The next Top Ten
I know it's only mid-day Monday, but I'm already sweating Tuesday.
I need a Top Ten idea.
I've already ruled out Top Ten Ways To Annoy People Who Don't Mix Politics And Food.
Also out: Top Ten Ways To Upset Celiac Sufferers By Ruminating On An Obscure Baking Additive And Noting -- Though Not Condoning -- The Annoyance Of A Friend Who Just Wanted Plain, Old All-Purpose Flour And Had Trouble Finding It Amidst All The Gluten-Free Options On The Shelves, But Who, In Fact, Really Doesn't Begrudge Anyone Their Choice Of Flour, Especially People Suffering From A Very Hard-To-Manage Disease, He Was Just In A Hurry.
Other than that, I'm open to just about anything.
Your nominations, please.
Cupcakes from Sweet Sin gluten-free bakery. Baltimore Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor.
Comments
best places to avoid st. pats day pub crawlers?
Posted by: mobtown | March 1, 2010 12:51 PM
How about My top 10 favorite restaurants in Baltimore and why.
Could be because of overall food, one particular menu item, cost, particular server, can go in your sweat pants, husband proposed to you there, etc.
Or, the gluten thing.
Posted by: federal hal | March 1, 2010 1:00 PM
LV, I say stick with controversy. How about best places to wear orange on St. Patrick's Day?
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | March 1, 2010 1:00 PM
Best places to try for a last minute table at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night.
Posted by: RIchard | March 1, 2010 1:14 PM
Easy, RoCK. Belfast.
Posted by: sean | March 1, 2010 1:25 PM
Best places to people-watch. Is that even possible in Baltimore? Or best place to get a taco and catch a cock fight.
Posted by: ~╥╥☺◄TerrierGirl | March 1, 2010 1:34 PM
RoCK, just for that you have to watch George Bush sing "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"
Posted by: Owl Meat Galway | March 1, 2010 1:49 PM
you could go all meta and have Top 10 previous Top 10's.
Posted by: Craig | March 1, 2010 2:14 PM
RoCK is just echoing my sentiments, when I dig up things like my University of Tennessee shirt to wear for the occasion. Nothing like being an iconoclast.
Captcha= Mr Comanche YESSIR!
Posted by: ColonelTamar | March 1, 2010 2:15 PM
The best place to people watch is in Canton on St. Patrick's Day.
Posted by: Sarah G. | March 1, 2010 2:32 PM
Craig, I like your list.
Posted by: Laura Lee | March 1, 2010 2:35 PM
Or be meta-meta and have a Top 10 list of suggestions to use Top 10 lists as the Top 10 (I think it's been mentioned before).
Posted by: sean | March 1, 2010 2:45 PM
I want to suggest top 10 places to drink tea, but it might be wishful thinking to believe that there are 10 places in this metro area that cater to those who enjoy the taste of dried leaves in water.
Posted by: Liz Kay | March 1, 2010 3:02 PM
Controversy?
OK, how about this:
Is it too Darwinian to suggest that people who can't tolerate certain foods and raw food ingredients need to find a way to solve that problem without inconveniencing the other 99.9% of normal humans? I'm not suggesting we throw anyone off the island because they are lactose intolerant, or have peanut allergies, or suffer from celiac disease. But it's become kind of an ailment-du-jour society we live in and the prevalence of helicopter parents and straight up Munchhausen-by-proxy moms doesn't help. If we were Spartans, all of this would be a non-issue. As democrats, however, we tend to be empathetic. But where does it end?
Posted by: Cleatus | March 1, 2010 3:14 PM
In the spirit of Cleatus' post, how about "Top 10 subjects that lead to topic drift?"
Posted by: Matt F | March 1, 2010 3:17 PM
Thanks, Cleatus. That ought to calm everyone down...
captcha: Senator Terkel - that would have been nice...
Posted by: sean | March 1, 2010 3:17 PM
Top Tens Wines to always have on hand
Top Ten Restaurants you MUST take visitors to
Top Ten Places for an elegant, romantic dinner but you don't have to dress up!
Top Ten Take-Away places that you hit regularly!
Posted by: MJ Chatter | March 1, 2010 3:30 PM
--Top Ten Restaurants Most Likely to Have a Car Driven Through The Front Window
--Top Ten East Baltimore Restaurants Most Likely to be Turned into Tax Preparer Offices
--Top Ten Substances Most Likely to Be Mixed with Rum as the New Hot Cocktail in Canton
--Top Ten Bar/restaurants with the Most Big Screen TVs
--Top Ten Japanese Steakhouses Where They Staff is Chinese
Posted by: Cleatus | March 1, 2010 3:36 PM
If we were Spartans, all of this would be a non-issue.
Ouch. As a palate cleanser here's some wheat free fun.
Posted by: Dance Spartans Dance | March 1, 2010 3:42 PM
I like the wines to have on hand list idea...but I really like the car driven through the front window one too!
Posted by: Lauren | March 1, 2010 4:08 PM
sean -- it would have been better to have Senator Terkel than to face the possibility of a Senator Urkel.
Posted by: hmpstd | March 1, 2010 4:09 PM
Urkel? In the Senate?
Posted by: sean | March 1, 2010 4:19 PM
Top Ten foods used medicinally or to prevent specific ailments.
Posted by: NotableM | March 1, 2010 4:22 PM
I like TerrierGirls's suggestion!
Posted by: Trixie | March 1, 2010 4:35 PM
Top Ten Appetizers
Top Ten Extraordinary Instances of Customer Service
Top Ten Places That Remind Us That Summer Might Get Here Eventually
Top Ten Restaurants in ___ County
Captcha: new irrigate
Posted by: Walter Sobchak | March 1, 2010 4:38 PM
Top Ten Foods You Can Eat With Your Fingers
Posted by: Cleatus | March 1, 2010 5:22 PM
Curiously, many that come first to mind are summertime foods...
fried chicken
corn-on-the-cob
steamed hard crabs
asparagus
all sandwiches (including tacos and burritos)
crudites
dry snacks (potato chips, pretzels, etc.)
shucked shellfish (oysters, clams)
steamed shrimp
all fruits
Posted by: Cleatus | March 1, 2010 5:29 PM
With Easter around the corner, for those of us who celebrate it, a list of top ten Brunch Spots in Baltimore, or Top Ten Easter Dinner Menus.
Posted by: Joe | March 1, 2010 6:57 PM
Joe, FYI, "Brunch" is one of the subjects in the Categories list that appears on the right side of every page of this blog. EL discussed the subject as recently as last September, and it will probably come up again in one form or another in the future.
Posted by: hmpstd | March 1, 2010 7:29 PM
top 10 whines
top 10 rants
top 10 most commented threads
top 10 things you can eat with Old Bay...
curiously, they are all of Cleatus' finger foods except maybe fruit...
Posted by: Joyce W. | March 1, 2010 8:31 PM
mobtown - I celebrate Cinco de Mayo on St. P's day and vice versa to avoid the crowds.
RoCK - If you're wearing orange, I'd send you to McGoverns.
Posted by: Bob UU | March 1, 2010 11:38 PM
Link spam at 2:43 AM! (It's another counterfeit footwear shiller.)
Posted by: hmpstd | March 2, 2010 6:31 AM
How bout Top 10 places where Chef Joshau and Timothy Dean worked?
Posted by: Cosmos Girl l>--l | March 2, 2010 10:18 PM
Top ten Springs1 comments.
Posted by: RayRay | March 3, 2010 10:50 AM