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.)
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
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 haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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 haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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.