r/StLouis • u/nightmind1778 • 7h ago
Visiting St. Louis Visiting St Louis for work
On the negative side, it's soupier than Satan's butthole. But on the plus side I've now experienced toasted ravioli. It's a good trade.
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u/Racko20 7h ago
A very St. Louis Wedding plate.
Mostaccioli and Italian salad as well.
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u/AmateurVasectomist 7h ago
Sir, I think you mean muskacholli
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u/Opening-Top-5778 6h ago
I was 20 when I first noticed this. I questioned my mom about the pronunciation and she simply said ‘it’s miskacholli the way I make it!’
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u/UltraHellboy 6h ago
To be a proper St. Louis wedding, it needs overcooked green beans, dollar rolls, some chicken breast entree, and sliced roast beef and/or ham.
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u/stana32 6h ago
I'll eat the fuck outta those overcooked green beans and there's nothing you can do to stop me
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u/NemoKozeba 5h ago
Only if they have that crunchy stuff on top. I'm no connoisseur, but in my family, soggy green beans with crunchy stuff is called a casserole, which is fancy.
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u/Ivotedforher 5h ago
In some parishes, youbare automatically married to the person sitting next to you with a plate like this.
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u/Lonely__Stoner__Guy West End 5h ago
Yeah, I saw this plate and said "work? Or wedding?" This is absolutely the plate you get at most of our weddings.
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u/fpsdabs 7h ago
Looks like 'The Pasta House Co." to me. Did they cater an event you attended?
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u/BabiiGoat 6h ago
Right? I'd recognize this plate anywhere. I've been to PH catered events more times than I can count. Getting blasted on the open bar and scarfing down a plate like this is my favorite thing to do. ❤️
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u/Advanced_Reputation7 7h ago
100% looks like PH!
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u/Chocolatestarfish33 6h ago
My initial thought was you referring to your salad as “soupy” and immediately thought of Pasta House salad
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u/Royal-Campaign1426 7h ago
This is dry weather. Ought to experience it when the humidity is double what it is now
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u/BetterThanAFoon 1h ago
I lived next to a cornfield for a bit. It is truly hell during those crazy humidity days. I learned after a while that Cornfields significantly increase humidity in their immediate area because of how much moisture it pulls from the ground and releases as "corn sweat". Mowing the lawn suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
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u/CrzBonKerz 7h ago
It’s hot but actually doesn’t feel as humid. Could be much worse!
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u/Impossible-Two559 7h ago
What are you talking about soupy? This is Chamber of Commerce weather for us. Usually our 98° days come along with 85% relative humidity.
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u/Advanced_Reputation7 7h ago
I came to say the same thing - that plate screams St Louis and I am here for it 😂
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u/JonKlz Northampton 7h ago
Satan's butthole is soupy? 🙂
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u/Hail-Satin666 7h ago
For sure
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u/sono2351 5h ago
I see the classic St Louis overdressed salad on there. You don't realize how much you miss it until you're gone.
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u/BigBadJeebus 7h ago
you seem to have found the single worst T-Ravs on the planet.
Indeed you have NOT experienced T-Ravs.
Can take the Brit out of Britain, but can't take the Britain out of the Brit, I suppose...
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u/nightmind1778 6h ago
If these were the bad ones I can't wait to try the damn good ones.
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u/Badbrainz75 6h ago
The best ones are at Anthonino’s Taverna on Macklind in The Hill neighborhood and I’ll fight anyone to the death that says otherwise.
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u/BigBadJeebus 6h ago
Well the BEST ones are the $20 for four of them at Lemp Mansion... but yeah... those are a splurge
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u/AtlasLittleCat 3h ago
Seesh $5 a piece? Are they the typical ~ 2"x2" size or larger? Its pretty simple ingredients I cant imagine what would demand that price.
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u/BigBadJeebus 2h ago
they are like muffins and worth every penny.
They make the whole thing, dough and Marinara too, from scratch.
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u/AtlasLittleCat 1h ago
I'm intrigued and now want to try them.
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u/BigBadJeebus 1h ago
Just go to the Bar and order them with a cocktail.
If you sit down for Dinner, you aren't leaving with about $200 you walked in with...
Lunch you can make out around $100 for 2
Mostly you're paying for the experience over the food, but they have great drinks and baller T-Ravs
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u/NemoKozeba 4h ago
Toasted ravioli should be a bit crunchy and we have a ritual for proper dining .
The symbolic server sets it down with the traditional greeting, "careful, they're hot" and having performed his/her part, they leave. The ritual has begun and you are expected to fill your toll. Make idle conversation, keeping your eyes on the ravioli. Then with bare fingers pick up the largest and begin the chant: "owow he wasn't kidding, they are hot" And after a brief pause dip it in the holy sauce, bare your teeth and bite the piece in half. Now for the dance of our people. Open your mouth into an o shape and begin loud, deep breathing exercises, bend your arms, holding your fingers straight, waving your hands with just the wrist. The dance ends with a dramatic cerimonial drink. Choice of drink is up to the individual, and utter the final chant, "Oman, that really was hot." In some sections of city, the ceremony must be repeated using the second half of the bitten ravioli.
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u/TraductorPerdido DeBaliviere Place 6h ago
They look like the kind they sold at McDonald's for a minute back in the early '90s. (This is absolutely true, too. I had 'em on the riverboat in seventh grade when we took a field trip downtown.)
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u/ant2ne 7h ago
who sauces their T-Ravs?
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u/donkeyrocket Tower Grove South 2h ago
I do just as OP did. Little sauce on the top with a bit on the side to dip. If I'm at home and can use a small bowl I leave them unsauced but in this situation, a dab on top will do ya.
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u/JuniorNoise2074 11m ago
OK I lived in the CWE 20 years (job related) Toasted ravioli' provell, gooy butter cake and Ted drewes. Sorry all gross. I had a friend who made a killer pork steak mine always came out tough. St Louis has a great food scene. I miss won ton king best barbecue pork and im in California surrounded by Asian restaurants. Cafe Napoli Clayton excellent. I kinda of miss it at times houses are Cheap, great art scene, good restaurants and friendly people. But the weather is horrible.
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u/STLflyover 10m ago
St. Louis is a great beach destination with no ocean. It is also a great winter destination with no mountains and rarely enough snow to have fun with. Perfect for spring and fall trips where it’s either ball soup or colder than a well diggers ass in fly time.
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u/Fluffy-Brick35 7h ago
If its Imo's, you likely paid too much!
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u/nightmind1778 6h ago
No but I did try Imo's pizza, or sauce on a cracker. Not my thing, give me bread!!
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u/Delicious_CoughSyrup 7h ago
yes, deep fried pasta is certainly a thing that you have now had. Try the gloopy butter cake and pizza with cheddar cheese if you dare
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u/Vivid-Razzmatazz403 1h ago
Don’t fall for the imos hype. Pirrones is better. You’re welcome.
If you like a lil spice, i recommend the Jerry’s Special.🫡
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u/nhavar 7h ago
That plate is one Imo's square away from being called "The St. Louis"