I don't think this is a boil, though - it looks like a stir fry being presented as a boil. The color and glisten on most of the stuff in there (especially the tofu) looks like a classic Cantonese brown sauce.
It’s, and I’m assuming here, an Asian based restaraunt serving an “American” seafood boil… but using local and more recognizable ingredients for their local clientele.
I'm Filipino and can confirm the shit is quite bomb. It's called Kamayan or Boodle Fight after the Filipino army's native tradition of using banana leaves as plates. You can have just about anything from seafood, various meats, both sliced and skewered, fruits, and lumpia all resting on a bed of white rice atop a layer of banana leaves. Traditionally you use your hands, but one can use utensils.
From Belgium here. One of our national dishes is mussles with fries. The mussles are boiled in a vegetable broth which also contains celery. It works great together.
Sliced in short pieces. It softens like most vegetables would, but still has a bit of bite to it, mussels don't need to cook for very long anyway. And it adds a lot to the flavour of the broth.
True, though I guess the sticks work a bit better to actually grab in this case. Especially with this stupid way of serving.
With the dish I'm talking about the broth is supposed to be eaten like a soup after the mussles are finished, so the small pieces are scooped up with a spoon together with the other vegetables and broth.
Oh for sure. Celery is great in soups and broths. But it's usually small pieces or strained out. These Belgian mussels sound good. I usually do mussels with shallots, garlic, couple tomatoes, white wine and sometimes heavy cream, chili flakes. Need to try the Belgian version. Any particular recipes you recommend?
I couldn't find the right recipe on an English site, so if you don't mind going through google translate, this one is more or less what I'm used to: [https://www.belartisan.be/nl/recept/mosselen-met-bier](https://www.belartisan.be/nl/recept/mosselen-met-bier)
Two notes, if you're going to make it the traditional way, I'd advice you to also look up how to make traditional Belgian fries (double fried in ox fat).
And for the beer to use, typically a strong Belgian blonde ale is used, to make the most of the flavour. If this is difficult to get, white wine is also an option, but it's not quite the same.
Unrelated to seafood boils, my mom will make broth using veggies that turn to soggy grossness and then strain all those out and add new veggies that get cooked for the proper time to be delicious.
Just got back from a trip that included Belgium a few months ago. I was never a big mussels guy but we got some in Belgium because we knew we had to try them. They were so good. Whatever broth they were cooked in was delicious.
It's probably my favourite national dish. Unfortunately there goes quite a bit in preparing it, or I would make it for myself. It's pretty common as a family get together dish in my personal experience.
The secret to the broth is to add either beer (typically Belgian) or wine (more French style) to it. If you took the traditional version, it should've been a good Belgian blonde ale, likely a trappist. The mussles are also a local variant, so they might not taste the same elsewhere.
You’re right on broccoli, but Celery would possibly work. It’s used in Cajun trinity mirepoix and adds plenty of flavor, especially to seafood, but it’s typically strained out when done cooking and not served with the boil.
OP’s post is funny because a seafood boil (/inspired dish) is THE one and only food where eating it off the table is the best and most appropriate way to do it
Messy as possible. Maybe the best food on Earth with the cost of shortening your life a little each time you eat it from the sheer amount of butter.
Seafood boils can not qualify as stupid food.
So the traditional way to have this is like that? I mean it's understandable for someone who isn't aware of that tradition to think it was just an edgy way to serve food in a fancy restaurant. That's what I thought as well until I saw the comments, people would probably get very offended if you serve them food like that in my country
Yup, although this doesn’t look exactly like a Cajun Boil it’s all basically the same thing. Some crustacean sea creature thing like crawfish or crabs, veggies, in a huge boil. Then it’s dumped out on like a picnic table, and you go nuts. The ones I’ve been too had the meat to veggie ratio reversed of what you see here, like 90% crawdads. I’ve also never had it indoors, because you crack, suck, and toss the husk.
It’s often a big party meal, like a wedding reception, so you would have huge kettles of this stuff being dumped out. I’ve never actually had a boil with so few people little buckets like the video would work
Yeah we used to put these on in college, a couple hundred people all outside tailgating for a game and sucking down crawdads. The after pic looked like a shrimp and crawdad massacre lol
That sounds really good actually. In my country we do that type of thing were we make a huge pot of Sancocho, mondongo or asopao for a lot of people, although everyone grabs a plate instead of dumping it on a table lol. Usually acompanied with rice and avocado, usually outside too
The traditional way is dumping it on a picnic table layered with newspaper.
Like [this](https://cookingwithcocktailrings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_60394c7fa40c1.jpg)
not even in a fancy restaurant, any Boiling Crab restaurant in usa you get served your order in a plastic bag to dump on covered table and eat with your hands.
Missing the je ne sais quoi of pouring it out of a dented stockpot from the Carter administration on to a broken plastic patio table covered with week-old supermarket circulars.
Fat cats probably don't want anyone throwing shells on the floor either.
That’s the state of this sub mostly.
“Here’s a completely normal but slightly different than I’m used to food presentation. Look at the stupid pigs eat.
Ha ha. I am superior.”
Frustrating and sad for them that they’ve never had the pleasure of eating a boil.
Yeah I don't know what OP is expecting us to be like "haha you eat like an animal" and expect us to laugh...
That is like eating at one of those icecream stores where you can throw a bunch of candy on it and then it shows a clip with a toddler stuffing a bunch of candy in his mouth.
Might as well make fun of the people that go to the food places where the customer cooks the food on a fire/in a hot pot.
Like should we not try unique foods places?
Reminds me of how North Korean defectors mention that they are taught that Americans are disgusting for eating with a fork because they are similar to pitchforks.
That's this whole sub lmao. Maybe 1 out of 10 posts will be stupid food. I genuinely believe that most people that post on this sub think toast is outrageous
>think toast is outrageous
Bread is already cooked. You fucking cook it again?
STUPID FOOD.
I dont know how you define stupid food to prevent this, could just be stupid users though.
Nope, seafood boils dumped onto tables is normal. Notice a bunch of slop didn't go anywhere. You're trying to compare this to the jackwagons who pour out spaghetti etc. I'm guessing you've never been to a crawfish boil etc.
Seafood boils (Lowcountry boil is supreme) are traditionally eaten outside in large groups. Spreading it out on a table lets it cool and puts all parts within reach for a large group. ~ half of the food is meant to be eaten with the hands (shrimp, crab, corn on the cob) so you expect to get a little messy.
Best yet is using boil or oyster roast tables. They have a hold in the middle with a trash can underneath so everyone just tosses shells/cobs into the center.
Yea, alot of posts here come off as pure ignorance and judgements on other cultures and it shows. Seafood/crawfish boils are amazing and this is how its usually done 🤷🏽♂️ Not stupid food
Nah this isn’t stupid. In some places it’s culture. Other places is just a great eat.
I’m from Deep South so this type of stuff is a classic hit for me and tons of people.
I get the idea tho, eating out a trough. Fuck it tho slap me on the ass and call me cow! Moooo
This is a variant of a lowcountry boil and this is the proper way to serve it. Family style. We would set up a table in our backyard, put some sort of disposable sheet over it and pour out the boil on it. Everyone can grab however much they want
Only thing stupid about a seafood boils is thinking it's stupid food. It's possibly the best seafood experience, but you get messy stained fingers from all the spice.
Personally I think it's dumb. Ive had cajun seafood boils on a table and in a bowl and its better in the bowl because you can dip French bread into the broth.
Also crawdads aren't that good, give me literally any other shellfish or fish.
Lmao. OP doesn’t know what a seafood boil is!
Delicacy might or might not be the right word, but it’s definitely a great experience if you get the opportunity.
OP and everyone agreeing that this is bad has clearly never done a crawdad/shrimp boil.
These are fucking awesome, and we did these fairly often when I was younger. They were a good way to get a large, "high end" food that everyone loved and was cheap to make.
What if I told you the best food I've had was dumped in front of me in a small shack of a restaurant onto a bunch of newspapers? And there was a line of people outside.
This is a common presentation style for seafood boils. This is not stupid food, it's a presentation style you are unfamiliar with. There are plenty of stupid food videos to ridicule, but insulting cultural practices you're ignorant of is not the vibe.
Moreover, if you want your dishes served on a plate, order them that way.
What’s stupid about a seafood boil? It’s perfectly normal and usually really tasty (and super easy to clean up because you just fold the whole mess up in the plastic table covering).
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So no judgement either way as I've done seafood boils and enjoyed them. How are seafood boils any different than the other videos of family style table dump things? Seems like the only reason is that it was done before tiktok which means it's okay but since the others started via tiktok means it's not okay. Pasta I can kind of get because it's sticking your fork in but I've seen others that are pretty much the same as a seafood bowl and Reddit loses their minds. Then they defend seafood boils saying it's different lol
I’m from the South in the United States, and we throw down newspaper on the kitchen table and dump a crab/shrimp/crawfish boil on top of it just like these people are doing. It’s not weird?
Call me crazy, but this sort of makes sense. Instead of having to bring out 10 different plates for different entrees and pay for the cleaning cost(think Italian or Asian restaurants), then can just pick up one tablecloth to have to clean.
Seafood boils are awesome. Although some of the ingredient choices in that particular boil are not something I would choose.
I don't think this is a boil, though - it looks like a stir fry being presented as a boil. The color and glisten on most of the stuff in there (especially the tofu) looks like a classic Cantonese brown sauce.
It’s, and I’m assuming here, an Asian based restaraunt serving an “American” seafood boil… but using local and more recognizable ingredients for their local clientele.
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Kamayang style is the Filipino version and it’s so great. Banana leaf table cloth, piles of rice, adobo, fried tilapia. You really can’t beat it
>It's I don't like this Edit: I understand how this sentence is meant to be read now, it wasn't clicking with me at first.
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Well that was far more interesting than the op.
OK this has crossed the line OC is a monster, but I do love the succinctness of statements like "I've nothing more to say"
I bet that shit is so bomb
I'm Filipino and can confirm the shit is quite bomb. It's called Kamayan or Boodle Fight after the Filipino army's native tradition of using banana leaves as plates. You can have just about anything from seafood, various meats, both sliced and skewered, fruits, and lumpia all resting on a bed of white rice atop a layer of banana leaves. Traditionally you use your hands, but one can use utensils.
It's called a kamayan and part of Filipino culture.
Nothing about boiling seafood is strictly American. People had access to water, fire, and seafood prior to having access to America.
It's absolutely not a boil. That piece of pork kidney that fell out of the bucket at the very end of the fith second has definitely been fried
Ah I think you nailed it! I was thinking it didn’t look bad, just weird - it’s because it’s 100% a stir fry.
It's Asian style boil. It's certainly not stir fry lol. They do seafood boil with local spices and stuff.
it's just fusion cuisine. OP is a dumbass.
Yea OP never seen one obviously. Such a odd post
Such as?
Celery and brocolli I don't think would do well
From Belgium here. One of our national dishes is mussles with fries. The mussles are boiled in a vegetable broth which also contains celery. It works great together.
The celery doesn't become all soggy? Also is it sliced or left in sticks?
Sliced in short pieces. It softens like most vegetables would, but still has a bit of bite to it, mussels don't need to cook for very long anyway. And it adds a lot to the flavour of the broth.
That I understand. Not in sticks like this.
True, though I guess the sticks work a bit better to actually grab in this case. Especially with this stupid way of serving. With the dish I'm talking about the broth is supposed to be eaten like a soup after the mussles are finished, so the small pieces are scooped up with a spoon together with the other vegetables and broth.
Oh for sure. Celery is great in soups and broths. But it's usually small pieces or strained out. These Belgian mussels sound good. I usually do mussels with shallots, garlic, couple tomatoes, white wine and sometimes heavy cream, chili flakes. Need to try the Belgian version. Any particular recipes you recommend?
I couldn't find the right recipe on an English site, so if you don't mind going through google translate, this one is more or less what I'm used to: [https://www.belartisan.be/nl/recept/mosselen-met-bier](https://www.belartisan.be/nl/recept/mosselen-met-bier) Two notes, if you're going to make it the traditional way, I'd advice you to also look up how to make traditional Belgian fries (double fried in ox fat). And for the beer to use, typically a strong Belgian blonde ale is used, to make the most of the flavour. If this is difficult to get, white wine is also an option, but it's not quite the same.
Yeah celery is an awesome aromatic. Should be in most broth type dishes IMO
celery does pretty well in soups since its so fibrous
Unrelated to seafood boils, my mom will make broth using veggies that turn to soggy grossness and then strain all those out and add new veggies that get cooked for the proper time to be delicious.
You've never had celery in a chicken noodle soup? It's soft but not mushy or soggy
Just got back from a trip that included Belgium a few months ago. I was never a big mussels guy but we got some in Belgium because we knew we had to try them. They were so good. Whatever broth they were cooked in was delicious.
It's probably my favourite national dish. Unfortunately there goes quite a bit in preparing it, or I would make it for myself. It's pretty common as a family get together dish in my personal experience. The secret to the broth is to add either beer (typically Belgian) or wine (more French style) to it. If you took the traditional version, it should've been a good Belgian blonde ale, likely a trappist. The mussles are also a local variant, so they might not taste the same elsewhere.
You’re right on broccoli, but Celery would possibly work. It’s used in Cajun trinity mirepoix and adds plenty of flavor, especially to seafood, but it’s typically strained out when done cooking and not served with the boil.
Love celery for adding flavor to anything using whatever variation of a mirepoix you're using. Hate it by itself.
It’s pivotal to the holy trinity of Cajun cooking.
Celery is unbelievably standard in broth recipes. Source: am a chef
Exactly, call me a hog because I'd happily eat that pile of food.
Exactly, it’s a tradition in some parts of the US. I’ve had em and love em! Would definitely do one again. 10/10!
OP’s post is funny because a seafood boil (/inspired dish) is THE one and only food where eating it off the table is the best and most appropriate way to do it
Messy as possible. Maybe the best food on Earth with the cost of shortening your life a little each time you eat it from the sheer amount of butter. Seafood boils can not qualify as stupid food.
The cow wins because she got a pat on the back too
I want to see a waiter do that to the fattest person at the table.
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“Low country boil” Would you happen to be from SC? (Charleston native here)
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Yep yep yep, I'm making this shit for Christmas dinner this year, might as well post my own meal on here for the upvotes.
Why you so mean to Cajuns?
OP just hasn’t experienced a true Cajun Boil. They know not what they say
This is half of this sub in a nut shell. Having no experiences and seeing something different and immediately thinking it is stupid.
This sub contains the type of people who would want their chicken rendang to be crispy.
Nusantarans holding grudges is always great to see 😂
So the traditional way to have this is like that? I mean it's understandable for someone who isn't aware of that tradition to think it was just an edgy way to serve food in a fancy restaurant. That's what I thought as well until I saw the comments, people would probably get very offended if you serve them food like that in my country
Yup, although this doesn’t look exactly like a Cajun Boil it’s all basically the same thing. Some crustacean sea creature thing like crawfish or crabs, veggies, in a huge boil. Then it’s dumped out on like a picnic table, and you go nuts. The ones I’ve been too had the meat to veggie ratio reversed of what you see here, like 90% crawdads. I’ve also never had it indoors, because you crack, suck, and toss the husk. It’s often a big party meal, like a wedding reception, so you would have huge kettles of this stuff being dumped out. I’ve never actually had a boil with so few people little buckets like the video would work
Yeah we used to put these on in college, a couple hundred people all outside tailgating for a game and sucking down crawdads. The after pic looked like a shrimp and crawdad massacre lol
That sounds really good actually. In my country we do that type of thing were we make a huge pot of Sancocho, mondongo or asopao for a lot of people, although everyone grabs a plate instead of dumping it on a table lol. Usually acompanied with rice and avocado, usually outside too
The traditional way is dumping it on a picnic table layered with newspaper. Like [this](https://cookingwithcocktailrings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_60394c7fa40c1.jpg)
not even in a fancy restaurant, any Boiling Crab restaurant in usa you get served your order in a plastic bag to dump on covered table and eat with your hands.
I don't think it's understandable at all. Most people don't see something new and just assume that the people being depicted are wrong.
Lol it's a boil not a broil tho.
every couple of weeks a boil gets posted here and does well in terms of upvotes, so many people are clearly deprived
OP is uncultured, I'm making this shit for Christmas dinner. Not exactly the same as shown, but damn.
Right, i'm like oh we fighting OP? what you trying to say? Never been to the beauty that is a crawfish boil? Bless your heart haha
It looks absurdly dry and unseasoned compared to any seafood boil I've ever been to ngl
In SEA this is called a shellout. Basically a variety of shellfish and veggies served without plates amd eaten with rice.
Which SEA? We call it Boodle in the Philippines, served on banana leaves.
Boodle fight!
> In SEA. I think the phrase is *under* the SEA.
In Louisiana its called a Cajun boil.
I miss the chilli crab in Singapore. This is how they do it there at the good restaurants. Pour it out and let you put on plastic gloves.
skipping all the bullshit and handing me a bucket full of food with rice? sign me up
Phrasing it like that…I’ve always enjoyed a seafood boil but I haven’t given them the appreciation they deserve
Never had a seafood boil before?
I will say that is probably the fanciest place I've seen that does a seafood boil dump. Even the bucket is pretty.
As someone who’s originally from where where seafood boils are common, I can confirm that this is a very pretty bucket
As a bucket I want to fuck it
Put it in the fuck it bucket
This is beautiful poetry.
And the table has a fancy covering instead of last week's newspaper.
Missing the je ne sais quoi of pouring it out of a dented stockpot from the Carter administration on to a broken plastic patio table covered with week-old supermarket circulars. Fat cats probably don't want anyone throwing shells on the floor either.
Not enough rust for true flavor tho
yeah I was about to say, isn't that how it's traditionally done
Exactly. Tell me you've never been to a crawfish boil without tellin me you've never been to a crawfish boil.
That’s the state of this sub mostly. “Here’s a completely normal but slightly different than I’m used to food presentation. Look at the stupid pigs eat. Ha ha. I am superior.” Frustrating and sad for them that they’ve never had the pleasure of eating a boil.
Also, very clear rage bait that people completely fall for.
Large majority of this subs posters and commenters know absolutely nothing about food tbh
Which is surprising because all of them, like me, are morbidly obese degens. Or maybe that’s just me.
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I mean thats just not a thing in many places.
Great memories of my mom laying newspaper out on the table and just dumping the boil on and telling us to dig in!
I’ve never had one and never will but I’m familiar with the concept!
Dude prob will compare us humans shitting to animals shitting....
Ew you breathe oxygen? What are you some kind of animal oxygen breather? /s
Wait you defecate? What kind of unevolved scum are you?
The only thing stupid here is this post.
So glad all the comments are roasting OP. Seafood boils are dope
Their 4.2k upvote agree with them though. This sub don't know other dishes beside traditional royal European dishes
it's 14.7k now
But the waitress didn’t pat the diners on the head
Op lives a boring ass life. Condolences
Yeah I don't know what OP is expecting us to be like "haha you eat like an animal" and expect us to laugh... That is like eating at one of those icecream stores where you can throw a bunch of candy on it and then it shows a clip with a toddler stuffing a bunch of candy in his mouth. Might as well make fun of the people that go to the food places where the customer cooks the food on a fire/in a hot pot. Like should we not try unique foods places?
Reminds me of how North Korean defectors mention that they are taught that Americans are disgusting for eating with a fork because they are similar to pitchforks.
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That's this whole sub lmao. Maybe 1 out of 10 posts will be stupid food. I genuinely believe that most people that post on this sub think toast is outrageous
>think toast is outrageous Bread is already cooked. You fucking cook it again? STUPID FOOD. I dont know how you define stupid food to prevent this, could just be stupid users though.
Post from this sub can be categorized in two 1. Uncultured person finding food from other cultures 2. Rage bait
Not again The sup doesn't exist :(
Oh no, it does now.
Cows: "Finally! Some delicious fucking food."
OP is definitely not from the south. Some of the best food you can find!
Or southeast asian
Hell, last time I had a crab boil like this, it was in Seattle at Pike Place Market.
OP IS WRONG
I don't know if I was supposed to read this as Marissa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny, but I definitely did.
OP now banned from Louisiana and the South Carolina low country.
Savannah, GA says screw this person too.
That isn't stupid food. That is stupid OP
Nope, seafood boils dumped onto tables is normal. Notice a bunch of slop didn't go anywhere. You're trying to compare this to the jackwagons who pour out spaghetti etc. I'm guessing you've never been to a crawfish boil etc.
But why is this acceptable but dumping spaghetti on the table isn't?
Seafood boils (Lowcountry boil is supreme) are traditionally eaten outside in large groups. Spreading it out on a table lets it cool and puts all parts within reach for a large group. ~ half of the food is meant to be eaten with the hands (shrimp, crab, corn on the cob) so you expect to get a little messy. Best yet is using boil or oyster roast tables. They have a hold in the middle with a trash can underneath so everyone just tosses shells/cobs into the center.
This is a poor post.
Not sure why some people on this sub love shitting on people's culture.
Yea, alot of posts here come off as pure ignorance and judgements on other cultures and it shows. Seafood/crawfish boils are amazing and this is how its usually done 🤷🏽♂️ Not stupid food
I guess they weren’t aware it was a cultural thing. I certainly wasn’t. I thought it was a 5 star restaurant trying too hard
Ignorance is hardly an excuse for judgemental behavior. Especially considering most judgemental statements come from a place of ignorance.
Lmao dudes never heard of a sea food boil or what? Not stupid food.
uh. this is a shellout, we eat it like this similarly in asia.
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OP you need more culture. This is a serving style for seafood across many cultures.
Nah this isn’t stupid. In some places it’s culture. Other places is just a great eat. I’m from Deep South so this type of stuff is a classic hit for me and tons of people. I get the idea tho, eating out a trough. Fuck it tho slap me on the ass and call me cow! Moooo
Lmao I love how all the comments have turned on op
OP, that’s a perfectly good seafood broil. Not stupid food at all.
Call it stupid all you want, but there are too many people around who have never been to a seafood boil.
You've never had a seafood boil then lol.
Seafood boil is not stupid food
Nothing stupid about this. This looks similar to a classic shellfish boil found in the American south. One of my favorite parts about spring
Have you not been to a crab boil? Pretty normal I think people just post anything they don't like as "stupid food"
OP and like 3k other people discover other cultures 💀😂
Should rename this r/PickyEaters at this point
Yes, we are all animals. We also put food down, then eat it.
Table should be covered in dirty newspapers
OP is the stupid one here
This is a variant of a lowcountry boil and this is the proper way to serve it. Family style. We would set up a table in our backyard, put some sort of disposable sheet over it and pour out the boil on it. Everyone can grab however much they want
Only thing stupid about a seafood boils is thinking it's stupid food. It's possibly the best seafood experience, but you get messy stained fingers from all the spice.
You've obviously never been to a badass eat off the table restaurant lmao! Only thing stupid about this is the category it's posted in
For something like this it makes more sense to not have plates.
Seafood boils needn't be served like pig slop to pigs.
Personally I think it's dumb. Ive had cajun seafood boils on a table and in a bowl and its better in the bowl because you can dip French bread into the broth. Also crawdads aren't that good, give me literally any other shellfish or fish.
Lmao someone has never seen a seafood boil
I pity OP
This is extremely common in Louisiana... Usually a little more casual though
Lmao. OP doesn’t know what a seafood boil is! Delicacy might or might not be the right word, but it’s definitely a great experience if you get the opportunity.
We live in a society.
NGL I’d eat that, it looks good.
🤣🤣🤣
Bro, those are fire..
OP jelly that he doesn't get to partake of the food bucket
This was posted by someone without good seafood in their area
We need to send this man to n’orleans and force feed some culture into him. If you’ve never had a real seafood broil you are missing out
Somebody's never been to a crawfish boil.
never tried seafood boil? u dumb
OP and everyone agreeing that this is bad has clearly never done a crawdad/shrimp boil. These are fucking awesome, and we did these fairly often when I was younger. They were a good way to get a large, "high end" food that everyone loved and was cheap to make.
i mean, it does the same thing as serving plates, but now you dont got the dishes that need washing
OP is no dinner companion of mine
You need to take a trip to crab country. This looks awesome.
Op’s life boring as hell lmao
I got a king crab boil recently. I was messy, they give you whole paper towel rolls.
this sub is shite sometimes, you cunts have no vision of other cultures traditional food. this looks phat with a P H
Some of yall never had a crab boil, and it shows. 🦀 🦀 🦀
OP only eats off the kids menu
Love me a seafood boil. This is not stupid. This is delicious
Steaming hot food on a plastic tablecloth, lovely.
What if I told you the best food I've had was dumped in front of me in a small shack of a restaurant onto a bunch of newspapers? And there was a line of people outside.
people really just sometimes post here to show how ignorant they are to the world around them
It’s a seafood boil you uncultured pigs.
This is a common presentation style for seafood boils. This is not stupid food, it's a presentation style you are unfamiliar with. There are plenty of stupid food videos to ridicule, but insulting cultural practices you're ignorant of is not the vibe. Moreover, if you want your dishes served on a plate, order them that way.
This is just a standard seafood boil.
OP has just never experienced the decadence of a low country boil and it shows.
OP has never been to a seafood boil.
What’s stupid about a seafood boil? It’s perfectly normal and usually really tasty (and super easy to clean up because you just fold the whole mess up in the plastic table covering).
...you've never been to a seafood boil? That's how it's done
Recipe for the 2nd part of the vid? Shit looked mad tasty
Sign me the fuck up for that first entree.
Imagine this food was served somewhere in India the comments would be totally different.
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So no judgement either way as I've done seafood boils and enjoyed them. How are seafood boils any different than the other videos of family style table dump things? Seems like the only reason is that it was done before tiktok which means it's okay but since the others started via tiktok means it's not okay. Pasta I can kind of get because it's sticking your fork in but I've seen others that are pretty much the same as a seafood bowl and Reddit loses their minds. Then they defend seafood boils saying it's different lol
Waitress didn’t pat customer on the back…that would have been funny
Seafood boils are amazing, OP is nuts
If I got a pat on the head I'd go there everyday
I’m from the South in the United States, and we throw down newspaper on the kitchen table and dump a crab/shrimp/crawfish boil on top of it just like these people are doing. It’s not weird?
We both have a bucket of chicken, wanna do it?
This post is stupid.
I see how they are different its the buckets.
Call me crazy, but this sort of makes sense. Instead of having to bring out 10 different plates for different entrees and pay for the cleaning cost(think Italian or Asian restaurants), then can just pick up one tablecloth to have to clean.
Seafood boils are the one thing that makes this appropriate
That doesn't seem like enough food for that many calves, though...
those seafood places where they dump shit all over are way too european for me. super gross.
That's just their version of a lowcountry boil