322706 Sat Sep 02 00:18:24 -0700 2006 11 59 CHOW Feedback 0 1849680 ...it's really gross and midwestern-oriented (cream of mushroom soup? minnesota?)...and your design is super clunky and unintuitive. good luck! Sat Sep 02 00:18:24 -0700 2006 10424 LESismore 1 1849720 What did you see that referred to cream of mushroom soup - I missed that. And - what's wrong with Minnesota? Sat Sep 02 00:38:32 -0700 2006 1849680 10985 MMRuth 1 1850251 Excuse me...... what is wrong with the Midwest?? I am so curious where you're from and how you judge the "Midwest" Anxiously waiting to hear from you! Sat Sep 02 12:09:04 -0700 2006 1849680 33582 mimigirl 1 1850293 I hope you enjoy your remaining days... Sat Sep 02 13:14:33 -0700 2006 1849680 10137 Sir Gawain 1 1850344 If you think the new design is clunky and unintuitive, you should have seen the site _before_ the redesign. Not to mention the server being so slow that the site was barely usable. Actually, I think Chowhound is great since the redesign. Sat Sep 02 13:59:14 -0700 2006 1849680 15807 Steve Green 1 1850747 No need to bash the Midwest, but I do agree that some of the photos are gross. The steak salad with tomato vinaigrette looks greyish-purple on my screen and very unappetizing. The photos in "killer apps" make the food look like they're made out of plastic like the models in Japanese restaurants with unnatural colors. Sat Sep 02 19:27:37 -0700 2006 1849680 10039 Melanie Wong 2 1851558 What pictures are you people talking about?? DT Sun Sep 03 14:10:40 -0700 2006 1850747 11291 Davwud 1 1851775 Yes, I'm sorry; I didn't really mean to bash the midwest, but I was so repulsed by the piece on "hotdish" (primary components: tater tots and cream of mushroom soup, and possibly hot dogs?)which at one point was on the front page of the site that I reacted rashly. Much disgusting food is consumed in America; do we really need to celebrate that? Sun Sep 03 17:06:19 -0700 2006 1849680 10424 LESismore 2 1851801 Heheh, I added a link to the old thread on the hotdish I prepared to take to a wine dinner in San Francisco and the photo. Sun Sep 03 17:15:29 -0700 2006 1851775 10039 Melanie Wong 3 1855554 Where is this link? Tater tots and cream of mushroom soup sounds totally tasty! I'm not finding it on the Chow site anywere. Tue Sep 05 20:20:30 -0700 2006 1851801 25310 Chuckles the Clone 4 1856801 Here's a link to the hotdish on a stick piece. http://www.chow.com/blog/43 I had mistakenly thought that the previous two comments were looking for a photo of traditional hotdish, since there is a link in the article that opens up the stick version. Wed Sep 06 07:53:55 -0700 2006 1855554 10039 Melanie Wong 2 1852077 OK - I missed that - but I give you that one - that sounds repulsive and need not be celebrated. Sun Sep 03 21:10:46 -0700 2006 1851775 10985 MMRuth