Cheap words
Flattery gets you everywhere, everytime. So when the girlfriend proclaimed our roast beef the best she ever had, and asked for us to cook her one for her dinner party, we readily agreed.
But cheap flattery is another matter. The dinner guests were faithfully awed by the roast, done just right at medium rare in the centre to well at the ends. Then the whole exercise gets sabotaged by a stupid question from the one guest: where did we get the beef.
It would have been a different matter if he had asked more thoughtful questions: what temperature to cook at, how long it took for this 4.5 kg roast, what cut of beef was this, was there a marinade etc. But where did we get the beef?
Any place that sells beef was my miffed reply.
You can bet the girlfriend is not getting another huge roast at her next dinner party. We did not waste time cooking the main to feed ignorant fools who don't know just how offensive their ignorant questions are.
There is flattery and there are cheap unthinking empty words that philistines try to pass for compliment. Too bad for everyone we happen to know the difference.
8 comments:
Well, it *might* be argued the process of preparing a great dish starts with picking the right ingredients!
I would've probably tried to force her hand by telling her where I bought it, and 'invite' her to do the preparation the next time.
Maybe then she'll give you the credit you deserve! 8D
it's like asking where you buy lemons for your lemon merangue pie! so insulting.
johnnym - good try:) anyway, not looking for credit. should just shut up and eat, you know.
lulu - it is exactly like that.
hmmm...aside from loving how you've prepared the beef and appreciating all that effort, i might just ask that question!! not to piss you off, but i need to know what sort of vendor, whether it's been humanely sourced, what kind of feed the cow has had,etc etc..... like that can or not???
imp - maybe can. esp after some pertinent lead-in to the question of who the vendor is. corn-,grain-, or grass-fed, fresh or aged, etc are all relevant enough.
not where-you-buy-the-meat as question number 1. if i bought the roast cooked by chef so-and-so of such-and-such, then yes, just jump in there and ask where i bought the roast.
I might just start with that question because good beef starts with good meat! Then I'll ask what cut, whether it's been aged, is it grain or grass fed, what seasoning, what temperature etc.
eve - yes! and i'd love to tell you all :)
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