On Wed, 26 May 2010 22:10:51 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:47:38 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> Mark wrote:
>>
>>> I only eat french fries about once or twice a year. They're fatty little
>>> daggers of carbs.
>>
>> When the USA came out with its current version of the food pyramid, the
>> first thing which occurred to me was that french fries had OFFICIALLY become
>> evil.
>
> First thing that caught my attention was that they put the picture
> of the tomato halfway between fruits and vegetables.
>
> -sw

who says the u.s. can't be diplomatic?

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 27 May 2010 05:21:58 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
>> Chatty Cathy replied to Om:
>>
>>>> Sadly, he has lost his sense of humor lately...
>>>
>>> The Irony of your above comment is almost painful...
>>
>> Seems more like hypocrisy than irony to me.
>>
>> Bob
>
> After this post Boob, you now reside permanently in my killfile...
> Not that I think you really give a rats ass.

how many times have you reported putting bob in your killfile now? a
dozen? more?

blake

On Fri, 28 May 2010 21:33:00 -0400, Stan Horwitz wrote:

> In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> Instead of adding malt vinegar to your fries and making them soggy, add the
>> vinegar and mix it in with your ketchup (or mayo) instead. Hmm, malted
>> mayo... I'll have to try that.
>>
>> Also try adding balsamic vingar, Heinz 57, A1, sriracha, BBQ sauce, or even
>> chinese black vinegar (kinda like a strong malt vinegar).
>>
>> There's no reason to use just plain 'ol Heinz day after day. Play with
>> your food, live a little.
>
> What I do every once in a while is put the Heinz ketchup on, then on top
> of the ketchup, I add a bit of malt vinegar.

god damn it, i was sure you were going to say 'then on top of the ketchup,
i add a bit of heinz ketchup.'

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:46:58 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

> On 5/26/2010 9:28 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> You were the one who suggested it as a great way to prepare fish, and
>>>> now
>>>> you're poo-poo'ing it?
>>>
>>> Mussels are kinda disgusting, add mayo and it's doubly so. The salmon
>>> is probably OK but that stuff ain't Chinese.
>>
>>
>> I used to think that mussels were okay. I wouldn't go out of my way for
>> them but I used to eat them at when they became popular in local places.
>> The none day my wife got sick on mussels, and she was as sick as I was
>> the time I got a good dose of food poisoning. Just realizing that it is
>> possible to get that sick eating them was enough to turn me off them. I
>> have had then once or twice, but they just didn't taste as good as they
>> used to.
>
> I can attest to the fact that one case of serious food poisoning can
> turn one off for life. I used to enjoy red squid legs but I've never
> eaten any since I got sick for days with the worst case of FP I've ever
> had. That was over 30 years ago and I'd like to have some red squid legs
> but don't feel quite ready to take a chance. It's PDSD - Post Diarrhea
> Stress Syndrome. :-)

learned food aversions are very powerful. the mechanism is hard-wired as
an evolutionary survival doodad.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 05:21:58 -0500, Omelet wrote:
> >
> > After this post Boob, you now reside permanently in my killfile...
> > Not that I think you really give a rats ass.
>
> how many times have you reported putting bob in your killfile now? a
> dozen? more?

She always has to announce putting someone
in her killfile as if anyone cared. It's
part of her killfile ritual, called The Strut.

On 5/29/2010 8:54 AM, blake murphy wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:46:58 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> On 5/26/2010 9:28 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You were the one who suggested it as a great way to prepare fish, and
>>>>> now
>>>>> you're poo-poo'ing it?
>>>>
>>>> Mussels are kinda disgusting, add mayo and it's doubly so. The salmon
>>>> is probably OK but that stuff ain't Chinese.
>>>
>>>
>>> I used to think that mussels were okay. I wouldn't go out of my way for
>>> them but I used to eat them at when they became popular in local places.
>>> The none day my wife got sick on mussels, and she was as sick as I was
>>> the time I got a good dose of food poisoning. Just realizing that it is
>>> possible to get that sick eating them was enough to turn me off them. I
>>> have had then once or twice, but they just didn't taste as good as they
>>> used to.
>>
>> I can attest to the fact that one case of serious food poisoning can
>> turn one off for life. I used to enjoy red squid legs but I've never
>> eaten any since I got sick for days with the worst case of FP I've ever
>> had. That was over 30 years ago and I'd like to have some red squid legs
>> but don't feel quite ready to take a chance. It's PDSD - Post Diarrhea
>> Stress Syndrome. :-)
>
> learned food aversions are very powerful. the mechanism is hard-wired as
> an evolutionary survival doodad.

Survival is pretty important. It's so ingrained that probably most of
what we do is for that one purpose. I can't say if we're really great at
survival since we haven't really lived that long as a species. A couple
hundred thousand years is really nothing compared to the tens of
millions of years of existence logged in by our Planet's most successful
lifeforms.

>
> your pal,
> blake

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Thu, 27 May 2010 05:21:58 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
> >
> >> Chatty Cathy replied to Om:
> >>
> >>>> Sadly, he has lost his sense of humor lately...
> >>>
> >>> The Irony of your above comment is almost painful...
> >>
> >> Seems more like hypocrisy than irony to me.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > After this post Boob, you now reside permanently in my killfile...
> > Not that I think you really give a rats ass.
>
> how many times have you reported putting bob in your killfile now? a
> dozen? more?
>
> blake

Twice actually. The first time I had it set to expire.
Now it's permanent.

You may note that there have been no direct replies to him for the past,
what, 3 or 4 days from me?

And none for MONTHS to Cybercat. She resides in the killfiles too. ;-)

Do you wish to join them? It'd sure cut back on total posts!
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. --Alex Levine

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 27 May 2010 05:21:58 -0500, Omelet wrote:
> > >
> > > After this post Boob, you now reside permanently in my killfile...
> > > Not that I think you really give a rats ass.
> >
> > how many times have you reported putting bob in your killfile now? a
> > dozen? more?
>
> She always has to announce putting someone
> in her killfile as if anyone cared. It's
> part of her killfile ritual, called The Strut.

You do realize that some killfiles can be set to expire?
I did set it that way the first time as he really is a decent cook.

This time it's permanent as he is no longer useful. The noise to signal
ratio got to be too high... And he's a nasty piece of work.

I don't want to read people with fantasies about child molestation.
That's just sick. :-(
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. --Alex Levine

On Sat, 29 May 2010 20:09:44 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 May 2010 05:21:58 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chatty Cathy replied to Om:
>>>>
>>>>>> Sadly, he has lost his sense of humor lately...
>>>>>
>>>>> The Irony of your above comment is almost painful...
>>>>
>>>> Seems more like hypocrisy than irony to me.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> After this post Boob, you now reside permanently in my killfile...
>>> Not that I think you really give a rats ass.
>>
>> how many times have you reported putting bob in your killfile now? a
>> dozen? more?
>>
>> blake
>
> Twice actually. The first time I had it set to expire.
> Now it's permanent.
>
> You may note that there have been no direct replies to him for the past,
> what, 3 or 4 days from me?
>
> And none for MONTHS to Cybercat. She resides in the killfiles too. ;-)
>
> Do you wish to join them? It'd sure cut back on total posts!

knock yourself out, honey.

blake

On Sat, 29 May 2010 15:05:07 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

> On 5/29/2010 8:54 AM, blake murphy wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:46:58 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/26/2010 9:28 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You were the one who suggested it as a great way to prepare fish, and
>>>>>> now
>>>>>> you're poo-poo'ing it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mussels are kinda disgusting, add mayo and it's doubly so. The salmon
>>>>> is probably OK but that stuff ain't Chinese.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I used to think that mussels were okay. I wouldn't go out of my way for
>>>> them but I used to eat them at when they became popular in local places.
>>>> The none day my wife got sick on mussels, and she was as sick as I was
>>>> the time I got a good dose of food poisoning. Just realizing that it is
>>>> possible to get that sick eating them was enough to turn me off them. I
>>>> have had then once or twice, but they just didn't taste as good as they
>>>> used to.
>>>
>>> I can attest to the fact that one case of serious food poisoning can
>>> turn one off for life. I used to enjoy red squid legs but I've never
>>> eaten any since I got sick for days with the worst case of FP I've ever
>>> had. That was over 30 years ago and I'd like to have some red squid legs
>>> but don't feel quite ready to take a chance. It's PDSD - Post Diarrhea
>>> Stress Syndrome. :-)
>>
>> learned food aversions are very powerful. the mechanism is hard-wired as
>> an evolutionary survival doodad.
>
> Survival is pretty important. It's so ingrained that probably most of
> what we do is for that one purpose. I can't say if we're really great at
> survival since we haven't really lived that long as a species. A couple
> hundred thousand years is really nothing compared to the tens of
> millions of years of existence logged in by our Planet's most successful
> lifeforms.

yeah, but they don't make teen sex comedies like we do.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 30 May 2010 10:17:23 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Sat, 29 May 2010 20:09:44 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> blake murphy > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 27 May 2010 05:21:58 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article >,
>>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Chatty Cathy replied to Om:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sadly, he has lost his sense of humor lately...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Irony of your above comment is almost painful...
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems more like hypocrisy than irony to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>> After this post Boob, you now reside permanently in my killfile...
>>>> Not that I think you really give a rats ass.
>>>
>>> how many times have you reported putting bob in your killfile now? a
>>> dozen? more?
>>>
>>> blake
>>
>> Twice actually. The first time I had it set to expire.
>> Now it's permanent.
>>
>> You may note that there have been no direct replies to him for the past,
>> what, 3 or 4 days from me?
>>
>> And none for MONTHS to Cybercat. She resides in the killfiles too. ;-)
>>
>> Do you wish to join them? It'd sure cut back on total/wasteful posts!
>
>knock yourself out, honey.
>
>blake

On 5/26/2010 8:53 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 08:02:04 -1000, > wrote:
>
>> I am in agreement with you - that does sound weird. Melted cheese and
>> mayo? :-) OTOH, that's so off the wall that I'll try it when I get the
>> chance - at least once anyway.
>
> I've used mayo from time to time either when I have run out of butter
> or it's rock hard refrigerated. You have to be really careful and
> just skim it on because it ends up feeling greasier after it's toasted
> than butter does.
>

You're absolutely right about this.

On 5/26/2010 9:10 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 08:55:05 -1000, > wrote:
>
>> On 5/26/2010 8:22 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 26 May 2010 07:53:07 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mussels are kinda disgusting, add mayo and it's doubly so.
>>>
>>> You must be eating those fresh, black mussels :-) Try the frozen greenlip
>>> mussels!
>>
>> I know nothing about varieties of mussel however, if you're saying to
>> try a mussel on a green shell - that sounds simple enough. I'm not
>> getting my hopes up too high though... :-)
>>
>
> Don't get your hopes too high. In my experience, they are disgusting.
>

They should call mussels "oral sex." Some folks find it pretty damn
disgusting. I'm kinda repulsed when I have to eat one of those things.
Mussels, that is. I might just quit altogether now... :-)

On 5/26/2010 9:28 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> You were the one who suggested it as a great way to prepare fish, and
>>> now
>>> you're poo-poo'ing it?
>>
>> Mussels are kinda disgusting, add mayo and it's doubly so. The salmon
>> is probably OK but that stuff ain't Chinese.
>
>
> I used to think that mussels were okay. I wouldn't go out of my way for
> them but I used to eat them at when they became popular in local places.
> The none day my wife got sick on mussels, and she was as sick as I was
> the time I got a good dose of food poisoning. Just realizing that it is
> possible to get that sick eating them was enough to turn me off them. I
> have had then once or twice, but they just didn't taste as good as they
> used to.

I can attest to the fact that one case of serious food poisoning can
turn one off for life. I used to enjoy red squid legs but I've never
eaten any since I got sick for days with the worst case of FP I've ever
had. That was over 30 years ago and I'd like to have some red squid legs
but don't feel quite ready to take a chance. It's PDSD - Post Diarrhea
Stress Syndrome. :-)