"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 11/19/2017 4:56 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Why wouldn't you? I have some. Also little frilly toothpicks and
>>>> plastic
>>>> swords.
>>>
> Gary, she was asking why *I* don't use them, after Sheldon mad some snarky
> remark.
>
>>> OK dammit. IMO...if your meal needs some little gimmicks and
>>> fancy presentation to make it worthwhile, perhaps you need to
>>> learn to cook better and let the food stand (and be judged) on
>>> it's own.
>>
>> It doesn't.
>
> Hmmm. It doesn't. "But sometimes I have something like a really tall
> sandwich or burger and if you don't stick something through it, it will
> come apart while trying to carry the plate. Other times I use these things
> to annoy people."
>
> My impression has always been she doesn't like hamburgers. I can't quite
> believe she'd cook burgers that were fancy and thick enough to require a
> fancy tooth pick through the top. Seems like that's the last thing she'd
> cook.
>
I don't have to like something to cook it! I've been told that my burgers
are really good. I use grass fed, oraganic beef and thick, large patties.
Add cheese, onion, tomato and lettuce and it's pretty tall.

> She is right about one thing. Those huge stacked sandwiches are hard to
> handle. I don't prepare or eat anything like them. Never anything that
> requires decorative tooth picks to hold it together, either.
>
> She (and Sheldon) wondered why I don't have little paper umbrellas and
> frilly tooth picks. What?! Why would I, indeed.
>
> Jill
> Jill