I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.

Riley ,'Lessons'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


brenda m - Jun 11, 2007 4:48:51 pm PDT #2583 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hmm. Apple I might try, but ITA on the celery. Raw celery is only for peanut butter jars and bloody marys.


sarameg - Jun 11, 2007 4:54:55 pm PDT #2584 of 10001

Tuna should not crunch, damn it, I wish the lunchmakers of the world would stop putting big hunks of celery in it.

Omigod, I love it that way. I love crunch.

A summer staple is chicken salad: finely chopped chicken, granny smith apples and chopped toffee or honey almonds. And mayo, to glue it together.


meara - Jun 11, 2007 4:55:10 pm PDT #2585 of 10001

See, now I'm so confused by the supertasting! Tonic water does taste funny/bad, but sometimes I like it. Coffee is only good with cream and sweetener, but then I like it a lot. Olives are good, especially black ones. Mushrooms are gross. Green bell peppers are awful. Green tea is incredibly undrinkable.

Apple is good in tuna/chicken salad because it gives crunch without possibly making stringy bits, like celery.


megan walker - Jun 11, 2007 4:55:58 pm PDT #2586 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Displacement should work. Thanks!


-t - Jun 11, 2007 5:03:28 pm PDT #2587 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Huh. Test says I am a supertaster but I don't see how that's possible. I like cabbage. And coffee. And olives. And most things, really, as long as it isn't the fruit of a nightshade or a melon. I want to try the experiment, now...

Celery is fine, but bloody marys are best with pickled green beans. Apple in tuna does not sound good to me, but I might like it if I tried it. I don't know if I will, though. Apple in chicken salad, now, I can get behind, since apple-chicken sausage is yummy.


Zenkitty - Jun 11, 2007 5:05:12 pm PDT #2588 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I like apples. I don't mind the crunch of apples because they're sweet and their flavor goes well with foods that are slightly bland (which I like, mostly).

I've developed a taste for some things I initially disliked, but they still taste bitter and sharp. It's weird. Like soy, or spinach. They don't taste any better, I'm just more accepting of their unique flavor. (As I pry open my protesting jaws, which are certain we're eating poison.)


-t - Jun 11, 2007 5:10:40 pm PDT #2589 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well, peering at my tongue in a pocket mirror without the benefit of dye or a reinforcement ring leads me to believe I'm a normal-to-nontaster. I think I only came up supertaster on the quiz because I like to try little bits of everything and try to analyze the flavors, but that's just because I'm interested.


§ ita § - Jun 11, 2007 5:15:21 pm PDT #2590 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

All that taster poking around led me to sign up for that maternal DNA test from National Geographic. Don't ask. I have click proliferation issues.


Zenkitty - Jun 11, 2007 5:44:22 pm PDT #2591 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Link to the test, ita? That sounds like the kind of thing I'd do.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 11, 2007 5:53:08 pm PDT #2592 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

ITA. Celery isn't even food - just roughage and water.

Also, a spice. It has a very distinct flavor. I don't like it as filler, but I love it as and onion/pepper/leek/garlic type of veggie, though it's much subtler.

Anyone see Hell's Kitchen tonight? I think I'm addicted (again). Ramsey is just such a bizarro combination of tyrant and benevolant despot. The big thing is what gets out to the customer. He'd rather they get no food instead of bad food, at least in this environment; I assume folks who come to the place must realize they may not get anything (or get it hours later).

Also, still really liking the US Creature Comforts. It hasn't made me guffaw yet, but it's made me smile both episodes.