So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[sheeplady]

So all the young woman on the campus I work on look like they walked out of 1989.

Rompers (oh my gosh, so many of these), black lace tights with cut offs, loose tank tops, combat styled boots, rosary beads and crimped hair.

I saw two girls on the bus the other day who's dress was near ... historical. I have to say I appreciate this turn in style because it's better than "I rolled out of bed at 1pm and am still wearing my club clothes covered by a bathrobe with two mismatched flip flops" I often see.

 

[LizzieMaine]

My only issue with gravy and such on French Fries - and don't get me wrong, I can enjoy a good poutine - is that unless all done in rapid fire, the fries get soggy, now that, I can't abide.

As a kid who grew up eating greasy spoon french fries with or without ketchup (no other options), I've come to appreciate them with mayo as well, but something you dip them in, not dumped on top of the fries for the same reason as above: nothing should be done to reduce the crispiness of the fry itself.

The fries also have to be *crisp.* Soggy, underdone fries will become a pasty mess when the gravy is added, and this the most common problem when poutine is prepared by those who don't know what it's all about. The gravy must also be boiling hot when added, and the cheese has to be refrigerator cold. The hot gravy will melt the cheese just enough to blend the flavors, but will not liquefy it.

And it all must be served and eaten immediately. Poutine that sits becomes a solid, congealed mass of No Fun.

The one thing I like about the impending arrival of cold weather is that it brings poutine season along with it. No meal is more satisfying and comforting after a morning of shoveling snow.

 

[LizzieMaine]

So all the young woman on the campus I work on look like they walked out of 1989.

Rompers (oh my gosh, so many of these), black lace tights with cut offs, loose tank tops, combat styled boots, rosary beads and crimped hair.

I saw two girls on the bus the other day who's dress was near ... historical. I have to say I appreciate this turn in style because it's better than "I rolled out of bed at 1pm and am still wearing my club clothes covered by a bathrobe with two mismatched flip flops" I often see.

Welcome to the Scrunchie Lounge.

 

[Bamaboots]

Just don't ask us to put gravy on our French fries.

The only potatoes gravy belongs on are mashed along with biscuits and chicken fried steak.

 

[Trenchfriend]

So all the young woman on the campus I work on look like they walked out of 1989.

Rompers (oh my gosh, so many of these), black lace tights with cut offs, loose tank tops, combat styled boots, rosary beads and crimped hair.

I saw two girls on the bus the other day who's dress was near ... historical. I have to say I appreciate this turn in style because it's better than "I rolled out of bed at 1pm and am still wearing my club clothes covered by a bathrobe with two mismatched flip flops" I often see.

Are rompers such kids-rompers or "jumpsuits"?

 

[Trenchfriend]

Oh man, this cheap chocolate-icecream tastes so good, I can't stop before empty.

 

[tonyb]

So all the young woman on the campus I work on look like they walked out of 1989.

Rompers (oh my gosh, so many of these), black lace tights with cut offs, loose tank tops, combat styled boots, rosary beads and crimped hair.

I saw two girls on the bus the other day who's dress was near ... historical. I have to say I appreciate this turn in style because it's better than "I rolled out of bed at 1pm and am still wearing my club clothes covered by a bathrobe with two mismatched flip flops" I often see.

Among the charms of the nubile is that they look good in almost anything (or nothing at all, come to think of it). But my advice is always that they not grow accustomed to it.

 

[tonyb]

The only potatoes gravy belongs on are mashed along with biscuits and chicken fried steak.

A Southern export that travels well, for sure. Made it for the missus just a couple days ago.

 

[sheeplady]

Are rompers such kids-rompers or "jumpsuits"?

Imagine a one piece tank top with shorts. I've seen a lot of these.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Imagine a one piece tank top with shorts. I've seen a lot of these.

Ok, I got it. So, this stuff.

Woohoo.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Old Orchard Beach, Maine, September 4, 1937.

 

[Fading Fast]

⇧ nothing in truly new, just variations on old themes.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Maybe. But 1989 is a good year, I think. Arthouse + fashion + more adult popmusic...

Remember?

 

[Hercule]

Lettuce? On a taco?

Yep, shredded ettuce and tomato, bit of cheese too. And some hot taco sauce. But I prefer to replace the lettuce with cilantro. Maybe it's a gringo taco, but I love em just the same. Oh, and only hard shells. I never liked those doughy soft things.

As for ground beef on tacos, I prefer it to chicken or pulled pork. Though a bad seasoning mix can ruin the whole experience.

Gravy on fries - wonderful stuff. My wife put me on to it. Mayo too!

 

[HudsonHawk]

Yep, shredded ettuce and tomato, bit of cheese too. And some hot taco sauce. But I prefer to replace the lettuce with cilantro. Maybe it's a gringo taco, but I love em just the same. Oh, and only hard shells. I never liked those doughy soft things.!

 

[Trenchfriend]

Forget it. That's the real thing:

But, the onions could...

 

[GHT]

Taco's ugh, had food poisoning from one once, never touched one again.

 

[ChiTownScion]

I like Montreal, but I love Paris. Crepes citron vs. poutine as a street food option has a lot to do with that.

 

[Hercule]

Taco's ugh, had food poisoning from one once, never touched one again.

Interesting. It seems that any time I've heard of someone getting sick from fast food, it has ALWAYS been at Taco Bell.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Yeah, yummy, spanning it with your whole unwashed hand, without having a securing tissue between...