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The gang at the Onion just launched The Takeout, a new food-focused spinoff site. Stories for the debut include Rick Bayless' gravy recipe, advice for restaurant-goers from a server, and a review of Trader Joe's' turkey and stuffing flavored potato chips.
Um, wait... is the Bayless recipe satire? It's satire, right? Right?
posted by jeff-o-matic at 11:44 AM on November 15, 2017
posted by jeff-o-matic at 11:44 AM on November 15, 2017
ARE THESE CHIPS REAL
I WANT THEM RIGHT NOW
posted by poffin boffin at 11:44 AM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
I WANT THEM RIGHT NOW
posted by poffin boffin at 11:44 AM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
ARE THESE CHIPS REAL
Yes, I saw them in the store. I resisted the first time, but I'm only human, and I don't trust myself on my next visit.
I like food media. This looks fun enough.
posted by Miko at 11:48 AM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yes, I saw them in the store. I resisted the first time, but I'm only human, and I don't trust myself on my next visit.
I like food media. This looks fun enough.
posted by Miko at 11:48 AM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
If they are distributed where you live, Boulder Canyon makes Thanksgiving flavored chips. I've had the stuffing ones and maybe(?) the turkey ones. The stuffing chips are quite good. A+, would eat again (and probably will if see them at the store this weekend).
posted by friendlyjuan at 11:50 AM on November 15, 2017
posted by friendlyjuan at 11:50 AM on November 15, 2017
The review of those Trader Joe’s chips should be an hour of ceaseless crunching punctuated by the occasional orgasm. I daren’t have them in the house this year.
Relatedly, the inestimable Atlas Obscura has just launched a new food section: Gastro Obscura.
posted by Celsius1414 at 11:53 AM on November 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
Relatedly, the inestimable Atlas Obscura has just launched a new food section: Gastro Obscura.
posted by Celsius1414 at 11:53 AM on November 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
Um, wait... is the Bayless recipe satire? It's satire, right? Right?
I don't see why. This is exactly how my grandmother made cream gravy, minus the poblanos.
Admittedly, it's not turkey gravy, which makes it somewhat weird to present Thanksgiving week, but it's real gravy.
posted by Miko at 11:56 AM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
I don't see why. This is exactly how my grandmother made cream gravy, minus the poblanos.
Admittedly, it's not turkey gravy, which makes it somewhat weird to present Thanksgiving week, but it's real gravy.
posted by Miko at 11:56 AM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
HOORAY
I saw the Onion mention and was highly suspicious that I was being exposed to SATIRICAL CHIPS.
posted by poffin boffin at 11:58 AM on November 15, 2017 [14 favorites]
I saw the Onion mention and was highly suspicious that I was being exposed to SATIRICAL CHIPS.
posted by poffin boffin at 11:58 AM on November 15, 2017 [14 favorites]
Those chips are real and we ate an ungodly amount of them last year.
They also make an excellent topping for green bean casserole when you realize someone ("Someone") has eaten half of your french fried onions while making other thanksgiving food because, you know, the can was right there.
posted by ThatSomething at 12:11 PM on November 15, 2017 [12 favorites]
They also make an excellent topping for green bean casserole when you realize someone ("Someone") has eaten half of your french fried onions while making other thanksgiving food because, you know, the can was right there.
posted by ThatSomething at 12:11 PM on November 15, 2017 [12 favorites]
someone
crazed onion eating intruders who burst unexpectedly into your kitchen, they're the worst
posted by poffin boffin at 12:16 PM on November 15, 2017 [16 favorites]
crazed onion eating intruders who burst unexpectedly into your kitchen, they're the worst
posted by poffin boffin at 12:16 PM on November 15, 2017 [16 favorites]
they showed up at my house this morning and made me eat cookies for breakfast
posted by poffin boffin at 12:16 PM on November 15, 2017 [14 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 12:16 PM on November 15, 2017 [14 favorites]
Onioninjas make you cry to death.
posted by Celsius1414 at 12:18 PM on November 15, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by Celsius1414 at 12:18 PM on November 15, 2017 [4 favorites]
Unrelated-related but I figure I'll throw this in here: it might already be too late to get the dark chocolate shortbread stars from TJ's this year. We bought a few boxes maybe two or three weeks ago, and the supply usually dries up pretty quickly after they appear.
This is exactly how my grandmother made cream gravy, minus the poblanos.
I just made some over the weekend, in fact. Also some Mickey Mouse-shaped biscuits.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:22 PM on November 15, 2017
This is exactly how my grandmother made cream gravy, minus the poblanos.
I just made some over the weekend, in fact. Also some Mickey Mouse-shaped biscuits.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:22 PM on November 15, 2017
SATIRICAL CHIPS.
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posted by Fizz at 12:29 PM on November 15, 2017 [8 favorites]
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posted by Fizz at 12:29 PM on November 15, 2017 [8 favorites]
I thought the chips were definitely weird and possibly gross, ymmv
posted by soren_lorensen at 12:30 PM on November 15, 2017
posted by soren_lorensen at 12:30 PM on November 15, 2017
And yet, close-relative site AV Club has a piece on Spaghetti Burritos. It just seems like ever since The Onion/AV Club joined the Univision/Gizmodo/FormerlyGawker network, the lines between the sites have gotten so blurred, I'm preparing for sushi recipes on Kotaku...
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:53 PM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:53 PM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yeah that Bayless gravy article seems so out of place and...
made with roasted diced poblano peppers
...and, never mind. Carry on.
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:57 PM on November 15, 2017
made with roasted diced poblano peppers
...and, never mind. Carry on.
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:57 PM on November 15, 2017
Hang on, is this like A. V. Club The Onion or is this The Onion The Onion? I genuinely can't tell, it's like Poe's Corollary.
posted by parm at 1:03 PM on November 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by parm at 1:03 PM on November 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
Hang on, is this like A. V. Club The Onion or is this The Onion The Onion? I genuinely can't tell, it's like Poe's Corollary.
It's like Deadspin or Jalopnik but for food. You can tell because it's not very funny.
posted by leotrotsky at 1:05 PM on November 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
It's like Deadspin or Jalopnik but for food. You can tell because it's not very funny.
posted by leotrotsky at 1:05 PM on November 15, 2017 [3 favorites]
From the "birth announcement" article:
The Takeout will take on the non-satirical side of the Onion Inc. family, following in the footsteps of its older A.V. Club sibling, Supper Club. The Takeout will continue exploring stories about food and drinks, viewed through the lens of pop culture and Americana. It will celebrate high and low foods with equal reverence, be it turkey stuffing-flavored potato chips or making salmon gravlax at home.posted by ArgentCorvid at 1:07 PM on November 15, 2017 [2 favorites]
The gang at the Onion Univision just launched renamed The Takeout
They’ve been awkwardly jamming food (and by food, I mean corporate fast/junk garbage one can ostensibly eat) articles into the A.V. Club for the last couple years, to everyone’s annoyment and confusion. I’m pretty sure they even had a banner under the A.V. Club for the food articles, but it didn’t take, I think maybe because the writers don’t know how to file anything. It’s about dang time they moved it all aside where it can be safely ignored, but I have a feeling it’s still not going to keep to itself.
posted by Sys Rq at 1:11 PM on November 15, 2017
They’ve been awkwardly jamming food (and by food, I mean corporate fast/junk garbage one can ostensibly eat) articles into the A.V. Club for the last couple years, to everyone’s annoyment and confusion. I’m pretty sure they even had a banner under the A.V. Club for the food articles, but it didn’t take, I think maybe because the writers don’t know how to file anything. It’s about dang time they moved it all aside where it can be safely ignored, but I have a feeling it’s still not going to keep to itself.
posted by Sys Rq at 1:11 PM on November 15, 2017
(Ah, on non-preview, “Supper Club.” Because who doesn’t have Doritos for supper?)
posted by Sys Rq at 1:14 PM on November 15, 2017
posted by Sys Rq at 1:14 PM on November 15, 2017
I'm not convinced the internet was yearning for yet another food blog but I hope they prove me wrong. I hope it's full of original reporting and features, rather than the same churnalism clickbait and SEO-driven listicles that make Grub Street, Eater, Munchies, Serious Eats and others so similar.
(fwiw I love AV Club, even though Kinja is really testing my devotion, so I do mean that sincerely).
posted by retrograde at 1:37 PM on November 15, 2017
(fwiw I love AV Club, even though Kinja is really testing my devotion, so I do mean that sincerely).
posted by retrograde at 1:37 PM on November 15, 2017
Yes, this is a spin-off of The A. V. Club who also just launched a line of food content about a year ago. I cannot stand this cross-promotion nonsense thru the Gawker/Univision network where I end up seeing posts about totally unrelated content in my RSS feeds. Also note that on the front page of The Takeout are repurposed posts from The A. V. Club and Lifehacker. Additionally, The A. V. Club has been aggressively posting politics-related articles which don't even pretend to have a relationship to popular culture or mass media. What this site is has become so diluted that I think about unsubscribing daily.
posted by koavf at 1:48 PM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by koavf at 1:48 PM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
My local TJ's had the Turkey Stuffing chips at the sample station this weekend, and they were tasty. What that article didn't mention is the Roasted Tomato and Cranberry salsa, which they were also sampling. A combo greater than the sum of its parts.
posted by noneuclidean at 2:44 PM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by noneuclidean at 2:44 PM on November 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
This isn’t what I want. I want a version of The Onion that makes fun of websites like this.
posted by Going To Maine at 9:45 PM on November 15, 2017
posted by Going To Maine at 9:45 PM on November 15, 2017
yes, we need a satirical food blog: The Bloomin' Onion
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:47 PM on November 15, 2017 [9 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:47 PM on November 15, 2017 [9 favorites]
Um, wait... is the Bayless recipe satire? It's satire, right? Right?
Nope. I'm already trying to decide whether that gravy belongs more on biscuits-n-gravy or on CFS. Either way it's goin' in ma belly.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 4:35 AM on November 16, 2017
Nope. I'm already trying to decide whether that gravy belongs more on biscuits-n-gravy or on CFS. Either way it's goin' in ma belly.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 4:35 AM on November 16, 2017
I am eating the Trader Joe's chips at this very moment. They are delightful.
posted by elsietheeel at 12:06 PM on November 17, 2017
posted by elsietheeel at 12:06 PM on November 17, 2017
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