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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    jon-nyc
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    #2

    More ignorance at Yale. Israeli Couscous isn't even technically couscous, it's is a toasted pasta ball that dates from the 1950s, engineered to have higher protein than it's ancient antecedent. It is much larger than the original couscous, which is often called "Moroccan couscous" on American menus.

    There are other types of couscous in the Levant which are not Israeli couscous but still have that larger size. So often times you'll see any larger couscous called Israeli Couscous, with the finer, more granular version called Morrocan Couscous.

    I've seen Israeli couscous called Middle Eastern Couscous before, which is probably more accurate if what you really mean is "large pearly couscous'. I think that name is fine unless you make the change in response to the prejudices of idiot undergrads.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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    • CopperC Offline
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      Copper
      wrote on last edited by Copper
      #3

      In a statement to Newsweek, a spokesperson for the school confirmed that "Israeli" was removed but that it will be reinstated.

      https://www.newsweek.com/yale-removed-israeli-couscous-name-dining-hall-1851822

      I looked it up because I thought it might be fake.

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      • RenaudaR Offline
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        Renauda
        wrote on last edited by Renauda
        #4

        I can remember a time when French fries were, for some unknown reason, renamed “Freedom Fries”.

        Thankfully it never caught on beyond a small minority. I doubt this initiative will either.

        Elbows up!

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        • RenaudaR Renauda

          I can remember a time when French fries were, for some unknown reason, renamed “Freedom Fries”.

          Thankfully it never caught on beyond a small minority. I doubt this initiative will either.

          Aqua LetiferA Offline
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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

          I can remember a time when French fries were, for some unknown reason, renamed “Freedom Fries”.

          It was hilarious that those dipshits had no idea which country was so instrumental in helping their country attain the freedom they were so obsessed about.

          Please love yourself.

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          • RenaudaR Renauda

            I can remember a time when French fries were, for some unknown reason, renamed “Freedom Fries”.

            Thankfully it never caught on beyond a small minority. I doubt this initiative will either.

            CopperC Offline
            CopperC Offline
            Copper
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

            for some unknown reason

            WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.

            https://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/

            It was hilarious that those dipshits had no idea which country was so instrumental in helping their country attain the freedom they were so obsessed about.

            All 3 House cafeterias.

            There was probably someone in those cafeterias who was familiar with US History.

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            • CopperC Copper

              @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

              for some unknown reason

              WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.

              https://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/

              It was hilarious that those dipshits had no idea which country was so instrumental in helping their country attain the freedom they were so obsessed about.

              All 3 House cafeterias.

              There was probably someone in those cafeterias who was familiar with US History.

              Aqua LetiferA Offline
              Aqua LetiferA Offline
              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              @Copper said in At the salad bar at Yale:

              @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

              for some unknown reason

              WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.

              https://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/

              It was hilarious that those dipshits had no idea which country was so instrumental in helping their country attain the freedom they were so obsessed about.

              All 3 House cafeterias.

              There was probably someone in those cafeterias who was familiar with US History.

              I see you were on the bandwagon as well, eh?

              Please love yourself.

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              • CopperC Offline
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                Copper
                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                I enjoy teaching history sometimes.

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                • CopperC Copper

                  I enjoy teaching history sometimes.

                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  @Copper said in At the salad bar at Yale:

                  I enjoy teaching history sometimes.

                  I'd maybe get the degree first.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    By the way, Moroccan couscous is better. That’s not just my opinion, it’s an objective fact.

                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                    • CopperC Copper

                      @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

                      for some unknown reason

                      WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.

                      https://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/

                      It was hilarious that those dipshits had no idea which country was so instrumental in helping their country attain the freedom they were so obsessed about.

                      All 3 House cafeterias.

                      There was probably someone in those cafeterias who was familiar with US History.

                      RenaudaR Offline
                      RenaudaR Offline
                      Renauda
                      wrote on last edited by Renauda
                      #11

                      @Copper said in At the salad bar at Yale:

                      @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

                      for some unknown reason

                      WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.

                      https://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/

                      It was hilarious that those dipshits had no idea which country was so instrumental in helping their country attain the freedom they were so obsessed about.

                      All 3 House cafeterias.

                      There was probably someone in those cafeterias who was familiar with US History

                      I knew that, I would not have mentioned it without first doing my homework to jog my memory of the details. I just wanted to elicit the predictable and much anticipated flag waving reaction from you.

                      Elbows up!

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                      • RainmanR Offline
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                        Rainman
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #12

                        I'm sorry guys, but you are all wrong.
                        couscous are those tiny little round beige tastless things they put in some Campbell soups.
                        I suppose one could mold them like a snowball and fry them, right?
                        They're just filler or a substitute for rice, or tossed into a salad as it's something to count.
                        Yeah I know, Mik and some of you cooks are shaking your heads in disgust.
                        Well, We all have our culinary sources, mine happen to be pragmatic I guess.

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                        • RainmanR Rainman

                          I'm sorry guys, but you are all wrong.
                          couscous are those tiny little round beige tastless things they put in some Campbell soups.
                          I suppose one could mold them like a snowball and fry them, right?
                          They're just filler or a substitute for rice, or tossed into a salad as it's something to count.
                          Yeah I know, Mik and some of you cooks are shaking your heads in disgust.
                          Well, We all have our culinary sources, mine happen to be pragmatic I guess.

                          RenaudaR Offline
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                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by Renauda
                          #13

                          @Rainman

                          I believe you are confusing pearl barley with couscous.

                          And no, beyond spaghetti sauce and tuna casserole I am not much of a cook. Hate making salads - too much like garden work.

                          Elbows up!

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                          • RenaudaR Renauda

                            @Copper said in At the salad bar at Yale:

                            @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

                            for some unknown reason

                            WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.

                            https://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/

                            It was hilarious that those dipshits had no idea which country was so instrumental in helping their country attain the freedom they were so obsessed about.

                            All 3 House cafeterias.

                            There was probably someone in those cafeterias who was familiar with US History

                            I knew that, I would not have mentioned it without first doing my homework to jog my memory of the details. I just wanted to elicit the predictable and much anticipated flag waving reaction from you.

                            CopperC Offline
                            CopperC Offline
                            Copper
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #14

                            @Renauda said in At the salad bar at Yale:

                            wanted to elicit the predictable and much anticipated flag waving

                            tricky

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                            • RenaudaR Offline
                              RenaudaR Offline
                              Renauda
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #15

                              But you fell for it, all the same.

                              Elbows up!

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                              • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #16

                                On one of his many visits to try and teach George W Bush how to use the English language, Tony Blair should probably have told them that the correct term is 'chips', and if America hadn't conspired with the despicable French against their British betters all those years ago, they wouldn't be making that mistake now.

                                I was only joking

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                                • RenaudaR Offline
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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote on last edited by Renauda
                                  #17

                                  Up here we are at liberty to refer to them as (French) fries or just, fries, frites or chips. I of course, being big on the Empire and all that good tradition stuff, choose the latter, and refer to them as chips.

                                  Elbows up!

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