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§ ita § - Sep 27, 2005 9:08:39 am PDT #1311 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I like desserts, dammit, a lot. The fats and the flavouring and the complex carbs do some magical things. But I could lose a quarter of the sugar in commercially available stuff and not miss it for a second.

And don't get me started on drinks. I don't drink any juice other than OJ straight anymore.


Calli - Sep 27, 2005 9:10:26 am PDT #1312 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

whoever thought tomato sauce should be sweet should be shot, though.

Yes indeedy. Tomato sauce should be rich and zesty, neither of which = sweet. You can have rich and sweet (cheesecake, yum) or rich and nonsweet (patê, yum) and I think tomato sauce goes more along the lines of the latter.


sarameg - Sep 27, 2005 9:11:20 am PDT #1313 of 10002

Ah see, I was never a big dessert eater, even when I was younger. I like a bite every now and then, but that's it.


Jessica - Sep 27, 2005 9:12:36 am PDT #1314 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Almost everything is too sweet for me, and other than not adding sugar to anything I make at home, I haven't yet found a solution. The collective American sweet tooth is driving the commercial food train right now.


dw - Sep 27, 2005 9:12:56 am PDT #1315 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

And also: Apple seeds are poisonous; they contain a cyanide compound. However, you'd have to eat apple seeds specifically in quantity to reach critical mass.


Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2005 9:13:10 am PDT #1316 of 10002
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whoever thought tomato sauce should be sweet should be shot, though.

It's called "ketchup".


sarameg - Sep 27, 2005 9:15:16 am PDT #1317 of 10002

It's called "ketchup".

Not even that. I had a cook in college who added sugar to every sauce. Like cups. I could never eat it. A lot of the other folks found it fine.


Betsy HP - Sep 27, 2005 9:15:31 am PDT #1318 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

And now.... the rest of the story.

"ATLANTA (AP) -- The woman who says she gained the trust of suspected courthouse gunman Brian Nichols by talking about her faith in God discloses in a new book that she ga ve him methamphetamine during the hostage ordeal.

"Ashley Smith did not share that detail with authorities after she talked her way out of captivity.

"In her book, 'Unlikely Angel,' released Tuesday, Smith says Nichols had her bound on her bed with masking tape and an extension cord. She says he asked for marijuana, but she did not have any, and dug into her crystal methamphetamine stash instead. [...]"


Topic!Cindy - Sep 27, 2005 9:16:04 am PDT #1319 of 10002
What is even happening?

Of course, the way we know stuff is poisonous is that somebody died of it once.

Probably a two year old.

Almost everything is too sweet for me, and other than not adding sugar to anything I make at home, I haven't yet found a solution. The collective American sweet tooth is driving the commercial food train right now.

I love desserts, but commercial sweets are generally way sweeter than I think they ought to be.


Jessica - Sep 27, 2005 9:16:23 am PDT #1320 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Actually, ketchup was originally derived from a Chinese picked fish sauce called ke-tsiap. Tomatoes and sugar came later.