I interrupt this food discussion with a question that's unabashedly, well, gross. I'd ask on my main writing list, but all my CPs are there, and I want them to come to this scene virgin, all the better to gauge if it's as horrifying and traumatic as I'm trying to make it. Whitefonted for the squeamish:

Seagulls eat carrion, right? So if there were a bunch of unburied bodies on a beach, it'd be a feast for them?

I don't understand the vegan cheese recipes where the flavorings are just nutritional yeast, mustard, and garlic. I mean, I can see how a sauce with those flavors would taste good, I just don't see how anyone would put that together and think "tastes like cheese."

Though, granted, I've never tried it.

Susan, as far as I've seen, seagulls will eat just about anything. I've seen them eat hot dogs, so I'm sure they'd eat carrion, too. The only thing I've ever seen a seagull take a bite of and then walk away from was a pickle.

Susan, sailors who survived shipwrecks at sea were often attacked while they floated, still living. Like any other opportunist, gulls went for the eyes first, to incapacitate their victims. Yes, they'd feast on carrion. why are we whitefonting?

What are your favorites? What makes them stand out to you?

The top end root beers trend towards creamy or spicy. That's the spectrum. Our favorites are: Sprechter's (traditional out of Wisconsin I think), Henry Weinhardt's Root Beer (a local brewery that makes a fantastic root beer), and Virgil's (which favors lots of natural ingredients).

There are some other good ones too, like Sparky's, but those are definitely our three favs. Personally I like it very creamy but with a good amount of spice. More creamy than spicy though (which probably means more vanilla in the mix).

Because I thought it might be upsetting to some stomachs to interrupt a food discussion with carrion.

Thanks! It's good to know the method I've chosen to scar this poor character for life (given that his brother and father are among the seagull food) works.

Shee-it. Chief Justice Roberts suffered a seizure.

Also, Bill Walsh died. RIP.

eta: And Tom Snyder.

Sheesh.

Cilantro Yay/Grapefruit Yay

Add me to this list. Definitely.

Registering for pole dancing in another window. Very exciting. Talking with the women who've taken this class before has been very informative. One woman, who swears she's remedial at best says that even remedial pole dancing looks hot, and it makes her feel more attractive in general, although she's never done it anywhere other than class.

I joked that for the women I know it either makes them painfully hot or dramatically undateable--I mean, krav, trapeze, pole dancing? Either a wet dream or a nightmare.

Since I don't do trapeze I should be safe. Perfectly dateable, me. Oh yes.

I don't care about cilantro one way or another, and am keeping mum on the root beer topic.

That means we get to guess.

My kittens are on no for ita and root beer-- too sweet.

Anyone want to risk a tabby?