Marilyn Haggerty's amazing Olive Garden review and the subsequent viral shitstorm

this woman is seriously my favorite person writing about restaurants ever

We took a menu handed out on the sidewalk and stood in line about 20 minutes before we could even get inside. We enjoyed the experience. And actually the burgers were very tasty. They had the good flavor that comes only with a little fat. We are not sure if they contained pink slime that has hit the news waves of late. And we didn’t ask.

love this

i love that she's switched up absolutely nothing about her writing style despite the knowledge of her suddenly increased audience

She could have filed it before OliveGardengate.

"actually"

exactly!

I think she went to NYC specifically because of the OG review.

Why else would Anthony Bourdain have gotten involved?

When, at length, we finished this long, leisurely meal, we talked of walking back to our hotel. Then, we thought twice about it and decided we wanted to ride.

"We were hammered after the flurry of wine pairings."

i feel like being asked if you prefer marilyn haggerty's writing to that of pitchfork reviews reviews should be some kind of litmus test

This story just keeps on giving. Amazing to think it started out as a lame "lol Midwest" internet meme.

i don't want to give too much credit to marilyn hagerty, but it'd be interesting to see attitudinal/contrarian freshman creative-writing students do her kind of writing as an exercise, to see how much restraint they're capable of.

I tried that sausage and parsnip recipe and Ferngarden-Whelkstall is totally fronting about the length of time required to bake a dozen sausages.

"We are not sure if they contained pink slime that has hit the news waves of late."

What does this even mean?

"Pink Slime Terrorizing the Eastern Seaboard" iirc

i think the "minnesota nice" phenomenon would drive me insane if i had to move to the midwest. i'd just be like "PLEEEASE just get down to brass tacks and tell me to fuck off already."

― the kids of boris midney high (get bent), Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:35 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuck off :)

thanks!

(much love to midwesterners, including the iowan i've been involved with for nearly five years)

The pink slime is what Jamie Oliver called mechanically separated chicken that goes into nuggets, etc. Probably other meat, too. It looks like bubble gum.

...or something

No, it's leftover beef trimmings that get centrifuged, treated with ammonia, and added to ground beef. Not joking.

the formal term for "pink slime":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boneless_lean_beef_trimmings

wikipedia also gives us MEAT SLURRY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_slurry

which of these tasty products produced by advanced meat recovery systems sounds the most appealing to you?

Sorry, I was wrong.

This is the mechanically separated chicken

http://www.snopes.com/food/graphics/msm.jpg

But the "pink slime" is beef trimmings treated w/ ammonia.

xp

I'm not sure if I'm ready to defend "pink slime" beef, but Jamie Oliver really mischaracterized the ammonia treatment of meat.

sonned by dyao in a finely textured beef.

― Love and Arugula (Trayce), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 12:05 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*urrrp*

this may or may not be a bite of Marilyn Haggerty but I thought it was p funny: http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/lifestyle/columnists/quaffer-scoffer-1-4747805

oh man i think it's legit: http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/lifestyle/columnists/quaffer-scoffer-1-4707498

Tasty Pizza offers a big range of variations on the pizza theme, from classic Margherita to more experimental Turkish variations with donner meat, chilli and bacon.

the earliest Q&S i can find is from this april, a month after haggerty

http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/lifestyle/quaffer-scoffer-1-4459201

Please reassure a USA-ian that "donner meat" isn't human flesh.

nah it's gyro meat

man, marilyn's 15 minutes were up quick! i forgot all about her.

The whole caboodle is served in a tray.

Was about ready to get my R.I.P. on when I saw this thread bumped.

What an intro!

“See you tomorrow,” said hostess Sue Prowse as I left Applebee’s after having lunch there the other day.

I was somewhat startled — wondering if I was forgetting something. Then she grinned and explained that is just the Applebee’s way of ushering customers out. “See you tomorrow,” is what they use as a promotion

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/242419/

Lunching over salads is good. For me, it is hard to eat soup and talk.

May she never change. In the meantime, per this thread's earlier derail, Lex has been spotted IN A KITCHEN:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/320321_10100165532603744_785589246_n.jpg

Though he does not in fact appear to be cooking anything. Yet.

Lunching over salads is good. For lex, it is hard to eat soup and talk.

can i point out that i am WEARING A VULVA RING in that photo and yet the notable thing is the room i happen to be in?

i have eaten a loooooooot of food cooked in that kitchen this week. mmmmmm

a... vulva ring?

You know, for your hand vulva.

oh right, duh

I've been looking for good hand vulva accessories

A glove...of love.

it was a ring with a vulva kind of...on it

it was not mine

the joke was that i didn't recognise what the decoration was, i thought it was a plant. though apparently one of the ring's owner's str8 male colleagues thought it was a slug which is much worse

Well seeing that it was three fingers long, transluscent, connected to a ring and devoid of any openings, of course you should have known it was a vulva.

in fairness, most vulvae aren't translucent

I mean, I can't speak for Tilda Swinton

lex is that your TV there, with one pot on it? I think I know why you can't turn it on.

Every time this thread gets bumped I'm afraid that Marilyn Haggerty passed away. May she stay evergreen.