ILX FOOD FIGHT!!! Round One - Group E (Subatomic Building Blocks of the Universe group)

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Eggs vs. Cookies
Tofu vs. Fondue
Peaches vs. BBQ Ribs
Crepes vs. French Fries

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Eggs, Fondue, Ribs, French Fries 24
Eggs, Tofu, Ribs, French Fries 18
Cookies, Tofu, Peaches, French Fries 15
Eggs, Tofu, Peaches, French Fries 10
Cookies, Tofu, Peaches, Crepes 9
Cookies, Fondue, Peaches, French Fries 9
Eggs, Fondue, Peaches, French Fries 9
Eggs, Fondue, Ribs, Crepes 9
Eggs, Tofu, Peaches, Crepes 8
Eggs, Fondue, Peaches, Crepes 8
Cookies, Fondue, Ribs, French Fries 8
Cookies, Tofu, Ribs, Crepes 4
Cookies, Tofu, Ribs, French Fries 4
Cookies, Fondue, Peaches, Crepes 4
Eggs, Tofu, Ribs, Crepes 3
Cookies, Fondue, Ribs, Crepes 2


Grisly Addams (WmC), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:44 (fifteen years ago)

OK each of these is a head-exploder for me (except I've never had fondue).

Warum habt Ihr mich totgefüttert? (Abbott), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:44 (fifteen years ago)

Argggh, fries vs creeps

WOOD! GOBLINS! (NickB), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:45 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs, Fondue, Ribs, Crepes

perfect food, default anti-vote (but uh totally not going to win this one), ribs are awesome, kinda dislike 99% of the stuff they call french fries out there (other than the ones in poutine because idk) and always forget that crepes are DOPE

I DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SAVED CHALK (jjjusten), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:47 (fifteen years ago)

Crepes

You’re going off of her word that the farmer’s wife is the farmer’s wife? (dyao), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

Make me feel sick

You’re going off of her word that the farmer’s wife is the farmer’s wife? (dyao), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

Crepes vs. French Fries

dear Americans, this is fucking war

Anti-Suggest Ban Order (acoleuthic), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

I'm voting creeps on the understanding that it is skinny fries and not chips.

WOOD! GOBLINS! (NickB), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:51 (fifteen years ago)

Cookies, Tofu, Ribs, Crepes

gonna vote now before i change my mind, these are all hard

ciderpress, Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:53 (fifteen years ago)

Really care about none of these. French fries so inferior to chips I'm not sure I can even give them a sympathy vote.

Hey Jabulani! Pope of four four two. (aldo), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:53 (fifteen years ago)

Cookies, Fondue, Peaches, Crepes, obv

if BBQ Ribs beats Peaches then dammit I am s-ing mdh (although Nectarines >>> Peaches fwiw)

Anti-Suggest Ban Order (acoleuthic), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:56 (fifteen years ago)

have you ever even had ribs

horseshoe, Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:57 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs, Fondue, Peaches, French Fries

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:59 (fifteen years ago)

dear Americans, this is fucking war

bring it, we've kneecapped you sissies and sent you home crying twice already

oh wait, that was a couple of centuries ago

Grisly Addams (WmC), Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:59 (fifteen years ago)

Cookies, Fondue, Ribs, French Fries

peter in montreal, Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:00 (fifteen years ago)

Crepes vs French Fries is going to be a duel for the ages

have had ribs but not especially good ones - am thinking this might be a 'never been to America' thing but man sinking one's teeth into a peach I mean man

Anti-Suggest Ban Order (acoleuthic), Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:08 (fifteen years ago)

easy tiger, were talking about food here

I DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SAVED CHALK (jjjusten), Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:09 (fifteen years ago)

crepes are gonna lose as big as Mondale did to Reagan in 1984 (still voted for crepes though)

sarahel, Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:09 (fifteen years ago)

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

Grisly Addams (WmC), Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:10 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs, Tofu, Peaches, Crêpes. Also, all of these would make great skipping rhymes.

CONGO, M.D., Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:11 (fifteen years ago)

I think there should be a separate entry for proper Chips, they don't need to be included with their wimp and wussy cousins, French Fries.

It is such a wimp and wussy version of the mighty Chip, that they're already being beaten by *Crepes*!!

"The Dad" from Gay Dad (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

I'd include "proper mighty Chips" in the category of "potatoes" - which I voted for over steak

sarahel, Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:33 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs vs. Cookies -- my cholesterol count tells the tale. Eggs

Tofu vs. Fondue -- never had fondue. Tofu

Peaches vs. BBQ Ribs -- this is killing me. If I could never eat ribs again, at least I'd still have smoked pulled pork shoulder, so not all barbecue is lost. Peaches

Crepes vs. French Fries -- biggest margin of victory in round one? Fries.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:54 (fifteen years ago)

Peaches have a high disappointment rate.

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:57 (fifteen years ago)

biggest margin of victory in round one?

a) pizza vs olives, b) looking at this thread already there's a strong crepe presence and c) ;_;

Anti-Suggest Ban Order (acoleuthic), Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:58 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, i love peach-flavored things, but the actual ones i get are always too hard.

xp

horseshoe, Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:58 (fifteen years ago)

aw, LJ, the silent majority is all french fry. it doesn't even need to be articulated.

horseshoe, Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:58 (fifteen years ago)

there's simply no comfort-food-that-is-also-a-hearty-lunch like a good cheese and mushroom galette, and very few desserts as satisfying as a lemon and sugar crepe (cream, fruit, honey optional)

crepes are all-time and even if ILX doesn't love them, I do

Anti-Suggest Ban Order (acoleuthic), Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:00 (fifteen years ago)

isn't a galette a sweet pie?

sarahel, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:03 (fifteen years ago)

cheese and mushroom crepes are one of the reasons i voted crepes over fries, add smoked salmon to it, and ... *sigh*

sarahel, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:04 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs, Fondue, Ribs, Crepes, even though I haven't eaten Fondue or Crepes in years, maybe decades. I would again, though, if they weren't the sweet kind. (Is there a non-sweet kind of crepes? I hope so. Guess I could've gone with French fries instead, but I only ever like the curly ones or smothered-in-gravy ones sometimes, and then only rarely, and I'm assuming this means the plain old regular boring kind.) Otherwise, I'm tofu-phobic, and don't really eat fruits, so sue me.

xhuxk, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:04 (fifteen years ago)

I voted crepe. Galettes totally count there too, but sweet crepes = lemon, sugar no fucking about. Actually a Suzette's okay if you've got proper booze.

flashing drill + penis fan (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:04 (fifteen years ago)

My mom always served them like pancakes, with thick oozy fake maple syrup & butter.

Warum habt Ihr mich totgefüttert? (Abbott), Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:05 (fifteen years ago)

cookies, fondue, ribs, crepes fyi

sarahel, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:06 (fifteen years ago)

sweet crepes = lemon, sugar no fucking about

yeah dude that's why I added the others only as optional extras should one feel particularly debauched

Anti-Suggest Ban Order (acoleuthic), Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:06 (fifteen years ago)

like a physical lemon, or lemon juice, or like lemon curd?

sarahel, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:07 (fifteen years ago)

xp Abbott - grew up with savory crepes

sarahel, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:08 (fifteen years ago)

Proximity to really good peaches counts for a lot.

PS, anybody who ever has a chance to, go here (just south of Macon, GA): http://www.lanesouthernorchards.com/

xhuxk, savory crepes are definitely what I think of when I think of crepes. Like, chicken & mushroom in tarragon cream sauce.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:08 (fifteen years ago)

proximity to really good peaches ribs counts for a lot.

sarahel, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:09 (fifteen years ago)

lemon juice! wtf

lemon curd MIGHT work but would probably be too thick, too gooey

Anti-Suggest Ban Order (acoleuthic), Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:10 (fifteen years ago)

eggs fondue peaches crepes

I'm putting shabu shabu and hot pot in the fondue category, personally.

Jaq, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:17 (fifteen years ago)

savory crepes are definitely what I think of when I think of crepes. Like, chicken & mushroom in tarragon cream sauce

That sounds pretty good! Glad I voted for them.

xhuxk, Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:30 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs, fondue, peaches, fries.

PEACHES > BBQ Ribs. A very hard battle between two strong but flawed competitors. Peaches are highly variable in quality, plus I actually kind of don't like getting slathered in juice as one does when eating a peach ripe enough to taste good. Great as a flavor in ice cream or dessert, not particularly strong as a companion to savory food. BBQ ribs are great but are for me the third-best kind of barbecue (after pulled pork and links) and get penalized for the annoying "BBQ ribs are the only true BBQ" one hears from their partisans.

FRENCH FRIES > CREPES Not that hard, as much as I love crepes. But here French fries is taken to mean FRENCH, i.e. skinny fries, as might appear either next to a steak with hollandaise sauce, or in a cone with mussels, or in a paper bag with a fast food meal. If we were talking crude, thick "chips," crepes take it in a walk.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 25 July 2010 00:56 (fifteen years ago)

Actually come to think of it, I used to get those cones of "Belgian fries" (w/ parmesan/peppercorn sauce) a lot late at night in the Lower East Side when I was there, especially if I'd had too many beers at a show and wasn't thinking straight. Always regretted it the next morning (the fries even more than the beer). But maybe should've picked them over crepes anyway, ah well.

xhuxk, Sunday, 25 July 2010 01:14 (fifteen years ago)

Cookies, Fondue, Peaches, French Fries

Eggs are the Worst Thing In The Universe & the component of the one "food" that I think I'd take a bullet in the head rather than eat, namely mayonnaise. I can handle eggs as a component of things like cookies duh but on their own, I think that I would die.

I don't care much about tofu vs. fondue but I've had some good fondue in the countryside so that.

peaches over ribs b/c ribs often suck---& yeah I've been to the Rendezvous in Memphis & thought they were pretty lame. I love bbq but ribs are low on my list there. & yeah peaches! one of the few things that make summer ok.

fries over crepes b/c crepes are too expensive for what you get

Euler, Sunday, 25 July 2010 06:52 (fifteen years ago)

It costs pennies to make your own crêpes, and it's super easy.

CONGO, M.D., Sunday, 25 July 2010 07:28 (fifteen years ago)

peeps voting against eggs - please note that unless u are a vegan you dont get like half of that food u like. which uh includes like 70% of yer beloved cookies you knobs.

I DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SAVED CHALK (jjjusten), Sunday, 25 July 2010 07:37 (fifteen years ago)

peeps voting against eggs - please note that unless u are a vegan you dont get like half of that food u like. which uh includes like 70% of yer beloved cookies you knobs.

nonsense, eating a cookie made with eggs isn't eating an egg dish. "eggs" aren't an ingredient on a poll, they're a Thing You Eat.

les yeux sans aerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Sunday, 25 July 2010 07:50 (fifteen years ago)

have fun with your eggless life you charlatan

I DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SAVED CHALK (jjjusten), Sunday, 25 July 2010 07:51 (fifteen years ago)

crepes vs fries = hardest choice you'll ever make...

ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Sunday, 25 July 2010 07:52 (fifteen years ago)

not just - they have a whole line of magical spice blends that are the sole intellectual property of doritos llc

a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:39 (fifteen years ago)

pretty sure doritos is not an llc

sarahel, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:44 (fifteen years ago)

What do you mean by "magical"?

Tuomas, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:44 (fifteen years ago)

made by elves

a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:46 (fifteen years ago)

magical = not controlled by an llc - like fucken magnets

sarahel, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:46 (fifteen years ago)

what is your problem with llcs?

a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:50 (fifteen years ago)

{how do they work?}

a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:50 (fifteen years ago)

llrc

You’re going off of her word that the farmer’s wife is the farmer’s wife? (dyao), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:24 (fifteen years ago)

magical = MSG

the girl with the butt tattoo (harbl), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 13:14 (fifteen years ago)

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

System, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

itt: disgusting American savages

corn piece in mouffetard (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:02 (fifteen years ago)

WmC, your penance for being so brash in fries' defence is that you have to count all of these now. Have fun!

corn piece in mouffetard (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:02 (fifteen years ago)

97 - 47

sarahel, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:03 (fifteen years ago)

jesus fondue beat tofu???

pies. (gbx), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:20 (fifteen years ago)

really is fondue even a thing

horseshoe, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:20 (fifteen years ago)

tbh i have no idea what beat anything in these polls because my eyes glaze over at all the numbers

horseshoe, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:21 (fifteen years ago)

fondue is indeed a thing - a delicious thing - involving cheese

sarahel, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:21 (fifteen years ago)

Cookies lost!?!?

Chaim Poutine (NickB), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn76/EoMSh0gun/cookie-monster-diet.jpg

Chaim Poutine (NickB), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

eggs are breakfast and breakfast is v important

horseshoe, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

somewhere there is a place where people actually eat duck confit and fondue all the time
wtf at this awful result

ghee hee hee (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:23 (fifteen years ago)

glad fondue won because my vote wasn't entirely in vain ;_; but yeah awful result itp

corn piece in mouffetard (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:24 (fifteen years ago)

My family eats meat fondue (oil rather than cheese) at it's special occasions. The nice thing is that the meal takes a long time, so it's more about conversation/music etc than most meals. So it got my vote. Plus, tofu? Maybe vegetarians can trick themselves into liking it, but I can't think of a time in the last 5 yrs I've eaten it. Easy vote.

textbook blows on the head (dowd), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:19 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs 89 > Cookies 55
Fondue 73 > Tofu 71
Peaches 72 = Ribs 72 UH OH
French Fries 97 > Crepes 47

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:54 (fifteen years ago)

def need to have UH OH shakedown sudden death matches.

24hr polls (or w/e the minimum is)

pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:55 (fifteen years ago)

If I go with calories as the tiebreaker, that knocks out two fruits, leaving only limes.

HMMMMMMMM

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:05 (fifteen years ago)

can't you just turn the next round to a three-way with the tied options both moving forward? Like: berries vs burritos vs whatever they'd be up against?

sarahel, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:07 (fifteen years ago)

No, two foods enter, one food leaves.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:08 (fifteen years ago)

Eggs, Fondue, Ribs, French Fries 24
Eggs, Fondue, Peaches, French Fries 9

This argues for peaches on the grounds that the people who got their way on the other 3 largely supported ribs.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:10 (fifteen years ago)

If I did lightning-round tiebreakers, I don't see any incentive for anybody to change their votes, so they'd just wind up tied again.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:12 (fifteen years ago)

They probably wouldn't tie again though, because there are probably ilxors who only look at the board on the weekend who won't see a tiebreaker.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:13 (fifteen years ago)

Fuck it, this needs to be solved by SCIENCE.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:13 (fifteen years ago)

I told you there were gonna be ties!

iatee, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:14 (fifteen years ago)

science: ribs are better than peaches

chuck entertainment cheese (crüt), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:15 (fifteen years ago)

yeah see a short poll midweek will likely draw at LEAST one more or less voter, so it's virtually guaranteed to not be deadlocked

pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:17 (fifteen years ago)

everyone should go eat a rib and a ripe peach and reevaluate their position

sonderborg, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:18 (fifteen years ago)

this is unfair to the south

pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:21 (fifteen years ago)

this set of results upsets me. fondue over tofu. bah

thomp, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:00 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, that one is very O_o to me.

My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 02:02 (fifteen years ago)

I half jokingly nominated fondue because I just naming random foods and honestly didn't expect it to ever actually be in the poll. I'm glad it won though.

I guess it partially makes up for my legitimate nominations (poutine and duck confit) losing terribly.

peter in montreal, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:31 (fifteen years ago)

you are the poutine duck. it all makes sense.

a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 05:46 (fifteen years ago)

How can you be boohooing over fucking tofu when CREPES and WAFFLES just both got knocked out? Seriously fuck you ilx, I'm never posting here again.

JimD, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 06:26 (fifteen years ago)

Well, basically I'm not gonna vote for desserts and snacks over proper foods here, because they're not as essential, I can live without them. I think it would've been fairer if desserts had gotten their own poll.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 06:31 (fifteen years ago)

How can you be boohooing over fucking tofu when CREPES and WAFFLES just both got knocked out? Seriously fuck you ilx, I'm never posting here again.

bitter tears over crepes, waffles (tho i love u) not so much. tofu's kind of a tragedy too, especially losing to something as entirely useless as fondue, but it's hard to get worked up about.

a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 06:34 (fifteen years ago)

because they're not as essential, I can live without them

lol whut? you're voting for foods on the basis of their merits in aiding your survival? who are you, ray mears?

no, you're dead right, it's a macaroon (ledge), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 08:43 (fifteen years ago)

Er, food can be both essential and tasty.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 08:46 (fifteen years ago)

If I go with calories as the tiebreaker, that knocks out two fruits, leaving only limes.

HMMMMMMMM

less calories is better tho so the fruits stay

cozen, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:15 (fifteen years ago)

how is fondue useless? it is nourishing, and it is delicious. These are two useful properties of fondue. In summary, fondue is not useless because it is nourishing and delicious.

sarahel, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

fondue is useless because it is a pot of beige goo, reeking of kirsch until that shit cooks off, and it is suitable only for the preparation of fondue. you can't stuff a goose with it. it does not lend itself kindly to sandwitches. it is goo and only goo, wasted unless twirled about spongy bread on a very specific fork. and who has such forks, hand-hammered by ruddy-faced viking descendants on their allegedly unintoxicated days after? but who can trust a sober viking? no one, that is who. therefore, ordinary forks are pressed into service and the valuable hair that cradle our knuckles becomes singed on the cheese-sputtering alcohol flame. there is no part of this that is not a problem. plus i feel so gross thereafter, my belly full of gruyere and caloric regrets...

a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 10:42 (fifteen years ago)

meat fondue tho...

no, you're dead right, it's a macaroon (ledge), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 10:51 (fifteen years ago)


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