God bless turkeys and chickens and cows and all the tasty critters on two and four legs. And the ones that swim, too.

You forgot those creatures that crawl along on their... what are those things that snails crawl around on?

You forgot those creatures that crawl along on their... what are those things that snails crawl around on?

Pseudopods. I didn't include them because I don't consider them food, so I don't have to bless them for giving up their allegedly-tasty selves for my appetites.

I'm type A+, which probably means I should be living on rutabagas or something. I did find out that I am not alone in having weird taste buds that find some foods more bitter than others. I've also gotten acid burns from tomatos that are insufficiently processed.

Pseudopods.

That's what I thought. But Wikipedia said no. I must have been looking at a different specific meaning.

I'm impressed that I remembered that term.

Well, I got pseudopods off the top of my head--and boy, is my hair sticky!

Sorry.

No, I'm not.

I would have called it a foot. Psudopods are something one-celled creatures use, I thought.

Yikes, Erin -- I take it things are sorted out by now?

Sometimes I am smarter than I know -- I came home to have soup for dinner, but was thinking it was too bad that now it's all spring and shit, so I didn't really feel like eating hot soup, but there was just one mugful left! Perfect. I froze the rest after I made it.

Snail Anatomy

I was happily chomping away on stir-fried snow peas, and I bit the inside of my lip. In the same place I'd bitten it three times in the last 24 hours. This time it bled.

Copiously.

I am gingerly attempting to finish my dinner now.

Both groups are pretty similar -as in food has the power in the relationship.

beth, good point, I'm gonna hafta think on that a while.

Did you get a kinky thrill when the cuffs went on

Is it okay if I did? A little? Just for a second?

I have tried various vegetables, but the ones I can stand to eat are either an excuse for cheese sauce or high in carbs. Otherwise, they're far too bitter/acidic or of a texture that makes me want to gag.

connie and I are as one in this matter. Also in the having of weirdly sensitive taste receptors. It's taken me years to be convinced other people weren't lying about liking vegetables just to sucker me into eating them.

Aren't snails gastropods? -oh. Yes. Snail anatomy - hey, they have genitals on the backs of their necks! goes to a strange porny place I'm back. What happened?

Zenkitty, that's called being a supertaster. In fact, it's almost the textbook definition.

Pretty much I've resigned myself to eating other things that are good for me and skimping on the icky greens. For some reason, Chinese vegetables seem less bitter, on the whole, though you do encounter some deliberately bitter dishes, but once again, you can eat around those.