ILX FOOD FIGHT!!! Round One - Group G (featuring the Atheist's Nightmare)

Wtf is "confit de canard"?

Lady, if you have to ask...

Also, meat vs. meat is pretty difficult for a vegetarian... I guess I'll go with shrimp, at least they got the chance to roam free.

Does someone want to fund me so I can try things like confit, fondue, etc, and make an informed vote that is otherwise outside my immediate budget?

Confit, bananas, shrimp, limes

coz you can't make a G'n'T with waffles, and hey bananas are really good for you! also shrimp can be heavenly and duck confit sounds rly decadent kthxbi

LIMES ALL THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

WHO'S WITH ME

I AM COMRADE WELL UNTIL IT MEETS SHRIMP ANYWAY

Limes got the only citrus spot in this thing because they won the citrus poll.

Duck Confit, Bananas, Sausage, Waffles

Confit de canard is going to be completely destroyed in this poll, but seriously it is the absolute best thing

i just think its funny that limes are going up against all these prepared foods or main courses

LIMES GONNA WIN

Sushi, Tacos, Sausage, Limes

sushi is better than almost anything, tacos are tacos, good sausage is unstoppable and shrimp can fucking blow me because they are garbage, limes because i could not eat without having the chance to put just a little lime juice on stuff sometimes

LIMES ALL THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

WHO'S WITH ME

― ciderpress, Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:54 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

although limes v curry would end in tears

Sushi, Bananas, Shrimp, Waffles

i am finding this one hard to process tbh; food overload.

Sushi, Bananas, Sausage, LIMES

wtf at duck comfit? Why is this even in a poll? Does anyone actually eat this? Pretzels were excluded at the expense of duck comfit?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/foodfightbracket1.jpg

Confit (by a smidgeon), bananas, shrimp (assuming this includes actually tasty shrimps like good old brown shrimp)

And limes, I guess because I couldn't care less.

have any of the bananas voters actually eaten a good taco?

bananas v tacos is hard. life is so hard, you guys.

have any of the bananas voters actually eaten a good taco?

Yeah, but again I gotta go for versatility - losing one dish vs. losing the basic ingredient for many great dishes (plus it's tasty as such), it was easy to choose bananas.

Brown bananas > tacos > green bananas

Tacos are great if you like SALMONELLA.

Something you surprisingly don't get with Bananas.

Custard bananas better than any of those. And bananas and custard (with a little bit of golden syrup) ftw.

I don't understand what's going on here at all. What do you think... care, or skip it?

I had fresh shrimp for the first time about two years ago... It is such a revelation compared to frozen bland jelly shrimp

Kenan - skip it, totally boring.

jelly shrimp?

sausage v. shrimp is tough tough tough tough tough tough tough

I mean the shrimp just tastes like bland gelatin. real fresh shrimp needs no seasoning

sausage can be VERY gross, but a shrimp is a shrimp

I'm gonna blow your minds, there's a shrimp dish where the shrimp are fried in preserved duck egg yolk

I voted bananas over tacos because I already voted burritos over berries. Burritos are superior to tacos just as bananas are superior to berries.

sausage v. shrimp is tough tough tough tough tough tough tough

― mookieproof, Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:26 PM (19 seconds ago)

it's like cutting the baby in half when it comes to gumbo

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X60ewjhV9Aw/S3DPMZu_NyI/AAAAAAAADWQ/ZKMaJCvOcec/s1600-h/IMG_1150.jpg

aaaaaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhhhhh

Confit de Canard vs. Sushi -- confit's great, I even made my own, but not EVEN a choice. Sushi.

Tacos vs. Bananas -- I actually don't eat bananas except in the form of banana bread, so tacos.

Sausage vs. Shrimp -- tough one. I eat more than my share of both, but ultimately I love shrimp more.

Waffles vs. Limes -- considering that I buy limes by the 3# bag, not a tough choice.

Sushi, Tacos, Sausage, Waffles, though I love duck, and would probably love duck confit if I ever had it. (Maybe I have, and just though of it as duck, who knows.) Definitely love sushi, and ate it all the time in New York, though, so that gets the nod. Waffles would have only butter and cinnamon, fwiw, no syrup or sugar, gross. Sausage preferably the chicken or turkey kind these days (hey, I'm health conscious), green onion or garlic flavor.

Oh shit, didn't see shrimp up there! So I was wrong: Voting Sushi, Tacos, Shrimp, Waffles instead. (Eat sausage more, but like shrimp more, and eat it enough.)

sushi tacos shrimp limes

why the fuck are tacos and bananas fighting this early, this is some str8 gerrymandering bullshit, im gonna call my congressman

OMG DUCK CONFIT VS SUSHI YOU FUCKERS IMPOSSIBLE

fuckit - duck confit, tacos, sausages, waffles

Confit, tacos, sausage, limes.

(note to self: confit and sausage taco with lime would be amazing)

CONFIT > sushi: My only tactical vote. The very best sushi I've had is better than the very best confit de canard I've had, but confit de canard is like the compulsory small-conference invite to this tournament and it deserves a good showing against the Duke that is sushi, because it's really remarkable and too many of you have never had it.

TACOS > bananas: Surely bananas are high on the fruit list mostly for their convenience? They are vaguely fruity starch. Bananas are to fruit as chicken is to meat. I eat a lot of bananas and chicken, but I voted against both because you can't take them seriously against more interesting competition.

LIME > waffles: Limes taste like nothing else on earth. A waffle is a pancake putting on airs.

sushi isn't Duke, it's UNC!

toro is Michael Jordan

Duck Confit, Tacos, Sausage, Waffles

Confit de canard is one of the finest thing this earth has to offer. It's why France was invented.

I ate a lot of bananas in college b/c I was on this trip that since humans evolved from apes & apes eat lots of bananas...yeah, it was pretty dumb. Tacos of course.

Shrimp are the roaches of the ocean. I like them though. But saucisse de Montbéliard cooked all day in red wine is one of the best things ever, not to mention sausage pizza.

The overnight waffles in Bittman's How To Cook Everything changed how I thought of waffles, though it necessitated buying an expensive waffle iron to bring out their true glory. We eat them with condensed milk drizzled atop. wow this poll is making me hungry; thank goodness it's time for breakfast.

I ate a lot of bananas in college b/c I was on this trip that since humans evolved from apes & apes eat lots of bananas

<3 you for this

finding bananas v. tacos an almost impossible struggle tbh

if shrimp (singular thing, sucks) beats sausages (CONTAINS MULTITUDES) i will murder you all in your sleep

any predictions for the final round yet?

frankly i hope this comes down to tacos vs pizza

brown bananas and green bananas needed separating, feel dirty tacitly voting for green bananas :_(

Shrimp and sausage AAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHH, picked shrimp.

FFS this is getting serious, we are talking shrimps not prawns right? hideous spineless translucent little bottom feeding vermin over the magnificence that is sausage, in all its many glories? dying in your sleep is too good for shrimp voters. you deserve to be trapped in a shiny steel container, made in Thailand, as you drown to death in thousand island sauce.

Sushi, Tacos, Sausage, Limes

Sushi, Bananas, Shrimp, Limes

This was a really hard one all around.

I'm sure I'd love duck confit, but sushi is one those all-time classics for me.

Bananas vs. Tacos was tough. I've been loving me some Torchy's Tacos lately, but I like pretty much anything made with bananas.

Shrimp wins just by a hair.

I prefer pancakes over waffles even though "Chicken and Pancakes" isn't really a thing. Limes because you need them to make margaritas.

I *would* say I don't get shrimp haters, but I actually really appreciate them bcz if shrimp is being served at dinner, they often give you their shrimp.

Sushi, Tacos, Sausage, Limes

I think duck confit looks really nice, but I can't vote for it as I don't think i've ever had it. thus sushi by default, even though I have suspicion I'd probably prefer the duck.

I like tacos. they seem the least (US of ) american of mexican foods somehow. I don't know why I have that inkling, or why it should matter, I'm from cheshire and yorkshire, I should only care about cheese and savoury batter puddings. but mince and salad in a big thick crisp is good.

Sausage vs shrimp. I'm cautious here because I'm not convinced ppl aren't conflating shrimp and prawn, and I've had an awful lot of very good prawns in my life, particularly in northern france, where seafood is the local artform. Sausage, though, I mean this category contains bright pink walls with gorgeous herby lincolnshire with german bratwursty stuff, and spanish OMG, and BLACK PUDDING, it's not really fair on shrimp, is it?

Sushi, Tacos, Sausage, Limes

I think duck confit looks really nice, but I can't vote for it as I don't think i've ever had it. thus sushi by default, even though I have suspicion I'd probably prefer the duck.

I like tacos. they seem the least (US of ) american of mexican foods somehow. I don't know why I have that inkling, or why it should matter, I'm from cheshire and yorkshire, I should only care about cheese and savoury batter puddings. but mince and salad in a big thick crisp is good.

Sausage vs shrimp. I'm cautious here because I'm not convinced ppl aren't conflating shrimp and prawn, and I've had an awful lot of very good prawns in my life, particularly in northern france, where seafood is the local artform. Sausage, though, I mean this category contains bright pink walls with gorgeous herby lincolnshire with german bratwursty stuff, and spanish OMG, and BLACK PUDDING, it's not really fair on shrimp, is it?

Sushi, Tacos, Sausage, Limes

I think duck confit looks really nice, but I can't vote for it as I don't think i've ever had it. thus sushi by default, even though I have suspicion I'd probably prefer the duck.

I like tacos. they seem the least (US of ) american of mexican foods somehow. I don't know why I have that inkling, or why it should matter, I'm from cheshire and yorkshire, I should only care about cheese and savoury batter puddings. but mince and salad in a big thick crisp is good.

Sausage vs shrimp. I'm cautious here because I'm not convinced ppl aren't conflating shrimp and prawn, and I've had an awful lot of very good prawns in my life, particularly in northern france, where seafood is the local artform. Sausage, though, I mean this category contains bright pink walls with gorgeous herby lincolnshire with german bratwursty stuff, and spanish OMG, and BLACK PUDDING, it's not really fair on shrimp, is it?

as for waffles, they are very tasty breakfaststuff, but not sure why they should be here instead of pikelets or crumpets ffs. are they a THING in the states? anyway, lime is a beautiful fruit and I think sometimes underrated.

repetition in yr ilx and we're never gonna lose it.

OMG DUCK CONFIT VS SUSHI YOU FUCKERS IMPOSSIBLE

― balls, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:45 (21 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

any predictions for the final round yet?

gonna bet it's something that both americans and british people like

mexican food gonna make a controversial exit somewhere

^^^

somtimes it's good to take a step back and realise that it's ok, you can still enjoy both these things even after you've voted for one of them. xp to self.

once had a tin of duck confit heated on a primus stove in a freezing cold bothy on the scottish coast at 4am after taking 2 hours to stumble 3 miles along a very rocky and uneven path in the pitch dark.

which was fun, 'n' all, but i think sushi has more application.

xxp quite jealous really at how much access you have to good mexican food. we have Chiquito's chain, plus a shelf or so in the big supermarkets, and that's about it. In this city of about 200,000ish, probs 20+ each of chinese, indian, kebab/pizza places, fish'n'chips, 1 shitty chain mexican (I think... open to other recommendations from NV & other Hull posters)

i seriously had no idea that you posh mofos ate so much duck confit
i've never had it

Sushi, Tacos, Shrimp, Limes

another ridiculously easy round. sacrifice of two key phallic foodstuffs somewhat difficult, but not vs. tacos n shrimp. best shit ever, could live on tacos, shrimp & sushi nearly forever. all garnished with fresh lime slices. goddam. waffles are awesome, but i'll eat pancakes or something, fine with me. fucking duck confit. if i want duck, i'll go to chinatown.

i seriously had no idea that you posh mofos ate so much duck confit

oh man, if I hadn't just changed my display name

really not understanding why duck confit and foie gras are on this poll and not mac & cheese or garlic

nobody's gonna vote garlic, you can't just eat garlic as a snack or something

^^^^ oh shit, a vampire

sure you can - you can do roasted garlic - i mean, if curry, potatoes, and spinach are poll options ...

would vote garlic over half the stuff on these lists. dunno about m&c

garlic, totally. I'd vote roast garlic over pretty much anything.

would, for instance, have voted garlic over curry in a heartbeat

xp - gotta defend my home turf - garlic FTW!

Maybe a seasonings/herbs/spices tourney in a few months, with salt disqualified because it would pwn the whole thing.

would vote sugar over salt

I'd vote everything over salt

salt vs dessicated poo would be a matchup that salt could win, for me

well, from a logistical standpoint this thing is all over the place - you have dishes competing with ingredients (e.g. cookies vs. eggs, spinach vs. savory pies)

salt beats everything. food absent salt is nearly unimaginable.

yeah but I can make some eggs and eat them for breakfast, or eat spinach on its own, I'm not just gonna have a garlic meal and not just cause I'm a vampire

seriously, at least 2/3 of the things i cook (if not 9/10) involve some quantity of salt. water is probably the next most common ingredient.

garlic leaves: underrated vegetable

i like duck but i'd be fronting if i voted for it. sushi.

i eat a banana everyday but tacos are like a whole world.

deciding this one quickly cos it's really hard: shrimp

i don't really like waffles, and the important drinking applications of the lime need to be considered on top of its food value.

but iatee, think of the incredible number of things that become 90% less delicious absent garlic. salsa, tomato sauce, aoli, roast lamb, hummus, guac, curry dishes, greek anythying, italian anything, thai anything, mexican anything, etc.

I'm not saying it doesn't have its merits! just that it's absolutely less of a meal than anything listed.

having garlic in this poll would be unfair, because I'd have to vote for it

subatomic building blocks being a key phrase

like food is not just meals, it's how you get to the meals

I agree I just don't think that 'garlic' vs. 'steak' makes much sense but then again neither does 'peanut butter' vs. 'steak' so,

SABB was another bracket, i guess, but it's still key. in working this stuff out, i'm thinking as much w my kitchen as i am with my plate.

xp - wtf - there are plenty of things that are equally less of a meal than "garlic" - like limes?

and then there's 'curry' where nobody knows wtf they're actually voting for, but it's probably something indian

ya I think limes are out of place too

i'm sorry but limes and garlic are pretty much equal in the "not a meal, but an integral ingredient to deliciousness"

I agree!

that's true tbh - also yeah roast garlic is pure joy - limes perhaps MORE edible on their own, though - garlic's brilliance comes when it is involved in a large recipe

like cmon you all take the lime slice out of your gin and tonic, and then eat the fruity bit - you all do

i don't drink gin.

having garlic in this poll would be unfair, because I'd have to vote for it

― mouffetard (acoleuthic),

We definitely can't have that -- I put a lot of work into rigging all this for maximum LJ-tears.

:D

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

LJ - are you gonna post about bananas' pathetic showing?

tacos will meet a worthier foe soon

oh wait, it's sushi, don't care

fooled myself into thinking that duck confit had a chance here, dammit

People who voted limes over waffles are weird.

duck confit didn't belong in this race at all
GO LIMES
i think the right teams won here

Sushi 98 > Duck Confit 24
Tacos 87 > Bananas 35
Sausages 69 > Shrimp 53
Limes 78 > Waffles 44

Yay fuck you shrimp you bastard sea insect

so wait, i'm gonna have to decide between sushi and tacos?

nobody's gonna vote garlic, you can't just eat garlic as a snack or something

― iatee, Monday, July 26, 2010 4:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

I have been known to snack on raw garlic, HEY LADIES

I have an uncle who eats raw garlic and vinegar before every meal. he is nearing 60 but is as wiry and strong as a man half his age.

garlic breath really isn't that bad, imo

people say it gets into your pores and other body juices

I'm a few years away from 30 and couldn't be described as 'wiry' or strong'

2xpost.

wtf lime

so many weirdos on this site

I will take your belgian waffles that you were gonna eat and hand you a LIME

but you probably were gonna just eat a lime anyway

would be fine with that

haha xp

it's okay because I secretly put a ton of lime juice into iatee's waffle batter

I put waffle juice in your lime

lime skin is pretty impervious, I'll just wash it off

I will try to put waffles on my tacos.

GO LIMES

Bananas, shrimp and waffles ALL got knocked out in this round? I HAT3 U ILX!

Luckily this nightmareland where shrimp have gone away isn't real.

another solid, respectable round of resluts. especially if sausages includes all sorts of cured/dried tube meats (salumi, etc). voted shrimp myself, but sausage is noble competition.

iatee otm

lol at "resluts"

these food things suck

i just imagine these food items in superhero costumes and we're arguing about which would win in a fight, and i think it's pretty hilarious.