There's trouble on Roadfood, the site sponsored by Michael and Jane Stern, the Nick and Nora of melted cheese and all things fried. The usually-contentious RF denizens have become cognizant of Roguefood, a rival site established by emigres from Sternland, and the calumny is flying thick and fast.
I should, before going any further, mention that for a year or so I was a regular reader and frequent poster. At one point, when it still seemed as though I was going to open my hotdog stand, I was an intense reader. I was, and this will probably not floor anyone, givin' it out as good as I got, which is to say that I shot my mouth off a lot.
How I'd be expected not to is the question. I'll fall right into the trap here. My points of reference were often too hieratic for some of the Jukes and Kallikacks who slouched around the various threads. Needless to say, the semi-literate posters who litter the forums with their uninformed and frequently illogical opining found little to admire in my high-handed, Noo Yawk (as they would frequently have it) style.
The venom on Roguefood gets slopped around just as heavy-handedly. Perhaps more so, since the "moderation" is less stringent there. I'm a complete absolutist about First Amendment rights ("The question, Bob, is why aren't YOU?) so my recommendation, for the curious, would be to check these sights out, but only if you're bored to distraction.
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I should, before going any further, mention that for a year or so I was a regular reader and frequent poster. At one point, when it still seemed as though I was going to open my hotdog stand, I was an intense reader. I was, and this will probably not floor anyone, givin' it out as good as I got, which is to say that I shot my mouth off a lot.
How I'd be expected not to is the question. I'll fall right into the trap here. My points of reference were often too hieratic for some of the Jukes and Kallikacks who slouched around the various threads. Needless to say, the semi-literate posters who litter the forums with their uninformed and frequently illogical opining found little to admire in my high-handed, Noo Yawk (as they would frequently have it) style.
The venom on Roguefood gets slopped around just as heavy-handedly. Perhaps more so, since the "moderation" is less stringent there. I'm a complete absolutist about First Amendment rights ("The question, Bob, is why aren't YOU?) so my recommendation, for the curious, would be to check these sights out, but only if you're bored to distraction.
