Chuck Saw and Ramen noodles

Due to a stomach infection, I've been reverting back to my college budget and habits the last two weeks, Chuck Shaw and Ramen noodles being two of the main food groups that keep me culinary company. I realized it's not a good plan to put Tupperware in the oven-even if it just to heat up said Ramen noodles. But it's not necessarily a bad idea, melted plastic with Chuck Saw and Ramen noodles can be a good substitute when you run out of Chuck Saw and Ramen noodles..lol

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Kitchen on the go

You'll probably laugh at the thought, but how about a truly mobile food delivery business that operates in a truck? The kitchen is fitted in the truck which does a regular itinerary during the day around the city. The customer can email, fax or sms the order and have it instantly delivered either to his place or wherever he might be, even on the street. With GPS technology both the customer and the truck driver can see where each other is.

The major daily cost for such business will be gas but that can amount to less than monthly rent if the trucks are hybrid or even electric. Who knows, maybe in the near future such business can be competitive and profitable.

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Snack napkin

How about snack food bags came with a small napkin to wipe hands after eating? The napkin or hand cleanser can be wrapped inside the bag or attached in the outside

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Would it be too embarrassing to order just dessert?

Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal but I am thinking that in a weak economy people should become creative with cost-cutting and try to keep doing as many of the activities they were used to as possible. One is going out to eat in a restaurant. I guess I can eat at home and then go out in a restaurant with my friends and just order dessert and perhaps a drink to go with it.

Restaurants which will experience a huge drop in business need not advertise their plight in their websites by saying they accept dessert-only meals but if customers come in and order just dessert they should be happy to provide it and train the staff not to express any sign of surprise when they take the order.

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people who know everything

Don't you just hate people who think they know everything?

I live in a small country but I have lived in the past in different countries and I notice that the smaller the country it is the more people tend to pretend they know everything.

I went to this small expensive place yesterday with my girlfriend who happens to be from France. It was a French restaurant with a cuisine that wasn't french at all (my gf is from France and I have lived in france for about 4 years).

Anyway when I told to the waiter that the food wasn't cooked properly as it supposed to be he told us that we have no idea about french food. I asked the waiter if he has ever been to france and he told me No. I asked him if they have a french cook and he told me No as well .. they have a cook trained to french cuisine. He was so insulting and so rude that pretty much I wanted to punch him :)))

By the way we ended up paying almost 100 euros for a 2 persons meal to a restaurant that didn't worth more than 40 euros for the food.

This incident is no exception. That kind of rude , stupid people are almost everywhere. And I don't know what to do . It's impossible to start a fight each time but at the same time I feel an idiot paying twice the amount I would pay in france when I am in Athens , Greece and eating their crap. And of course if I try to tell them my honest opinion I have to apologize about being honest because they know everything and I know nothing!

sorry about my long post but I had to share it with people.

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How to improve local food

Make local supermarket and grocery stores sales data available online so that local food managers can access them for a fee. By studying the data on grocery sales from all supermarkets and stores in the area food managers will get a pretty good idea of people's preferences. For example, if your local food deli or restaurant sells pasta you can find out from sales data which types of spaghetti sauce people in your area buy the most. First make sure that you offer them in the menu and then work on improving their taste.

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temperature-control microwave

what about a new generation of microwave ovens where instead of setting the watt and time you set the temperature for the food to heat up to or cool down (defrost mode). it would be more efficient, easier to use and help avoid overheating.

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NeverEatAlone.com

A thought for people who feel sad and lonely when they eat alone. How about a new website where others will join during meal on a live broadcast. Everyone will be eating their meal and chat with each other if they like. It can work by appointment or without. People on a web cam and a laptop with an internet connection anywhere can join.

It'd be like having an online food buddy or a meal baby sitter join you over meal. It's also great opportunity to meet new people. Bon Appetit! Buon Appetito! Itadakimasu!

Guten Appetit! Bom apetite! Priiatnogo appetita! Kale orexe and...see you over lunch tomorrow!

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boobies food

Ladies and gentlemen, out of munching boredom and eating delights, I present you with what I think can become the next revolution in food research. Food stuff that gets stored only in certain areas of the body. Boobies food augments breast size by storing fat in the breast area and is guaranteed to sell like hot cakes among women. For the gentleman, how about men's bananas that store the extra carbos and fibers in the genital area? Just pick the food by preferred size...I have no doubt in my mind that the market for such kind of food stuff will be huge. So it might actually worth spending time and money coming up with these fat-storage properties in food :)

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camera ommission

i would like to know what kind of energy bars and drinks federer and nadal used yesterday at the australia open final. the stuff that keeps them going during long and intense games. unfortunately the camera never zoomed in close enough to get a good look at it. don't pro athletes have sponsors for everything, including energy drinks?

tennis rackets, shoes, clothes, bags, towels, they all get close ups in order to advertise the sponsors but for some reason that's not the case with the energy drinks or food.

i wonder why...on a totally different note, what if the powerbars they eat came in the shape of the medal??

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Catering to Extreme Laziness

In the UK, you can now buy pre-boiled eggs in the supermarket. I've seen pre-made soup, rice, salads... but now eggs? How hard is it to put an egg in a pot of hot water for 5 minutes? Is this catering to extreme laziness or a very clever idea?

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New carpet smell machines

Install machines in carpet stores that waft out the smell of new carpet in the same way food stores waft out the smell of fresh bread or luxury car seats are sprayed to waft out the smell of fresh leather.

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InVending Donations

A vending machine that uses the traffic light system to label various food options. The machine still sells junk food like chips and soda, but it adds a 5-cent surcharge for each one, which is then donated. The University of Virginia is already using one and managed to collect $7,000 which was donated to a children's fitness clinic. Not bad idea for collecting money!

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Dinner at home or home-made dinner?

When you invite someone at your place for dinner would you ever consider passing out (some) take-away food or home-delivery recipes as your own cooking? If most dishes are yours, what's wrong with passing one or two you didn't have time to make as yours? I see nothing wrong with ordering extras and mixing it with home-made dinner. My question is would you tell your guest or pass it as yours?

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Chopsticks

Does anyone else here feel annoyed about chopsticks that have to be manually separated? Why can't chopsticks already come separated in the little package? I have been told that I am obsessive about it. I know it bothers me to look at chopsticks unevenly separated at the top. Of course, it's almost impossible to manually split them evenly.

Good Asian restaurants serve plastic or other finer material chopsticks that are already separated and symmetrical. It's usually with the cheap wooden ones that come as a set and must be separated. Honestly, what's so difficult to sell them already separated? Any others in this world who feel this way about chopsticks?

I read somewhere that Chinese gov reinforces restaurants to use washable chopsticks. Lot of people buy those wooden one time use chopsticks something bad for the forests. I believe that is due to manufacturing reasons that it's easier not to split them in 2 pieces. Don't know exactly how it works.

I think the pizza knife might work in helping you split the chopsticks evenly. Just ask for one from the kitchen, it will also help illustrate your point about the chopsticks.

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Obama Sushi

Eating Obama for Sushi. The concept would have sold well in Europe and the Middle east under the Bush presidency. Sushi is easy to eat with the hands too, so the Arabs would have loved to eat Bush. The Obama Sushi will probably sell well among Republicans in the US, wouldn't it? I guess they are the ones who would love to eat Obama alive. Since they can't do it politically, the Japanese give them a chance to do it gastronomically! :)

If you can do it on Sushi, why not on other foods too? I can imagine a new industry that gives people the opportunity to eat anybody they want for lunch, dinner, snack or breakfast (lol)

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school food questions

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 25 March 2008 by member mrotriguez

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-Is experiencing new, healthy foods repeatedly in the school cafeteria sufficient to have students accept and eat the foods?
-Is classroom education necessary for students to accept the new, healthful foods?
-If classroom education is necessary, what type is most effective?

What do exotic recipes in gourmet food tell us about people?

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 18 March 2008 by member michelle

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The other day I was having dinner with a friend at an upscale, expensive Indian restaurant. We noticed that most of the items in the menu were variations of curry, a recipe that both rich and poor people eat daily. I am sure Indian gourmet food also includes recipes that you won't see people eat every day, but what is interesting is that most recipes on the menu or what people order the most in a gourmet Indian restaurant are curry variations with fresher spices and ingredients, better cooking and obviously better taste.

When I eat at an Italian gourmet restaurant this is also the case, recipes will be mostly pasta or meat variations, with pasta and meat being food people of all incomes eat every day in Italy.

But when I go to a French or Chinese upscale restaurant, chances are that most items on the menu will not be every day recipes, meaning food that people eat every day. It will be either an exotic recipe or a recipe with hard to find or very expensive ingredients.

Does recipe variation and its split on the menu of a gourmet, upscale restaurant between everyday recipes and exotic recipes tell us something about people in that country?

French kings and Chinese emperors for example were notorious for indulging in food with their chefs competing to produce food that was exclusive to the king and had exotic, exquisite taste.

Can we say that such societies are more exclusive and hierarchical? Japanese society for example is well-known for being hierarchical. Gourmet Japanese food is kaiseki cuisine which you rarely see people eat every day.

Sushi, on the other hand, was the laborers' food during the Edo period which is now considered gourmet cuisine in the West. But sushi is something that people eat often in Japan. This is why the Japanese have the highest fish consumption per capita in the world.

Don't you think it's interesting that if you go out to eat good, gourmet Indian food chances are that you will be ordering some kind of curry variation, curry being is a recipe most people eat every day in India anyway?

What conclusions can we make about the people in a country based on the composition of their gourmet food and its high or low inclusion of every day recipes and ingredients?

Have you ever thought about it? Do you think my observation is valid or is it me who might not yet have been to the truly upscale gourmet restaurants? What do you think?

Cool Microwave

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 29 October 2007 by member james85

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What about a microwave that cools down your hot food or drink to the temperature you wanted?

It has happened to me many times, I order a coffee or hot chocolate and they serve it so hot, I have to wait for a few minutes before I take a sip or I burn my lips and tongue.

Could be useful. You can ask the staff back, could you cool down for me a bit?

Got a name for it too: Coolwave

I know, it sounds like name of shampoo or something...

coffee lovers here

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 27 February 2009 by member worldconfer

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Are you a coffee lover? Here's a recipe for you.
Add Ground pepper in the coffee filter before adding the coffee. Then add just a touch of saffron in the carafe. Final Step. Taste it ! :)