ILX FOOD FIGHT!!! Round One - Group F (Hippies United Against Humanity group)

tomatoes v ice cream is really hard!

watermelon or lamb is the choosing between my two kids decision of the tournament so far

watermelon is kind of bullshit imo. THERE, I SAID IT.

bet you hate cucumber too

i don't! watermelons never taste like anything. could do without melons in general tbrr.

maybe we should just call you lamb-shoe

ha i do totally love lamb. it features heavily in the regional cooking of the region of india my parents are from. i'm, like, genetically programmed to find it delicious.

Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, Spinach, Lamb

lentils fucking suck, HARD choice here actually but im taking it as just a tomato being a tomato so went w/variety, spinach is one of the best foods ever (although wait did broccoli get cut because if so SHAKING MY FIST AT YOU WMC), lamb only thx to middle eastern context and watermelon is ehhhh whatever

xpost 100% agree w/horsehoe re: melons. bleh and boring. cucumbers OTOH are the fucking shit and i love them

Lentils, Tomatoes, Savoury Pies, Lamb

this wasn't hard for me - the one I'm particularly adamant about is Tomatoes - goddamn I love tomatoes

feel like you guys have never eaten watermelon properly, I welcome you to my house

once i made watermelon margaritas and they were delicious but they mostly tasted like tequila and lime and salt.

Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, Savory Pies, Lamb

Watermelon haters, I wish you could all come to my house RIGHT NOW, I have a back yard full of amazing melons. AND I'M ALLERGIC TO THEM.

LJ OTM IN THIS THREAD

i don't think i've taken longer than like 2 seconds to vote in any of these.

anyway, JJ and horseshoe are also on it---watermelon is fun, but w/e. cucumbers are like eating water. but in the best possible way.

omg that is tragic as hell :(

http://www.clivespies.co.uk/products/pies/greek-lentil/images/cp_products_image.jpg

^ lentils + pies :)

ice cream is babby foods---tomatoes uber alles

i think you have an anti-sweet-food bias! but yeah, tomatoes are so good.

honestly hate sweets

Lentils, tomatoes, spinach, watermelon. Even if I did eat meat, I think it makes sense to choose the ones that offer more versatility to your diet instead of a particular dish like hot dog whose removal would narrow it only a little.

wow tbh i didn't even realize that spinach was the contender against savory pies. i love spinach!

but not enough.

spinach vs savory pies is giving me a heartache
love both so much

haven't voted yet, gotta let it simmer

simmering will favor spinach tbh

Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, Spinach, Watermelon

savory pies can contain spinach, so i'll go for that even though i love raw spinach A LOT and eat it almost every day
could not care less about lamb or watermelon, so voted Lentils, Tomatoes, Savory Pies, Watermelon

hahaha dude if there is a food that demonstrates the definition of "versatility" it is the hot dog. just ask upton sinclair

xpost to tuomas

also feeling RONG about kneejerk spinach vote but ehhh idk i love it lots

here's what you do with a watermelon; don't cut it into salices, instead, cut it in half and then use a long knife and cut that shit into big raectangular cubes, scoop em out with a spoon. If you got a nice juicy sweet melon, put one of them cubes in your mouth, just crush on it, let all that sweet juice run into your gullet, maybe chill it first if the day is really hot

for lamb, go to inner Mongolia, they'll do you right

^^^i have a quest

Watermelon is good because it gives another excuse to add ginger to food.

Hang on, why didn't I nom ginger?

here's what you do with a watermelon; don't cut it into salices, instead, cut it in half and then use a long knife and cut that shit into big raectangular cubes, scoop em out with a spoon. If you got a nice juicy sweet melon, put one of them cubes in your mouth, just crush on it, let all that sweet juice run into your gullet, maybe chill it first if the day is really hot

I am literally crying here -- FOOD ALLERGIES ARE WHY I HAD TO REJECT GOD!!!!

3van, you and I have agreed on most things so far I think! We must do lunch one day.

Ice-cream is great and all, but cmon guys it's not food, it's light entertainment

i love melon! i just don't love watermelon. it's alright. better than lamb, which (even as a carnivore) i like better alive.

wmc, if you want an effective watermelon substitute you could always dribble some sugar water over a waxed sponge. serve and enjoy.

how can anyone vote against ice cream?

ok deal i will be in london sometime soon

xp oh shiiiiiit

how can anyone vote against ice cream?

― sarahel, Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:08 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark

because they are adults

jjj, YOU ARE CRAZY AS HAIL

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

Ice-cream is great and all, but cmon guys it's not food, it's light entertainment

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what does this even mean?

xps lol i am so enraged by dumb boys underrating ice cream right now

i'm probably going to vote tomatoes but ice cream is adult food, for god's sake

http://10.media.tumblr.com/CdB6eSjcdn74caamO6SnqJkxo1_400.gif

who's going to murder who now >:[

A bad tomato is a real disappointment, and also quite common. A bad ice cream is not near as common!

<D

i like ice cream, but i could not/would rather not live without tomatoes
living without ice cream is no big deal

how can anyone vote against ice cream?

I love ice cream, but I can live without it. Tomatoes, otoh, are such an essential building block of my diet I dunno what I'd do if they didn't exist.

(x-post with la lechera)

ok deal i will be in london sometime soon

really? neat!

sorry horseshoe. I really honestly do love ice-cream, but I think of it as a nice treat, an indulgence, whereas tomatoes are an absolutely staple part of most cooking I truly love, and I can eat the small ones like popcorn - tomato-laden bruschetta is just...amazing, a full meal and a healthy one

:D

spinach over savory pies is dumb & I'd had more time to spend around here I'd have lobbied stronger for savory pies on the basis of the mighty salteña, nem, and jambon en croûte. Tears in rain.

Yeah I mean spinach can even be a savoury pie component. You could have had both you idiots!

you cannot have fresh spinach as savory pie component. nor something simple as sauteed/steamed spinach, chopped or not, with fat & garlic or not. mushroom pie is awesome, but i never eat it and would happily make the sacrifice just so i could order gomae at sushi joints.

Except if you like spinach in other ways too, not just in pies.

(x-post)

SPINACH OVER PIES? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

who eats "savory pies" for crissakes? i am not a dickens novel.

Pretty sure The Dickwit Papers would fit the bill.

zing

oliver twat

SPINACH OVER PIES? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

^^

Yeah, that's probably the result that hurts the most.

ign'rance, that's what it is, pure savoury pie ign'rance.

i urge any US ilxors who find themselves in this country to buy a simple melton mowbray pork pie, availble from any reputable supermarket chain.

spinach over pies loooooooooooooooooool

ilx's own personal 9/11

I almost felt bad about voting for spinach over pies because my dad used to cook us pasties, but I eat spinach everyday.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Pasty2.jpg

i ate a giant bowl of spinach (and tomatoes!) tonite, how can i deny???

stupid pies, how i hate u

disgusting fucking savages.

this really bears repeating

Spinach and tomatoes...yeah, that sounds so good.

almost feel bad about the result, sorta wish british pies were gonna still be around...these threads just won't be the same without savory pie...

tom one day we'll get together and start a savory pie/burrito cultural exchange program

There's going to be a delay on the north and south polls because we're going out to the movies tonight...so I'll make it up by giving east and west a head start. They'll go up momentarily.

these are WAY more fun than the music polls

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ok wow

i have been staying away from these cuz they seem like too much work

but wtf happened here

oh wow didnt realize it was a 3-way tie haha

xps stfu

haha, I just mean I have no bizarre emotional attachment to, say, lentils

these are WAY more fun than the music polls

― measuring of the waist (HI DERE),

XD

I take all the credit.

No, wait, I give it all to Aero Smith.

oh and you don't have a bizarre emotional attachment to ANYONE ON THE MUSIC POLL

um that's my entire point

oh I didn't see the 'no'

was wondering what it was about lentils

I think what makes them so fun is that you can vote totally without guilt? Like, I have no way of making an informed vote on Can vs Biggie or whatever, I just don't have the musical knowledge, but pizza? That is a thing that I have eaten.

literally every single result in this poll was wrong (except maybe lamb v. watermelon).

guys i <3 spinach long time, but wtf ever there are other leafy greens i am willing to substitute if it means i can still have savory pie

if the music poll made at least one person feel guilty, I guess I can consider it a job well done

guys i <3 spinach long time, but wtf ever there are other leafy greens i am willing to substitute if it means i can still have savory pie

enjoy your kaleakopita

if the music poll made at least one person feel guilty, I guess I can consider it a job well done

I felt guilty about digging so many people who like a lot of boring music if that's what you mean

but just hang on a minute here, can you imagine a spanakopita made with mustard greens instead of spinach? I think I just had a life changing moment.

you're a lou reed stan! xp

the boring result of that poll is making me reconsider some of my options here. bye-bye bacon.

but just hang on a minute here, can you imagine a spanakopita made with mustard greens instead of spinach? I think I just had a life changing moment.

― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:33 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

see what i am talking about

(i actually can't decide if that would be gross or not)

It sounds absolutely amazing to me, but I love mustard above all other greens.

but just hang on a minute here, can you imagine a spanakopita made with mustard greens instead of spinach? I think I just had a life changing moment.

wow actually yeah. although mrs. smith is a mild-flavored-dishes enthusiast & loves spanakopita & would probably be all "what have you done to this light and lovely dish you disgusting savage"

I HAVE to try that this fall when the greens are ready to pick. Never mind that I've never made spanakopita in my life.

it's not that hard, just a lot of phyllo and butter and layering

yeah i think i've made it like twice (for a LOT of people) and it was pretty easy