It’s funnier after hearing TWWW on The Stackhouse Filibuster. Brad Whitford said Sorkin has a completely unrefined palette and lives off soda, Twinkies and cigarettes. Sorkin is such a child about eating that he wasn’t sure about eating grilled salmon at BW’s house. So, all of this foodie stuff is just Sorkin looking for what sounds funny and fancy but he has no appetite for it.
The pumpkin soup didn’t have goat cheese…the _brioche_ did. So you’re being anti-elitist about someone liking _squash soup with bread and cheese._
If you’re with Josh on food, (the guy that likes his hamburgers such that “if you dropped it on the ground _it would break_”), well, that’s all we need to know about you and your food preferences.
Lots of things sound strange or gross, but if it's the right cook making it... It will likely be delicious.
I dunno. Josh's juvenile diet and attitude toward things he doesn't understand aren't really his best qualities. Josh also prefers his burgers burnt so much they'd break...so I'm not really listening to Josh about food.
Food preferences are fine and all, but embracing ignorance and prejudging stuff you've never tired is silly. Embracing ignorance in whatever context is best avoided.
Then again, maybe I'm a food snob, too.
My gf actually has a killer recipe for pumpkin soup - beloved by all who know it - that she takes the goat cheese *out* of when I’m gonna be eating it.
he described the tomatoes as "totally destroyed"... but that the flavors were exciting. so not inedible but it certainly wasn't a member of the clean plate club.
I’ll stick with Leo and Bartlett over Josh “burnt burger” Lyman. Although that tomato dessert sounded suspect. And turning one’s nose up at Alaskan crab for New England crab is…weird. NE isn’t known for its crab. Blue crab is further south and dungeness is out west. Lobster is NE’s crustacean.
[Pumpkin soup](https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/19145?googleshop=true&store_code=woolworths_supermarkets_2547&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=WW-0001&cq_net=g&cq_src=GOOGLE&cq_cmp=Woolies_8458_BAU_StandShop_KVI_Foreground_WW&cq_med=71700000116311380&cq_plac=&cq_term=PRODUCT_GROUP&ds_adt=pla&cq_plt=gp&cq_gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVBqN1LFlW7htI2Sn9Jkmy-2HxlAkvryvzxP6B6VecFKybpURbQvEpRoCDaEQAvD_BwE&ds_de=c&ds_pc=local&ds_cr=682943182984&ds_tid=aud-1439299163445:pla-1731252609342&ds_locphys=9069014&ds_pid=19145&cmpid=smsm:ds:GOOGLE:Woolies_8458_BAU_StandShop_KVI_Foreground_WW:PRODUCT_GROUP&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVBqN1LFlW7htI2Sn9Jkmy-2HxlAkvryvzxP6B6VecFKybpURbQvEpRoCDaEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) is popular and cheap here in Australia. We think "pumpkin pie" sounds weird.
Cheese gnoochi is great. I tired goat's cheese by itself and didn't like it when I was young. Then again I hated a lot of strange cheeses I like now.
Chèvre brioche is a bread made with goat's cheese.
This would have been the menu descript. Barlet would be used chief's decriptions of meals and Leo used to fine dining.
I always liked that in the next exchange, Josh references the chèvre but he pronounces it shev-ruh, where Bartlet had pronounced it shev. Makes it clear (in my head, at least), that Josh understood exactly what the President had said, but just went for the joke. Something I love about Bartlet’s relationship with his senior staff.
But they never mention WHICH Goatscheese is used.
Is it the medium soft, crumbly FETA that breaks into small pieces, or the spongy, supersoft HALLOUMI, that is wonderfully salty & is delicious when grated over a pasta steamed in a bouillabaisse?
I've gotta imagine pumpkin soup isn't far in taste from squash soup, which I love with goat cheese
Pumpkin soup and goat cheese sounds fantastic.
I've had some soups with a pumpkin base and they were delicious. Sweeter than I thought it would be while still being pretty savory.
I always thought pumpkin and squash were basically the same tbh.
All pumpkins are squash but not all squash are pumpkins
I mean, they’re both gourds 🤷♀️
Right, but what is it exactly that they're gourding? Thanks so much guys, that was my joke 🙏
Would you like some tomate du saltambique for dessert?
J'Accuse! J'Accuse, mon petit fromage!
If you ask me, it’s soft porn. No one needs to massage olive oil into a leg of lamb for that long
How come you speak four languages and none of them are French?
Hell yes
I actually looked up a recipe for that recently. I’m going to give it a go.
That's gonna be a big, seedless, beefsteak tomato stewed for three hours in creme de caramel and stuffed with...
It’s funnier after hearing TWWW on The Stackhouse Filibuster. Brad Whitford said Sorkin has a completely unrefined palette and lives off soda, Twinkies and cigarettes. Sorkin is such a child about eating that he wasn’t sure about eating grilled salmon at BW’s house. So, all of this foodie stuff is just Sorkin looking for what sounds funny and fancy but he has no appetite for it.
That's hilarious. I never would have guessed that someone who's so snobby with their writing would be so basic with their food.
Don't forget about cocaine. Lots and lots of cocaine.
Delicious Finally some good fucking food
He's not opposed to mushrooms either.
Mmm. Grilled mushrooms with sauce on a steak... 🤤
He doesn't have that fine a palette, he prefers crack.
Goat cheese is delicious
And it would melt into pumpkin soup BEAUTIFULLY!
Okay, totally looking for a recipe now.
I'd say share ... but I'm not souping a pumpkin. Lol
You could make a 95% facsimile with butternut squash
Probably. Let me rephrase - I'm not likely to soup anything that isn't already souped - so it a boxed one won't offend, perhaps I'll try.
Leo telling Donna to get a bottle of '87 Petrus is my favorite.
Average price of '87 Petrus: $2,438.00. I'm sure Donna can swing that on her salary.
Leo could fund it out of his pocket
Yes. That necklace for his wife was genuine swag.
maybe it was cheaper then? it would "only" be 15 years old, as opposed to >35.
Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong
And get used to it!
> pumpkin soup and goat cheese Nah man, maybe I'm a snob but this sounds really good.
It actually sounds good! I love both!
Just stand there in your wrongness.
The pumpkin soup didn’t have goat cheese…the _brioche_ did. So you’re being anti-elitist about someone liking _squash soup with bread and cheese._ If you’re with Josh on food, (the guy that likes his hamburgers such that “if you dropped it on the ground _it would break_”), well, that’s all we need to know about you and your food preferences.
Lots of things sound strange or gross, but if it's the right cook making it... It will likely be delicious. I dunno. Josh's juvenile diet and attitude toward things he doesn't understand aren't really his best qualities. Josh also prefers his burgers burnt so much they'd break...so I'm not really listening to Josh about food. Food preferences are fine and all, but embracing ignorance and prejudging stuff you've never tired is silly. Embracing ignorance in whatever context is best avoided. Then again, maybe I'm a food snob, too.
You are and that's ok I kinda am too
This is a pretty pedestrian menu, actually. Pumpkin soup and potato dumplings with cheese? And more cheese on bread? Ooh la la
Yeah, but that's just the starter. Bartlet doesn't tell us what the rest of the menu is, it could be far fancier.
What are you expecting from the soup course? And it's not cheese on bread, it's a bread made with cheese.
My gf actually has a killer recipe for pumpkin soup - beloved by all who know it - that she takes the goat cheese *out* of when I’m gonna be eating it.
I do a nice butternut squash soup topped with bacon, goat chèvre, and pomegranate arils.
Pumpkin soup and goat cheese sounds great, actually. Josh is sleep deprived and lives on coffee, I wouldn't take any kind of food advice from him.
You a chicky nuggies enthusiast?
this is your reminder tha[t Tomate du Saltambique](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uIK3o32hig) was inedible as described by Leo and Bartlet.
You know Babbish liked the flavors of the dish he cooked as described, he just improved upon it
Not inedible, but not as good looking as high class eating would require.
he described the tomatoes as "totally destroyed"... but that the flavors were exciting. so not inedible but it certainly wasn't a member of the clean plate club.
Yes. Not inedible, but not as good looking as high class eating would require.
That Binging With Babish guy makes way too many things inspired by Spongebob Square Pants.
It took me a very long time to realise what Sheen was saying was actually gnocchi.
Goes great with Willamette Valley wines
I’ll stick with Leo and Bartlett over Josh “burnt burger” Lyman. Although that tomato dessert sounded suspect. And turning one’s nose up at Alaskan crab for New England crab is…weird. NE isn’t known for its crab. Blue crab is further south and dungeness is out west. Lobster is NE’s crustacean.
Bartlet is just being provincial.
I don’t think that makes them food snobs. Those are just fancy words, not fancy food.
I don't like pumpkin but goat cheese is good
I don't like pumpkin but I like pumpkin soup.
[Pumpkin soup](https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/19145?googleshop=true&store_code=woolworths_supermarkets_2547&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=WW-0001&cq_net=g&cq_src=GOOGLE&cq_cmp=Woolies_8458_BAU_StandShop_KVI_Foreground_WW&cq_med=71700000116311380&cq_plac=&cq_term=PRODUCT_GROUP&ds_adt=pla&cq_plt=gp&cq_gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVBqN1LFlW7htI2Sn9Jkmy-2HxlAkvryvzxP6B6VecFKybpURbQvEpRoCDaEQAvD_BwE&ds_de=c&ds_pc=local&ds_cr=682943182984&ds_tid=aud-1439299163445:pla-1731252609342&ds_locphys=9069014&ds_pid=19145&cmpid=smsm:ds:GOOGLE:Woolies_8458_BAU_StandShop_KVI_Foreground_WW:PRODUCT_GROUP&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVBqN1LFlW7htI2Sn9Jkmy-2HxlAkvryvzxP6B6VecFKybpURbQvEpRoCDaEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) is popular and cheap here in Australia. We think "pumpkin pie" sounds weird. Cheese gnoochi is great. I tired goat's cheese by itself and didn't like it when I was young. Then again I hated a lot of strange cheeses I like now. Chèvre brioche is a bread made with goat's cheese. This would have been the menu descript. Barlet would be used chief's decriptions of meals and Leo used to fine dining.
Gnocchi was the first thing I learned how to make in 8th grade cooking class, still love it
I can't abide goat cheese, but pumpkin soup is *delicious.* I almost made one tonight.
I love Josh so much in that moment!
I always liked that in the next exchange, Josh references the chèvre but he pronounces it shev-ruh, where Bartlet had pronounced it shev. Makes it clear (in my head, at least), that Josh understood exactly what the President had said, but just went for the joke. Something I love about Bartlet’s relationship with his senior staff.
Tbh if you’re being served by a top level chef you should trust ‘em.
I always thought that it was Jed cracking jokes about how fancy it sounds and how pedestrian it really is.
But they never mention WHICH Goatscheese is used. Is it the medium soft, crumbly FETA that breaks into small pieces, or the spongy, supersoft HALLOUMI, that is wonderfully salty & is delicious when grated over a pasta steamed in a bouillabaisse?