Timelies all!
Never eaten authentic Irish food. Amusingly enough, when we were in Scotland, most of what we ate was Chinese or Indian.(There was the little Russian cafe we ate at one night, but that's even farther afield...)
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Feb 02, 2006 2:29:16 pm PST #4636 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Spidra Webster - Feb 02, 2006 2:32:31 pm PST #4637 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
That’s why the Brits I know say British cuisine is curry. When my mom and I were in Amsterdam, we asked where we could get some Dutch food. Everyone tried to steer us to Indonesian restaurants. Because that's what the average Amsterdamnit eats. (We did insist and found the wonderful d'Vijff Vlieghen.)
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2006 2:34:34 pm PST #4638 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister agitated to find more Kenyan food while we were in Kenya. She couldn't even find a word for rice that wasn't straight off an Indian menu. It was frustrating her, but...that's just how amalgamation works.
Kat - Feb 02, 2006 2:45:36 pm PST #4639 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
amalgamation can be cool too, though. Think of all the fun fusiony cuisines.
I just finished a paper, instead of going to a 4:30 class. The prompt was so high school that I almost lost it:
Write from the point of view of a Buddhist, Jew, Nestorian , Manichean or Muslim. Explain briefly your key beliefs, distinguish yourself from others, your attitude toward evangelization, your purpose on the Silk road and the status of your religion at the time you choose to place yourself.
I wonder if I should also include a diorama, or you know a poster or something. How old am I again?
DawnK - Feb 02, 2006 2:50:27 pm PST #4640 of 10002
giraffe mode
Kat, make sure your diorama is made completly of recycleable material! /helping with 4th grade Mission project
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2006 2:51:34 pm PST #4641 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
amalgamation can be cool too, though. Think of all the fun fusiony cuisines.
Tell her, not me. Of course, the more Indian the food, the more her stomach got upset. Cause? Effect? We may never know.
Trudy Booth - Feb 02, 2006 2:55:57 pm PST #4642 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
"Authentic" evolves. Italian food has tomatoes, Indian food is hot.
Maybe we should order historically as well as nationally, "can I have that pre-columbian?" or "anything pre-colonial on the menu?"
Kat - Feb 02, 2006 2:56:05 pm PST #4643 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Dawn, poor you! Actually I'm kidding about the Diorama. But the assignment feels like something I'd ask my middle school kids to do. "Imagine you're a jew in Venice in the 15th century. Make up a journal for your daily life!"
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2006 2:58:41 pm PST #4644 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My random Batman fact is #1 right now!
Wow, am I lame.
Spidra Webster - Feb 02, 2006 3:00:32 pm PST #4645 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I wonder if I should also include a diorama, or you know a poster or something. How old am I again?
Ha! You and Maidengurl!
Wow. "Nestorian". I haven't heard that term in so long I've forgotten what it is. Well, wikipedia to the rescue, I'm sure.