Eater

[Sneakeater]

She SURE fucking should.

(Believe me, I know the words to "Roll Over Beethoven".) (Although I'll admit I initially learned them from The Beatles rather than Berry.) (See, Wu isn't the only one who needlessly admits ignorance of important things.)

[small h]

29 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

I initially learned them from The Beatles rather than Berry.

Let's continue this - guess which version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds I heard first and thus know best.

[Sneakeater]

Miley Cyrus w/Flaming Lips?

[Sneakeater]

Oh wait.  You're not gonna say it's the one from that movie.

Calculating age:  oh shit.  You're gonna say that.

[Sneakeater]

No wait.  Probably it's the Elton John version.

That's bad.  But not so bad.

[MitchW]

The William Shatner version?

[small h]

8 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

Probably it's the Elton John version.

That's bad.  But not so bad.

 

8 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

You're not gonna say it's the one from that movie.

Calculating age:  oh shit.  You're gonna say that.

Across the Universe? You know I'm of drinking age, right?

[Sneakeater]

No, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band.

[small h]

Oh, no. The Elton John song came out first. And I was cognizant at the time.

[Steve R.]

So… not Richie Havens?

Edited November 2, 2023 by Steve R.

[small h]

No. Nor Cheap Trick. (A version I just heard for the first time, and will now attempt to forget.)

[mongo]

12 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Her resume is good. The misstep as I said was not so much not knowing something basic as broadcasting that she had to Google it. How about “confit”? Should she know that without googling it? It’s French, it’s basic.

 

yes, she should know "confit". it's a term that is far more prevalent, as a method of cooking and not just the name of a finished dish. not knowing it would suggest the editor-in-chief of eater does not eat out.

[small h]

Remember when Amanda Hesser was super-amazed to discover skate, after she'd been writing about food for years and years? I do.

[GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry]

I'm an idiot and they let me write about food for years. But I did try to learn, and you better believe I never admitted when I had to Google things. I'm still Googling lots of things.

Edited November 2, 2023 by GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry

[Sneakeater]

"Farci" isn't a method of cooking?

[Wilfrid]

Mm, that's why I chose confit. Terms with similar functions, although I suspect confit is slightly better known than farci.

[mongo]

slightly?

[mongo]

the point is you'll see the word "confit" on menus of all kinds of restaurants that have no pretension to being french. farci? not so much.

[Wilfrid]

I remember a member here lambasting me for (allegedly but wrongly) not knowing what “meat and three” meant. Universal restaurant vocab that it is.

[Diancecht]

maybe she disclosed because transparency and ethics? pure speculation of course. i don’t want to think her talents aren’t up to par.

[Wilfrid]

1 hour ago, Diancecht said:

maybe she disclosed because transparency and ethics.

Oh lord no. No.

[Sneakeater]

It wasn't a disclosure so much as a boast.

[MitchW]

I definitely confit at home, but I rarely farci.

If the failure to know what the word "farci" means on a French-ish menu means was the only issue, then it might be forgiven. But it's not the only symptom, it's the disease of shit food writing...and editing.

[GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry]

It's not related to Dr. Farci from the pandemic?

[Sneakeater]

I thought it meant the food was Persian.