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   dailyheights

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   from the Muddy Waters thread...

   chippenziedeutch » [quote="daveb"]

   It's the grittiest, nastiest, grease-caked espresso machine around, but he's right. It's pretty damn tasty.

   I just wish they'd do something about that one air vent that seems solely devoted to their deep fryer. I hate walking around that corner and getting a blast in the face of The Fried Wind....[/quote]

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   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   Carnivore

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   We're lucky that we get that smell for free. They could charge admission.

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   daveb

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   It often wraps it's meaty tendrils about my poor skinny body and drags me in with it's promises of greasy meat goodness. It's good advertising.

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   stacey

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   I agree it can be 10 in the morning but that smell makes me want a cuban sandwich soooo bad.

   But I can also say the same thing about the smell coming from the other restaurant on Vanderbilt I forget the name but Carnivoire knows what I mean

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   Captain M

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   I like it in the fall, winter, and spring. In the summer I try to avoid it

   "When Things should but dont work,
   thats the work of all these Governors"
   -The Evens

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   JessicaSophia

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   The best part is seeing people's strategies on dealing with the wind. My own is to hug the wall so the fried wind blows over my head, but the hazard of course is being in the way of the door if someone opens it. I've seen other people using this method as well.

   The other tactic is to exhale as you walk quickly directy through it, so you don't ingest the fumes. (Although your clothes and hair might absorb the odors)

   And I've seen other people giving the vent a wide berth so that they completely avoid it.

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   Anonymous

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   Sometimes I stand directly in front of the meat fan for 10 minutes and then run around the neighborhood being chased by stray dogs.

   I am very lonely man.

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   daveb

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   Muk » Sometimes I stand directly in front of the meat fan for 10 minutes and then run around the neighborhood being chased by stray dogs.

   I am very lonely man.

   I share your pain and must admit you've one-upped me. I was tying pork chops to my tighty-whiteys. Your method seems a lot simpler and cheaper.

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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   chippenziedeutch

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   Yeah, I guess the Fried Wind in the Fall isn't so bad. It's really awful in the summer, though, especially if run into it after deciding to get your lazy ass off the couch and go run around the Park.... so defeating...

   Kilgore: You smell that? Do you smell that?...Castillo, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of El Gran Castillo de Jagua in the morning. You know, one time we I got bombed at Mooney's, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked out, We didn't find one of 'em, not one. The smell, you know, that Fried smell, the whole block. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...

   # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    dailyheights

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    I hold my breath.

    Also, Muk wins.

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    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Carnivore

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    stacey » I agree it can be 10 in the morning but that smell makes me want a cuban sandwich soooo bad.

    But I can also say the same thing about the smell coming from the other restaurant on Vanderbilt I forget the name but Carnivoire knows what I mean

    Viejo Amigo. (sp?)

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    quig

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    It depends.

    If I wanted to start a metal band based in Scranton, "Meat Wind" would be the name of that band.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    daveb

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    dailyheights » I hold my breath.

    Also, Muk wins.

    Maybe... But my pork smeared undies will ride again!!!!

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Anonymous

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    Quig, you are in luck.

    Do you need a singer or guitar player? I'll book us at Freddy's.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Carnivore

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    They should start talking with "Glade plug-ins" to market the scent..

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Anonymous

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    Oh, in case we are looking for variations, beefbreeze.com is also available.

    Thank me later.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Anonymous

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    You know, I have been thinking about this. And I don't think about things very often.

    I propose that this meat wind get its own proper noun. And as a nod to the cuisine and the people of El Gran Castillo, I think it should be called (drum roll),

    El Carneviento - crudely translates to The Meatwind.

    Pronounced "Car-nay-bee-yen-toe".

    Usage: "I thought El Niño was bad until I moved to Prospect Heights and was blown down Flatbush Ave. by the Carneviento.

    ¿Come on - sí o sí?

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Carnivore

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    He'd better trademark that before Glade is all over it.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    dailyheights

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    It's like our own version of "El Nino." You can blame it for strange neighborhood happenings, just like you would blame "El Nino" for any unusual weather patterns.

    "Hey, some guy in front of Key Foods just exposed himself to me!"

    "Yeah, a lot of that going around these days... must be El Carneviento."

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    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    daveb

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    "Yeah, a lot of that going around these days... must be El Carneviento."

    Second cousin to El Chupacabre...

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    quig

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    One thing missing....

    I have no musical talent --what--so--evah--

    But I may have to learn how to rock.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Carnivore

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    quig » One thing missing....

    I have no musical talent --what--so--evah--

    But I may have to learn how to rock.

    Is that a William Hung reference?

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Anonymous

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    Subject: Order now... limited production!

    

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    bluedove

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    My new mission for the evening is to pass by this "meat fan"...I think I've been walking on the wrong side of the street! Two years, wasted...

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    arielbl

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    More specific than meaty goodness... Its PORKY goodness. Just thinking about it making me hungry, and I've never even dared to go inside. Is it good?

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Candicissima

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    arielbl » More specific than meaty goodness... Its PORKY goodness. Just thinking about it making me hungry, and I've never even dared to go inside. Is it good?

    I wasn't too crazy about the pork chops, but I'll vouch for that baked chicken. I love getting takeout from there. Food for days!

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    dailyheights

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    Somebody, please get a picture of the meat fan, or at least some good shots of eCdJ...

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    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Carnivore

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    arielbl » More specific than meaty goodness... Its PORKY goodness. Just thinking about it making me hungry, and I've never even dared to go inside. Is it good?

    It's all about the pernil. Garlicky roasted pork shoulder. What more do you need?

    Besides rice and beans and plantains, that is.

    They also use the delicious pernil in their cuban sandwiches.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    stacey

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    MMMM I agree Carnivoire but their rotisserie (sp?) chicken is pretty damn good. They serve it with a cilantro lemon sauce that adds to the flavor.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Cupcake

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    Subject: windy welcome

    I have actually never laughed while reading this message board but am now experiencing stomach spasms.

    After living in the neighborhood for three weeks now, being in on a PH joke actually makes me feel like I belong here.

    God bless El Carneviento, the neighborhood's greatest Welcoming Wagon.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    daveb

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    Not that it really matters, but i was just corrected by a Colombian coworker.

    Viento de Carne

    Fuck it, i prefer carneviento

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Anonymous

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    I did say "crudely traslates" btw.

    daveb » Not that it really matters, but i was just corrected by a Colombian coworker.

    Viento de Carne

    Fuck it, i prefer carneviento

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
33. 

    Jose

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    The aroma reminds me of my abuela's kitchen in Puerto Rico. Amazing!

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Anonymous

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    This might explain the increase in local’s cholesterol levels

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    AndrewK

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    Fall, winter and spring, I like to use the carneviento as a hair dryer. Summertime I hug the wall while my girlfriend usually takes a wide route around it.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    sarahb

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    OMG! The meat vent! I hold my breath. And, I like to have friends affirm its nastiness by walking them by it and saying "isn't this totally gross? It's the meat vent."

    Blech. Makes me feel greasy just thinking about it.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    AndrewK

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    Gran Castillo de Jagua should hold a contest offering free cuban sandwiches to the neighborhood couple that can hold the longest sustained kiss while under the meat-vent. Terrific promotion, no?

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Anonymous

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    Subject: split: anonymous guest interrupts the carneviento thread

    This neighborhood watch thing is going well. I see you've targeted an environmental issue

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    FLUTE

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    this whole topic (the meat vent) is, well,

    ewwww ....

    yuck ...

    odious ...

    and, not to mention ...

    odiferous

    

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    bluedove

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    I specifically sought out the meat vent on Saturday and stood in its mighty wind in order to honestly answer this poll. I find the strength of airflow disturbing but the smell enticing. Blow on, el carneviento!

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    daveb

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    bluedove » I find the strength of airflow disturbing but the smell enticing.

    It could be said that at times, my life could be summed with these words.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    dailyheights

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    You guys are not going to believe the photo I got of that thing. Words can't describe it.

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    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Emily

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    dailyheights » You guys are not going to believe the photo I got of that thing. Words can't describe it.

    It's not masturbating, is it?

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    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    FLUTE

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    I would not be surprised if it was ... but hey, I'm no prude ... do what feels good ...

    

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Isa

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    I'm vegetarian and can appreciate the smell of meat sometimes but carneviento is nasty. Seconded only to a dad fart in the car on a hot summers day.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    stacey

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    Good one Emily

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Emily

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    I want to know what's so hot about this photo that DH can talk about it but not post it yet. I think he's pixellating the naughty bits out.

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    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    daveb

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    EmilyM » It's not masturbating, is it?

    It could be said that at times, my life could be summed with these words.

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    bluedove

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    People are looking at me funny, laughing all alone in my office...

    # Posted 7 yrs ago
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    Medusa

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    Isa »  Seconded only to a dad fart in the car on a hot summers day.

    My god, what a powerful image. Ickily poetic.

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