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“Only Shooting Stars Break the Mold”
MOTUS A.D. ^ | 7-2-17 | MOTUS

Posted on 07/02/2017 5:46:26 AM PDT by NOBO2012

He is literally hated by his peers, considered crude, boorish and untalented. But despite having had some failed businesses he continued to work his butt off, kept his nose to the grindstone and somehow managed to survive. Well, not just survive, thrive. Somehow this unsophisticated rube managed to write several books while also building an eponymous international business empire that employs thousands of people. He’s successful beyond most people’s wildest dreams, and still, he’s ridiculed endlessly by the elites. 

No, not Donald Trump, Guy Fieri, the Donald Trump of Flavortown:

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I'm aware he's the subject of a fair amount of ridicule from some of our best restaurant critics and biggest celebrity chefs. Some people confuse him for a member of Smash Mouth or Insane Clown Posse. He's practically a meme walking among us. I get all that, I do. But I need to put all of that to the side of my overflowing plate for now. - GQ

Sometimes you don’t want precious food - a tiny dab of deconstructed molecular gastronomy that used to be food, served in the center of a 16 inch white plate - smothered in foam and/or smoke.

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you just want a damn good juicy burger made in a Mom and Pop Diner, Drive-in or Dive.

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Okay, maybe with a little Donkey Sauce:

Yes, Donkey Sauce is just a silly name  for aioli. Yes, he wears pinky rings and his goatee looks ridiculous. Yes, the staff at his El Burro Borracho in Laughlin, NV, isn’t waiting for that third Michelin star. But through hard work, Guy Fieri transformed himself from a short-order cook in the sticks into a one-man industry that has boosted the fortunes of countless mom-and-pop diners, hired countless people, and entertained millions.  - Ricochet

Everything else on the menu is just a void, filled with smoke, mirrors. For $39 a pop.

blown-sugar-isomalt-sphere-brokenIsomalt Sphere filled with Smoke

Americans finally began to ask “where’s the beef?”

And that’s why Donald Trump is President – only shooting stars break the mold.

Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold

Posted from: MOTUS A.D.



TOPICS: Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: elites; guyfieri; smashmouth; trump

1 posted on 07/02/2017 5:46:26 AM PDT by NOBO2012
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To: NOBO2012

Applause


2 posted on 07/02/2017 5:50:32 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: NOBO2012

Great weekend to recognize those who break through the status quo collective to bring about independence.


3 posted on 07/02/2017 6:08:12 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: NOBO2012
I don't know how many Fr-er's watch Guy, but I owe him a cold beer as he has made me a better cook by fostering my imagination to just throw things together from what some of the small mom and pop restauranteurs do on his show.

Bacon? I learned to bake it on a cookie cooling tray above a cookie tin in the oven for the crispest bacon you can find Don't get me started on my meatballs and chicken wings which are almost now legendary. I would have never been able to do things to make them off the hook, I kept my mind in the box of a recipe, the show taught me to wing it and it was good!

"Yes, Donkey Sauce is just a silly name for aioli."

For those of us who may or may not be a descendent from "The Boot", it is a staple and it pronounced AL-OLE-YO, and you mileage might vary via dialect from those that came over. Adding Lemon or Anchovies is new to me and will try it, it was just Olive Oil and Garlic and copious amounts of Parmesan Cheese back in the day.

4 posted on 07/02/2017 6:23:38 AM PDT by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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To: NOBO2012

I know nothing about cooking. My idea of haute cuisine is Olive Garden. Guy’s contribution in my estimation is preserving Americana. Creating a video record of diners, drive ins, and dives that were once common place in America but that are slowly vanishing from the landscape.


5 posted on 07/02/2017 6:56:09 AM PDT by buckalfa (Slip sliding away towards senility.)
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To: NOBO2012

‘Only shooting stars break the mold’

And I thought this article was going to be about TRUMP........


6 posted on 07/02/2017 7:27:42 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell service T)
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To: NOBO2012

Fun! Thanks for posting.


7 posted on 07/02/2017 7:41:02 AM PDT by GOPJ (Sure communism killed 100 million people but that's just because the US never gave it a chance./s)
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To: NOBO2012

Very refreshing break from the coup - thanks. Funny, I was just at Chili John’s in Burbank on Friday. They’e got a spray painted visage of GF on the wall of honor. GF crewmembers put it there back in 2014 during a show taping


8 posted on 07/02/2017 7:55:55 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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MrsBo purchased his latest cookbook. It’s based on some of the recipes he’s come across and many of his own. Most are simple easy to follow recipes that are really tasty. We’re fans of his show.


9 posted on 07/02/2017 12:23:27 PM PDT by BigpapaBo (If it don't kill you it'll make you _________!)
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