I used to cook multi course meals for mine and my wife's family using the good crystal and china. We would have different wines and liquors and a whole theme for the night. Everyone's kids have taken away the ability to do it but I am at the point where I rarely cook ever anymore. I'm still pretty good at throwing together leftovers into a new and interesting meal if I have the time

Best meal I ever had must have been somewhere in Italy, but they were all pretty great. It isn't even a comparison the average restaurant there versus here and I wasn't eating at upscale places. Even the few family meals I was invited to were fantastic.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

We went to a really nice steakhouse in NYC. It's the kind of place that you have to buy a $10 bottle of water or you don't get a drink and sides are like $15 for a baked potato. There were a lot of different options and I don't even remember what type of cut the meat was but I figured for $90 it better be amazing. I ordered it. The waiter asked how it should be cooked. I said "well done" please. When it came, I asked for a side of ketchup and dipped every piece of well done steak into it. Honestly, I think I enjoyed the potato the most. I don't really understand why it was so expensive. It was kind of dry and a little tough. Next time I'll probably just go to Applebees as they seem to be able to cook a steak properly.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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Speaking of Applebee's I had a pretty good steak there last week. WOULD order it again next time I am in bumblefuck USA. Good green beans too.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Pork chop in green peppercorn sauce in Prague. Tried to replicate when we got back and failed miserably.

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-- source

Did he crumble crackers in it?

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

It's like I'm talking to my Aunt Sylvia here.

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I'm afraid to ask what this is.

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Check it out:
http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/its ... ts-twinkie

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I had wild boar in Prague. It was really good too but I haven’t tried to replicate it.