Comments on: What I had for lunch http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:19:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Twiss http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34758 Twiss Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:52:13 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34758 Sorry, Ron, but the MIZ-l'd camp, however large, was simply MISSLED, i.e. baffled and confused. And then there was DILEMNA which still makes me think that dilemma sounds clunkily mispronounced. Given the wonderful vaguaries of English/American spelling and how it missled us eager little readers, this outpouring may have to be brought to a halt by a firm Twistydict. Sorry, Ron, but the MIZ-l’d camp, however large, was simply MISSLED, i.e. baffled and confused. And then there was DILEMNA which still makes me think that dilemma sounds clunkily mispronounced.

Given the wonderful vaguaries of English/American spelling and how it missled us eager little readers, this outpouring may have to be brought to a halt by a firm Twistydict.

]]> By: Jodie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34422 Jodie Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:10:54 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34422 hem-or-HAHGZ hemorrhage. I really embarrassed myself in the 3rd grade with that one. Although I DID have a Social Studies teacher two years later who pronounced Buddha as "BUD-HAH". At least I had an excuse. hem-or-HAHGZ

hemorrhage.

I really embarrassed myself in the 3rd grade with that one.

Although I DID have a Social Studies teacher two years later who pronounced Buddha as “BUD-HAH”. At least I had an excuse.

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34360 Ron Sullivan Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:19:43 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34360 There's a word for that pronounciation* problem: misled, pronounced "MY-zl'd." Chronic in early readers, i.e. smart kids, who see lots more stuff in print than they ever hear. I used to pronounce "pterodactyl" to more or less rhyme with "periodical." Fortunately, it didn't come up in conversations among third-graders nearly so often in 1958 as it does now. My late mother-in-law was named "Muriel" after a character in a very bad Victorian novel**. No one in her little Ozarks town in 1905 had ever heard the name pronounced, though, so it was pronounced "Merle," more or less. Ignorant backwoodspersons? Nuh-uh; think about it: <i>literate</i> backwoodspersons. *Yeah, I know. **<i>John Halifax, Gentleman</i> by Miss Mulock. Muriel is the ethereally sweet little blind girl who dies tragically. Of course. There’s a word for that pronounciation* problem: misled, pronounced “MY-zl’d.” Chronic in early readers, i.e. smart kids, who see lots more stuff in print than they ever hear. I used to pronounce “pterodactyl” to more or less rhyme with “periodical.” Fortunately, it didn’t come up in conversations among third-graders nearly so often in 1958 as it does now.

My late mother-in-law was named “Muriel” after a character in a very bad Victorian novel**. No one in her little Ozarks town in 1905 had ever heard the name pronounced, though, so it was pronounced “Merle,” more or less. Ignorant backwoodspersons? Nuh-uh; think about it: literate backwoodspersons.

*Yeah, I know.
**John Halifax, Gentleman by Miss Mulock. Muriel is the ethereally sweet little blind girl who dies tragically. Of course.

]]> By: Pinko Punko http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34303 Pinko Punko Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:53:11 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34303 Roast those bad sprouts with bacon and olive oil. So fracking good, and I used to hate them. They don't even need the bacon, but you know what they say about bacon. Roast those bad sprouts with bacon and olive oil. So fracking good, and I used to hate them. They don’t even need the bacon, but you know what they say about bacon.

]]> By: KMTberry http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34301 KMTberry Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:20:12 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34301 If we didn't care what you had for lunch, we would be dead inside. I always want to take a picture of esp. great meals I have prepared for myself; but I don't have a good camera....I have to take the photos OUTSIDE to even make them not be all red. (early version digital camera). I have a feminazi concern that I intend to address on my blog eventually, but I think it needs the more immediate attention of this Post: Why do so many women feel that they are not WORTH nourishing? Like Sybarite above, they do not take the time or put forth the effort to nourish themselves with healthy, delicious meals. (I know, I know, it is the whole misogynistic self-starvation patriarchy prescribes....but are we not, the readers here, the BLAMERS, ready to ditch those concepts?) I cannot urge you all enough to HAVE BREAKFAST, make yourself lunch and dinner, and GET ENOUGH SLEEP. What are you, some kind of slave who doesn't deserve these vital things? Examine your motives for doing a poor job of nourishing and valuing YOUR BODY.Is it not time to leave these behaviors behind? Oh, and my embarrassment word is "Unison" pronounced "You-NISH-un" (I think my brain inserted an i; "Unision"). (I thought "Mis-CHEE-VEE-us" was the correct "SOuthern" pronunciation! That's how my Georgia Grandma said it.) If we didn’t care what you had for lunch, we would be dead inside. I always want to take a picture of esp. great meals I have prepared for myself; but I don’t have a good camera….I have to take the photos OUTSIDE to even make them not be all red. (early version digital camera).

I have a feminazi concern that I intend to address on my blog eventually, but I think it needs the more immediate attention of this Post: Why do so many women feel that they are not WORTH nourishing? Like Sybarite above, they do not take the time or put forth the effort to nourish themselves with healthy, delicious meals. (I know, I know, it is the whole misogynistic self-starvation patriarchy prescribes….but are we not, the readers here, the BLAMERS, ready to ditch those concepts?) I cannot urge you all enough to HAVE BREAKFAST, make yourself lunch and dinner, and GET ENOUGH SLEEP. What are you, some kind of slave who doesn’t deserve these vital things? Examine your motives for doing a poor job of nourishing and valuing YOUR BODY.Is it not time to leave these behaviors behind?

Oh, and my embarrassment word is “Unison” pronounced “You-NISH-un” (I think my brain inserted an i; “Unision”).

(I thought “Mis-CHEE-VEE-us” was the correct “SOuthern” pronunciation! That’s how my Georgia Grandma said it.)

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34300 Twisty Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:59:28 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34300 Jess2 hits upon an important point re: Brussel's sprouts. The teeny ones are indeed the delightfulest. Jess2 hits upon an important point re: Brussel’s sprouts. The teeny ones are indeed the delightfulest.

]]> By: Bonnie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34286 Bonnie Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:36:25 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34286 Wanton. WAHN - TAHN. Wanton. To the utter delight of my 11th grade creative writing teacher. Broiled B. Sprouts - clean and quarter, toss with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper (or your favorite oil & vinegar dressing). Broil until softish and bits are browning. Pat Conroy's food descriptions in The Great Santini are spectacular. Talk about evocative prose. Wanton.

WAHN – TAHN.

Wanton.

To the utter delight of my 11th grade creative writing teacher.

Broiled B. Sprouts – clean and quarter, toss with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper (or your favorite oil & vinegar dressing). Broil until softish and bits are browning.

Pat Conroy’s food descriptions in The Great Santini are spectacular. Talk about evocative prose.

]]> By: Buffalo Gal http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34266 Buffalo Gal Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:06:24 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34266 Twisty, thanks for that link; I hope MSC is successful. I will check out Whole Foods when my craving for seafood wins out over my environmental worries. Twisty, thanks for that link; I hope MSC is successful. I will check out Whole Foods when my craving for seafood wins out over my environmental worries.

]]> By: Jess2 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34247 Jess2 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:05:09 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34247 The key to good brussel sprouts, especially if you're serving them to avowed sprout haters, is to buy little bitty ones-- the larger the sprout, the more bitter. The smaller ones have more of the delightfully nutty flavor sprout afficianados enjoy. The other night, I served small "baby" brussel sprouts (just steamed w/ a little butter) to a person who usually has no time for bitter greens and he ate 'em all up and asked for seconds. The key to good brussel sprouts, especially if you’re serving them to avowed sprout haters, is to buy little bitty ones– the larger the sprout, the more bitter. The smaller ones have more of the delightfully nutty flavor sprout afficianados enjoy. The other night, I served small “baby” brussel sprouts (just steamed w/ a little butter) to a person who usually has no time for bitter greens and he ate ‘em all up and asked for seconds.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34221 Twisty Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:38:31 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/01/30/what-i-had-for-lunch/#comment-34221 "If you google “audubon seafood” you will find the Audubon Society’s listing of what seafood is currently sustainable and what is not. Alas, toothfish is on the definitely not list." Until consuming the fillet pictured above, I had not, despite a deep depression that set in when I gave it up, eaten a morsel of Patty-toothfish ("Chilean sea bass") since the 90's. I am now reasonably convinced that Whole Foods is in earnest with this <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/issues/seafoodsustainability/faq.html#MSC" rel="nofollow">Marine Stewardship Council</a> dealio. If I'm wrong and go to hell, well, there it is. “If you google “audubon seafood” you will find the Audubon Society’s listing of what seafood is currently sustainable and what is not. Alas, toothfish is on the definitely not list.”

Until consuming the fillet pictured above, I had not, despite a deep depression that set in when I gave it up, eaten a morsel of Patty-toothfish (“Chilean sea bass”) since the 90’s. I am now reasonably convinced that Whole Foods is in earnest with this Marine Stewardship Council dealio. If I’m wrong and go to hell, well, there it is.

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