The Gift of Pain

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The Buddhists have a word for this season: Shitty.

 

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  1. josh

    While they’re at it, they can fire whomever told them that recipe makes pizza.

    I’m still searching for a good pizza restaurant in Chambana. They’re basically all delivery b/c of the stupid college. That wears on a dude. I miss Chicago food so damn much.

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  2. josh

    @ Jed Jam Band:
    It’s all college-food, dorm room crap. I’m sure there’s one that the college kids love, but I’ve not found one I really thought was good.

    Bear in mind I like crazy shit like Quattro Formaggio.

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  3. josh

    Seriously, Dubuque IA had this place where they made great pizza in a real pizza oven on a stone. They had Margharita and like spinach and other great stuff. I’ve not found anything like that here.

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  4. josh

    The problem is too many restaurants here try to appeal to students. That’s the wrong course. Students are cheap and stupid. You have to hook in the professors if you want to open a high-quality restaurant. Chambana has too many restaurants that are just bars that serve food. That’s okay sometimes, but other times you want to enjoy food that tastes good.

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  5. Mish

    I enjoyed Za’s, but those are personal pizzas. Papa Del’s was where we went to for good pizza, but when I was a student, it was usually Gumby’s or Papa John’s or some grossness.

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  6. Berselius

    Mish wrote:

    I enjoyed Za’s, but those are personal pizzas. Papa Del’s was where we went to for good pizza, but when I was a student, it was usually Gumby’s or Papa John’s or some grossness.

    Ugh. Gumby’s is the fucking worst. I think I still have some undigested pokey sticks somewhere in my gastrointestinal system from 10 years ago.

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  7. Berselius

    Since we’re talking college town pizza, Casa Bianca had the best NY-style pizza in Madison. It closed over some developer bullshit with their building (still no construction, 7 years later). Roman candle is probably the best now, but $$$

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  8. PFD

    Black Dog is great. Easily the best BBQ in the area (not saying much). It’s as good or better than many places I’ve been in Chicago.

    In Champaign the restaurants seem to survive/thrive on drunk eating. That’s why Geo’s does great business every night, because it stays open til 3 AM and 6 bucks for strips and fries or a gyro seems great after a few drinks. The next day though, your colon hates you. (dying laughing)

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  9. josh

    @ Berselius:
    Yeah, this is what I’m talking about, Mish is (young and dumb)/(a college student). The standards are different once you have a job and can afford good food.

    Za’s is easily the worst place I’ve ever eaten.

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  10. josh

    @ josh:
    That place is so bad, you don’t even order your food and they write it down, you fill out a check list. They then microwave some garbage (which takes like 20 minutes for some reason), and then hand you a styrofoam plate of hot grease. It’s fucking gross.

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  11. Mucker

    @ Aisle424:
    I hear ya. I visit Chicago every year and I think I gain 20 lbs over a long weekend. Sausage, Beefs, Sausage Beefs, Dogs and especially Pizza. That’s all I eat the entire time I’m there. I don’t even care about seeing my family, I want the food.

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  12. lorecore

    Anyone know if the Phillies let the Cubs keep Lendy Castillo once he was sent to the minors? I would think that would violate the Rule 5 requirements.

    Also, us Phillie fans are watching Josh Vitters season very closely. He is currently the worst hitter in the entire league, and we have strong stock that Michael Martinez should win that title. Hopefully Vitters starts hitting a little to let Martinez realize his true calling.

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  13. Jed Jam Band

    Coincidentally, I don’t go to college in Chicago. I’ve lived in Munster, IN for my entire life, no more than a short drive away from the city. Also, our town had several top-notch pizza places and our area had a whole bunch of good ones. Then, I get down to Muncie and we have like one halfway-decent pizza place that everyone here seems to think is the shit.

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  14. Mercurial Outfielder

    @ lorecore:

    Castillo wasn’t sent down (which would have been a violation of the rules), he was on a rehab stint after being DL’d in May.

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  15. josh

    @ Mercurial Outfielder:
    I do too. But it takes time. I proof my dough overnight or over 3-4 days in the fridge, but it takes time and preplanning, and sometimes I just want something relatively quick. I’ve never found a dough recipe under 30 minutes that I found satisfying. Still, I don’t have a huge wood fired oven, either.

    Actually, I’m always searching for the perfect crust recipe, and haven’t yet found it yet.

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  16. Mercurial Outfielder

    @ josh:
    I only proof for an hour and a half, but I use active dry yeast and bread flour. Make the dough, oil the bowl, ball up the dough, in the bowl. When it doubles in size, I punch it down, knead it, cut it into three pieces, ball those up, then put them under a wet towel for 10 minutes. Preheat the oven to 500. Roll out the first pizza, poke the holes, lightly sauce, bottom rack of the oven on a piece of parchment for 2 mins. Pull it out, light sauce, few pieces of cheese, a topping or two (I only put the toppings on before if i use sausage, bacon, tomatoes or onions, otherwise, they go on after also this is the point where you would put olive oil on the crust if you prefer it), back in the oven straight on the rack until the crust darkens and the cheese bubbles (about 5 mins). Slide the pizza onto a cooling rack for a couple minutes, then enjoy.

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  17. Mercurial Outfielder

    Q: Right now, who do you think are the Cubs top 5 prospects?

    A: In order: Javier Baez, Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, Arodys Vizcaino, Christian Villanueva.

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  18. Rice Cube

    @ Mercurial Outfielder:
    I’ve never been to Edzo’s but I was at a Five Guy’s once. They must have done something wrong because I didn’t like it. Of course, my taste buds are not the same as your taste buds. I do agree that In-N-Out is about equal to Steak and Shake, but that’s probably because I like both (dying laughing)

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  19. Mercurial Outfielder

    @ Rice Cube:

    Yeah, it wasn’t intended to be a slight. Steak and Shake make a perfectly serviceable burger.

    I love Five Guys, but you’re not the first person I know that doesn’t care for them.

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  20. Rice Cube

    @ Mercurial Outfielder:
    I do like that (at least in the one restaurant I went to) they have bushels of free peanuts. I think whoever the head-cook or whatever they use at fast food restaurant was, used way too much grease for everything. My burger literally fell apart in my hands and left a pool of weird goo in the tray. I was disappointed.

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  21. Rice Cube

    @ Mercurial Outfielder:
    I may convince the wife to try it again as they opened one recently in Hyde Park. The other thing we were annoyed with was the price. For the same size burger and fries we would have spent less at Steak and Shake or In-N-Out. If we were going to spend that much for a burger it would have to be at least as good as the ones we got from the Shake Shack in NYC.

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  22. Berselius

    @ Berselius:

    I need a special typing wand (dying laughing). What I was trying to say was that Ryno would be proud of the fact that I now believe Whataburger’s A1 Burger >>> all other fast food burgers. I put Culver’s in second place.

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  23. josh

    @ Mercurial Outfielder:
    That’s basically what I do, though I got a pizza stone recently I’m trying out. It does a good job of getting the crust crunchy.

    To me, the perfect crust happens after 5 days in the fridge, that’s when it finally acquires some flavors. But my failure rate is something like 10%, for some reason. Not kneeding enough, or kneeding too much, maybe. I do need to start investing in better flour. I’ve had more of a problem of crusts that I make quickly being bland. i’m probably the only person in the universe who cares what the crust tastes like.

    My life to this point has basically been one long journey toward the perfect pizza crust.

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  24. Mish

    This thread was good to keep up with leading up to lunch, though my homemade PBJ sandwich didn’t quite satiate my hunger. (dying laughing)

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