Comments for An Exploration of Portland Food and Drink http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com Throwing Ourselves on the Grenade of Bad Food to Save You Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:28:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1-beta2 hourly 1 45.52874-122.644605 Comment on Washed Up Restaurateur Tom Hurley Sues City by Food Dude http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/05/23/washed-up-restaurateur-tom-hurley-sues-city/#comment-150201 Food Dude Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:28:31 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3025#comment-150201 It's not Tom, it's someone with the state of Oregon. It’s not Tom, it’s someone with the state of Oregon.

]]> Comment on Washed Up Restaurateur Tom Hurley Sues City by Purple Shamrock http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/05/23/washed-up-restaurateur-tom-hurley-sues-city/#comment-150200 Purple Shamrock Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:55:45 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3025#comment-150200 FYI - This was NOT written by Tom but by someone close to the situation. FYI – This was NOT written by Tom but by someone close to the situation.

]]> Comment on Washed Up Restaurateur Tom Hurley Sues City by FormerFriend http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/05/23/washed-up-restaurateur-tom-hurley-sues-city/#comment-150199 FormerFriend Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:22:45 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3025#comment-150199 Surely is Tom. who else would write so specifically about his 'knee and back' pain...? Just in case your getting this, Tom. You should know that all the wounds you left in Seattle are healed (not to mention all your stupid murals have been covered with thick black paint!). Surely is Tom. who else would write so specifically about his ‘knee and back’ pain…? Just in case your getting this, Tom. You should know that all the wounds you left in Seattle are healed (not to mention all your stupid murals have been covered with thick black paint!).

]]> Comment on Morton’s The Steakhouse by kolibri http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/30/mortons-the-steakhouse-2/#comment-150198 kolibri Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:22:41 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3164#comment-150198 Not blood. Of course not! That red color comes from the Red #40 that we use in our steaks! Um, do you know what the "red juice" is called that is in muscles? It's called BLOOD! It is what carries oxygen so that we can move our limbs using the muscles. I hate to have to give you or McGee or anyone else an anatomy lesson, but the only "red juice" in Steaks... is blood! Not blood. Of course not! That red color comes from the Red #40 that we use in our steaks!

Um, do you know what the “red juice” is called that is in muscles? It’s called BLOOD! It is what carries oxygen so that we can move our limbs using the muscles. I hate to have to give you or McGee or anyone else an anatomy lesson, but the only “red juice” in Steaks… is blood!

]]> Comment on Washed Up Restaurateur Tom Hurley Sues City by pdxyogi http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/05/23/washed-up-restaurateur-tom-hurley-sues-city/#comment-150197 pdxyogi Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:36:06 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3025#comment-150197 Could be Tom. Hurley is an Irish name; correct me if I'm wrong. Hence "Shamrock". Quasi-biblical grandiose language. Run-on sentences. Angry ranting rambling writing style. Hmmm... Could be Tom. Hurley is an Irish name; correct me if I’m wrong. Hence “Shamrock”. Quasi-biblical grandiose language. Run-on sentences. Angry ranting rambling writing style. Hmmm…

]]> Comment on Washed Up Restaurateur Tom Hurley Sues City by gustoeater http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/05/23/washed-up-restaurateur-tom-hurley-sues-city/#comment-150196 gustoeater Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:48:26 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3025#comment-150196 Ok, Tom. Ok, Tom.

]]> Comment on Morton’s The Steakhouse by JasonC http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/30/mortons-the-steakhouse-2/#comment-150195 JasonC Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:03:47 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3164#comment-150195 Funny coincidence, I just read that exact McGee essay last night. Funny coincidence, I just read that exact McGee essay last night.

]]> Comment on Morton’s The Steakhouse by Nikos http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/30/mortons-the-steakhouse-2/#comment-150194 Nikos Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:29:22 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3164#comment-150194 What jimster said, there are many places in town to get grilled meat of all sorts that are not "steakhouses" and I had excellent steaks and service in other cities (I already mentioned Prime in Las Vegas at the Bellagio when FD announced this endeavor) Besides, I achieve better results in my Weber charcoal grill in my balcony with a carefully chosen New York strip from Whole Foods than I had in any Portland restaurant...(steakhouse or otherwise) I think it is time someone in pdx opened a really good steakhouse (with martinis, leather, butter with many knives to spread it with, good bread (I mean come on, pdx is bread heaven with all the local bakeries) etc) Anyone? BTW, LM is great! What jimster said, there are many places in town to get grilled meat of all sorts that are not “steakhouses” and I had excellent steaks and service in other cities (I already mentioned Prime in Las Vegas at the Bellagio when FD announced this endeavor) Besides, I achieve better results in my Weber charcoal grill in my balcony with a carefully chosen New York strip from Whole Foods than I had in any Portland restaurant…(steakhouse or otherwise)
I think it is time someone in pdx opened a really good steakhouse (with martinis, leather, butter with many knives to spread it with, good bread (I mean come on, pdx is bread heaven with all the local bakeries) etc)
Anyone?
BTW, LM is great!

]]> Comment on Beer Haiku – Beerku Contest for Our Warm Week by Fred Q http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/29/beer-haiku-beerku-contest-for-summer/#comment-150193 Fred Q Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:47:26 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3157#comment-150193 Drinking Sapporo While Tokyo is Burning Go Go Godzilla Drinking Sapporo
While Tokyo is Burning
Go Go Godzilla

]]> Comment on Portland Area Outdoor Dining by Lynn Dorman http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/portland-area-patio-dining/#comment-150192 Lynn Dorman Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:20:20 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?page_id=1224#comment-150192 Channel's Edge 207 N. Bridgeton Road - outdoor deck overlooking North Portland Harbor and floating home communities Channel’s Edge 207 N. Bridgeton Road – outdoor deck overlooking North Portland Harbor and floating home communities

]]> Comment on Beer Haiku – Beerku Contest for Our Warm Week by Vince http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/29/beer-haiku-beerku-contest-for-summer/#comment-150191 Vince Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:42:48 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3157#comment-150191 Hop cone waits on vine Barley bows its head to nature’s bliss Beers burgeoning kiss Hop cone waits on vine
Barley bows its head to nature’s bliss
Beers burgeoning kiss

]]> Comment on Beer Haiku – Beerku Contest for Our Warm Week by CO http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/29/beer-haiku-beerku-contest-for-summer/#comment-150190 CO Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:18:35 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3157#comment-150190 Fermentation good mind, body, and soul rejoice! except your liver Fermentation good
mind, body, and soul rejoice!
except your liver

]]> Comment on Beer Haiku – Beerku Contest for Our Warm Week by Beer Haiku Contest at Portland Food and Drink — Beer Haiku Daily http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/29/beer-haiku-beerku-contest-for-summer/#comment-150189 Beer Haiku Contest at Portland Food and Drink — Beer Haiku Daily Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:48:11 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3157#comment-150189 [...] Portland Food and Drink is holding a beer haiku contest. The winner gets two tickets to the Sagebrush Classic Feast, a fantastic beer and food pairing [...] [...] Portland Food and Drink is holding a beer haiku contest. The winner gets two tickets to the Sagebrush Classic Feast, a fantastic beer and food pairing [...]

]]> Comment on Washed Up Restaurateur Tom Hurley Sues City by Purple Shamrock http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/05/23/washed-up-restaurateur-tom-hurley-sues-city/#comment-150188 Purple Shamrock Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:35:13 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3025#comment-150188 Shame on you all for your bitter comments with out all of the facts! It is a well known fact that Police & Firefighters have the most dangerous jobs. I personally know the pain & suffering these debilitating injuries have caused. Just because a person is retired from service and retrained for another carrer doesn't erase the lifetime of pain & suffering these people experience. My father was a firefighter that was retired on a disability. No job or no amount of money would negate the fact that his lungs were fried and his knees were shot from the same injuries Tom Hurley suffers. The type of his personality or his business ability really has no bearing on the fact that he will still have a lifetime of pain & suffering received in the performance of the duty of protecting the people of Portland. In times past this very publication hailed Tom for his culinary genius. He does have an imeasurable talent as a culinary artist and yes he could probably have better people skills but again that has no bearing on the fact that the city was paying him for the pain & suffering caused by injuries recieved, not once, but twice while performing the duties of one of the most dangerous jobs. And yes, he has cooked for fire houses. During his culinary training in New York it was not uncommon for him to be seen in the kitchens of local fire houses preparing meals. In fact, after 9-11 he returned to New York and provided meals for the fire houses that were affected the most severly by the devistation even though many firefighters he grew to call friends were lost in the disaster. So, let he who lives in the glass house cast the first stone. Or, let he work through the same knee and back pain as another then cast the allegations. And, I say to the City, they were injured in the service and protection of the people of your City so pay up and shut up! Shame on you all for your bitter comments with out all of the facts! It is a well known fact that Police & Firefighters have the most dangerous jobs. I personally know the pain & suffering these debilitating injuries have caused. Just because a person is retired from service and retrained for another carrer doesn’t erase the lifetime of pain & suffering these people experience. My father was a firefighter that was retired on a disability. No job or no amount of money would negate the fact that his lungs were fried and his knees were shot from the same injuries Tom Hurley suffers. The type of his personality or his business ability really has no bearing on the fact that he will still have a lifetime of pain & suffering received in the performance of the duty of protecting the people of Portland. In times past this very publication hailed Tom for his culinary genius. He does have an imeasurable talent as a culinary artist and yes he could probably have better people skills but again that has no bearing on the fact that the city was paying him for the pain & suffering caused by injuries recieved, not once, but twice while performing the duties of one of the most dangerous jobs. And yes, he has cooked for fire houses. During his culinary training in New York it was not uncommon for him to be seen in the kitchens of local fire houses preparing meals. In fact, after 9-11 he returned to New York and provided meals for the fire houses that were affected the most severly by the devistation even though many firefighters he grew to call friends were lost in the disaster. So, let he who lives in the glass house cast the first stone. Or, let he work through the same knee and back pain as another then cast the allegations. And, I say to the City, they were injured in the service and protection of the people of your City so pay up and shut up!

]]> Comment on Morton’s The Steakhouse by grapedog http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/30/mortons-the-steakhouse-2/#comment-150187 grapedog Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:54:13 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3164#comment-150187 And, no, I am not an HTML master, so please disregard my ability to quote things properly. And, no, I am not an HTML master, so please disregard my ability to quote things properly.

]]> Comment on Morton’s The Steakhouse by grapedog http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/2009/06/30/mortons-the-steakhouse-2/#comment-150186 grapedog Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:52:54 +0000 http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/?p=3164#comment-150186 <blockquote> An interesting side note, which maybe someone can explain; it bled a huge amount. I must have had quarter-inch of red blood in the dish. McGee points out that "bloody" is inaccurate, this is not blood, just "droplets of red juice" coming from the meat fibers. Yes, it's probably still disgusting on the plate, but when I read this part of the review, my learnings kicked in and I had to say something. :-)

An interesting side note, which maybe someone can explain; it bled a huge amount. I must have had quarter-inch of red blood in the dish.

McGee points out that “bloody” is inaccurate, this is not blood, just “droplets of red juice” coming from the meat fibers. Yes, it’s probably still disgusting on the plate, but when I read this part of the review, my learnings kicked in and I had to say something. :-)

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