Is it ironic that I've realised I'm really just lurking in this thread?
Hi, un-lurky lurker types.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 04, 2009 12:47:44 am PDT #314 of 3094
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
hippocampus - Oct 04, 2009 1:35:01 am PDT #315 of 3094
not your mom's socks.
I'm totally lurking the delurk thread Seska. It is made of win.
JenP - Oct 04, 2009 3:27:05 am PDT #316 of 3094
Hi, Leigh!
Yeah, this thread is happy-making.
Oh, and for the record - cilantro boo, olives yay, serial comma yay, and fernet unknown.
Fay - Oct 04, 2009 3:27:06 am PDT #317 of 3094
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Yes! Leigh is wise! Cilantro is coriander!
(For a long time I had no idea what cilantro was, that you were getting worked up about.)
sj - Oct 04, 2009 3:32:19 am PDT #318 of 3094
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Cilantro- If I am cooking, I'll use parsley instead, but I don't mind eating it at a restaurant.
Serial comma-a must!
Fernet-I'm afraid to find out, but I am sad that I missed the attempts to light it on fire at the F2F.
Mala - Oct 04, 2009 3:33:23 am PDT #319 of 3094
I must amend my entry to say that I also lurk in this thread now.
Hello to fellow lurkers!
I haven't weighed in on any important matters of taste. I love cilantro (mmmmm), do not like either olives or muffulettas, have never tried fernet, but am fully committed to the serial comma.
Barb - Oct 04, 2009 3:44:11 am PDT #320 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
Cilantro is good and necessary. At least, if you cook Cuban food. Parsley is no substitute.
Dunno about fernet or absinthe. I suspect my move to the PNW will take care of both of those deficiencies.
Captain Morgan Private Stock on the other hand is the One True Rum.
Fay - Oct 04, 2009 4:11:33 am PDT #321 of 3094
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I am still fuzzy on the nature of the muffuletta. I have looked it up on Wikpedia, and established that it was something sandwichy, but then promptly forgot all the details. (In my head, it's the name of part of a car. A pink car that Barbie drives.)
Ginger - Oct 04, 2009 4:33:41 am PDT #322 of 3094
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A muffuletta is New Orleans' contribution to the hero-grinder-sub sandwich genre. It is cold cuts including ham and salami; cheese; and the signature olive salad on a round Italian-style loaf of bread. Olive salad is a sort of relish made of olives; various vegetables such as cauliflower, carrots and celery; spices; vinegar; and olive oil. It is best experienced by buying it at Central Grocery, where it may or may not have originated, and eating it on a New Orleans street with the olive oil dripping off your hands. As may be obvious, I am pro-muffuletta.
This thread was an inspired idea, ita. It's so great to not only meet lurkers but also to be reintroduced to everyone else.
Fay - Oct 04, 2009 6:30:04 am PDT #323 of 3094
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
hero-grinder-sub sandwich genre.
Meaning a sandwich on baguette-type bread, yes? Like from Subway?
I have to say, from your description I think I too would be pro-muffuletta.