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mercuryblues

(16,425 posts)
36. WTF was that?
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 10:15 PM
Nov 2025

Seriously. Did they flip a frozen Banquet meal onto a plate and charge $300 for it?

The presentation is awful. Gravy dripping over the side of the plate, corn all over the place and 2 piles of unrecognizable food.

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That looks absolutely horrible. Initech Nov 2025 #1
Sam's Club gingerbread sheet cake? TheBlackAdder Nov 2025 #44
No matter -- the plates and silverware are nice. KPN Nov 2025 #2
Ditto to absolutely horrible. a kennedy Nov 2025 #3
Yum. Ocelot II Nov 2025 #4
Pass the ketchup lame54 Nov 2025 #5
DUzy!! CrispyQ Nov 2025 #7
Sorry, some dolt just smeared it on the wall. Swede Nov 2025 #9
Instead of cranberry sauce, Dear_Prudence Nov 2025 #11
Trump demanded the food taste like hamberders. TheBlackAdder Nov 2025 #43
And don't you dare complain underpants Nov 2025 #6
The only recognizable food on that plate is broccoli, a carrot, and what looks to be allegorical oracle Nov 2025 #8
There's something that looks like gold foil in the back of that plate Retrograde Nov 2025 #12
"large block of bread-thingy" LOL. 2MuchNoise Nov 2025 #20
I didn't have energy to shop and cook, so we went to a local Ethiopian market/restaurant. haele Nov 2025 #10
Most of em probably sneak in a bag of MacDonald's. Silent Type Nov 2025 #13
When we say The Dotard has bad taste, we mean that literally. RockRaven Nov 2025 #14
D-Definitely awful! Jilly_in_VA Nov 2025 #15
We had dinner at an inn in the Berkshires. I didn't realize until yesterday how relaxing it was to not have to Raftergirl Nov 2025 #26
And he charged people for that mess! rsdsharp Nov 2025 #16
This is at least the second time that a guest has posted a photo of a plate allegorical oracle Nov 2025 #34
Here's mine from a German restaurant in Costa Rica. sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 #17
Very yummy looking ! Pluvious Nov 2025 #19
This dinner was put together for the ex-pats in our small town I was told it's a yearly thing. sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 #24
Is that an empty cup of Costa Rican coffee? Brother Buzz Nov 2025 #22
Yes, it was. I drank two of them with dinner. sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 #25
I understand making an exquisite cup of Costa Rican coffee involves using a sock Brother Buzz Nov 2025 #28
Really it's a strainer. sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 #31
What's the big block canetoad Nov 2025 #18
OMG, the dinner we served to the poor and homeless yesterday was 10 times better looking and tasting. tavernier Nov 2025 #21
We were childless this year, as was my sister and her H, so we met them at an Inn in the Berkshires for T'giving Raftergirl Nov 2025 #23
Wow, that sounds like quite the meal ! Pluvious Nov 2025 #39
Trying to see if this works to show pictures. No idea why pictures don't show, but if you click on link you can Raftergirl Nov 2025 #40
you need to right click, copy image address, then paste that URL Celerity Nov 2025 #41
Thanks!!! Raftergirl Nov 2025 #42
The goat cheese salad looks great ! Pluvious Nov 2025 #48
The fact that we weren't at Merde-a-Lago automatically made it better. subterranean Nov 2025 #27
What in the world is that shit? MIButterfly Nov 2025 #29
Jesus... róisín_dubh Nov 2025 #30
That slop was $300 mcar Nov 2025 #32
Shows what morons they all are paying that amount for shitty meal. Ours was $90 per person. Raftergirl Nov 2025 #35
Looks like the Wal-Mart meal Beaverhausen Nov 2025 #33
WTF was that? mercuryblues Nov 2025 #36
Looks that way MustLoveBeagles Nov 2025 #38
Our thanksgiving meal looked and tasted better than whatever that is MustLoveBeagles Nov 2025 #37
Alternate picture newdeal2 Nov 2025 #45
zero chance that was from Thanksgiving this year, as that pic is at least 1 year old and I can find no verification it's Celerity Nov 2025 #46
No seconds. Kid Berwyn Nov 2025 #47
So, what do we have here? jmowreader Nov 2025 #49
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