The Swamp

Posted: **Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:17 pm**

Homemade hamburgers are always disappointing. I can't remember the last time I've even finished one when it was the only choice as the main entree.

Posted: **Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:36 pm**

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:17 pm Homemade hamburgers are always disappointing. I can't remember the last time I've even finished one when it was the only choice as the main entree.

Tend to agree but I started making mine with a combo of brisket and short rib and season the hell out of it and they've been pretty good.

Posted: **Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:44 pm**

Don't hear what I'm not saying...I'm happy to be proven wrong here!

Posted: **Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:07 pm**

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:36 pm
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:17 pm Homemade hamburgers are always disappointing. I can't remember the last time I've even finished one when it was the only choice as the main entree.
Tend to agree but I started making mine with a combo of brisket and short rib and season the hell out of it and they've been pretty good.

That sounds great.

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:06 pm**

Yelp's Top 100 restaurants.

No idea there were so many fucking hot spots in AZ, and Giff have you had the burger from Burger-Chan? (#27)

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:59 pm**

I haven’t and it’s like a 5-minute walk from my office.

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:08 pm**

Giff wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:59 pm I haven’t and it’s like a 5-minute walk from my office.

On ice? In boots?

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:53 pm**

If it’s ice down here probably a 30-minute walk at best.

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:32 pm**

Top two NJ ones are pretty close to here and I’ve never heard of either. Weird list. Probably paid?

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:42 pm**

Yelp scores are pretty easy to game I’ve heard. That said I’ve been to the Reno pizza place on the list and it’s legit.

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:25 pm**

Paid or tremendously tilted toward the places that draw the archtypical Yelp reviewers.

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:53 pm**

mister d wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:32 pm Top two NJ ones are pretty close to here and I’ve never heard of either. Weird list. Probably paid?

Well the first one is a chia bowl shop. Second is really close to me and I've never heard of it.

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:31 pm**

Yeah uelp a good way to get disappointed

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:13 pm**

Not sure I’ve ever gone to a place based on yelp. I’d rather ask you guys or other locals.

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:35 am**

Never heard of Sabores which is not too far from my house. But that part of Arlington is not in my rotation since I moved to the Western part.od the county.

Never heard of the ramen place in DC or the exotic pizza place in Bethesda..but that is nonlinear's area.

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:18 pm**

The snickerdoodle pancake at Baja Cafe would fucking anyone.

So glad that place got named to a national list. Their breakfasts are amazing. And, for a time, they had a "military member returning from a deployment" free breakfast. So, so good.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:31 am**

It can obviously be very good, but it's frequently-enough not good that I'm ready to say get the potatoes out of my breakfast wrap

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:40 am**

Co-sign

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:52 am**

Same as fries in burritos/sandwiches. Just meaningless chewing on filler.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:25 am**

Agreed again, although fries tend to be crispier than just potatoes, and IMO it's more likely that the addition of fries "can obviously be very good" per Ryan's original phrasing.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:26 am**

Yeah I had undercooked potatoes nearly ruin an amazing breakfast taco last weekend.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:32 am**

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:25 am Agreed again, although fries tend to be crispier than just potatoes, and IMO it's more likely that the addition of fries "can obviously be very good" per Ryan's original phrasing.

Right on. The eggs are all the mush I can handle. Super-crispy home fries could work and I don't mind the sandwich fries

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:36 am**

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:52 am Same as fries in burritos/sandwiches. Just meaningless chewing on filler.

Having said that. I don’t often do it, but putting a line of potato chips in a hoagie gives a good crunch. I may need to consider experimenting which chips with which meat moving forward.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am**

Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.

This will draw some ire ... I feel the same way about beans on burritos. If its a veggie one, fine and good, but if you already have a protein in there, the beans are just some mush at best and a clashing flavor at worst. I'm sorry.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:45 am**

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.

This will draw some ire ... I feel the same way about beans on burritos. If its a veggie one, fine and good, but if you already have a protein in there, the beans are just some mush at best and a clashing flavor at worst. I'm sorry.

Yep. I feel like when added to a burrito or other Mexican hand held item, otherwise tasty beans just lose all flavor in comparison to the protein. It ends up just being mouth filler.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:50 am**

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.

Have you tried a breakfast sandwich here and did you have them add the potato rosti?

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:51 am**

Roasted potatoes add a good texture in lieu of meat.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:55 am**

rass wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:50 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.
Have you tried a breakfast sandwich here and did you have them add the potato rosti?

I have not ... that's one of those places we just tend to not think about. Our go-to breakfast place, which I think has come up before because they rank on NJ.com lists, is here. Kids ask for it every other weekend.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:06 pm**

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:32 am
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:25 am Agreed again, although fries tend to be crispier than just potatoes, and IMO it's more likely that the addition of fries "can obviously be very good" per Ryan's original phrasing.
Right on. The eggs are all the mush I can handle. Super-crispy home fries could work and I don't mind the sandwich fries

We have a local breakfast burrito place that used to have pretty cheap and fantastic burritos. I haven't been for a while, the burritos are now 4-5$ more (9-10$) and are almost all egg, like basically a sausage omelet in a tortilla. Gross.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:12 pm**

I assume the only reason potatoes are added generally is because they are a lot cheaper than meat.

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:16 pm**

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:45 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.

This will draw some ire ... I feel the same way about beans on burritos. If its a veggie one, fine and good, but if you already have a protein in there, the beans are just some mush at best and a clashing flavor at worst. I'm sorry.
Yep. I feel like when added to a burrito or other Mexican hand held item, otherwise tasty beans just lose all flavor in comparison to the protein. It ends up just being mouth filler.

I mean, this is almost the mission/vision statement for Chipotle. I tell those folks to chill with the beans whenever I go there (and it's been well over a year, at least.)

Posted: **Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:46 pm**

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:55 am
rass wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:50 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:43 am Co-sign ... the only time potatoes on a wrap/sandwich work is when its a thin hashbrown that's really well crisped.
Have you tried a breakfast sandwich here and did you have them add the potato rosti?
I have not ... that's one of those places we just tend to not think about. Our go-to breakfast place, which I think has come up before because they rank on NJ.com lists, is here. Kids ask for it every other weekend.

Ha. I've only been to the place I linked to once* and I ended up there because TS was too backed up and couldn't make me a sandwich in less than 45 minutes.

*it was after a 5K and I was treating myself to a TH/PREC sandwich - I liked it I just don't go beyond bagels too often for my weekend breakfast and I certainly wouldn't get one while on a run and carry it the 4 or 5+ miles home

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:09 pm**

Hot take: Horseradish is a very underrated condiment!

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:12 pm**

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:09 pm Hot take: Horseradish is a very underrated condiment!

Agree!

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:43 pm**

Fuck yeah.

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:57 am**

I really like it, too. There are certain sandwich situations where its absence is unacceptable.

So I'm thinking this might have been a bad take?

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:17 am**

rass wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:57 am I really like it, too. There are certain sandwich situations where its absence is unacceptable.

So I'm thinking this might have been a bad take?

I agree. It’s a must in roast beef sandwiches.

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:26 am**

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:09 pm Hot take: Horseradish is a very underrated condiment!

Great on gefilte fish.

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:57 am**

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:17 am
rass wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:57 am I really like it, too. There are certain sandwich situations where its absence is unacceptable.

So I'm thinking this might have been a bad take?
I agree. It’s a must in roast beef sandwiches.

Have you tried mayonnaise though?

Posted: **Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:59 am**

Jerloma wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:57 am
The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:17 am
rass wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:57 am I really like it, too. There are certain sandwich situations where its absence is unacceptable.

So I'm thinking this might have been a bad take?
I agree. It’s a must in roast beef sandwiches.
Have you tried mayonnaise though?

Not a big fan. Mustard, horseradish, cheese, lettuce and tomato.

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