cilantro wrote:My list of words I hope to see banned from food writing in the new year:

• ringworm
• genocidal

My God, what kind of food writing have you been reading?

radiator wrote:The phrase that irritates me the most is, "...it is what it is."

YES!!!! Not a food issue, but I agree completely, what a thoroughly lame excuse for a reply to anything!

earthlydesire wrote:It's pork butt crack.

Okay, yuck. Can we ban that too?

toria wrote:What about the term "those bad boys" for food. I am sick of that. I hear that all the time. Food is not a bad boy.

And I like Alton Brown's "Good Eats," but I don't mind if I never again hear him say something about what something "brings to the party."

I feel a little self-conscious about having the last six posts in this thread, but it is my fault that you don't all have insomnia like me?

Just this one last thing and then I'll go to bed and (try to) go to sleep:

Possibly I've been watching too many reruns of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. Is this a British thing? "Sex on a plate," "sex on a fork," "sex on a spoon." Can we please stop talking about food as if it's being served on something that some people just had sex on?

With that, good night, good morning, y'all.

Don't forget sex on a stick. I've heard that too. I hate when sex or sexy is applied to things it shouldn't be.

toria wrote:Don't forget sex on a stick.

I won't. It was unforgettable.

Is it "meh"? I thought it was "enh."

No, "ennh" has a very specific meaning.

We are on the fifth page of posts for this thread and I am surprised that this one hasn't been mentioned yet---Another gem from Guy Fieri:

"EVERYBODY IN THE POOL!"

It was funny the first twelve times I heard it, whether it be from "Triple-D" or Guy's Big Bite, however it has become so predictable whenever he or someone else is adding ingredients en masse to a pot.

http://www.guyfieri.com/guy_sound_clips ... e_pool.mp3

earthlydesire wrote:It's not strictly food related but has been popularized by FN's own Guy Fieri -- current king of the hipster phrase.

I say Guy Fieri should be banned altogether. Has anyone noticed his nasally overly-enthusiastic cadence resembles that of Casey Kasem's voicing as Shaggy on Scooby Doo. This dude is not a hipster- his Generation X catch phrasing a la Bill and Ted's certainly does not represent the hipper affectations of my generation. He's more the Belushi-type, outwardly drunk dude at the frat party that may be a bit more approachable to the out-of-place art and lit kids in his generosity with the keg tapper. I mean- what's the appeal in this show- I know he champions the type of mom-and-pop, out-of-the-way places that we hold so dear on this board- maybe I'm just pissed that I have to wait longer for my cemita now. But watching this sweaty, 90's MTV reject manchild pound junk food is not my idea of a good time. Get the hook!

I say Guy Fieri should be banned altogether. Has anyone noticed his nasally overly-enthusiastic cadence resembles that of Casey Kasem's voicing as Shaggy on Scooby Doo. This dude is not a hipster- his Generation X catch phrasing a la Bill and Ted's certainly does not represent the hipper affectations of my generation. He's more the Belushi-type, outwardly drunk dude at the frat party that may be a bit more approachable to the out-of-place art and lit kids in his generosity with the keg tapper. I mean- what's the appeal in this show- I know he champions the type of mom-and-pop, out-of-the-way places that we hold so dear on this board- maybe I'm just pissed that I have to wait longer for my cemita now. But watching this sweaty, 90's MTV reject manchild pound junk food is not my idea of a good time. Get the hook!

So don't watch it. I think most here are anxiously awaiting the Kuma's Corner and The Weiner and Still Champion and the Dell Rhea's shows, though. I think he's a hoot, plus he's not failed my Customary Dining Companion yet on finding offbeat out-of-town places to visit. To me, he's far less annoying than, say, Tyler Florence proclaiming every damn thing he cooks to be "phenomenal" or "decadent" (STOP IT! NOW!!), or spewing complete falsehoods on a regular basis (the new nadir: asserting that gelatin is "...the stuff that they put in jam and jelly to thicken it." ARRGH.).

Fieri's show is one of the few Food Network shows I Tivo, because it is the kind of places I like to find out about. That said, it is much like anything else on Food Network, ADD held together with shtick, a million quick cuts interspersed with catchphrases designed to halt you every second and a half as you start to reach for the remote. I can watch about half an hour of that and then I have to go lie down and watch a Bresson movie or something; it's just too frantic and in very short order, the places all blur together because they're all shot and edited in exactly the same way. There's a real Guy Fieri, real restaurants and a real show somewhere beneath the constant hummingbird-flap of the editing, but after 30 minutes of that, I can't make it out any more.

(The Hungry Detective was Fieri with less shtick and ADD. It also didn't get a second season. Draw your own conclusions.)

I like Guy, his cooking shows are nothing special, but Diners, Drive-ins & Dives is a really good show.

Giovanna wrote:I'd be happy to never see the phrase "spot on" ever again.

Agree.

Sick of verbs. Nouns splendid.

Mmphlpshmmhp.

Mike G wrote:Sick of verbs. Nouns splendid.

Let me change "agree" to "agreement," then.

Mhays wrote:Mmphlpshmmhp.

[apologies for reducing us to communicating in Lovecraftian terror-speech and abstract symbols]

No, no, Lovecraft would be more like "Clhthuadhullu"

I thought the forum would avoid irritating anybody if we all talked like our mouths are full of mashed potatoes.

Hey, I played, too!

Mhays wrote:I thought the forum would avoid irritating anybody if we all talked like our mouths are full of mashed potatoes.

Chuckle. (The noun, not the verb.)

One more that I've seen in more than a few times in recent months in terms of cocktail writing:

"Tipple."

Please die a fiery death, "Tipple."

whiskeybent wrote:One more that I've seen in more than a few times in recent months in terms of cocktail writing:

"Tipple."

Please die a fiery death, "Tipple."

I'm not even sure I know what that means out of context other than "I tipple off the bar stool if I tipple too much."

riddlemay wrote:Chuckle. (The noun, not the verb.)

Which would be just one of these?

'pristine' - almost always associated with describing sushi freshness. It sounded unique the first time it was used, now it is overused.

Guy Fieri

The man version of Rachel Ray with all of his cooky sayings, though I do like DDD.

Oh and someone mentioned sex or sexy terms being used, I agree.....the one that annoys me is "food porn".

***Edit, I had to add one more Guy saying I heard today on DDD that has to go, "Winner, winner, (insert whatever the person is making) dinner", I mean come the f*ck on, seriously who says this?

Mike G wrote:Fieri's show is...ADD held together with shtick, a million quick cuts interspersed with catchphrases designed to halt you every second and a half as you start to reach for the remote. I can watch about half an hour of that and then I have to go lie down and watch a Bresson movie or something; it's just too frantic and in very short order, the places all blur together because they're all shot and edited in exactly the same way. There's a real Guy Fieri, real restaurants and a real show somewhere beneath the constant hummingbird-flap of the editing, but after 30 minutes of that, I can't make it out any more.

Prompted by the discussion on this thread, I DVR'ed a recent episode and watched it last night. (Also because included was a visit to a Baltimore area crab shack, and I was curious to see how accurate was the portrayal of crab shacks in my hometown.) I agree with both the positive and negative parts of your assessment. The surprise to me was how much I basically liked Fieri. He has actual wit, not just a reasonable facsimile thereof. And every now and then it's visible. That puts him head and shoulders above anyone else I've seen on the Food Network (not that I've seen everyone). His charm was such that I even forgave him his hair.

The surprise to me was how much I basically liked Fieri. He has actual wit, not just a reasonable facsimile thereof. And every now and then it's visible. That puts him head and shoulders above anyone else I've seen on the Food Network (not that I've seen everyone). His charm was such that I even forgave him his hair.

Well said, Riddlemay. I actually really like Guy. Yes...his phrase usage does get on my nerves from time to time but when he's dealing with these DDD restauranteurs, he's so natural and at home. And really impressed by their food and their outfits. He seems to relate to them well and they all seem to like him a lot. All of that good feeling isn't easy to fake -- and I think that's part of what makes DDD such a good and fun show to watch. You have to admire the guy -- I mean -- he was pretty much catapulted to FN stardom, almost overnight -- and yet the word from people who've dealt with him is that he's about as un-diva as they come.

And that's just how he rolls.

I have only seen DDD maybe two or three times (so this may be just on the episodes I've seen and not a more universal thing), but one thing that rubs me the wrong way with Guy is that everything he tastes is seemingly the best ever; borderline orgasmic. I know he is typically tasting in front of the chef/proprietor (and thus is being polite/complimentary I guess), but try to vary it up a bit, man.

Matt wrote:...but one thing that rubs me the wrong way with Guy is that everything he tastes is seemingly the best ever; borderline orgasmic. I know he is typically tasting in front of the chef/proprietor (and thus is being polite/complimentary I guess), but try to vary it up a bit, man.

It seems like everybody does that, though, except for maybe Bourdain and Zimmern.

You can tell when Fieri isn't wowed, though. He will let his face say for the camera what he's too polite to say to the chef.