Memes for Ants (& Eye’s Most Disavowed Thread)

[VashTheStampede]

let us have our one positive trait

 

[Ben]

Maine loves their lobsters, although I don't think I'd ever seen anyone dumping it straight on a newspaper covered table.

But I had to watch my ex's step-dad talk about how the black vein through them was the best part too often.

No, no. You're eating the poop.

And not in the way that Nae supports.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Lobsters are the most overrated seafood

Still no idea why the rich stole it from the poor

 

[Ants!]

Maine loves their lobsters, although I don't think I'd ever seen anyone dumping it straight on a newspaper covered table.

But I had to watch my ex's step-dad talk about how the black vein through them was the best part too often.

No, no. You're eating the poop.

And not in the way that Nae supports.

I always de-vein them. Others around me are usually split on that. Some de-vein them too, others weirdly think it's silly to do that.

 

[Ants!]

Lobsters are the most overrated seafood

Still no idea why the rich stole it from the poor

I ordered lobster one time at a fancy restaurant and was extremely underwhelmed. Never ordered it again.

 

[Mark]

Yeah i am not about to read someone talking about Southerners not being the absolute best at food in this country

Like, if i want that kind of misinformation I'll listen to Rogan or pull up Breitbart or some shit

Hey, where did I say I didn’t like a good seafood boil? I just can’t hang with the whole “boil the flavor out of it” bullshit that some of your people do. I want spices, damnit.

I very tiny one on the beach no bigger than a golfball once pinched all the way through my fingernail, and it wasn't even doing max strength because whenever I tried to it off it just squeezed even harder. I had no choice but to set it down on the ground and patiently wait for this tiny little thing to let me go.

Sounds about right, now, imagine one the size of your palm with a 3-4 inch claw clamping down on you. That, my friend, is why we steam them to death. They’ll poke a hole in the bag and run away.

 

[Mark]

Maine loves their lobsters, although I don't think I'd ever seen anyone dumping it straight on a newspaper covered table.

But I had to watch my ex's step-dad talk about how the black vein through them was the best part too often.

No, no. You're eating the poop.

And not in the way that Nae supports.

Fuck lobsters. Not literally, though, you horny bastard.

They’re overrated as shit. First time I had lobster was at a wedding in Connecticut, imported from Maine. My first thought was “all this is is a giant shrimp with butter”.

 

[Ants!]

Hey, where did I say I didn’t like a good seafood boil? I just can’t hang with the whole “boil the flavor out of it” bullshit that some of your people do. I want spices, damnit.

What?? Every single one I've ever been to in my life has boiled entire bag-fulls of spices with it. Why do you think I said I get excited about the veggies that get boiled with them?

You sound like somebody who's never been to one down here. Never thought I'd see the day that a yankee would accuse the south of not being spicy enough. I've seen northerners fanning their mouths with tongues hanging out after tasting something with just a little bit of Tony Chacheres on it for the first time. Weak!!

 

[Ben]

I just generally disagree with all seafood that requires me to work to eat it. Lobster, crab, whatever. If I have to be breaking legs off and cracking shells in the middle of dinner, I don't care or it. Like, I don't want to go out for steak and peel the cow myself or whatever.

Plus I'm perhaps slightly allergic to shrimp now, and my wife won't let me order it to test that theory. I think it was just a conjob so she could steak the side-shrimp from my chicken and steak hibachi.

 

[dimmerwit]

I am not amazed by lobster, nor oysters for that matter.

Crab however is excellent and is worth the effort to eat it. I will put forward Singaporean chili or black pepper crab for consideration as it is very good and at least in my time there was not too expensive.

 

[Mark]

What?? Every single one I've ever been to in my life has boiled entire bag-fulls of spices with it. Why do you think I said I get excited about the veggies that get boiled with them?

You sound like somebody who's never been to one down here. Never thought I'd see the day that a yankee would accuse the south of not being spicy enough. I've seen northerners fanning their mouths with tongues hanging out after tasting something with just a little bit of Tony Chacheres on it for the first time. Weak!!

1. I’ve been to one hosted by a Creole dude that moved up here, so, maybe he didn’t have all the resources to make it sparkle?
2. Tony Chacheres is a legit beautiful seasoning.
3. I love spicy food, you’re thinking Yankees, we aren’t Yankees here. Baltimore is the last place you’ll find adequate seasoning along I-95 until you hit the NYC oasis of flavor, and then it’s back to bland with butter the rest of the way north, I assume.

I just generally disagree with all seafood that requires me to work to eat it. Lobster, crab, whatever. If I have to be breaking legs off and cracking shells in the middle of dinner, I don't care or it. Like, I don't want to go out for steak and peel the cow myself or whatever.

Plus I'm perhaps slightly allergic to shrimp now, and my wife won't let me order it to test that theory. I think it was just a conjob so she could steak the side-shrimp from my chicken and steak hibachi.

Although I agree it’s a lot of work to the uninitiated, it’s muscle memory after a while. Watch a video of a Baltimoron cleaning a crab. They’ll have a full conversation with you without breaking eye contact while flawlessly disassembling the crab.

I am not amazed by lobster, nor oysters for that matter.

Crab however is excellent and is worth the effort to eat it. I will put forward Singaporean chili or black pepper crab for consideration as it is very good and at least in my time there was not too expensive.

I’ve had some Asian-inspired crab before, and they definitely know how to cook their bugs. Have you ever encountered cultures that eat live shrimp or seafood, though? That stuff isn’t for me. I don’t wanna feel my food fighting to escape my face.

 

[Ben]

I've eaten alligator and shark.

I am not above eating archaic lifeforms that refuse to evolve. But I also got divorced and left South Carolina.

 

[Jon]

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SERIES finale... it's the SERIES finale.

 

[Jon]

I've eaten alligator and shark.

I am not above eating archaic lifeforms that refuse to evolve. But I also got divorced and left South Carolina.

It's ok, I voluntarily moved here.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Yes

Just girls

From Louisiana

Would definitely not work on 40+ year old males from Florida

I was going to say, I think that would bring in more men than women.

That’s the problem with you fuckin’ southerners. Boiling shit to death like the Irish. Try steamed. Much better.

Signed,

A steamed mud …arachnid?… eater from Baltimore

Only good thing to come out of Baltimore is Old Bay seasoning.

Fuck lobsters. Not literally, though, you horny bastard.

They’re overrated as shit. First time I had lobster was at a wedding in Connecticut, imported from Maine. My first thought was “all this is is a giant shrimp with butter”.

Lobster is overpriced.

I just generally disagree with all seafood that requires me to work to eat it. Lobster, crab, whatever. If I have to be breaking legs off and cracking shells in the middle of dinner, I don't care or it. Like, I don't want to go out for steak and peel the cow myself or whatever.

I hate crablegs for this reason.

 

[Mark]

I've eaten alligator and shark.

I am not above eating archaic lifeforms that refuse to evolve. But I also got divorced and left South Carolina.

I’ve had gator jerky before (same Creole dude mentioned above) and that kinda reminded me of chicken… but… not.

Only good thing to come out of Baltimore is Old Bay seasoning.

If you like Old Bay, you should probably try what the locals eat, it has to be #2 seasoning though:



You won’t catch a restaurant in Baltimore actually using Old Bay, unless it’s owned by a transplant.

Lobster is overpriced.

I hate crablegs for this reason.

I’m lazy these days, man… if I want crab meat, I’ll buy a tub of Jumbo Lump Blue Crab. Perfect for crab cakes, crab dip, crab soup…

 

[A Baby Maker]

Boils really aren’t as big of a thing here as they are further south, but, you’d love a steamed meal. It’s virtually the same thing without plastic, complete with crabs, shrimp, Maryland sweet corn, taters, etc.

Go north and the boils just change to clam boils (the version of clam bakes you can do more easily at home). Same shit, different seafood.

 

[dimmerwit]

I’ve had some Asian-inspired crab before, and they definitely know how to cook their bugs. Have you ever encountered cultures that eat live shrimp or seafood, though? That stuff isn’t for me. I don’t wanna feel my food fighting to escape my face.

Luckily no. With crab you often buy it live and fresh but thankfully they kill it first! I think the only thing I've seen eaten alive are insects, which is not that common.

The only really exotic thing I can think of is Kangaroo, but that's common enough in Australia.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I've eaten alligator and shark.

One of the top 10 sandwiches I've had in my life was a gator po-boy at the Superdome during Wrestlemania 30.

I've been chasing the high of that mix of remoulade and gator for years.

 

[Ants!]

I just generally disagree with all seafood that requires me to work to eat it. Lobster, crab, whatever. If I have to be breaking legs off and cracking shells in the middle of dinner, I don't care or it. Like, I don't want to go out for steak and peel the cow myself or whatever.

I agree too. I would like boiled crawfish almost as much as the rest of them down here were it not for that reason. Crab is delicious but the effort is even greater there. I love crab cakes though. And crawfish etoufee like I said. But the lack of effort from them being already prepared is probably a big contributing factor (plus they're just ingredients in a more complete and satisfying meal).

I am not amazed by lobster, nor oysters for that matter.

Crab however is excellent and is worth the effort to eat it. I will put forward Singaporean chili or black pepper crab for consideration as it is very good and at least in my time there was not too expensive.

I'm not a fan of oysters either. I kinda like clam chowder, but the only form of oysters I've ever had in front of me that I can actually get myself to eat is fried, and that's because you can make almost anything edible after you bread and fry it. Almost like somebody gave me a Resees with a bug inside and I swallowed it without chewing. I'm still baffled how people not only can eat them raw, but even crave them that way.

I've eaten alligator and shark.

I am not above eating archaic lifeforms that refuse to evolve. But I also got divorced and left South Carolina.

There is a truck stop where I normally meet my ex-wife halfway when dropping my son off to stay with her for a few days (or pick him up), and they make a really awesome alligator sausage. We also have farms down here that literally raise alligators for the meat.

 

[Ants!]

Luckily no. With crab you often buy it live and fresh but thankfully they kill it first! I think the only thing I've seen eaten alive are insects, which is not that common.

The only really exotic thing I can think of is Kangaroo, but that's common enough in Australia.

I've seen a video once of this dude who loved to eat live scorpions. He would hold them up by the tail and then bite down on the head to disable the stinger, then proceed to eat them face first. He said it's not that different from eating crustaceans or chicken, if I remember it right.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I used to like raw oysters but once I had a platter of oysters in New Orleans prepared in like 8 different ways I realized there's so many better options.

Smoked oysters are insanely good.

 

[Ants!]

1. I’ve been to one hosted by a Creole dude that moved up here, so, maybe he didn’t have all the resources to make it sparkle?

It's weird. Every so often you run into somebody down here who doesn't know wtf they're doing and should stay out of the kitchen. For example my ex-wife and I once went to New Orleans and ate at a restaurant and I ordered chicken and sausage gumbo, thinking "I bet they make it REALLY good here!!" Only to be so disappointed and confused once I got it and started eating it. So much so that I wondered if they used some kind of brown food coloring instead of making an actual roux. It tasted almost like water to me. I could have made something fifty times better at home myself!

Too bad I can't remember the name of the restaurant or I would warn Benzine to stay away from that one. It was about a dozen years ago. All I can remember is that we ate at a table outside and it was near the shore, because I remember watching a cruise ship come into port.

 

[A Baby Maker]

I'm all about raw oysters. We get so many good varieties around here...so good.

 

[Ben]

If it looks like* it evolved before the Permian period, I ain't eating it.



*I need this qualifier because technically all the types of shellfish we have now were Triassic/Jurassic.

 

[Jon]

This thread is beginning to get fishy...

Need more memes.

 

[VashTheStampede]

It's weird. Every so often you run into somebody down here who doesn't know wtf they're doing and should stay out of the kitchen. For example my ex-wife and I once went to New Orleans and ate at a restaurant and I ordered chicken and sausage gumbo, thinking "I bet they make it REALLY good here!!" Only to be so disappointed and confused once I got it and started eating it. So much so that I wondered if they used some kind of brown food coloring instead of making an actual roux. It tasted almost like water to me. I could have made something fifty times better at home myself!

Too bad I can't remember the name of the restaurant or I would warn Benzine to stay away from that one. It was about a dozen years ago. All I can remember is that we ate at a table outside and it was near the shore, because I remember watching a cruise ship come into port.

On a New Orleans trip with some friends we walked into some random restaurant in the French Quarter and had an absolutely amazing meal.

After getting home I saw that they had been on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.

Thankfully we went AFTER the episode but it goes to show that even in the Mecca of food, you can be playing Russian roulette.

 

[Ants!]

On a New Orleans trip with some friends we walked into some random restaurant in the French Quarter and had an absolutely amazing meal.

After getting home I saw that they had been on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.

Thankfully we went AFTER the episode but it goes to show that even in the Mecca of food, you can be playing Russian roulette.

Here I'll insert another plug of Hannibel Buress's bit about his trip to New Orleans.

 

[Mark]

Go north and the boils just change to clam boils (the version of clam bakes you can do more easily at home). Same shit, different seafood.

That kinda stuff never interested me, though. Maryland is big on oysters… I tried them once, killed off of the idea of mussels, clams (shut up, @Ants! ), or any other shellfish like that for me.

Luckily no. With crab you often buy it live and fresh but thankfully they kill it first! I think the only thing I've seen eaten alive are insects, which is not that common.

The only really exotic thing I can think of is Kangaroo, but that's common enough in Australia.

I was scrolling through reels one day, and I naturally landed on one of those Indian street food videos. If you watch more than 5 seconds of one, you end up getting more reels for questionable sanitation methods for food prep. That led me to some Asian market video of some dude scooping out small, translucent shrimp onto a bed of salad. Some little kid gobbled that shit down like it was ice cream.

It's weird. Every so often you run into somebody down here who doesn't know wtf they're doing and should stay out of the kitchen. For example my ex-wife and I once went to New Orleans and ate at a restaurant and I ordered chicken and sausage gumbo, thinking "I bet they make it REALLY good here!!" Only to be so disappointed and confused once I got it and started eating it. So much so that I wondered if they used some kind of brown food coloring instead of making an actual roux. It tasted almost like water to me. I could have made something fifty times better at home myself!

Dude was legit, he used to make po boys and gumbo and all of that cliché stuff from the region. I was honestly expecting more heat than what I got from it, but he also used a LOT of infused butter on his boil, and I think the oil may have washed off some of the spice. His gumbo would probably light your ass on fire, though.

 

[Ants!]

Dude was legit, he used to make po boys and gumbo and all of that cliché stuff from the region. I was honestly expecting more heat than what I got from it, but he also used a LOT of infused butter on his boil, and I think the oil may have washed off some of the spice. His gumbo would probably light your ass on fire, though.

Maybe he was good at one dish but not the other? Seems weird. I know that if he used a lot of butter in his boiled crawfish (not sure I ever heard of anyone doing that), and especially if you think he boiled the flavor out of it and it had no spice, then he definitely didn't do it right or fucked it up somehow.

 

[Ants!]

Like, I've seen them dump the water out after its done, and it's always a dark color because of all the spices in it.

 

[A Baby Maker]

That kinda stuff never interested me, though. Maryland is big on oysters… I tried them once, killed off of the idea of mussels, clams (shut up, @Ants! ), or any other shellfish like that for me.

This was a comment on you saying that that kind of thing was more southern. You're in the middle of the country and both north and south of you does it.

 

[dimmerwit]

I was scrolling through reels one day, and I naturally landed on one of those Indian street food videos. If you watch more than 5 seconds of one, you end up getting more reels for questionable sanitation methods for food prep. That led me to some Asian market video of some dude scooping out small, translucent shrimp onto a bed of salad. Some little kid gobbled that shit down like it was ice cream.

I'm not surprised. I went on a trekking trip to Ladakh (mountaineous northern India) and we stayed vegetarian the whole time, excluding a few things like jerky. I'm sure transportation was a factor too but we all wanted to avoid Delhi belly.

We did eventually cave on the last night in New Delhi. It was a higher end place so I'm sure the risk was much lower, and I guess it didn't matter as much as the trip had more or less ended.

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Ants why doesnt New Orleans have a major league baseball team? My whole trips around the US to different ballparks is a combination based on the stadium quality and the local cuisines.

If NO had a team, they would instantly be the first spot I'd go. I'd spend an extra day to make sure I ate all the foodz.

 

[Mark]

Maybe he was good at one dish but not the other? Seems weird. I know that if he used a lot of butter in his boiled crawfish (not sure I ever heard of anyone doing that), and especially if you think he boiled the flavor out of it and it had no spice, then he definitely didn't do it right or fucked it up somehow.

It’s possible. As far as the butter goes, it was poured on everything after it was dumped on the table.

This was a comment on you saying that that kind of thing was more southern. You're in the middle of the country and both north and south of you does it.

When I said that, I wasn’t considering oyster roasts and clam bakes and stuff like that. Totally slipped my mind because I don’t eat that stuff.

I'm not surprised. I went on a trekking trip to Ladakh (mountaineous northern India) and we stayed vegetarian the whole time, excluding a few things like jerky. I'm sure transportation was a factor too but we all wanted to avoid Delhi belly.

We did eventually cave on the last night in New Delhi. It was a higher end place so I'm sure the risk was much lower, and I guess it didn't matter as much as the trip had more or less ended.

I don’t really consider myself an “adventurous” eater, so the thought of what people eat in some countries is wild to me. That being said, I’m American, so you’re probably equally shocked that I haven’t died from all of the additives and bullshit they put in the food here.

 

[Ants!]

Ants why doesnt New Orleans have a major league baseball team? My whole trips around the US to different ballparks is a combination based on the stadium quality and the local cuisines.

If NO had a team, they would instantly be the first spot I'd go. I'd spend an extra day to make sure I ate all the foodz.

You know, I never really considered that. I'm also not a sports person though so I have no idea lol

I don’t really consider myself an “adventurous” eater,

Not even ass?

 

[BigDaddy]

Ants why doesnt New Orleans have a major league baseball team? My whole trips around the US to different ballparks is a combination based on the stadium quality and the local cuisines.

If NO had a team, they would instantly be the first spot I'd go. I'd spend an extra day to make sure I ate all the foodz.

I was there for a week each year from 2007-2014 (sans 2012) and can attest to their foodz. Hopefully you can make your way there at some point.

All this seafood talk is making me hungry. The intricacies of regional differences in boiling/steaming/spicing discussed within this thread are fascinating, but as a humble mid-westerner, if it came out of the water and is cooked in some fashion, I will likely enjoy it. My dad and I still reminisce about the giant scallops we got at some restaurant in Massachusetts back in 2018. Big as beach balls they was!

 

[Ben]

Not even ass?

Have you seen his beard? It'd probably feel like she was getting exfoliated with an echidna. Knuckles deep.

 

[Nae'blis]

Have you seen his beard? It'd probably feel like she was getting exfoliated with an echidna. Knuckles deep.

Deep clean, baby!

 

[Ants!]

 

[Ben]

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Don't be ridiculous.

No one's going to vandalize a trashcan.

 

[A Baby Maker]

Don't be ridiculous.

No one's going to vandalize a trashcan.

I've seen multiple trashcans on fire

 

[Ben]

I've seen multiple trashcans on fire

Sir this is a meme thread, kindly fuck off with your reality.

 

[Ants!]

Don't be ridiculous.

No one's going to vandalize a trashcan.

Reminds me of a meme I've seen recently (might have even been this thread?) that said basically "treat the janitor the same way you would treat the CEO", and there was a reply that said "I would never use a guillotine on the janitor!"

 

[A Baby Maker]

Actually there was a trashcan on fire by the grocery store last weekend. There was a group of girl scouts who went to investigate (they were selling cookies) until every random adult started screaming to not go near it. Then some random dude walked out of AutoZone and talking about how terrible is smelled.

 

[Ben]

Actually there was a trashcan on fire by the grocery store last weekend. There was a group of girl scouts who went to investigate (they were selling cookies) until every random adult started screaming to not go near it. Then some random dude walked out of AutoZone and talking about how terrible is smelled.

I mean, fair point that children shouldn't be all up around that.

Could just be an idiot threw a cigarette in there, but in this day and age, so knows if some looney put a homemade bomb in it? Unless the Girl Scouts have a bomb defusal badge...

 

[Nae'blis]

I mean, fair point that children shouldn't be all up around that.

Could just be an idiot threw a cigarette in there, but in this day and age, so knows if some looney put a homemade bomb in it? Unless the Girl Scouts have a bomb defusal badge...

I've heard that's one of the hardest badges to get!

 

[Ants!]

 

[Quagmire]

 

[Fool's Requiem]