Carrion Crow on August 04, 2009, 06:20:41 pm
I am skinny and have a small appetite but I tell ya, go running or even better go swimming and you WILL get seriously hungry.
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Post by: ATARI on August 04, 2009, 07:50:11 pm
Quote from: King of Games on August 04, 2009, 05:58:51 pm
well you usuaLLY LEAVE IT up to the woman to cook.

I dunno I feel that in more recent years its been guys that have been getting into cooking again.  Like my brother who just got married is the cook of the house and I've been working on learning how to cook myself.  I've seen this trend at college too, with guys being the ones who are able to make more of the fancier dishes and that sort of thing.   
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Evangel on August 04, 2009, 07:57:40 pm
Quote from: captain chekhov on August 04, 2009, 07:50:11 pm
I dunno I feel that in more recent years its been guys that have been getting into cooking again.  Like my brother who just got married is the cook of the house and I've been working on learning how to cook myself.  I've seen this trend at college too, with guys being the ones who are able to make more of the fancier dishes and that sort of thing.   

yeah, definitely.  i'm not at all ashamed to get in the kitchen and whip up a new and excellent dish.  i look at it as more of a science and an art than just a set of domestic skills once you start actively improving and pioneering.
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Post by: King of Spooks on August 04, 2009, 08:50:23 pm
Everytime I see this thread I think of the song "This is why I'm hott." The I start thinking about the remix: This is why we 'OOOOTTTTTT, THIS IS WHY WE 000OOO---OOO000TT" with that jamaican guy.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Vellfire on August 04, 2009, 11:51:50 pm
Quote from: Evangel on August 04, 2009, 04:50:03 pm
I cook a lot for my parents now.  They used to go through a lame weekly routine of hamburger helper, hamburgers, spaghetti, tacos, BEEF BEEF BEEF BEEF BEEF.

jesus christ this is EXACTLY what my parents eat, except tacos aren't nearly as common as OTHER THINGS WITH HAMBURGER MEAT (if you replace tacos with soup that's their exact diet)

but to be fair they both work incredibly long hours and get home pretty late so when they come home i can kind of see why hamburger helper is a lot more appealing than something that takes a lot more effort to make

i'm not that great of a cook but i do cook for them occasionally (or if not i at least START the cooking so that when my mom gets home she has less work to do), and when my brother comes home for the summer (which he didn't this year) he cooks for them all the time.
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Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 05, 2009, 12:18:54 am
i actually feel sorry for a lot of you guys, i feel like people from ethnic countries eat a lot better than people who grow up in north america

today i had a soup with chickpeas, bonesless chicken breast pieces, green beans, parsley and lots of spice. it was delicious. usually it's just russian dishes though
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Post by: Vellfire on August 05, 2009, 12:27:45 am
I very rarely eat the same meals as my parents (unless it's breakfast, because breakfast food is g-e-w-d GEWWWD), I usually either just eat something simple or cook something for myself.  I don't really like hamburger meat so that cuts out most of their dinners right there.
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Post by: ase on August 05, 2009, 12:36:59 am
i ate homemade pierogi yesterday. topic over
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Post by: King of Spooks on August 05, 2009, 01:18:58 am
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Post by: pburn on August 05, 2009, 01:24:09 am
Bad news guys, I didn't take a photograph because upon first glance, I concluded that the food looked decent, again lots of noodles stacked on, some spices, lettuce, some meat over it. Looked decent, and through my gift of a photographic eye, I could tell it would look good through a lens. I knew I would not enjoy it, but it would be decent. I didn't take a photograph.

So I ate the meat, it was okay. I ate the lettuce, but the noodles were fucking terrible. God, the spice was all wrong and it was all effed up that I just wanted to vomit and it did not taste good at all! I ended up eating everything except the noodles and left! Maybe I am noticing a trend here???
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Post by: Kaempfer on August 05, 2009, 01:29:13 am
Tonight I had a sliced chicken sandwich for dinner and that was possibly my lunch as well and perhaps my breakfast if you disregard when I ate it. I tend to go from days of eating one meal to days where I eat five meals in a row and they are all big. It's not exactly healthy, but I think I get around the right number of calories per week (too bad it doesn't work like that!).

Man why don't you just MAKE FOOD. Don't tell anyone. Just MAKE FOOD at 4pm before anyone makes dinner and eat it. I am not a master chef but I know how to make enough edible things to keep myself alive/decently fed. There is no reason you can't also do this!
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Post by: King of Spooks on August 05, 2009, 01:30:20 am
Psyburn is denouncing his asian heritage.
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Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 05, 2009, 01:31:56 am
seriously how hard is it to make noodles. do it for your dad when he's not looking/there it takes like 15 mins
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Post by: Sludgelord on August 05, 2009, 02:08:20 am
Quote from: FlowerPower on August 05, 2009, 12:18:54 am
i actually feel sorry for a lot of you guys, i feel like people from ethnic countries eat a lot better than people who grow up in north america

today i had a soup with chickpeas, bonesless chicken breast pieces, green beans, parsley and lots of spice. it was delicious. usually it's just russian dishes though
this is pretty cool. where do you live? or are you american and you/your parents decided to make this?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 05, 2009, 04:35:12 am
Quote from: dogchode69 on August 05, 2009, 02:08:20 am
this is pretty cool. where do you live? or are you american and you/your parents decided to make this?

nah, i'm russian and we live in canada. my mom loves making really healthy exotic cuisine sometimes and it's really, really good. i'm learning to make my fave dishes before i head off to uni again!
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Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 05, 2009, 05:08:01 am
Quote from: FlowerPower on August 05, 2009, 12:18:54 am
i actually feel sorry for a lot of you guys, i feel like people from ethnic countries eat a lot better than people who grow up in north america

ahahahahahahahahaha
ethnic food, not like that american food
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Evangel on August 05, 2009, 06:02:13 am
Quote from: Velfarre on August 04, 2009, 11:51:50 pm
jesus christ this is EXACTLY what my parents eat, except tacos aren't nearly as common as OTHER THINGS WITH HAMBURGER MEAT (if you replace tacos with soup that's their exact diet)

but to be fair they both work incredibly long hours and get home pretty late so when they come home i can kind of see why hamburger helper is a lot more appealing than something that takes a lot more effort to make

i'm not that great of a cook but i do cook for them occasionally (or if not i at least START the cooking so that when my mom gets home she has less work to do), and when my brother comes home for the summer (which he didn't this year) he cooks for them all the time.

Yeah, my parents usually take the easy route in cooking anything, so I'm always glad to cook something different.  But then my dad's always like THIS WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD WITH SOME BEEF but that's just him.  I could never start a dish and just let them take over, I don't trust them with my food!
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Post by: Farren on August 05, 2009, 06:14:38 am
ahahahaha I could imagine your dad saying that
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Post by: ThugTears666 on August 05, 2009, 06:23:27 am
Quote from: climbtree on August 05, 2009, 05:08:01 am
ahahahahahahahahaha
ethnic food, not like that american food


hahaha yeah i noticed that as well, thanks for the laugh flowerpower
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Post by: Evangel on August 05, 2009, 06:28:57 am
Quote from: Coxswain on August 05, 2009, 06:14:38 am
ahahahaha I could imagine your dad saying that

you know him too well.  southerners dont fuck aroun' with no bullshit chickens.
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 05, 2009, 06:40:59 am
Quote from: captain chekhov on August 04, 2009, 07:50:11 pm
I dunno I feel that in more recent years its been guys that have been getting into cooking again.  Like my brother who just got married is the cook of the house and I've been working on learning how to cook myself.  I've seen this trend at college too, with guys being the ones who are able to make more of the fancier dishes and that sort of thing.   
that's because we are being emasculated. seriously.
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Post by: Barack Obama on August 05, 2009, 06:47:21 am
I've gotten thin lately but it's from cardio and I've been thinkin' of bulking again soon but I don't want to be one of those guys who's too swoll for his size
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Post by: Barack Obama on August 05, 2009, 06:48:48 am
*flexes* which way to the beach?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 05, 2009, 07:33:28 am
Quote from: Juris on August 05, 2009, 06:40:59 am
that's because we are being emasculated. seriously.

seriously?????????
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Vellfire on August 05, 2009, 11:06:22 am
Quote from: Juris on August 05, 2009, 06:40:59 am
that's because we are being emasculated. seriously.

well you're the ones that rule the entire world so why don't you just do something about it?  :fogetlaugh:
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: big ass skelly on August 05, 2009, 11:27:11 am
We can't because we're too busy shaving our chests and scrotums for our spouses
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Vellfire on August 05, 2009, 11:38:00 am
Uh DUH pussy just SAY "NO BITCH I'M NOT SHAVING SHIT", you're the one who's not fulfilling their role in society.  You're too soft, that's YOUR fault.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: datamanc3r on August 05, 2009, 02:31:27 pm
Quote from: Velfarre on August 05, 2009, 11:38:00 am
Uh DUH pussy just SAY "NO BITCH I'M NOT SHAVING SHIT", you're the one who's not fulfilling their role in society.  You're too soft, that's YOUR fault.
Everyone, observe the level of aggressiveness in this particular female specimen. This is the alpha female in her prime, an exquisite example of how they usurp our positions of power.

When they stop cooking for us...

...you'll know.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Kaempfer on August 05, 2009, 03:09:13 pm
Oh no emasculation a fate worse than death!!!
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Mince Wobley on August 05, 2009, 03:39:31 pm
Quote from: Juris on August 05, 2009, 06:40:59 am
that's because we are being emasculated. seriously.

Does it hurt?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: YourHero on August 05, 2009, 03:41:24 pm
Quote from: climbtree on August 04, 2009, 06:12:58 am
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/pub/48013/cry%20for%20help.jpeg)

fromage a la mode le aerosol

what is the cheese ON? toaster leave-ins?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: datamanc3r on August 05, 2009, 03:50:34 pm
That's cheese? I thought that was goat entrails. Or liquified swine flu.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Mince Wobley on August 05, 2009, 03:56:19 pm
I thought it was mayonnaise
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Strangeluv on August 05, 2009, 06:50:44 pm
I thought it was macaroni
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: ThugTears666 on August 05, 2009, 08:50:43 pm
Its cheese in a can! How does that stuff taste I wonder?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Vellfire on August 05, 2009, 09:07:58 pm
mmm i love toaster leavin's
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on August 05, 2009, 09:23:23 pm
That picture is a homage to American culture.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Ragnar on August 05, 2009, 10:23:37 pm
I end up having like a lot of random ethnic food like these Indian TV dinners because they're like a dollar and a half (maybe because there's no meat) but yeah I need to make more food where it doesn't involve just microwaving/boiling/frying something. I was trying to motivate myself by learning how to make this Hungarian thing that I'll probably never have again unless I learn how to make it because all we have are hipster Japanese restaurants and stuff well honestly there is a variety of food but Hungarian restaurants are just too obscure

Edit: Feel free to make some random joke about me being hungry for Hungarian food
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Haunted-House on August 05, 2009, 10:25:49 pm
climbtree eats latex surgical tubing served over large dry sediment samples.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: crone_lover720 on August 05, 2009, 10:32:53 pm
he captioned it fromage a la mode la aerosol, you don't need to know french

I wouldn't be able to stand juris if I didn't picture him as the baby in his avatar.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: crone_lover720 on August 05, 2009, 10:39:52 pm
I'm wondering if you took that picture. you've posted about your eating habits before so it's believable. but what's really good about the picture is how the plate appears to be sitting on a crusty bathroom floor with a palmers super sale paper and a dunkin donuts bag
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Haunted-House on August 05, 2009, 10:46:56 pm
Quote from: earl on August 05, 2009, 10:32:53 pm
he captioned it fromage a la mode la aerosol, you don't need to know french

really good eye mate, thanks! looks like i was far off this time!

don't make fun of his kitchen though mate! you a rich boy?

cheers! - HH
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: crone_lover720 on August 05, 2009, 10:56:20 pm
probably looks like regular old shrimp on the barby to you, right? what's that, baby wants more shrim from the barby? baby wants more shrim on the barby?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Evangel on August 05, 2009, 11:08:21 pm
Quote from: earl on August 05, 2009, 10:39:52 pm
I'm wondering if you took that picture. you've posted about your eating habits before so it's believable. but what's really good about the picture is how the plate appears to be sitting on a crusty bathroom floor with a palmers super sale paper and a dunkin donuts bag

i imagine a guy parked on the toilet with a bib and fork and knife in each hand, about to chow down.  maybe a candle or flowers for atmosphere.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Immakinganaccountk on August 06, 2009, 12:59:36 am
 I'm thin because I eat nothing but junk food and never eat meals. Like, I ate 5 bags of popcorn yesterday and skipped dinner and that's all I ate. I'm going to have a heart attack or something but I can't stomach meals so I just snack constantly. I'm start to gain lots of muscle now, though. I gained about 10 pounds in the last year so hurrah!
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Evangel on August 06, 2009, 01:02:04 am
what the fuck.  are you guys 3???  eat your goddamned dinner!
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: The One on August 06, 2009, 01:11:49 am
Quote from: Immakinganaccountk on August 06, 2009, 12:59:36 am
I'm thin because I eat nothing but junk food and never eat meals. Like, I ate 5 bags of popcorn yesterday and skipped dinner and that's all I ate. I'm going to have a heart attack or something but I can't stomach meals so I just snack constantly. I'm start to gain lots of muscle now, though. I gained about 10 pounds in the last year so hurrah!

for a sec i thought you were me but i don't eat popcorn often i usually go to mc donald's everyday

where i eat fries mainly btw, i usually can't stand the burgers there
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: King of Spooks on August 06, 2009, 01:16:33 am
I'm with you guys.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: datamanc3r on August 06, 2009, 04:07:17 am
Quote from: earl on August 05, 2009, 10:32:53 pm
I wouldn't be able to stand juris if I didn't picture him as the baby in his avatar.
I am awesome and you know it.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 06, 2009, 04:31:44 am
Quote from: climbtree on August 05, 2009, 05:08:01 am
ahahahahahahahahaha
ethnic food, not like that american food

you know what i mean, just not bland north american white dinner family shit like pasta with a can of corns and a piece of meat (although judging from this topic that would even be better than a lot of what you guys eat/get served).
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 06, 2009, 04:32:37 am
yo psyburn where's today's update
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Alec on August 06, 2009, 06:53:31 am
Quote from: earl on August 05, 2009, 10:32:53 pm
he captioned it fromage a la mode la aerosol, you don't need to know french

I wouldn't be able to stand juris if I didn't picture him as the baby in his avatar.
but that would make it ice cream wouldn't it?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Alec on August 06, 2009, 06:53:57 am
it doesn't look like ice cream and that would be so gross.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 06, 2009, 07:26:28 am
it was kiwi brand cappuccino fudge ice cream and my kitchen is similar to masaokis's (http://www.youtube.com/user/masaokis)
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 06, 2009, 07:31:58 am
ahahaha another bad example due to the pizza box but here's my kitchen

those dunkin donuts were my flatmates, she brings them back when she travels (there's one at the airport) and that palmers sale really wasn't that super (palmers is a plant place, i had actually just come home and put the mail on the counter (my keys are there too))
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on August 06, 2009, 07:55:46 am
how much do you want for that hilarious banana picture
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Brent Murray on August 06, 2009, 08:04:11 am
Quote from: climbtree on August 04, 2009, 06:12:58 am
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/pub/48013/cry%20for%20help.jpeg)

fromage a la mode le aerosol

Why is it, at first glance...this looks like a combination of brains and string. Yum, I shouldn't of eaten that SANDWICH NOW!!!  :blarg:
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 06, 2009, 08:38:37 am
Quote from: Farmrush on August 06, 2009, 07:55:46 am
how much do you want for that hilarious banana picture

it's not mine to sell! also the cheese was a birthday present from my brother, i picked it back off the icecream. literally picked it up, it's practically plastic.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: YourHero on August 06, 2009, 12:51:06 pm
it is icecream?!

first of all, why is there cheese on your ice cream? second, why is your ice cream on a plate!?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 06, 2009, 01:35:38 pm
Here's what a REAL kitchen looks like.

Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: big ass skelly on August 06, 2009, 03:01:51 pm
Nice kitchen dada. I'm actually very surprised they sell HP sauce in the netherlands, I thought it was just a british thing

Also I think you keep those jars from a subconscious desire to start making your own jams
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Kezay on August 06, 2009, 03:32:02 pm
Yuck, looks like cheddar intestines.

Err, sorry to hear circumstances pushed you to this.  Do you ever eat out or anything towards something you do like and just go to town on it?  I'm usually pretty open to most stuff  myself and can polish off a plate or two.  I can never seem to gain weight though, I'm 6'1" and I've been at 165 - 170 lbs range for the past few years.

I however, have no problem finding pants in my size. :P
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Evangel on August 06, 2009, 04:18:33 pm
Quote from: Dada on August 06, 2009, 01:35:38 pm
Here's what a REAL kitchen looks like.


it all looks so... industrial.  not a whole lot of love there?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: big ass skelly on August 06, 2009, 04:24:30 pm
Industrial?? That's a pretty homely kitchen if you ask me.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Doppleganger on August 06, 2009, 04:33:48 pm
That's a bitchin' kitchen!

That tea looks super-bomb. I'm totally a sucker for elusive, terribly expensive, gourmet things like that. I've been personally debating picking up a legitimate bottle of balsamic vinegar, approved by the consortium. Shit's like $100 though.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: crone_lover720 on August 06, 2009, 04:44:03 pm
Quote
Hoak and empty recycled jars. I collect these, I don't know why.
as a showpiece like the rest of your kitchen

nah just messin. your kitchen looks like the same kind of robot as you.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 06, 2009, 05:09:11 pm
Quote from: Mark on August 06, 2009, 03:01:51 pm
Nice kitchen dada. I'm actually very surprised they sell HP sauce in the netherlands, I thought it was just a british thing
Not pictured is a bottle of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce sitting right next to it.

One thing I haven't figured out yet is what "double cream" is. I'm sure we have it here, but maybe under a different name.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 06, 2009, 05:21:29 pm
Quote from: Doppleganger on August 06, 2009, 04:33:48 pm
That tea looks super-bomb. I'm totally a sucker for elusive, terribly expensive, gourmet things like that. I've been personally debating picking up a legitimate bottle of balsamic vinegar, approved by the consortium. Shit's like $100 though.
Oh yeah, you should definitely see if there's a tea shop somewhere close to where you live. The only thing I actually spend any notable amount of money on is tea. I'm lucky since there's a really good store here in Rotterdam that sells this stuff for a fair price. You can also find lots of good stuff online, though then it's usually a little more expensive. This guy (http://stores.ebay.com/yunnansourcingllc) sells good pu-erhs, among other things.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: The One on August 06, 2009, 07:10:52 pm
yeah now there's a typical dutch kitchen

cleanest people in the world
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: YourHero on August 06, 2009, 07:25:46 pm
whoa that kitchen has a lot of stuff on display. do you or someone in the house do a lot of cooking?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 06, 2009, 09:05:19 pm
nice kitchen dada. that's a nice oven. what type of oven is that? is it a dutch oven?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 06, 2009, 09:35:33 pm
Quote from: YourHero on August 06, 2009, 07:25:46 pm
whoa that kitchen has a lot of stuff on display. do you or someone in the house do a lot of cooking?
It just looks like that because I barely have any cupboards to store things in. Also I live alone and I rarely get takeaway food.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Mince Wobley on August 06, 2009, 09:35:53 pm
What a terrible kitchen, why the hell there is an oven right in the front of a drawer?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: pburn on August 06, 2009, 10:09:21 pm
Dada, that is the film set I've been dreaming of for a long time man.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 07, 2009, 09:02:42 am
Quote from: Mince Wobley on August 06, 2009, 09:35:53 pm
What a terrible kitchen, why the hell there is an oven right in the front of a drawer?
Because it's a very tiny space and there's also a waching machine there. I had to choose: if I wanted to be able to open those two cupboards I would have to get a cooktop instead.
Quote from: Psyburn on August 06, 2009, 10:09:21 pm
Dada, that is the film set I've been dreaming of for a long time man.
If you come by Rotterdam some day you can film me as I grill a slice of swordfish.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Immakinganaccountk on August 07, 2009, 03:40:44 pm
Quote from: climbtree on August 06, 2009, 07:31:58 am
ahahaha another bad example due to the pizza box but here's my kitchen

those dunkin donuts were my flatmates, she brings them back when she travels (there's one at the airport) and that palmers sale really wasn't that super (palmers is a plant place, i had actually just come home and put the mail on the counter (my keys are there too))

 I spotted a pizza box. You eatin' right, boi?   :fogetangry:
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 07, 2009, 03:54:41 pm
Quote
ahahaha another bad example due to the pizza box but here's my kitchen

i didn't really have spray cheese on ice-cream for dinner. i did not eat the spray cheese even, i ate the ice cream though.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Doppleganger on August 07, 2009, 04:10:27 pm
Quote from: Dada on August 06, 2009, 05:21:29 pm
Oh yeah, you should definitely see if there's a tea shop somewhere close to where you live. The only thing I actually spend any notable amount of money on is tea. I'm lucky since there's a really good store here in Rotterdam that sells this stuff for a fair price. You can also find lots of good stuff online, though then it's usually a little more expensive. This guy (http://stores.ebay.com/yunnansourcingllc) sells good pu-erhs, among other things.

Awesome! Would you recommend anything specific? I was thinking of just ordering a sample of one of the first flush teas they have there. To see how it is and such.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 07, 2009, 05:11:16 pm
Quote from: Doppleganger on August 07, 2009, 04:10:27 pm
Awesome! Would you recommend anything specific? I was thinking of just ordering a sample of one of the first flush teas they have there. To see how it is and such.
You need to keep in mind that if you live in the Western world you're probably used to very strong flavors (like Earl Grey, for example, or even the bagged versions of green tea). That means it's going to be difficult at first to discern between green teas before you're used to the subtlety. So for that reason I wouldn't necessarily suggest getting very expensive or fancy tea right from the get-go. (Rule of thumb is that the flavor gets more subtle as the price increases.)

Sencha (http://www.inpursuitoftea.com/Japanese_Sencha_p/gj500_par.htm) is a good green tea which comes in several different price ranges. This is the "normal" Japanese tea, and you can probably get this in any self-respecting Asian market. You might want to try first flush Darjeeling (http://www.nbtea.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000099.cgi?PN=Teas_From_India.html%23aBI08#aBI08), which is the same tea as on my photo. It's a black tea but has a very light flavor. Definitely something you should try at some point. Also, Ching Wo (http://www.nottinghall.com/chingwo.htm) is excellent black tea. It's about as strong as Earl Grey but has a much fuller flavor.

Any of these are good starting points. There are hundreds if not thousands of different teas to try, and I only mentioned green and black teas here. There's also oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, post-fermented tea, and numerous different kinds of pu-erh.

Make sure you get a teapot that allows you to brew loose leaf tea.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Evangel on August 07, 2009, 05:24:00 pm
Quote from: Dada on August 07, 2009, 05:11:16 pm
Sencha (http://www.inpursuitoftea.com/Japanese_Sencha_p/gj500_par.htm) is a good green tea which comes in several different price ranges. This is the "normal" Japanese tea, and you can probably get this in any self-respecting Asian market. You might want to try first flush Darjeeling (http://www.nbtea.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000099.cgi?PN=Teas_From_India.html%23aBI08#aBI08), which is the same tea as on my photo. It's a black tea but has a very light flavor. Definitely something you should try at some point. Also, Ching Wo (http://www.nottinghall.com/chingwo.htm) is excellent black tea. It's about as strong as Earl Grey but has a much fuller flavor.

What the fuck happened to this topic?  While this is some good conversation, I was promised pictures of shitty food, and it has not delivered.  I think Psyburn has finally realized how good he's really got it.  That canned cheese a la mode really takes the cake.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: pburn on August 07, 2009, 05:25:01 pm
Quote from: Evangel on August 07, 2009, 05:24:00 pm
What the fuck happened to this topic?  While this is some good conversation, I was promised pictures of shitty food, and it has not delivered.  I think Psyburn has finally realized how good he's really got it.  That canned cheese a la mode really takes the cake.
Yeah dude, the cooking wasn't as bad as it was a few months ago so I ain't taking pics for awhile.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: datamanc3r on August 07, 2009, 05:35:23 pm
Well at least you're honest. Seriously though, take a cooking class if you can.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Immakinganaccountk on August 07, 2009, 05:55:49 pm
Quote from: Evangel on August 07, 2009, 05:24:00 pm
What the fuck happened to this topic?  While this is some good conversation, I was promised pictures of shitty food, and it has not delivered.  I think Psyburn has finally realized how good he's really got it.  That canned cheese a la mode really takes the cake.

I can't really follow it. It's like a J-RPG plot. Post yo' nasty ass foods -> Post your kitchen -> Recommend me a tea i'm not very regal, sorry.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: big ass skelly on August 07, 2009, 05:58:33 pm
Tea discussion is way more interesting than psyburn not telling his parents how it is and cooking for himself
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Immakinganaccountk on August 07, 2009, 06:03:50 pm
Quote from: Mark on August 07, 2009, 05:58:33 pm
Tea discussion is way more interesting than psyburn not telling his parents how it is and cooking for himself

 Point taken. This thread is now about teas. I recommend Oolong #40.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: datamanc3r on August 07, 2009, 06:19:31 pm
Fuck yes, it's tea time.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 07, 2009, 06:23:04 pm
Just ate a pinecone.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Immakinganaccountk on August 07, 2009, 06:25:55 pm
I google my tea names, I'm not even entirely sure if there is an Oolong #40 or if that was just an index number.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on August 08, 2009, 12:19:11 am
Quote from: Dada on August 07, 2009, 05:11:16 pm
You need to keep in mind that if you live in the Western world you're probably used to very strong flavors (like Earl Grey, for example, or even the bagged versions of green tea). That means it's going to be difficult at first to discern between green teas before you're used to the subtlety. So for that reason I wouldn't necessarily suggest getting very expensive or fancy tea right from the get-go. (Rule of thumb is that the flavor gets more subtle as the price increases.)

Sencha (http://www.inpursuitoftea.com/Japanese_Sencha_p/gj500_par.htm) is a good green tea which comes in several different price ranges. This is the "normal" Japanese tea, and you can probably get this in any self-respecting Asian market. You might want to try first flush Darjeeling (http://www.nbtea.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000099.cgi?PN=Teas_From_India.html%23aBI08#aBI08), which is the same tea as on my photo. It's a black tea but has a very light flavor. Definitely something you should try at some point. Also, Ching Wo (http://www.nottinghall.com/chingwo.htm) is excellent black tea. It's about as strong as Earl Grey but has a much fuller flavor.

Any of these are good starting points. There are hundreds if not thousands of different teas to try, and I only mentioned green and black teas here. There's also oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, post-fermented tea, and numerous different kinds of pu-erh.

Make sure you get a teapot that allows you to brew loose leaf tea.

Do you ever put anything in your tea or do you feel that subtracts from the subtelty of the flavour? I recently went to a restaurant where they included nutmeg and some other herbs/spices(?) in the handmade teabag and i've been putting nutmeg in my green tea ever since.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: datamanc3r on August 08, 2009, 04:25:29 am
Wow, really? I'll have to try that sometime. As long as you don't inundate your tea with it, it sounds as though you can make really interesting combinations.

I'm no tea enthusiast but one of my major goals for the summer (I had a big list) was to find some decent brand of tea. Finally, some recommendations. I'm really sick of the cardboard taste of the generic brands here (lipton, etc)...and I suppose it's not as much as a taste as a...texture? And a slight aftertaste. Anywho, it's boring. I had some Earl Grey from Starbucks the other day and it tasted awful! It tasted cardboardy. Should it or should it not have milk? I don't know how to drink Earl Grey.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dark_crystalis on August 08, 2009, 05:41:07 am
Quote from: Juris on August 08, 2009, 04:25:29 am
Wow, really? I'll have to try that sometime. As long as you don't inundate your tea with it, it sounds as though you can make really interesting combinations.

I'm no tea enthusiast but one of my major goals for the summer (I had a big list) was to find some decent brand of tea. Finally, some recommendations. I'm really sick of the cardboard taste of the generic brands here (lipton, etc)...and I suppose it's not as much as a taste as a...texture? And a slight aftertaste. Anywho, it's boring. I had some Earl Grey from Starbucks the other day and it tasted awful! It tasted cardboardy. Should it or should it not have milk? I don't know how to drink Earl Grey.
Probably shouldn't have milk.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: dada on August 08, 2009, 08:17:04 am
Quote from: FlowerPower on August 08, 2009, 12:19:11 am
Do you ever put anything in your tea or do you feel that subtracts from the subtelty of the flavour? I recently went to a restaurant where they included nutmeg and some other herbs/spices(?) in the handmade teabag and i've been putting nutmeg in my green tea ever since.
I never add anything to my tea, unless it's Earl Grey. In that case I usually add a little milk. But never to any of the other teas I drink, simply because it detracts from their flavors too much. Adding milk, sugar or honey to tea is generally only something you do with black tea.

Adding nutmeg to tea seems like something Indian to me. What sort of restaurant was it?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: crone_lover720 on August 08, 2009, 06:51:23 pm
that's not true. the sugar and honey part.

I don't know the differences between green tea, but sometimes it's really gross and other times it's delicious. also you could mention red tea/rooibos or rooibosch as you would know it even though it doesn't come from a tea plant and it's not really a kind of tea.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on August 08, 2009, 06:55:02 pm
I put a teaspoon of honey into my green tea.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: crone_lover720 on August 08, 2009, 06:59:53 pm
oh yeah, if you guys are american there are some tea chain stores here that sell loose leaf tea, Teavana is one of them. http://www.teavana.com/shop.axd/StoreLocations it's kind of dumb but the tea is pretty good.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: FQGamer on August 08, 2009, 08:43:21 pm
that actually looks delicious.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Evangel on August 08, 2009, 09:45:49 pm
Only tea we drink around here is sweet iced tea.  We prepare generic brand tea in bulk, add a shitload of sugar, and refrigerate it.  It's not so much savored as it is chugged from a frosty glass.  Think I'm gonna go quaff a flagon right now.
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: King of Spooks on August 09, 2009, 02:24:03 am
You guys ruined this thread. Time to brutalize it.
http://www.newenglandpantry.com/specials.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hen
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: esiann on August 09, 2009, 03:54:47 am
you are thin because you shop at small convenience stores?
Title: This is why I'm thin
Post by: Barack Obama on August 09, 2009, 08:01:31 am
Quote from: Evangel on August 08, 2009, 09:45:49 pm
Think I'm gonna go quaff a flagon right now.

lol yea bro that's what she said