Food/restaurant rant

You do you.

I used to recoil during my days as a waiter when someone would order a nice steak well done. Really? But hey, it is your money and your mouth. You do you.
We did a marinaded steak that was quite good. People would ask for ketchup with it and I'd have to work hard to not go NOOOOO. Your money, your mouth. You do you.

The thought of ketchup on a hot dog disgusts me. But the thought of soft boiled eggs over cheerios probably disgusts you (your loss) and I love it.

You do you.

Pizza crusts in ranch dressing is a thing I've come to enjoy. Never got the corn dog craze. I can crush some grilled hot dogs (NO ketchup for me, thanks) but don't much like them steamed.

My daughter turns 30 today so she picks the restaurant. She's my little hippie so we'll probably go to some vegetarian joint where the main dishes are all varieties of grass cooked (or not) different ways. My son and I are looking to see whether we can hit Outback first and bring it in with us. Strip, medium rare, side of horseradish sauce. And a loaded baked potato, a little A1 for that please?

 

Ketchup is an odd beast. I love it on certain things (fries being the chief example) and it disgusts me on others.

 

I am not much for ketchup, but I love mustard. Love, love, love it. All the different varieties. Ms. Ragu grew up relatively close to Dijon, and her mom was amused when I told her that the reason most Americans have even heard of the place is the mustard.

One weird thing. You can get Maille (a brand) mustard in the U.S., but it isn't the same as the Maille mustard you find in the French supermarket. The stuff sold in the U.S. is produced in Canada and tastes different. It also costs more here -- even though the stuff isn't ridiculously expensive; it's just dirt cheap in France. At the end of each visit we hit a supermarket and load up our luggage with things -- mostly cheeses; enough to make the drug-sniffing dogs pass out. Last visit, her folks were really amused that my stash included 10 jars of mustard.

 

That sounds right up my alley. Two of my favorite things in life are potatoes and mustard. I'd love to try her mustard, too. You just gave me an idea. We get these amazing potatoes at a farmers market and we have some sitting in the fridge. If I have time tonight, I am going to do some mustard-roasted potatoes.