Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

Anya ,'Potential'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2008 10:58:15 am PST #8850 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Low fat food is even more evil than Ranch!

For some reason I can't change my mind on that opinion. I mean, if you weren't going somewhere fatty in the first place, okay. But if you are trying to replicate a fatty taste I start to balk. Even when it's done well.


Laura - Feb 11, 2008 11:07:48 am PST #8851 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I'm a blue cheese dressing fan. Nothing more disgusting than the low fat varieties. Why do they think adding sweet is a good plan? Blue cheese dressing should never be sweet.

eta: Welcome darlini!


amych - Feb 11, 2008 11:10:24 am PST #8852 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

With fugu, the risk of death is part of the thrill. Also, it doesn't involve sweet salad dressing, which is an abomination before the lord no matter what flavor they call it.


Vortex - Feb 11, 2008 11:12:10 am PST #8853 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

With fugu, the risk of death is part of the thrill

Bourdain was saying that some people ask the chef to leave a tiny bit of the poison in the fish so that they can feel the numbness.


Jesse - Feb 11, 2008 11:13:27 am PST #8854 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hey, people take a little bit of something that would kill you in quantity for fun all the time.

Edit: too many clauses in there. People often take stuff for fun that would kill you in large quantities.


Nutty - Feb 11, 2008 11:16:01 am PST #8855 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I have a rule about substances that do not belong together. I am still formulating this rule, but part of it says that CHEESE and SALAD DRESSING never, ever coincide in the same thing.

(You may grate cheese over your salad, and then put some salad dressing on, but that's not the same thing. Because I said so.)

Also, sour cream (which is practically cheese) and mayo (which is gross) should never go into the same thing either. That is like putting mayo on your mayo! How much mayo can one person need ?

I don't drink heavy cream right out of the carton, either. Isn't that basically what we're talking about, in terms of semi-liquid animal fats?


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2008 11:16:32 am PST #8856 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I just saw someone eating it on a Travel Channel extreme foods show this weekend, and apparently there's enough of the toxin in the fish's tissues to have that numbing effect even if it's correctly prepared.


sarameg - Feb 11, 2008 11:16:55 am PST #8857 of 10001

What are your views on honey mustard or chinese chicken salad (rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginge,sesame oil & a little sugar) dressings?


Jesse - Feb 11, 2008 11:17:12 am PST #8858 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sour cream and mayo together make the best dips ever.


beth b - Feb 11, 2008 11:17:58 am PST #8859 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

bottled ranch dressing -- I usually thin down with lemon juice and sometimes water