Comments on: Garish dinner photo of the week http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Esther http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-81965 Esther Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:59:39 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-81965 Hey, Crys T Hello there, dear. I just drop a line here to show how amused I am to realize how famous Ferrá Adrià is (The Bulli Guy) at the US, nice to know. El Bulli is some fancy place where you can not get a table until 2015, so you can spend some insane amount of money to have, so they say, among the best meal of your life. Never tried, to my disgust. My point is that the dude cooks for people from all over this planet we call home, including fellow Spaniards, like myself, Castillian, for that matter. So Crys T, take no offense, but Ferrá Adrià is SPANIARD, makes a living in SPAIN cooking for SPANIARDS. Since this is a fact, I will not discuss any further. But please, give these girls a breake an visit some Spanish politial blog instead. Some dudes are making big money by creating artificial political issues. Don´t buy it. Think big. Nationalism is narrowminded. Free your mind, sister. I am some brand new blamer here, writting from Spain, Europe, The Earth. Lawyer, single, cohabitating with some Nigel I deal with. I try to learn, grow and get further. I win some, I lose some, but remain true to myself. Peace Esther Hey, Crys T

Hello there, dear. I just drop a line here to show how amused I am to realize how famous Ferrá Adrià is (The Bulli Guy) at the US, nice to know. El Bulli is some fancy place where you can not get a table until 2015, so you can spend some insane amount of money to have, so they say, among the best meal of your life. Never tried, to my disgust.

My point is that the dude cooks for people from all over this planet we call home, including fellow Spaniards, like myself, Castillian, for that matter. So Crys T, take no offense, but Ferrá Adrià is SPANIARD, makes a living in SPAIN cooking for SPANIARDS. Since this is a fact, I will not discuss any further. But please, give these girls a breake an visit some Spanish politial blog instead. Some dudes are making big money by creating artificial political issues. Don´t buy it. Think big. Nationalism is narrowminded. Free your mind, sister.

I am some brand new blamer here, writting from Spain, Europe, The Earth. Lawyer, single, cohabitating with some Nigel I deal with.
I try to learn, grow and get further. I win some, I lose some, but remain true to myself.

Peace

Esther

]]> By: Rumblelizard http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80470 Rumblelizard Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:04:22 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80470 Ron, I thank you for your sympathy. I adore shrimp, and of course now that it's forbidden, it's all I can think about. Menus abound with delicious shrimpy options wherever I go. *sob* I also have to carry an epi-pen around with me for the rest of my life, because it was found that I am severely allergic to many other things, including grass (!), cats, mold, tree pollen, and any number of other commonly-found things. And that's just the stuff they tested me for. It's entertaining to know that at any moment one might swell up, keel over, and die if one doesn't stab oneself in the thigh with a mighty dose of epinephrine and hustle off to the emergency room. Ron, I thank you for your sympathy. I adore shrimp, and of course now that it’s forbidden, it’s all I can think about. Menus abound with delicious shrimpy options wherever I go. *sob* I also have to carry an epi-pen around with me for the rest of my life, because it was found that I am severely allergic to many other things, including grass (!), cats, mold, tree pollen, and any number of other commonly-found things. And that’s just the stuff they tested me for.

It’s entertaining to know that at any moment one might swell up, keel over, and die if one doesn’t stab oneself in the thigh with a mighty dose of epinephrine and hustle off to the emergency room.

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80336 Ron Sullivan Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:21:58 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80336 Rumblelizard, you have my profoundest sympathy. I looooove shrimp, even though I know it's evil. (Shrimp farms are awful, and destroying coastal mangrove forests to build farms is only one reason. Wildcaught shrimp are rarely much better, though some Gulf shrimpers use turtle-savers in their nets. /sermonette)I've given up swordfish and even (sob) shark but have only managed to cut down on the shrimp. The doc's suggestion there would be icky and harder to do right than the doc might think: how would you know you got the right spider? But it would probably work as a test. Thing is, if you tested positive you'd want at least a dose or three of epi on hand, and ideally some professional help, eh? What it would also test is the strength of your anti-barf muscles. Sophie, anything that murders snails is A-OK by me. They're not chow; they're the Enemy! I don't care if they're hemaphroditic; I blame the patriarchy. Or at least the French. Rumblelizard, you have my profoundest sympathy. I looooove shrimp, even though I know it’s evil. (Shrimp farms are awful, and destroying coastal mangrove forests to build farms is only one reason. Wildcaught shrimp are rarely much better, though some Gulf shrimpers use turtle-savers in their nets. /sermonette)I’ve given up swordfish and even (sob) shark but have only managed to cut down on the shrimp.

The doc’s suggestion there would be icky and harder to do right than the doc might think: how would you know you got the right spider? But it would probably work as a test. Thing is, if you tested positive you’d want at least a dose or three of epi on hand, and ideally some professional help, eh?

What it would also test is the strength of your anti-barf muscles.

Sophie, anything that murders snails is A-OK by me. They’re not chow; they’re the Enemy! I don’t care if they’re hemaphroditic; I blame the patriarchy. Or at least the French.

]]> By: sophie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80248 sophie Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:32:11 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80248 Foam is a perfectly natural accompaniment to shelled creatures (snails anyway). They make their own. Take a handful of clean snails. Throw them in freshly boiled water. But don't do it unless you're planning to eat them - that would be wasteful. They're also very nice lightly roasted over hot embers. But no foam - it evaporates if there was any. Foam is a perfectly natural accompaniment to shelled creatures (snails anyway). They make their own.

Take a handful of clean snails. Throw them in freshly boiled water. But don’t do it unless you’re planning to eat them - that would be wasteful.
They’re also very nice lightly roasted over hot embers. But no foam - it evaporates if there was any.

]]> By: rootlesscosmo http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80213 rootlesscosmo Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:51:06 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80213 "Below [the]stairs" was the servants' area--kitchen, pantry, coal-cellar etc. The BBC series "Upstairs, Downstairs" was about a wealthy London family and their very large staff of domestic servants--kind of a Social History soap opera. I watched it regularly in, what, around 1971? (My god, am I that old? Yes.) “Below [the]stairs” was the servants’ area–kitchen, pantry, coal-cellar etc. The BBC series “Upstairs, Downstairs” was about a wealthy London family and their very large staff of domestic servants–kind of a Social History soap opera. I watched it regularly in, what, around 1971? (My god, am I that old? Yes.)

]]> By: goblinbee http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80210 goblinbee Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:27:37 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80210 Julia, what does 'below the stairs' mean? Julia, what does ‘below the stairs’ mean?

]]> By: Rumblelizard http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80161 Rumblelizard Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:06:19 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80161 Ron, I (perhaps mistakenly) attributed my last episode of swelling up in allergic reaction to the bite of a very large spider. However, I'd also had shrimp that night. I didn't put two and two together, because I'd had never before had any problems with shrimp at all, in a lifetime of eating them whenever I could. So I jumped to the conclusion that it was the spider. This most recent allergic reaction was much worse than the first one, and subsequent testing by an allergist confirmed: it was the shrimp. The allergist suggested that if I was curious about whether I was also allergic to spider bites, that I catch and kill one of the spiders that bit me, mash it up, and rub the resultant spider ook into a scratch on my arm. I wish I was kidding. Ron, I (perhaps mistakenly) attributed my last episode of swelling up in allergic reaction to the bite of a very large spider. However, I’d also had shrimp that night. I didn’t put two and two together, because I’d had never before had any problems with shrimp at all, in a lifetime of eating them whenever I could. So I jumped to the conclusion that it was the spider. This most recent allergic reaction was much worse than the first one, and subsequent testing by an allergist confirmed: it was the shrimp.

The allergist suggested that if I was curious about whether I was also allergic to spider bites, that I catch and kill one of the spiders that bit me, mash it up, and rub the resultant spider ook into a scratch on my arm. I wish I was kidding.

]]> By: Emotenote http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80081 Emotenote Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:10:46 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80081 I second Sara's remark. This reminds me of a very expensive French beauty product which it was my job to hawk to expensive people. I was reading the label one day and realized that the main ingredient was the gross foam at the edge of the beach. It's full of protein that I assume the French either thought was very good for skin, or (and most likely) they though this would be funny to put in a high end beauty treatment. Needless to say, I sold a great deal more of this product after this discovery since I did so with a smile. PS Has anyone ever had the eggs (out of shell) dropped from a high-up into boiling water? They look just like scrotum. Breakfast was not a happy affair that day. I second Sara’s remark. This reminds me of a very expensive French beauty product which it was my job to hawk to expensive people. I was reading the label one day and realized that the main ingredient was the gross foam at the edge of the beach. It’s full of protein that I assume the French either thought was very good for skin, or (and most likely) they though this would be funny to put in a high end beauty treatment. Needless to say, I sold a great deal more of this product after this discovery since I did so with a smile.

PS Has anyone ever had the eggs (out of shell) dropped from a high-up into boiling water? They look just like scrotum. Breakfast was not a happy affair that day.

]]> By: julia http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80064 julia Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:08:20 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80064 my mum was for many many many years a very good cook. she would never have called herself anything else. and she was proud in her modest way about it (ie. the task and the term - i have spent a lot of time thinking about how her having spent her formative years 'below the stairs' in england impacts on this). one of her most prized possessions continues to be a cookbook she won in 1943 for her top marks in "practical cookery" at school: the preface, i think, by jessie conrad. am just pondering how food/cuisine progress and change generally in people's lives. my mum now has alzheimer's, and all she wants to eat when i take her out is chips (french fries to some folks)! my mum was for many many many years a very good cook. she would never have called herself anything else. and she was proud in her modest way about it (ie. the task and the term - i have spent a lot of time thinking about how her having spent her formative years ‘below the stairs’ in england impacts on this). one of her most prized possessions continues to be a cookbook she won in 1943 for her top marks in “practical cookery” at school: the preface, i think, by jessie conrad.

am just pondering how food/cuisine progress and change generally in people’s lives. my mum now has alzheimer’s, and all she wants to eat when i take her out is chips (french fries to some folks)!

]]> By: Crys T http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80061 Crys T Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:30:30 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/04/garish-dinner-photo-of-the-week/#comment-80061 "The foam-as-food trend, invented a few years ago by that El Bulli guy in Spain" Ahem: you mean that el Bulli guy in CATALUNYA. “The foam-as-food trend, invented a few years ago by that El Bulli guy in Spain”

Ahem: you mean that el Bulli guy in CATALUNYA.

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