I think I've only had Brussel sprouts once when I was a kid.

It qualifies as food I didn't like enough to try again.

Lee. don't stack cats. pay attention to us!

OKAY!

I don't like brussel sprouts, and I am allergic to cabbage.

I didn't like brussel sprouts growing up, but my mom adores them and always cooks them. Starting around 10 years ago I ate them again and now look forward to having them and really enjoy them.

Timelies all. Just got this from a friend in LA and had to share it:

So, I was searching through the LA City Municipal Code looking for grounds to get rid of the burned-out guy living in his trailer in front of his parents house next door to me - he has Tourettes and Narcolepsy and harasses everyone in the neighborhood and has trespassed into my back yard several times and peered through the windows at 1:00am, and he also apparently was a Silver Medalist on the Olympic Boxing Team at some point - and found this little gem of an ordinance in Chapter IV (Public Welfare):

SEC. 41.16. SNUFF – THROWING OF.

No person shall throw, blow or otherwise scatter on any street, sidewalk, restaurant, cafe, theatre, place of amusement or other public place any snuff, or any substance which injuriously affects the olfactory nerves or which causes sneezing or coughing or otherwise injuriously affects the person.

At what point in the history of Los Angeles was snuff-throwing so great a threat to public safety that this found it's way into the Municipal Code? 1762? I know the Internet is full of cutesy little "Still on the Books!" postings but this one happens to be genuine so I thought I'd pass it on.

Anyway, if this guy starts throwing snuff, I've got him!

I keep meaning to try out an Italian Beef, but still haven't gotten around to it.

Cabbage yay, brussels sprouts boo. Eh on asparagus. Does that cover everything? Oh, wait. Love raw beef, no interest in raw or cooked veal.

Employee 1) I've always meant to try Chinese food one of these days.

Employee 2) Yeah, there are three Chinese resteraunts around here - we really should give it a try.

Employee 3) I had a gyro once. i like exotic food. We ought to try it.

We went out for hamburgers.

Just saw this in the overnights. Gar, that's classic non-big-city Midwestern. The last time Hubs and I visited my parents in WI, they took us to a Chinese restaurant. My father's comment: "I hope we get the Chinese waitress."

Hubs and I still use it with each other. It's one of our classics.

And on vegetables, raw cabbage good. Slawed cabbage can be excellent. Cooked cabbage blech. Actually, "raw good, cooked bad" pretty much describes my feelings toward veggies generally.

Timelies... I think I can picture "whatever fingers" and for somebody who doesn't eat many vegs, I like cabbage well enough(It's kind of a chinese food staple and I love Chinese food. And I'm Irish-American so the corned beef thing.) It's a ritual sacrifice...with cabbage.(Anyone know if we commemorate something specific with that?) And I want the Wire back. And my country back.

Skipping:

raw good, cooked bad

Should this be the place where I post my eternal "raw tomatoes are evil, only after they're properly killed cooked can they become worthy of eating without throwing up from the smell alone"? I can't have a food discussion without getting to that.

Other than that, timelies.

I love raw tomatoes, except for the fact that I read and eat them and get seeds in my books. Which later on, is a major "What the hell is that?" experience. But you guys could still loan me stuff to read...I'm much more careful with other people's stuff.

FredPete is from WI. Where did this Californian approach to veggies come from?

Nilly, raw tomatoes and raw onions are what life is all about. Learn to love life!