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f4f3 ([personal profile] f4f3) wrote2012-05-23 12:00 am
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Americans are crazy

I had mac and cheese and lobster tonight. That's right. Lobster. America, I love you, but, really? Lobster? Mac and Cheese? Lobster?
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[identity profile] zenicurean.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Yet more proof that American ingenuity knows no bounds.

[identity profile] zenicurean.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
In the spirit of cultural experimentation I've resolved to eat a Pop-Tart. If I do not survive, tell tales of my bravery.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I always wanted to eat a Twinkie. But I fear it may be transgressive.

[identity profile] widgetfox.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You say that like it's a bad thing.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the Catholic in me.

[identity profile] widgetfox.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You have a Catholic in you?

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Why, would you like a bit?

[identity profile] made-of-paradox.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
That's a new one for me.

Mac & cheese with hot dogs, mac & cheese with fish sticks, mac & cheese with ground beef mixed in, yes.  Lobster?  Um....

(I probably know people who would add jalapenos to mac & cheese.  I'd consider adding chipotles.)

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd add toast. Maybe some ham.

[identity profile] rparvaaz.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
So says somebody whose nation considers haggis to be food....

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Haggis IS a food. Lobster is a food. Macaroni Cheese is a food. Both of them together is... too much.

[identity profile] widgetfox.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
I do not understand why you are blaming a country for what, um, you chose to order.

[identity profile] widgetfox.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"She was asking for it, yer 'Onner."

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right. The whole of America led me on.

(Actually, there's a lot to be said for that - this is a hell of a seductive country).

[identity profile] widgetfox.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Right back at you.

[identity profile] danieldwilliam.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
One of my favourite suppers is mac and cheese made with bacon and onions and topped with tomatoes and parmesan cheese.

I’ve never had it with lobster.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
You sophisticate, you.

[identity profile] sha-d.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
We all know macaroni cheese comes with chips ;0)

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Precisely!

[identity profile] amelia-eve.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Not bad, is it?

I was raised on Italian pasta, so mac and cheese is largely lost on me most of the time, but lobster makes it surprisingly palatable. There used to be a restaurant in my neighborhood that was basically a mac-n-cheese fast food. You could order different types of cheese and all manners of mix-ins and toppings. And as with those frozen yogurt shops, your simple mac-n-cheese soon cost as much as a real dinner. But it was very popular, especially with families.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
There seems to be a francise here called "Melted Cheese". This worries me.

[identity profile] amelia-eve.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Melted cheese is totally a food group!

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing wrong with some cheese on toast...

[identity profile] fiendish-cat.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I've just been reading about what the lobster fishermen of Latin America go through to provide lobster to the big American companies. Pretty grim stuff. Lobster so should be a special occasion expensive food.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-23 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose it depends where the lobster comes from- Rhode Island is "The Ocean State" and I think they source their's locally. When I buy lobster in Argyll, the fishermen drop them off at Noel Prentice's tanks. Is it cheap food? Not really, at £10 or so for a medium lobster, which feeds one person, but not hideously expensive. Though I suppose you double or triple that in a restaurant.

[identity profile] helianthas.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
But how was it?

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It was lovely - Very much in line with other lobster/creamy sauce combinations. Though I had to leave 75% of the pasta.

[identity profile] mhaithaca.livejournal.com 2012-05-27 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Now I want mac and cheese with lobster. I guess I have fake lobster in the freezer. That should do. :-)

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2012-05-27 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Fake lobster? You should have asked it for some ID.

[identity profile] mhaithaca.livejournal.com 2012-05-27 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You can just add this to the "Americans are crazy" file. :-)

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