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Re: Ask HN: What do you eat, hackers?

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Post by makecheck »

tyng wrote: post #5
pierrefar wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ostrich or bison for red meat. Yes definitely; very under-rated IMHO. Any meat lover should at least try them. You may not like them (I find ostrich a bit too dry) but the are different enough to warrant investigation. Also wild boar meat.

Brilliant, where do you get that stuff anyway? In restaurants or home made? Would love to try just for it's rarity.

Can find ground bison at the grocery store just like regular ground beef (in Austin). Also, you could get either of them in a burger at a Fuddruckers.

Re: Ask HN: What do you eat, hackers?

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Post by tyng »

makecheck wrote: post #11
tyng wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brilliant, where do you get that stuff anyway? In restaurants or home made? Would love to try just for it's rarity.

Can find ground bison at the grocery store just like regular ground beef (in Austin). Also, you could get either of them in a burger at a Fuddruckers.

Well, I'm in Australia, and the nearest thing I could find in our supermarkets is kangaroo meat, sliced and packed

Re: Ask HN: What do you eat, hackers?

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Post by tyng »

kaitnieks wrote: post #8

Mostly: boiled potatoes, sour cream, meatballs, bacon chop, yogurt, bananas, pancakes, pasta, rice, sausages, brown bread with honey. All of my friends prefer baked potatoes or fries, not me.

How often do you switch restaurants? Same place almost everyday or must always be different everyday?

Re: Ask HN: What do you eat, hackers?

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Post by tyng »

jwdunne wrote: post #10

Only ever pizza if I don't have time to prepare something. I like simple foods, like chicken salads (I agree that caesar is nice), traditional british roasts and what not. I love Indian food too.

I wouldn't touch pizza even if I had no other options - bad experience from eating nothing but pizza for a whole week at college

Re: Ask HN: What do you eat, hackers?

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Post by joubert »

pierrefar wrote: post #4
joubert wrote: post #2

Ostrich or bison for red meat. Fish Oats Fruit Yoghurt Almonds Eggs Protein shakes Salad Cheese Wraps

Ostrich or bison for red meat. Yes definitely; very under-rated IMHO. Any meat lover should at least try them. You may not like them (I find ostrich a bit too dry) but the are different enough to warrant investigation. Also wild boar meat.

Yes, cooking ostrich can be tricky - it is easy to make it too dry. Last night a friend recommended you marinate it in balsamic vinegar first.

Re: Ask HN: What do you eat, hackers?

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Post by _b8r0 »

I try to get a mix of lunch types in. Having said that, lately I've been getting a lot of sandwiches for lunch, and there's a subway next door to the office.

At home I quite like eating decent salads. Some finely chopped red onions, tuna, rosemary, thyme and parsley mixed in with some rocket, a few leaf veg, a teaspoon of mayo, a teaspoon of mustard and some olive oil are damned tasty, pretty filling and very healthy.

I've also discovered Quinoa recently and am using that instead of rice at the moment, just trying it out - quite nice stuff.

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