What are your top pet peeves?

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We got sushi with this one girl who just submerged the entire roll in soy. Ate it and thought it was too salty (wanted low sodium soy). So instead of using less, she cut the soy with water! It was soooo hard not to crack up at her.

yeah, my brother was kind of the same way and got pissed whenever I made fun of him for doing it. then he watched Jiro dreams of sushi and started changing his way. lol.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

also, people who eat pasta with a spoon. just annoys the fuck out of me.

 

[Further]

For me its not a matter of having the soy, it's just a vehicle to get plenty of wasabi on my sushi. Love that dry heat, eyes water, mouth puckers for a second and then..... ahhhh, it all relents into the beautiful flavors of the sushi.

If I go to Japan, I'll do it their way, but while in America I will go with our norm since I tend to enjoy it more.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

'MURRRICA

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

oh yeah, I can't stand people who write "nom nom nom" whenever they see a food picture. what the fuck is that shit.

 

[Nate4Prez]

also, people who salt their food before tasting it. they get something, they immediately start adding salt....you can't know how seasoned a dish is, its just doing something out of habit.

I fucking hate that shit too.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I have no problems with slow drivers on a two laned hwy, but when the passing lane comes along and they speed up to 70 so they can't be passed and then slow back down to 50 when the passing lanes ends. I swear I'm gonna start pushing them off the road.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I really only have one. If you text while you drive, I hope you die in a fire.

 

[Natebishop3]

Mostly I just find it annoying when people say certain phrases to try to sound smart.

"What have you."

"Whatnot."

"Whilst."

This is not the dark ages. No matter how many times you read Game of Thrones, you will not sound smarter by saying "whilst".

Also, it's "I couldn't care less." It annoys the hell out of me when people get that wrong. Normally I don't really care about grammar, but that one gets used a lot and it's always annoying.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I LOVE USING HITHERTO. :MARIS61:

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

BigGameDamian

 

[Natebishop3]

I LOVE USING HITHERTO. :MARIS61:

Thou doth protesteth too much.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Dang KOR! I had no idea you were strung so tight.

Well I don't go off and kill a motherf*cker if that is what you mean Mar.

Most of these bother me yet I don't say anything. Perhaps I should say something though. None of them (or something similar) bother you?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Laker fans.

 

[PapaG]

that's probably because you're eating with a bunch of yuppies who don't know any better. its an american phenomenon based on groupthink because it "seems right" or they seem other people do it and it becomes a habit. its just a mess and basically overpowering the fish with this strange slurry of two ingredients that aren't meant to be mixed together. Its insulting to the sushi chef because you're telling him "I don't want to taste this sushi, so I'm going to dunk it in hot sauce".

The sushi "chef" who cuts raw meat off of sea food? Seems more like a prep cook to me. A chef actually makes more than raw food for you.

 

[PapaG]

also, people who eat pasta with a spoon. just annoys the fuck out of me.

I'm half-Italian. My maternal grandparents are from Italy. I was raised in a household that used a spoon to spool pasta. Anybody who cuts their pasta with a fork looks like an amateur to me. It doesn't bother me, per se, but I have to laugh at it.

 

[PapaG]

We got sushi with this one girl who just submerged the entire roll in soy. Ate it and thought it was too salty (wanted low sodium soy). So instead of using less, she cut the soy with water! It was soooo hard not to crack up at her.

Oh, you guys are considering California rolls to be 'sushi'. To me, sushi is some raw slabs of seafood, some white rice cold, and wasabi and soy for taste. If you mean rolls, then yes, it should be tasted before seasoning it with sauces.

 

[PapaG]

I really only have one. If you text while you drive, I hope you die in a fire.

That and talking with your phone to your ear in the car. There are ways to drive much safer while using your phone.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

The sushi "chef" who cuts raw meat off of sea food? Seems more like a prep cook to me. A chef actually makes more than raw food for you.

You just don't get Japanese food. It's steeped in respect and tradition.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm half-Italian. My maternal grandparents are from Italy. I was raised in a household that used a spoon to spool pasta. Anybody who cuts their pasta with a fork looks like an amateur to me. It doesn't bother me, per se, but I have to laugh at it.

Spoons are great for babies eating spaghetti.

 

[PapaG]

Spoons are great for babies eating spaghetti.

That makes no sense. Spoons for spaghetti? What? You have no fucking clue about Italian food, just as I have no clue about sushi etiquette, other than I don't consider rolls to be 'sushi'.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

That makes no sense. Spoons for spaghetti? What? You have no fucking clue about Italian food, just as I have no clue about sushi etiquette, other than I don't consider rolls to be 'sushi'.

That is so guido.

hoop fam

 

[PapaG]

That is so guido.

hoop fam

 

[porkchopexpress]

That makes no sense. Spoons for spaghetti? What? You have no fucking clue about Italian food, just as I have no clue about sushi etiquette, other than I don't consider rolls to be 'sushi'.

Comparing a good sushi chef to a prep cook is really insulting. Doing something simple perfectly is a skill. As El prez said It's all about tradition. And i don't think anyone here claimed sushi = rolls. Give me a plate of maguro, sake, toro and salmon belly sashimi and I'll be a happy camper

 

[PapaG]

Comparing a good sushi chef to a prep cook is really insulting. Doing something simple perfectly is a skill. As El prez said It's all about tradition. And i don't think anyone here claimed sushi = rolls. Give me a plate of maguro, sake, toro and salmon belly sashimi and I'll be a happy camper

Well, sorry, but that's pretty much my take on it. It's mostly about the seafood. I've had great sushi and terrible sushi. Nothing the guy cutting the fish off the carcass could have changed my experience.

 

[MickZagger]

Watching someone getting out of a bathroom only to sit down on a warm toilet seat.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopi...ns_eat_Spaghetti_Spoon_or_no_spoon-Italy.html

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hoop fam

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Getting upset at people for how they eat things is pretty ridiculous. Wasabi and soy sauce taste great together on a bunch of sushi. You get annoyed that people like the taste of something you don't think is cool?

El Prez would not be a fun person to go out with.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Getting upset at people for how they eat things is pretty ridiculous. Wasabi and soy sauce taste great together on a bunch of sushi. You get annoyed that people like the taste of something you don't think is cool?

El Prez would not be a fun person to go out with.

I'm awesome to go out with.

Like i said, you're free to enjoy masking the taste of sushi with wasabi and soy sauce slurry if you want, just like you're free to eat well done prime steaks, pasta cooked well past al dente or use gold plated monster cables for your sick Bose "home theater".

 

[crandc]

Getting upset at people for how they eat things is pretty ridiculous. Wasabi and soy sauce taste great together on a bunch of sushi. You get annoyed that people like the taste of something you don't think is cool?

El Prez would not be a fun person to go out with.

Agree, I once cringed when someone put pepper in my chicken soup but hell, if they want pepper in their soup it's their taste buds, not mine.