'Letdown' Foods?

[buckytom]

that's too bad wasabi.

i have been eating a ton of watermelon this summer. they say it has been one of the best years in a long time for watermelons, not sure why. i'd have to agree tho.

they are as sweet and bursting with "water" as i remember as a kid.

 

[wasabi]

Have you seen those really small watermelons? I think they are from Thailand.

 

[SierraCook]

I have to agree with you on restaurant fare. The times I have had truly spectacular beef are too few. .......

Once I ordered filet mignon at my favorite restaurant, The Coyote Bar & Grill. It had to have been the best beef entree that I have ever ordered. The meat was tender and flavorful. I was in heaven.

 

[Zlatko]

the last beer in the box, is always a letdown (but it always tastes the best)

 

[Half Baked]

The 2nd sip of a beer is always a letdown. The first sip after opening the bottle is cold, crisp and spectacular...then it goes downhill with each sip thereafter.

 

[MJ]

The 2nd sip of a beer is always a letdown. The first sip after opening the bottle is cold, crisp and spectacular...then it goes downhill with each sip thereafter.

LOL... are you sure? Sometimes that first sip tastes so good I have to have many, many more. Like when football is on.

 

[expatgirl]

Beer is one exception to the "law of diminishing returns" the more you drink the more you return to the john.

 

[Half Baked]

MJ, I'd drink the first sip of everyone's beer in a football stadium.

 

[expatgirl]

Jan, for quality control so would I--as long as it's not Coors----that's not beer in my stadium!!LOL

 

[Half Baked]

People certainly love their own brand, for sure.

 

[expatgirl]

That's for sure, Half-Baked!!

If you've ever been to a pub in the British Isles---OMG---the varieties of beers and ales are to die for--------American beers tend to pale in comparison, though not bad, just not in the same league. My humble opinion. Pass me a pint, please.

 

[buckytom]

boy, did you say a mugful expatgirl.

once, america was in the forefront of beers, in both quality and production. of course many german, belgian, english and irish beers have always been world class (i left out canadian just to annoy them... )
a little over a century ago, mechanization from the industrial revolution - with all of it's socio-economic effects on the country, and a large german emmigration to the u.s. created a boom in beer. men like adolphus busch, frederick pabst, george ehret, jacob ruppert, joseph schlitz, and philip best created beers that won gold medals in every beer competition around the world.

but prohibition, the temperence movement, and an anti-german sentiment after wwI was the end of the great years in american brewing.

the bright side is that in the last 20 years, many small breweries are springing up as a market grows for higher quality beers. hopefully, we're in the beginning of a new era of what will become another great beer age.

 

[Claire]

OK, I'll inject a little food history here. Once upon a time, many years ago (i.e., when I was in my 20s), Coors was only available legally west of the Rockies! It was because the company insisted that the beer be refridgerated, and that's as far as refridgerated trucks could go. I lived at the time in North Dakota, but we had a HQ in Colorado Springs. So when someone had a TDY (Temporary Duty) at that location, every one would pitch in for tons of ice and Coors.

 

[ronjohn55]

People certainly love their own brand, for sure.

Well I do try!! But it's been far too long since I've made any, and I'm starting to run low and, um.., you weren't talking about making your own brand of beer, where you?

John

 

[buckytom]

that's it ronjohn?

no comment about my historical retrospective of beer? nothing? nada?

i'm depressed. i am totally not going to enjoy the next six pack of your homebrew you send me all that much.

and i looked all of that stuff up to impress you. you unappreciative b!tch...

i'm gonna have wine...

 

[ronjohn55]

that's it ronjohn?

no comment about my historical retrospective of beer? nothing? nada?

i'm depressed. i am totally not going to enjoy the next six pack of your homebrew you send me all that much.

and i looked all of that stuff up to impress you. you unappreciative b!tch...

i'm gonna have wine...

What, you wanted me to delve into how the alkaline waters of some regions made darker beers a better choice, or how India Pale Ale came about as a means of making beer that withstand the journey around the cape from England to India? Or how classic american pilsner was developed using corn because the six row barley that the settlers had access to here in the US had such a high protien content that they needed to cut it with something?

What's that have to do with "letdown" foods?

John