Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.

'War Stories'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

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


Trudy Booth - Apr 24, 2010 3:40:52 pm PDT #24863 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

ION, I'm ordering pizza and watching Doctor Who. It is REALLY good pizza.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 24, 2010 3:52:29 pm PDT #24864 of 30001
"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

Roasted corn and roasted red potatoes are a huge step up from the way those vegetables normally taste. And grilling seems to bring out the best in onions and all sorts of squash, even without any extra seasoning.


Hil R. - Apr 24, 2010 3:54:56 pm PDT #24865 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I love Jersey corn cooked on the grill. It's just so much better than boiled corn on the cob, and light years beyond canned or frozen.


amych - Apr 24, 2010 4:00:18 pm PDT #24866 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I've also always been more than a little unadventurous with the grocery-store veg, but I third the idea that the good stuff is a completely different non-animal. Growing my own makes a huge difference for me: I started gardening because I wanted to play in the dirt and had happy childhood memories of my mom's and grandma's gardens and refused to pay $2 over and over for the little plastic packets of herbs and knew that the few veggies I really enthusiastically loved were way better when they were freshly grown; once I fell in love with growing things, I started wanting to try more and more different species and weird varieties, and having a relationship with a vegetable makes me 1000 times more likely to want to try cool ways of making and eating it.

(I'm also one of those weirdos who turned into a foodie and cook as a more-or-less direct result of being an insanely picky eater, and the gardening thing is closely related. If I make it, I know exactly what's in it and can totally finesse my way around my remaining weird taste and texture issues without having to explain yet again that no, I don't like food-that-EVERYONE-likes, and yes I really have tried it, and yes, I mean I've tried it several times, and...)


Beverly - Apr 24, 2010 4:00:58 pm PDT #24867 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Thanks, Brenda, I appreciate it.

My pizza was disappointing. The pesto was half salt, blech. Here is where I scrape everything off the crust, pick out and eat the veg, and nom the crispy bits of crust. I wonder if they'd consider making a chicken pesto pizza subbing garlic olive oil for the pesto? I went for pesto because I can't do the tomato based sauces.


Beverly - Apr 24, 2010 4:02:58 pm PDT #24868 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

::sits on amych's bench. her garden bench. eats raw homegrown veggies::


Trudy Booth - Apr 24, 2010 4:03:15 pm PDT #24869 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Freshly picked sweet corn is a miracle of yum. It's a delicate creature and a different animal than if you wait a week and/or put it in the fridge.

One of my favorite ways to grill it is with some basil stuffed under the leaves.


Hil R. - Apr 24, 2010 4:06:56 pm PDT #24870 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Watching "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" is making me want to road-trip and try all these places.


amych - Apr 24, 2010 4:15:35 pm PDT #24871 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I just got totally confused by the fact that we're also talking salad in Bitches. But then I scrolled back and remembered that discussion started with arugula as liberal shibboleth. I love us.


Barb - Apr 24, 2010 4:17:13 pm PDT #24872 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

Just catching up on all the food talk. I'm kind of meh on most veggies, but I will admit, I'm so looking forward to our local Farmer's Market opening up in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to see all the great, fresh things we can get.