I'd say that a muffaletta without the olives is still a muffaletta. The bread really defines it more than the olives do -- the olives are just customary. (Hmm. The bread is both neccesary and sufficient. The olives are not neccesary; are they sufficient? The meat is neither neccesary nor sufficient.)
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Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Hil R. - Jun 23, 2004 1:45:09 pm PDT #5852 of 9999
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Katie M - Jun 23, 2004 1:46:50 pm PDT #5853 of 9999
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Is anyone else hungry?
Dana - Jun 23, 2004 1:49:09 pm PDT #5854 of 9999
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would now actually sell a kidney for a Central Grocery muffaletta.
Katie M - Jun 23, 2004 1:49:49 pm PDT #5855 of 9999
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I mean, I don't even like olives!
(...and we've gone full circle.)
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2004 1:50:41 pm PDT #5856 of 9999
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ewww. Kidneys.
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2004 1:51:42 pm PDT #5857 of 9999
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't like kidneys on my muffaletta.
Dana - Jun 23, 2004 1:52:46 pm PDT #5858 of 9999
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
If you have kidneys on your muffaletta, I don't think you actually have a muffaletta.
Going to eat dinner.
-t - Jun 23, 2004 1:59:49 pm PDT #5859 of 9999
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know, Hil, I think olive salad is part of the definition of muffaletta.
Though the bread is definitely necessary.
And if someone handed me a quarter muffaletta, I would not check it for olive salad before eating it.
Well, now I might.
deborah grabien - Jun 23, 2004 2:12:09 pm PDT #5860 of 9999
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Dude, if I ask for a freakin' muffaletta and they make me one and I scrape off the shit in it that I can't eat without getting sick?
I am eating the sandwich I asked for. Which is a muffaletta. Which is also the sandwich I paid for.
Pfffffft.
Sean K - Jun 23, 2004 2:15:24 pm PDT #5861 of 9999
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
See? Deb knows what I'm talking about....
Check the receipt. If it says "muffaletta" on it, you just ate a muffaletta, regardless of which parts fail to actually pass through your digestive tract.