'Water' might have been our first clue...
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The SF food scene is toast |
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health- ... aze-72676/ Yes, really. The latest food trend in San Francisco is ... toast. $4 a slice! |
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| Author: | wino [ Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
That is a wonderful story; thanks! |
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| Author: | Paul Kierstead [ Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
Great story. And to be honest, I'm not sure about $4 toast, but if I could get a great slice of toast with some good preserves and a good (ok very good) coffee, for say $5 around here (and that is probably $7 in SanFran dollars), I'd be all over it for those afternoon munchies and blues. All the places only sell wildly sweet and/or (usually and) fat pastries, or dreadful sandwiches. Or, even if they aren't dreadful, far too large for an afternoon bite. Or mid-morning bite. A good piece of toast and a coffee seems perfect. Price? Who cares what its 'intrinsic' value is. Sure, it's toast. But the cost of running the shop is the same if they are selling toast or fancy pastries, not to mention the value is the utility to me, not what they paid for the item. The intrinsic value of items ceased to be relevant a long time ago, even though most people don't realize it. Digital goods should have driven that point home, and hard, but I guess toast seems to just be, well toast. I've paid a lot more for things far more insubstantial. |
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
Paul, I'm not saying that Josey Baker's toast isn't worth $4 a slice. It's just funny what people choose to gourmetify. |
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| Author: | fitzie [ Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
Good article. I'd love to go there. fitzie |
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| Author: | Paul Kierstead [ Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
Fuzzy, I was thinking more about the people in the article. Still, yeah, you can .. um gourmetify anything it seems. I guess it is a lesson from the internet: given any topic, there is some sub group that is overly interested in it. And for that matter, has made it into a fetish.... |
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
Paul, So this is "Rule 34" of food? "For any food, there exists a preposterously expensive gourmet version of it?" |
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| Author: | Paul Kierstead [ Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
Yup and, of course, a group of people dedicated to it. Usually it takes the internet to gather such a disparate group into a proper tribe, but SanFran has the critical mass to do it in RL. |
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| Author: | wino [ Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
'Water' might have been our first clue...
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| Author: | JesBelle [ Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The SF food scene is toast |
This made "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" this week. Made me feel so smart. |
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