Unpopular opinions

[Matt]

@mclaincausey said in Unpopular opinions:

Yeah I get that. Same thing with crawfish boils. It’s a cultural thing as much as it is a food thing.

I was thinking more along the lines of what would I order at a restaurant; purely thinking about the food and not the trappings or event.

You don’t order crabs at a restaurant. You order them at a crab house.

Once you know how to do it and with some practice, I can plow through a dozen in no time. Everyone does it just a little different but it’s a Maryland family tradition to pass down the ability to pick a crab clean while drinking cheap beer. Do not drink good beer with crabs. I passed it down to my kids just like my dad did for me.

[goosehd]

@Matt I posted this in a pm to another user: I have tons of good memories eating crabs, corn, etc. and ice cold shitty beer

[seawolf]

@pechelman said in Unpopular opinions:

Dipping buffalo wings in blue cheese is an abomination.

damn. I thought we were friends.

[jerkules]

Other than draft beer, I hate drinking beer from a glass. Can or bottle forever.

[tody]

@jerkules How deep of a dive did you take into the craft beer thing?

[Tago Mago]

@jerkules what about wheat beer?

[jerkules]

@tody fairly deep - like craft beer a lot but also quite happy with standard lager. Sometimes I want a few beers at home and for it to not cost £20 lol

[tody]

@jerkules then your opinion is unpopular indeed Can't see myself drinking heavy barrel aged stouts from a bottle, for example.

[jerkules]

@Tago-Mago if it’s on draft, then glass. If it’s from a bottle, then I’m drinking from the bottle.

[Tago Mago]

@jerkules now I’m sad

[goosehd]

@tody Excellent observation on that one!!

[mclaincausey]

Some craft beer makers encourage drinking from the vessel they ship in. The Alchemist of Vermont comes to mind. They encourage you to drink the pint from the can.

Some beers I want the bouquet from a glass. I’ve found that yeah sure I can drink Heady Topper from a can, but sometimes I may feel like pouring it into an ale glass. Especially if it’s chilled.

[mclaincausey]

There’s nothing a green bell pepper can do that any other color bell pepper can’t do better.

[seawolf]

@mclaincausey Green bell peppers are the worst.

[pechelman]

there is exactly one thing a green bell pepper can do better, and that's season Cuban black beans. It just doesnt taste right without it. Usually just throw a tiny whole chunk in with the beans while they simmer and then remove it. Otherwise, I 100% concur.

[Mizmazzle]

At risk of turning this into popular opinion…I too hate green peppers and they ruin everything they touch.

[Tago Mago]

They have superior greenness over the red and yellow peppers

[seawolf]

@pechelman Absolutely. I'd argue there's one more thing: green bell peppers belong in a trinity for making gumbo.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Matt once I got my technique down for cooking my own crabs I could no longer order them anywhere. The only way I can get em is live and cook them myself

[ROman]

@Mizmazzle said in Unpopular opinions:

At risk of turning this into popular opinion…I too hate green peppers and they ruin everything they touch.

I like them in pepper steaks.