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Taet

2013-06-23, 11:30 PM

The Previous Random Banter can be found here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286018). Enough new music to sample for days came from AllIHaveIsCrunk here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15355867&postcount=212) within the last random banter. If you want to talk but don't know what to say, just listen to a song instead and talk to us about it.

Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
Hydrogelic's Foolish Mortal Random Banter #38 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12413)
Ink's Smudgy Splotchy Random Banter #39 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12405)
Azrael's Big Black Book of Banter #40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397)
The Logic Vampire's Rational Random Banter #41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12387)
Shiny's Shimmering Space-hitchin Random Banter #42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12376)
ZombieRockStar's Random Banter #43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12360)
Nostrabel's Realm of Cookies and Random Banter #44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12342)
Charity's Cheery Chatter Circle #45 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
Ravishing Rydia's Recumbentibus ^_^ Random Banter #48 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27622)
Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
Korith's Sorrogate Random Banter of Zombie Killing #53 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30353)
Surrogate thread of random Bor-dom #54 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31109)
Rex Idiotarum's Painfully Pogoing Thread #55 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31512)
The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
EmeraldRose's Random Banter of Lashing Wit #57 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32494)
Captain van der Decken's Surrogate Ship of Random Loot (Banter) #58 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32847)
SDF's Neverending I-Don't-Have-an-OotS-Avatar-Yet Story Banter #59 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33465)
Mauril's Surrogate Dwelf Banter of Fantasy Race Confusion 60th Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34165)
Rockphed's Dice Rolling Toga Party of 61 Drunken CIA Analysts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34568)
var Lord_Magtok = Random(Banter*62) + Surrogate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34801)
Jibar's Retro Random Banter #63 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35014)
Malina's Random Spanish Banter #64 of morphical annoyance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35256)
Mr. E's Random Banter #65 of Cane Toting and Hat Tipping (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35418)
Ego Slayer's Hellishly Random Banter #66.6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35596)
Purple Gelatinous Cube o' Doom's bowl of bantery j-e-ll-o randomness #67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35859)
Zephra's Random Banter of Ghostly Wailings, and Howling Fun#68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36317)
Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
Scorpina's Random Banter #70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480)
Raistlin1040's Super Special Awesome Random Banter #71(Now with 20% more tacos) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824)
Uberblah's Random Banter #72 Of Caffeine And Sleep Deprivation Induced Randomness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38225)
Lucky’s Random Banter #73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38987)
Castaras's Random Banter #74 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37836)
D'anna Biers RB #75 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39495)
Zeb The Troll's RB#76 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39801)
Eldpollard's RB #77 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40128)
Gezina's and Calamity's Random banter #78 of double entendre and doom (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40410)
Random Banter #79 In Loving Memory of Hexa_Regina (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40909)
Zeratul's random banter #80 of throwing puppies off bridges (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41778)
Vespe's Random Banter #81 of singing dolphins and mostly harmless planets. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43254)
CSK's Giant in the Playground Forums Addicted Anonymous, Random Banter #82 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44919)
Iames's Ramblingly Erratic Belldandy-Charged Random Banter #83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47592)
Serpentine's Scintillating Sensually and Sinuously Seductive Stochastic Satire #84 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048)
Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50658)
Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51825)
Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52783)
FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54612)
SweetRein's Sugary Restrained Random Banter #89 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59668)
Midnight's Mutant Motorcycle Madness Random Banter #90 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62430)
Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65645)
Dragonrider's Random Banter in Conjunction with the Weighted Cube #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67629)
Bushranger's Bodaciously Buffed Random Banter-y Rooster #93 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69425)
Haruki's Historically Hilarious Honey-covered Random Banter #94 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71161)
North's Maple Syrup Flavored Non-Alliterative Random Banter #95 Eh? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73464)
Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75946)
SMEE's Random Banter #97 of gender bending and closet bursting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78694)
Raiser's Rambunctiously Rambling Random Banter #98 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81626)
Dr. Bath's Random Banter, dripping with daring deeds of dastardly deipnosophists #99 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84068)
VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84914)
Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87577)
Dallas-Dakota's Dundering Dandelion's Devilish Damsel's Distress Random Banter #102 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4790602#post4790602)
Destro Yersul's Dangerously Distracting and Doubtlessly Disturbing Random Banter #103 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4903962#post4903962)
Aziraphales Actually Alliterative and Awesomely Affluent Random Banter #104 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92718)
Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94491)
Dish's Delightfully Deranged and Deliciously Deliquent Random Banter # 106 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95905)
Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97703)
Zero's ambrosial and aberrantly adventitious, abstemiously erudite Random Banter #108 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99100)
Coplantor's Completely Creative Cautious and Contemplative Random Banter #109 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100414)
Rutskarn's Roly-Poly Rebellious and Rejected Random Banter #110 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101156)
TwoBitWriter's Tubular Tracts of Thought-Talking Random Banter #111 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600540#post5600540)
Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101988)
Wolfbane's Wonderfully Wacky and Wildly Wandom Random Banter #113 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102865)
The Kiwi's Kinkily Knotted and Kookily Kickass Random Banter #114 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103674)
Jude's Judgmental Jugular Jab and Jibber Jabbery Random Banter #115 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104480)
The Throne of Thufir's Thoroughly Theoretical and Therapeutic Random Banter #116 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105584)
Random Banter #117 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)
Dragonprime's Dynamically Dangerous Dextrous and Destructive Random Banter #118 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107882)
Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109007)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part one) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110963&page=50)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part two) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113197)
Mrmud's Mixed-Up and Minimally Mechanized Random Banter #121 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114623)
Dogmantra's Dastardly, Despotic and Dangerous Random Banter #122 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116660)
Alteran's Amazingly Anachronistic, Altruistic, and Antagonistic Random Banter #123
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118380)Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6614894)
Fred's Flying Fishy, Fighting, Fiery, Fantastic Face Off Random Banter #125 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121385)
Cyrano’s Non-Alliterative Inaugurational Random Banter #126 To Usher In The Future (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122977)
Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127
loopy's Legendary and Long-Awaited Lollipop Fuelled Random Banter #128 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123816)
Shadow's Shady Shop of Sharks, Shingles, Shammies, Shiny and Random Banter #129 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125667)
KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126557)
Supagoof's Supa-Sensational Silly Symphonies Set Sizzingly On Fire Random Banter #131 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128570)
Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130459)
Perenelle's Pleasantly Playful and Passionately Peculiar Random Banter #133 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131814)
Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7373844#post7373844)
Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134438)
Recaiden's Resplendent and Rotating Realistic Random Banter #136 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136879)
Jibar's Random Banter #137: Return of the Cat-muffin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138879)
Edge's Effluence of Extravagant and Effulgent Random Banter #138 (”http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7876065”)
Zeb The Troll's Zecond Go At Ze Random Banter #139 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8061505&postcount=1)
Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148462)
Deth Muncher's Destructive and Meandering Random Banter #141 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150904)
A Thread in Which Banter Most Random is Expulsed Into Existence, By Ravens_cry #142 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8722755)
Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159998)
The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161407)
Banjo’s Bodacious & Boosted Bumper Bulletproof Box of Banter Most Random #145 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162819)
Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164224)
KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166664)
Archonic's Archaic Acronymical Antidisestablishmentarianism Random Banter - #148 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169890)
Skeppio's Splendidly Strange & Superbly Scintillating Random Banter - #149 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173056)
Teddy's Turbulent and Topicless Random Banter #150 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175338)
Fifty-Eyed Fred's Ferociously Fanatical and Fabulously Fascinating Random Banter #151 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178205)
Rae's Really Rascally and Ridiculously Rowdy Random Banter #152 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181296)
Haruki's Hot n' Holy Random Banter #153 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10176275#post10176275)
MoonCat's Magnificently Mythopoeic Random Banter #154
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187576)Eadin's Exchange of Extraterrestrial Excuses AKA Random Banter #155 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190034)
Happy HalfTangible's Horrific Hail of Random Banter #156 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10629167#post10629167)
AtlanteanTroll's Atrocious and Terrific Arcade of Terror - RB #157 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196302)
LaLa’s Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread – RB #158 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198767)
Zaydos's Zany Zooetic Random Banter - RB #159 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200208)
Blue's Blessed and Blissful Random Banter - RB #160 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201653)
Absolmorph's Azoic Arete of Adventitious and Aimless Random Banter - RB 161 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202546)
Gwyn's Gloriously Green Garrumphing Garter of Garrulous Gabble! Random Banter #162 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203954)
Eruantion's Euphoric, Elephant-filled Elevated Epoch of Eurhythmic Random Banter #163 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205487)
ATW's Awesome Androgynous Avaricious Azure Ardent Adamant Alluvial Random Banter #164 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207269)
Cynical Avocado's Absolutely Admirable Accumulation of Random Bantering #165 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209860)
August's Pink Plushy and Phantasmagorically Random Banter Thread #166 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212011)
Heliomance's Everchanging Thread Title Random Banter #167 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213053)
Tragic_Comedian's Tremendously Tropical Random Banter #168 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215180)
Qwertystop's Quickly Quilted, Quip-filled Random Banter #169 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=217326)
Thufir's Thupremely Thatithfying Thecond Random Banter With a Lithp #170
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219654)Feytalist's Fantastically Freakish First Random Banter #171 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222713)
Dragonprime's Dashing Delight-fu Dazzling Dualistic Random Banter #172
Castaras' Random Banter #173: Bringing back your nostalgic Great Old Ones (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229164)
Pokemon-freak89's Random Banter number eleventy-twelve... uhh... I mean... number 174 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231235)
Dark Elf Bard's Random Banter #175:Playin' Underdark Jazz since the Drow went dark. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235950)
Mutant Sheep's Post Septaquintaquinquecentennial ApRiL fOoLs Random Banter: #176 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=238117)
Elemental's Excitingly Excellent Random Banter: No.CLXXVII (177) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13163770)
Amiel's Appeasingly Appropriate Arbitrary Amusement (Random Banter): No.CLXXVIII #178 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245179)
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MoonCat

2013-06-23, 11:33 PM

Oh, we got a new one?

Dimonite

2013-06-23, 11:33 PM

*Gavotte*
Psst! you should post a link in the old thread! :smallwink:

Or maybe you'll take care of that whilst I'm blabbing on. :smallredface:
You seem to have done a fine job setting this up. Huzzah!

From last thread:

Ouch.

Meh. It's no big deal. Like when this girl was having trouble with fake-hitting me for a play, I told her to just hit me for real. It saves time, and I'm not fragile - I can handle it, and honestly people never hurt me that much to begin with.

Sushi or hibachi?

Umm... the latter, I think. I didn't ask questions. My sister took me to a Japanese restaurant, and told me not to try to have anything too spicy. So I naturally asked for the spiciest thing they had. All I recall of the dish itself was that it contained meat.

Ah, siblings. Delicious. :smallamused:

I do so love them. And I'm the first to admit that my brother deserved that shot at me for earlier that day when I threw a spider at his face as a prank.

... Good times. :smallbiggrin:

Some form of yakisoba noodle type dish then? :smallconfused:

I don't really recall. There was meat, there was spice, and then there was forcible and premature removal of the meat and spice.

Coidzor

2013-06-23, 11:41 PM

Less that, and more 'MoonCat gets twitchy when people are nice to her.'

Hopefully you'll get over that either before or around the same time you get a boyfriend and/or girlfriend. :smalltongue:

Umm... the latter, I think. I didn't ask questions. My sister took me to a Japanese restaurant, and told me not to try to have anything too spicy. So I naturally asked for the spiciest thing they had. All I recall of the dish itself was that it contained meat.

I do so love them. And I'm the first to admit that my brother deserved that shot at me for earlier that day when I threw a spider at his face as a prank.

... Good times. :smallbiggrin:

I don't really recall. There was meat, there was spice, and then there was forcible and premature removal of the meat and spice.

I always wonder why other people don't ask questions. :smallconfused: Well, I guess that explains the intestinal distress then.

Nah, that's what headbutting is for. :smallamused:

:smallwink:

No noodles then. Hm. Sillybutt.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-23, 11:43 PM

*"dances"* :smallamused:

It's nice, but not essential, after all. Nice for a bard who picks up obtain familiar though, though it's also less able to double up on skill checks with that kinda bod.

Hmmm.... I'll have to check those videos out in a moment.

I suppose, but that's hard work. I prefer to just get right to it, though, I'll admit.

Indeed. I'd rather stick it on something besides a bard, though. What a silly class. The perform rules are a bit silly, and the amount of gold you get for playing in a city is laughably high when you convert it to modern currency. :smallamused:

It's just the albums; the video part is optional.

Look, which is more rewarding? Hitting someone in the head with a golfball from the other side of a soccer field, or hitting them with a basketball from up close?

Oh my~

The more you know.

I can't resist.

So you would think, but I find the knowledge crowds out more important things, like memory.

LaZodiac

2013-06-23, 11:53 PM

<chokes> hag slag???

Bah!

I was making a joke, since I don't know what it is at all! Tell me about the cool chocolate :smallbiggrin:

TaiLiu

2013-06-23, 11:56 PM

FinnLassie, duh!
No, I was speaking of this mysterious Jake fellow.

Haha, nope!
Nn! A picture of a rice bowl!

Less that, and more 'MoonCat gets twitchy when people are nice to her.'
I'll... I'll try to be mean to you...?

LaZodiac

2013-06-23, 11:59 PM

I'll... I'll try to be mean to you...?

Don't worry Tai, Moony's always been a bit Yandere.

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 12:05 AM

Don't worry Tai, Moony's always been a bit Yandere.
...Wikitionary is saying that the word means both gentle and psychotic at the same time.

MoonCat

2013-06-24, 12:06 AM

Hopefully you'll get over that either before or around the same time you get a boyfriend and/or girlfriend. :smalltongue:

Eh, I won't date.

I was making a joke, since I don't know what it is at all! Tell me about the cool chocolate :smallbiggrin:

And now you never will!

No, I was speaking of this mysterious Jake fellow.

Nn! A picture of a rice bowl!

I'll... I'll try to be mean to you...?

Hehe.

What?

Noooo!

Don't worry Tai, Moony's always been a bit Yandere.

Yandere? How the **** am I yandere?

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 12:08 AM

...Wikitionary is saying that the word means both gentle and psychotic at the same time.

Hehe.
What?
Noooo!

Yandere? How the **** am I yandere?

Sounds about right. :smallamused:

Taet

2013-06-24, 12:10 AM

It's strange, enderlord. I had heard the "a moose once bit my sister" line a lot but never heard the following line. Nobody paid attention to Monty Python while watching it. They were too busy quoting other lines out of order to listen.

Amidus Drexel. How wise you are. The more you know, the less you remember. Yes. May I add something else. The more you know about people, the less you know about anything else. And even then, it's hard to understand how gentle and psychotic go together at the same time. Unless those two meant gentle at some times and psychotic at others. That I can understand.

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 12:10 AM

...Wikitionary is saying that the word means both gentle and psychotic at the same time.

Yha. I may be joking.

And now you never will!

Yandere? How the **** am I yandere?

Awe, what if I ask nicely =3?

I'm just joking. A little :smalltongue:

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 12:12 AM

Eh, I won't date.
That's right. Who needs dating, anyway?

Hehe.
You're keeping it a mystery, I see.

What?
A picture of a rice bowl! It's a bowl filled with rice.

Noooo!
I'll be nice to you...? (I'm so confused...)

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 12:28 AM

Amidus Drexel. How wise you are.

The more you know, the less you remember. Yes. May I add something else. The more you know about people, the less you know about anything else. And even then, it's hard to understand how gentle and psychotic go together at the same time. Unless those two meant gentle at some times and psychotic at others. That I can understand.

Heh, first time those words have been uttered, ever. :smallamused: Wise is not a word I'd use to describe me, not by a long shot.

More that what you can remember at once is a smaller fraction of your total knowledge, because you know more, but indeed.

I don't know if I'd agree with that one. I can say, having interacted with a wide variety of people, that knowing many things about them has not precluded me from memorizing huge swaths of other, less useful, information. :smallamused: I'm going to end up at philosophy if we keep this particular bit going. Not objecting, just warning you.

From what I understand, it's more of sometimes this, sometimes that rather than both at the same time.

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 12:32 AM

Don't worry Tai, Moony's always been a bit Yandere.

Tsunyannyandere. :smallamused:

No, I was speaking of this mysterious Jake fellow.

Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBZRoQcAWpw)Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74fo6jkAdqc)!

That's right. Who needs dating, anyway?

Most of us. :smalltongue:

Mynxae

2013-06-24, 12:34 AM

That's right. Who needs dating, anyway?

What, so I can't date Nibbles? :smallfrown: Unfair! I challenge thee to a duel! :smalltongue:

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 12:42 AM

What, so I can't date Nibbles? :smallfrown: Unfair! I challenge thee to a duel! :smalltongue:

Oh? How scandalous! :smallamused: Delicious!

Eh, I won't date.

Yandere? How the **** am I yandere?

Hmm. *scribble, scribble* Great, I'm going to have to throw out, like, half of my notes.

Well, I suppose you're not very dere... :smalltongue: Maybe more tsunyan? nyansun?

*"dances"* :smallamused:

Indeed. I'd rather stick it on something besides a bard, though. What a silly class. The perform rules are a bit silly, and the amount of gold you get for playing in a city is laughably high when you convert it to modern currency. :smallamused:

It's just the albums; the video part is optional.

Look, which is more rewarding? Hitting someone in the head with a golfball from the other side of a soccer field, or hitting them with a basketball from up close?

I can't resist.

So you would think, but I find the knowledge crowds out more important things, like memory.

*double dances* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs)

Hey now, don't you be knocking Dragonforce, the 5-kobold band. :smallamused: Usually bards are too feat-starved for familiars though, aye. And gishes too, which is too bad since they'd have the HP for an almost survivable familiar.

Ah...

Well, if I have to be using balls, I suppose it's the golfball, since I can get a lot more golfballs in before they have a chance to properly flee or retaliate. I just don't have much love for balls as weapons after, well.... Wakka... :/

Mmm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSOVd8QMr8)....~ :smallwink:

ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE.

...Wikitionary is saying that the word means both gentle and psychotic at the same time.

What, you don't see it? :smallconfused: :smallamused: :smallwink:

Amidus Drexel. How wise you are. The more you know, the less you remember. Yes. May I add something else. The more you know about people, the less you know about anything else. And even then, it's hard to understand how gentle and psychotic go together at the same time. Unless those two meant gentle at some times and psychotic at others. That I can understand.

Sort of a switch-on, switch-off sort of thing. At the drop of a hat? Hair trigger?

Rawhide

2013-06-24, 12:58 AM

it's hard to understand how gentle and psychotic go together at the same time

One word: Cats.

FinnLassie

2013-06-24, 01:14 AM

I knew Taet would make the new one! :smallbiggrin: All hail the new thread!

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 01:16 AM

One word: Cats.

Oh snap. :smallbiggrin: So true though. So very, very true. Nothing like a happy, sleepy cat shredding up your tummy with its kneading, kneading claws.

I knew Taet would make the new one! :smallbiggrin: All hail the new thread!

It was pretty tight there for a moment though. :smallamused:

Mynxae

2013-06-24, 01:47 AM

...I take it you've broken up with the board-game, then?

I broke up with him a few months ago... :smalleek:

Taet

2013-06-24, 01:52 AM

Cats. Yes. Cats flip back and forth quicker than the eye can follow. Or the other nerves. You have scars too? But they still don't do both at the same time.

Goodnight. Date all you like but please don't date and dance and listen to the music. I don't want to wake up to a musical.

Teddy

2013-06-24, 06:41 AM

I'm always a bit worried when someone with a forum name starting with the same letter as mine creates a new Random Banter thread, because I'm afraid they'll steal all the good allitterations I have in mind for my next one. It hasn't happened yet, however. I suppose there simply are many more words starting with a 't' than I realise...

Also, I like the witty title. :smallwink:

I know, but I tend to stay in doors. I'm an introveeeert *curls into a ball*

You know, introvert means that you're turned toward the inside of yourself, not the house. :smallwink:

I mean, I go outside because I'm an introvert. So much easier to get away from people that way...

Ah, okay. Sounds impressive though!

Yeah, it kind of is...

Um, nightless night is the time of the year the sun doesn't set or sets only for a brief moment. Do you have another term for it? [...]

The "no sunset" is generally called "midnight sun", and the term for "no darkness" is "white night", apparently.

We call it Midnight Sun, and we have it for weeks on end :smallamused: [...]

Yeah, by now I'm pretty sure that what you refer to as "midnight sun" is actually white nights. There's no way you could possibly have the sun up continually for weeks unless you live in a tower higher than Mount Everest or there happens to be a second Yellowknife which Wikipedia knows nothing about...

Hrm... as a purely aesthetic question; as a familiar, which animal do you prefer, thread?

Probably a hawk, even though they look a bit more ferocious than I do. Ravens are cool, but a smidgen too grim for my attire, and I'm way too much into birds to go for anything land-living. I suppose the acclaimed wisdom of an owl could fit neatly into my "brain over brawn" thing, though, but I don't really know...

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 08:14 AM

You know, introvert means that you're turned toward the inside of yourself, not the house. :smallwink:

I mean, I go outside because I'm an introvert. So much easier to get away from people that way...

Yeah, by now I'm pretty sure that what you refer to as "midnight sun" is actually white nights. There's no way you could possibly have the sun up continually for weeks unless you live in a tower higher than Mount Everest or there happens to be a second Yellowknife which Wikipedia knows nothing about...

...right, right XP

I am calling it what we officially call it. Yellowknife is referred to as "the land of the midnight sun" and I just stayed up till 2 last night and I can confirm that the sun never fully set. If you didn't know better, you'd go outside wondering where everyone went on such a nice day.

Rawhide

2013-06-24, 08:37 AM

...right, right XP

I am calling it what we officially call it. Yellowknife is referred to as "the land of the midnight sun" and I just stayed up till 2 last night and I can confirm that the sun never fully set. If you didn't know better, you'd go outside wondering where everyone went on such a nice day.

Ok, fine, let's settle this once and for all (http://ykonline.ca/2010/06/our-midnight-sun/).

Last night I went out at midnight and took some pictures of the sky. When I did, I got extremely jealous of Inuvik. Why? Because although Yellowknife is in the land of the midnight sun and we market that, we don’t actually have a midnight sun. It does go below the horizon, ever so slightly. The reason I’m jealous of Inuvik is because they really have a midnight sun – see picture below. Some would say I’m crazy for saying that, but from my perspective, if we are going to claim something, we should at least make sure it is true.

Dimonite

2013-06-24, 08:40 AM

I always wonder why other people don't ask questions. :smallconfused: Well, I guess that explains the intestinal distress then.

Because I didn't know enough about Japanese food to understand the answers anyway. Or even know the right questions to ask.
The weird thing is, spicy food doesn't normally cause me any intestinal distress whatsoever. This was the exception.

Nah, that's what headbutting is for. :smallamused:

Well, the problem with him headbutting me is that I'm a lot harder than he is, and - as Sancho says - "Whether the stone hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the stone, it's going to be bad for the pitcher."

No noodles then. Hm. Sillybutt.

Should I have had noodles?

That's right. Who needs dating, anyway?

Not I! Because reasons.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 08:42 AM

Hey now, don't you be knocking Dragonforce, the 5-kobold band. :smallamused: Usually bards are too feat-starved for familiars though, aye. And gishes too, which is too bad since they'd have the HP for an almost survivable familiar.

Well, if I have to be using balls, I suppose it's the golfball, since I can get a lot more golfballs in before they have a chance to properly flee or retaliate. I just don't have much love for balls as weapons after, well.... Wakka... :/

Dragonforce is alright, but I prefer my power metal where the band is actually capable of playing their parts without recording tricks. :smalltongue:

So, no throwing planets at people, I take it? :smallamused:

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 09:03 AM

Ok, fine, let's settle this once and for all (http://ykonline.ca/2010/06/our-midnight-sun/).

Okay. I will note that there IS a period where the sun doesn't set at all (which is the time this guy is talking about, though I don't think we do Raven Mad Daze anymore). I still think "land of the midnight sun" is completely justifiable a term, though.

Feytalist

2013-06-24, 09:26 AM

Over here, we have a midday sun.

Does that count?

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 09:29 AM

Because I didn't know enough about Japanese food to understand the answers anyway. Or even know the right questions to ask.
The weird thing is, spicy food doesn't normally cause me any intestinal distress whatsoever. This was the exception.

Well, the problem with him headbutting me is that I'm a lot harder than he is, and - as Sancho says - "Whether the stone hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the stone, it's going to be bad for the pitcher."

Should I have had noodles?

Not I! Because reasons.

Do you guys not discuss food all that much? :smallconfused:

Well, there are different kinds of spice, after all, and the scale is always different between cuisines so it's best to start low and work one's way up. Try to show off your manliness and order the spiciest thing from a thai place, for instance, and you're gonna have a bad time.

Bah. Hard heads are what a lifetime of training and physical abuse at the hands of one's siblings, father, and other male relatives are for. :smalltongue:

They do have pretty good noodle dishes in my experience, but I was just making sure that it was ruled out since you felt vague. :smalltongue: Though right now it sounds like you had hibachi without the show or something.

This has come up before, hasn't it?

Dragonforce is alright, but I prefer my power metal where the band is actually capable of playing their parts without recording tricks. :smalltongue:

So, no throwing planets at people, I take it? :smallamused:

You just don't appreciate the power of kobolds is all. :smalltongue:

No, if I'm going to be lifting planets I'm going to be using them from point blank range as melee weapons.

Over here, we have a midday sun.

Does that count?

Nope. Not actually the sun. :smalltongue:

Rawhide

2013-06-24, 09:37 AM

Okay. I will note that there IS a period where the sun doesn't set at all (which is the time this guy is talking about, though I don't think we do Raven Mad Daze anymore). I still think "land of the midnight sun" is completely justifiable a term, though.

You only get 20 hours of direct sunlight. The sun does go below the horizon for 4 hours. It just doesn't actually get dark.

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 09:54 AM

You only get 20 hours of direct sunlight. The sun does go below the horizon for 4 hours. It just doesn't actually get dark.

I'm probably just being pendantic, or I just got my information wrong, or maybe I'm just dumb, but what I've read is that since the sun never actually gets past the "Twilight" phase, we don't have a night, and thus have a 24 hour sun.

At any rate, I'm glad my little Podunk* town is so interesting to you guys :smallamused:

*disclaimer, my town is the capital city of my territory

Dimonite

2013-06-24, 10:05 AM

Do you guys not discuss food all that much? :smallconfused:

The only way in which we discuss food goes along the lines of "hey, what do you want for dinner?"

Well, there are different kinds of spice, after all, and the scale is always different between cuisines so it's best to start low and work one's way up. Try to show off your manliness and order the spiciest thing from a thai place, for instance, and you're gonna have a bad time.

Well I don't normally engage in such displays, but as I said: my sister specifically told me not to. There is no better way to get me to do something than to have one of my siblings tell me not to. :smalltongue:

Bah. Hard heads are what a lifetime of training and physical abuse at the hands of one's siblings, father, and other male relatives are for. :smalltongue:

Don't forget nature, gravity, and people who don't understand that if I don't catch a ball the first time they throw it at my face I'm probably not going to catch it the second time either. :smalltongue:

They do have pretty good noodle dishes in my experience, but I was just making sure that it was ruled out since you felt vague. :smalltongue: Though right now it sounds like you had hibachi without the show or something.

That's quite possible.

This has come up before, hasn't it?

Probably, given the propensity of humans to talk about mating and the various concomitant rituals. I don't believe I've ever delved into the reasons, though; I never really saw cause to.

FinnLassie

2013-06-24, 10:27 AM

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 10:30 AM

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 10:36 AM

Myeaaah... About all this discussion, that's why we don't say 'Midnight Sun', but rather call it the nightless night. It's night but it just isn't dark at all.

Spent the day with my wee nephew, he's growing up to be such a devious wee laddie. He was first a bit "meh, who is this lady, I'll be all cranky now then" but in the end I was showered with crazy kisses! Auntie Finn wins the day :smallbiggrin:

Semantics are the death of all fun, after all.

That's adorable. And impressive. :smallbiggrin: Mine still mainly gurgles and smiles at me, but he's still new enough that he's under warranty, I think.

The only way in which we discuss food goes along the lines of "hey, what do you want for dinner?"

Well I don't normally engage in such displays, but as I said: my sister specifically told me not to. There is no better way to get me to do something than to have one of my siblings tell me not to. :smalltongue:

Don't forget nature, gravity, and people who don't understand that if I don't catch a ball the first time they throw it at my face I'm probably not going to catch it the second time either. :smalltongue:

That's quite possible.

Probably, given the propensity of humans to talk about mating and the various concomitant rituals. I don't believe I've ever delved into the reasons, though; I never really saw cause to.

That's too bad. You're missing out on a whole new world of culinary discussion.

Usually when you don't know what you're doing it's best to heed some advice. Or at least not decide that an entire culture's cuisine is verboten because you got burned by a bad decision and/or one kitchen being contaminated. :smalltongue:

No, no, they understand that you're not going to catch it, they just want to see you bleed.

It's your memory though.

Indeed, you do seem the type to like to say things without context. :smalltongue: So, y'know, human.

Kneenibble

2013-06-24, 10:57 AM

What, so I can't date Nibbles? :smallfrown: Unfair! I challenge thee to a duel! :smalltongue:

Hardly a contest: Tai-lulu is meek and genteel; Mynxalot is a hardboiled budgie-smuggling ferox.

I'll wait for you on the verandah in my shirtsleeves with a bottle of Mount Gay rum.

Dimonite

2013-06-24, 11:06 AM

Semantics are the death of all fun, after all.

But... but... I love arguing semantics! Although that could just be my unhealthy levels of schadenfreude acting up when I see everyone else's fun die...

That's too bad. You're missing out on a whole new world of culinary discussion.

Here's how I imagine that conversation going: "Hey, you know what's good?" "What?" "Meat." "Yeah." :smalltongue:

Usually when you don't know what you're doing it's best to heed some advice. Or at least not decide that an entire culture's cuisine is verboten because you got burned by a bad decision and/or one kitchen being contaminated. :smalltongue:

I know, it's just that I looooove spicy things, so not going for the spicy would be a problem for me. I'll probably try Japanese food again at some point in the future, but for now I'm staying away from it.

No, no, they understand that you're not going to catch it, they just want to see you bleed.

... Likely.

Indeed, you do seem the type to like to say things without context. :smalltongue: So, y'know, human.

Hey, if someone asked for context I'd provide it. I just don't want to annoy people with unwanted details about my personal life. You see, IRL I have this tendency to ramble, and I suspect that it annoys people, but they don't stop me and so I just fill the space with chatter. But when I'm online, I don't feel the need to fill the space so much, so I ramble less and thereby try not to annoy people.

FinnLassie

2013-06-24, 11:50 AM

Kneenibs, I saw a very distressed budgie today at a pet shop recently. Did not make me feel good. :smallfrown:

Kneenibble

2013-06-24, 12:02 PM

What? ;___; Distressed how? Do I need to arrange a rescue?

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 12:13 PM

Here's how I imagine that conversation going: "Hey, you know what's good?" "What?" "Meat." "Yeah." :smalltongue:

I feel like I've actually had conversations like this... :smallamused:

What? ;___; Distressed how? Do I need to arrange a rescue?

Superbudgie, TO THE RESCUE! :smallamused:

You just don't appreciate the power of kobolds is all. :smalltongue:

No, if I'm going to be lifting planets I'm going to be using them from point blank range as melee weapons.

I do. Kobolds are most powerful when they're abusing metamagic to throw ludicrously powerful orbs of nonmagical magic force at you. :smallcool:

No, what you want to do is miss, but just barely, so the gravity tears them apart. Like with say, Jupiter.

FinnLassie

2013-06-24, 12:22 PM

What? ;___; Distressed how? Do I need to arrange a rescue?

It was just sort of very depressed and you could see that the poor wee thing had been plucking out its own wee feathers. I didn't go in the shop, but I saw the bird from a window and sort of got too confused and sad to do anything, I don't really even know where to call and all when I see this stuff.

FinnLassie

2013-06-24, 12:34 PM

Kneenibble

2013-06-24, 12:53 PM

If hate is just anger that gets stretched out for a really long time, then what's the term for suddenly calming down after an equally long time?:smallconfused:

Whatever it is, I think I just did that.:smallsmile:

I would call that inner peace.

It was just sort of very depressed and you could see that the poor wee thing had been plucking out its own wee feathers. I didn't go in the shop, but I saw the bird from a window and sort of got too confused and sad to do anything, I don't really even know where to call and all when I see this stuff.

Poor little fluff. ;___; A pet shop should know better!

I have no super powers, Speedasaurus... I cannot rescue him. I shall give Mabel extra kisses tonight though.

FinnLassie

2013-06-24, 01:04 PM

Poor little fluff. ;___; A pet shop should know better!

Reminds me of another poor birdie I once encountered, a very beautiful ara but it just didn't seem to be interested in anything. I think the shop got a lot of complaints about the lovely thing being in the shop, pestered by people and the cage was too small anyways!

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 01:24 PM

I feel like I've actually had conversations like this... :smallamused:

Superbudgie, TO THE RESCUE! :smallamused:

I do. Kobolds are most powerful when they're abusing metamagic to throw ludicrously powerful orbs of nonmagical magic force at you. :smallcool:

No, what you want to do is miss, but just barely, so the gravity tears them apart. Like with say, Jupiter.

It is a very common topic of conversation, after all. Meat is pretty great, strewth. There's a bit more than that going on though. :smallwink: Food porn guys, food porn.

That would be adorable. x.x

Well, yeah, if you just wanna be a sorcerer. :smalltongue: But the Dragonfire Inspiration man! The inspiration! It's made of Dragonfire! :smallamused:

I don't think there's much difference between the two end results. In both scenarios they're being forcibly discorporated.

Reminds me of another poor birdie I once encountered, a very beautiful ara but it just didn't seem to be interested in anything. I think the shop got a lot of complaints about the lovely thing being in the shop, pestered by people and the cage was too small anyways!

:smallfrown: Birds in pet shops always make me feel kind of bad for them.

Taet

2013-06-24, 01:34 PM

That moment is exhaustion or grace or something more upbeat than those. All of the words I can think of for the inner peace talk about where you are now and not how you got there. I could reuse the thesaurus I opened for the thread title but that would be cheating. Talk like this is the death of all fun but sometimes useful and necessary and enjoyable. Not sure how it's enjoyable without fun. Will the questions reach a point where they can naturally stop? Probably not. Ok. I'm stopping mine here now.

Teddy's right about the outdoors being the introvert's friend. Except for the insects. Insects are extroverts and they love human company. Especially the mosquitoes. The worst part about a warm summer night is you can't see them coming. But I guess that is not as much of a problem with a nightless night. You could barbecue at midnight without turning on a porch light and have a sleepy dinner conversation of "mmm. meat". Of course the talk should always be as mindless as "mmm. meat" if the barbecue is tasty enough.

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 01:53 PM

I just remembered the word for it: "epiphany."

I suppose it would be a rather striking realization to have let go without even realizing it, aye.

Taet: Dangit, you're making me think about this BBQ pork loin I had about a week ago. Was so tender it was almost literally melting in people's mouths rather than being merely figuratively melt in your mouth. Reason #5036 why I could never give up meat.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 02:00 PM

I have no super powers, Speedasaurus... I cannot rescue him. I shall give Mabel extra kisses tonight though.

What? B-but I always thought you had superpowers! I see. You're just using them for evil! :smalleek:

...:smallamused:

It is a very common topic of conversation, after all. Meat is pretty great, strewth. There's a bit more than that going on though. :smallwink: Food porn guys, food porn.

That would be adorable. x.x

Well, yeah, if you just wanna be a sorcerer. :smalltongue: But the Dragonfire Inspiration man! The inspiration! It's made of Dragonfire! :smallamused:

I don't think there's much difference between the two end results. In both scenarios they're being forcibly discorporated.

Indubitably. Well, no, that's a bit weird. I will confess to having seen some odd things (of various sorts... sometimes you just end up on the wrong part of youtube :smallamused:), but I have to draw the line somewhere. :smalltongue:

:smallcool:

Which is cooler? Being an awesome sorcerer, or inspiring people with fire? I'll give you a hint: it's not the one where you inspire people. :smallwink:

Yeah, but you get a better view if you miss just slightly. :smallamused:

Taet: Dangit, you're making me think about this BBQ pork loin I had about a week ago. Was so tender it was almost literally melting in people's mouths rather than being merely figuratively melt in your mouth. Reason #5036 why I could never give up meat.

That sounds delicious... :smallcool:

Reasons 1-5035 are all ribs and bacon, right? :smallamused:

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 02:13 PM

What? B-but I always thought you had superpowers! I see. You're just using them for evil! :smalleek:

Indubitably. Well, no, that's a bit weird. I will confess to having seen some odd things (of various sorts... sometimes you just end up on the wrong part of youtube :smallamused:), but I have to draw the line somewhere. :smalltongue:

:smallcool:

Which is cooler? Being an awesome sorcerer, or inspiring people with fire? I'll give you a hint: it's not the one where you inspire people. :smallwink:

Yeah, but you get a better view if you miss just slightly. :smallamused:

That sounds delicious... :smallcool:

Reasons 1-5035 are all ribs and bacon, right? :smallamused:

What's more fun than being naughty, after all? :smallcool:

Not that kind of food porn! XD

:smallbiggrin:

Well, no, because fire is generally pretty hot. :smallamused:

If I wanted a view I'd shrink down and tear my way out from the inside. :smallamused: Like a very bloody-minded Ant Man. I wonder if he can even do that, actually...

It was. My mate's new girl is a professional cook/chef/wossname and pretty cool. I'd probably have a crush on her if it weren't for the whole aforementioned relationship.

Well... :smallamused:

Kneenibble

2013-06-24, 02:24 PM

It is a very common topic of conversation, after all. Meat is pretty great, strewth. There's a bit more than that going on though. :smallwink: Food porn guys, food porn.

I just enjoyed a meltingly soft beef shawarma with home-made fries. They add tahini sauce, a hot hot red sauce, and strips of pickled radish. The fries still have skin on, and they sizzle them up perfectly crisp and golden.

I want your pork.

:smallfrown: Birds in pet shops always make me feel kind of bad for them.

So true. There are many pet shops that take very good care of their birds, though. The one where I get Mabel's sundries is small and family-owned and they are great.

What? B-but I always thought you had superpowers! I see. You're just using them for evil! :smalleek:

Yes: like Melkor, the greatest of the Valar, who squandered his cosmic elemental divinity into smaller and smaller fractional pettinesses. And ever, ever lusting after the sweet, sweet Silmarils. *drool*

Reminds me of another poor birdie I once encountered, a very beautiful ara but it just didn't seem to be interested in anything. I think the shop got a lot of complaints about the lovely thing being in the shop, pestered by people and the cage was too small anyways!

My Mabel was a rescue bird. Just so your heart can be replenished a little in the general state of budgie-kind, here is a picture of her moulty head covered in half-shed fluffs.
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/DSC00579.jpg

Teddy

2013-06-24, 02:27 PM

I'm probably just being pendantic, or I just got my information wrong, or maybe I'm just dumb, but what I've read is that since the sun never actually gets past the "Twilight" phase, we don't have a night, and thus have a 24 hour sun.

Absence of night doesn't equal presence of sun, LaLa. Otherwise you'd never have to suffer the utter bleakness of an overcast. :smallwink:

At any rate, I'm glad my little Podunk* town is so interesting to you guys :smallamused:

*disclaimer, my town is the capital city of my territory

What can I say, you talk pretty much about what happens around you, so I got curious about what kind of backwater hole you've ended up in. :smallwink:

ION:
Home again, away from the midges and back to a not-unfavourably-compared-to-a-note-tucked-onto-a-snail Internet connection. Now to catch up on half a week of missed mails and course updates...

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 02:42 PM

I just enjoyed a meltingly soft beef shawarma with home-made fries. They add tahini sauce, a hot hot red sauce, and strips of pickled radish. The fries still have skin on, and they sizzle them up perfectly crisp and golden.

I want your pork.

So true. There are many pet shops that take very good care of their birds, though. The one where I get Mabel's sundries is small and family-owned and they are great.

Yes: like Melkor, the greatest of the Valar, who squandered his cosmic elemental divinity into smaller and smaller fractional pettinesses. And ever, ever lusting after the sweet, sweet Silmarils. *drool*

My Mabel was a rescue bird. Just so your heart can be replenished a little in the general state of budgie-kind, here is a picture of her moulty head covered in half-shed fluffs.
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg140/Kneenibble/DSC00579.jpg

...Oh great googly moogly you're making me hungry. I have to admit, I've never had either tahini or red sauce on my shwarma... usually more of a tzatziki man myself... Nothing like licking tzatziki off of your lips after finishing off a gyro.

...Oh... Oh my... :smallredface:

That's good. :smallsmile:

That's... a nice way of putting it, yeah.

Such a pretty budge.

At any rate, I'm glad my little Podunk* town is so interesting to you guys :smallamused:

Well, it is where Secret of Evermore started out, right? Podunk? :smalltongue:

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 02:43 PM

What's more fun than being naughty, after all? :smallcool:

Not that kind of food porn! XD

Well, no, because fire is generally pretty hot. :smallamused:

It was. My mate's new girl is a professional cook/chef/wossname and pretty cool. I'd probably have a crush on her if it weren't for the whole aforementioned relationship.

:smallwink:

Sorry, I couldn't resist. :smallamused:

And once again, word choice makes my actual point moot compared to the strictly literal interpretation. :smallamused:

Oooh, nice. Lucky guy. :smallcool:

Yes: like Melkor, the greatest of the Valar, who squandered his cosmic elemental divinity into smaller and smaller fractional pettinesses. And ever, ever lusting after the sweet, sweet Silmarils. *drool*

Yeah... but, he made the dragons, the balrogs, Sauron, that one wolf, orcs, and still managed to keep one of the Silmarils for quite a while in Angbad (before Beren and Luthien stole it from him), so I think Melkor did pretty well for himself. :smallamused:

I'd hardly compare you to Tolkien's epitome of evil, though. :smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 02:49 PM

Absence of night doesn't equal presence of sun, LaLa. Otherwise you'd never have to suffer the utter bleakness of an overcast. :smallwink:

What can I say, you talk pretty much about what happens around you, so I got curious about what kind of backwater hole you've ended up in. :smallwink:

ION:
Home again, away from the midges and back to a not-unfavourably-compared-to-a-note-tucked-onto-a-snail Internet connection. Now to catch up on half a week of missed mails and course updates...

Good point! Though I should note that I actually quite like the bleak sort of weather you're talking about. I love a nice, cloudy, rainy day.

Well, I talk about what happens around me since nothing happens to me, in particular. I got my first bug bite today, mosquito on the knee. Rather annoying, but the bandaid will get rid of it.

Yay, welcome home! Hooray for good internets!

Well, it is where Secret of Evermore started out, right? Podunk? :smalltongue:

No idea, never played it before XP

Teddy

2013-06-24, 03:03 PM

Well, I talk about what happens around me since nothing happens to me, in particular. I got my first bug bite today, mosquito on the knee. Rather annoying, but the bandaid will get rid of it.

Bandaid?

Also, one mosquito bite? You don't get out nearly enough.

Also, annoying? I'll show you annoying! :smallwink:
Just have to get the camera first...

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 03:25 PM

Bandaid?

Also, one mosquito bite? You don't get out nearly enough.

Also, annoying? I'll show you annoying! :smallwink:
Just have to get the camera first...

Band-aid. The brits call em plasters.

Yes, only one, hehe.

The most annoying thing you can do with a camera, at least as far as I can tell, is to NOT take pictures of yourself *shakes fist at Moony*

Taet

2013-06-24, 03:44 PM

It's raining here. In June. This does not happen between April and October unless you are on the coast. I went and stood in it so I would not forget. Everything smelled of drying grass. I heard leaves uncurling or maybe flower buds opening. Then I came inside and the cats washed off the wetness.

What can I do to help plain cheap bottom round steak? It's meat but not "mmm" meat. Salt and pepper aren't enough. Soy sauce marinade is for grilling meat and this is not grilling quality.

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 05:05 PM

Most of us. :smalltongue:
Bah.

What, so I can't date Nibbles? :smallfrown: Unfair! I challenge thee to a duel! :smalltongue:
Nn! If I were not as tired, I would accept.

Spent the day with my wee nephew, he's growing up to be such a devious wee laddie. He was first a bit "meh, who is this lady, I'll be all cranky now then" but in the end I was showered with crazy kisses! Auntie Finn wins the day :smallbiggrin:
Congratulations! I hope he enjoyed it as much as you did.

Hardly a contest: Tai-lulu is meek and genteel; Mynxalot is a hardboiled budgie-smuggling ferox.

I'll wait for you on the verandah in my shirtsleeves with a bottle of Mount Gay rum.
No!

I just remembered the word for it: "epiphany."
Hooray! Are you celebrating?

It's raining here. In June. This does not happen between April and October unless you are on the coast. I went and stood in it so I would not forget. Everything smelled of drying grass. I heard leaves uncurling or maybe flower buds opening. Then I came inside and the cats washed off the wetness.
Oh? I thought it rained everywhere. I was wrong, I suppose.

What can I do to help plain cheap bottom round steak? It's meat but not "mmm" meat. Salt and pepper aren't enough. Soy sauce marinade is for grilling meat and this is not grilling quality.
Cut it into little pieces, and stir-fry it.

Teddy

2013-06-24, 05:23 PM

Band-aid. The brits call em plasters.

In what way does band-aids help against mosquito bites? I mean, unless they're prepared with some active agent...

The most annoying thing you can do with a camera, at least as far as I can tell, is to NOT take pictures of yourself *shakes fist at Moony*

I wasn't talking about the camera:
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/1953/ngl5.jpg

The bite closest to the heel (to the right) is a mosquito bite, the rest are midges. And this is looking good compared to yesterday. Then they were bright red.
Also, heh. :smallsneakyamused:

It's raining here. In June. This does not happen between April and October unless you are on the coast. I went and stood in it so I would not forget. Everything smelled of drying grass. I heard leaves uncurling or maybe flower buds opening. Then I came inside and the cats washed off the wetness.

Heh. Over here, rain in the summer is considered normal. The only tone you could ever say "Swedish summer" in is seeping with sarcasm. Anything else is just plain unnatural...

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 05:41 PM

In what way does band-aids help against mosquito bites? I mean, unless they're prepared with some active agent...

I wasn't talking about the camera:
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/1953/ngl5.jpg

The bite closest to the heel (to the right) is a mosquito bite, the rest are midges. And this is looking good compared to yesterday. Then they were bright red.
Also, heh. :smallsneakyamused:

When mosquito's bite, they release a clotting agent that prevents clotting. This agent, the remains of it, are what make the "bite" in question itch. The gauze of the Band-Aid absorbs this. Additionally, the pressure from the Band-Aid being on helps soothe the itchy feeling, getting rid of it.

...oh JEEZ those don't look like bug bites. Those look like "I got stabbed" marks.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 05:47 PM

Mynxae

2013-06-24, 06:53 PM

Hardly a contest: Tai-lulu is meek and genteel; Mynxalot is a hardboiled budgie-smuggling ferox.

I'll wait for you on the verandah in my shirtsleeves with a bottle of Mount Gay rum.

Are we going to have some Gaytime while we're at it? :smallwink::smalltongue::smallbiggrin:

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 06:56 PM

Just to be clear:

I meant this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(feeling)).

Not this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)).

It's certainly good, but I don't think Newton threw a party after an apple fell on his head.
Oh! I see.

Rawhide

2013-06-24, 07:02 PM

Are we going to have some Gaytime while we're at it? :smallwink::smalltongue::smallbiggrin:

FYI for non-Aussies. (http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/109/1/3/Fancy_A_Gaytime___by_xXxFluro_RainxXx.jpg)

Qwertystop

2013-06-24, 07:05 PM

Well titled.

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 07:08 PM

FYI for non-Aussies. (http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/109/1/3/Fancy_A_Gaytime___by_xXxFluro_RainxXx.jpg)
A double meaning! Most cunning.

Taet

2013-06-24, 07:17 PM

It rains here but in the winter. The wintertime is gray enough to keep you happy, LaZodiac. But now the days should be so dry that the sky doesn't have enough color in it. This rain is welcome and it is continuing. Very unnatural. I have been pulling weeds since they have finally stopped setting seeds and it will never be this easy again for months.

Those bug bites look like gravel rash. Are you sure they aren't bruises?

It worries me that Kneenibble wrote that invitation and didn't limit it to one person.

Mynxae

2013-06-24, 07:22 PM

FYI for non-Aussies. (http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/109/1/3/Fancy_A_Gaytime___by_xXxFluro_RainxXx.jpg)

Why thank you kind admin. I forget people don't know what it is in other places. :smallredface:

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 07:43 PM

FYI for non-Aussies. (http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/109/1/3/Fancy_A_Gaytime___by_xXxFluro_RainxXx.jpg)

I still sniggle a little bit whenever I see that... x.x

It's certainly good, but I don't think Newton threw a party after an apple fell on his head.

Pinkie Pie, on the other hand, is always on the prowl for an excuse to party. :smallamused:

Or have a gay old time, even.

It worries me that Kneenibble wrote that invitation and didn't limit it to one person.

Worries? :smallconfused: Or Intrigues? :smallamused:

When mosquito's bite, they release a clotting agent that prevents clotting. This agent, the remains of it, are what make the "bite" in question itch. The gauze of the Band-Aid absorbs this. Additionally, the pressure from the Band-Aid being on helps soothe the itchy feeling, getting rid of it.

...oh JEEZ those don't look like bug bites. Those look like "I got stabbed" marks.

Huh, I'd never heard that. :smallconfused:

More like, I got beaten by my sister marks... Not that I'd know. Usually other people's sisters beat me, growing up.

Bah.

Wouldn't be here but for it, after all.

Then again, I suppose the same could be said for a lot of things we'd rather keep dirty little secrets.

Taet

2013-06-24, 09:10 PM

I plead the fifth.

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 09:34 PM

Knee-nee! I saw a brown bird with a red tummy and a small yellow beak. What kind of bird is it? I think it's the bird that makes that call I was hearing!

Kneenibble

2013-06-24, 09:37 PM

I am gobbling down a giant salad of French heirloom lettuce, spinach, and sorrel leaves (planted thanks to Teddifer, and highly enjoyable, even if we were talking about different creatures: so thank you for the serendipitously wrong suggestion). A handful of sorrel leaves torn up into the mix adds a delightful sour-sweet zing.

The last of the radishes are eaten as well, just as they threatened to bolt in the heat; now only the leafy vegetables are ready, but the garden boxes are busting at the seams to contain their bounty. We've had alternating periods of heavy rain and hot sun that have inflamed a garden bonanza. I am so happy (this is not to mention everything that is about to come into blossom, too various to enumerate).

The only misfortune has been my poor strawberries. I had a good dozen lipstick-red berries about ready to pick over the weekend, and when I came back from work this evening to collect, all of them had been sloppily razed. I only hope it was cute puffy birds that enjoyed them and not some blackguard squirrel, on whose hateful little ninja body I would have to feast in revenge.

...Oh great googly moogly you're making me hungry. I have to admit, I've never had either tahini or red sauce on my shwarma... usually more of a tzatziki man myself... Nothing like licking tzatziki off of your lips after finishing off a gyro.

So to speak.

Mmm, but I've never had a gyro with tzatziki. This particular joint is Lesbianese. The "red sauce" isn't tomato-based, it's almost like a chili vinaigrette. A little vinegary, a little oily, very incendiary. Nnngh I want another.

So the toppings are a little different among the various versions of this amazing dish: how about the meat? Would this shawarma's butter-soft beef be much different from your tzatziki-slathered gyros?

Such a pretty budge.

I shall tell Mabel you said so. She will probably send back tweets and bordering-on-blood-drawingly-painful-nose-nibbles in return.

Yeah... but, he made the dragons, the balrogs, Sauron, that one wolf, orcs, and still managed to keep one of the Silmarils for quite a while in Angbad (before Beren and Luthien stole it from him), so I think Melkor did pretty well for himself. :smallamused:

I'd hardly compare you to Tolkien's epitome of evil, though. :smalltongue:

I believe dragons are the only thing on that list that Melkor actually created, which is very interesting. Sauron and the balrogs were seduced Maiar; that wolf was bred from wild wolfstock and perverted with living sentient prey; and orcs, depending on which version of history you believe, are merely elves after a few generations of meth addiction. But while almost all of his other works were perversions in that way, it's neat that he made the dragons. I love thinking about a world where Melkor never turned fully south, and use his initial world-breaking powers of fire and ice to beautify Arda and his works be both terrible and wonderful to behold.

He actually had all three Silmarils for a while -- Beren and Luthien recovered one.

Nice Tolkien trivia, by the way! I love that stuff. I feel like you and Tom Bombadil would get along. Also you and hobbits.

It's raining here. In June. This does not happen between April and October unless you are on the coast. I went and stood in it so I would not forget. Everything smelled of drying grass. I heard leaves uncurling or maybe flower buds opening. Then I came inside and the cats washed off the wetness.

What can I do to help plain cheap bottom round steak? It's meat but not "mmm" meat. Salt and pepper aren't enough. Soy sauce marinade is for grilling meat and this is not grilling quality.

Alas, I am only just nearing my first anniversary of meat-eating, and I have very little skills for cooking the stuff. I would say butterfly it and pan-fry in ghee, but what do I know?

I love the idea of hearing a dry world respond to an unlikely rain. The sound of dry earth absorbing rain is one of my favourites in this world. Do you live in a kind of East of Eden near-desert?

Nn! If I were not as tired, I would accept.

No!

A great deal of face is lost to refusing a duel, Thai-lily, not to mention it belies your estimation of my honour rather poorly.

No to what part? :smallconfused:

I wasn't talking about the camera:
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/1953/ngl5.jpg

The bite closest to the heel (to the right) is a mosquito bite, the rest are midges. And this is looking good compared to yesterday. Then they were bright red.
Also, heh. :smallsneakyamused:

Positively capital ankle, my lad. :smalllustyVictorianbudgieface:

Heh. Over here, rain in the summer is considered normal. The only tone you could ever say "Swedish summer" in is seeping with sarcasm. Anything else is just plain unnatural...

Is that a thing? "Swedish summer?" I've never heard the phrase.

Are we going to have some Gaytime while we're at it? :smallwink::smalltongue::smallbiggrin:

Indeed; its sweetness shall dribble down our chins and the back of our hands.

I plead the fifth.

:amused:

Knee-nee! I saw a brown bird with a red tummy and a small yellow beak. What kind of bird is it? I think it's the bird that makes that call I was hearing!

Do you remember what shape of beak?

Either way I'll call my sister and get her to check her little Canadian bird book! Yay birds! :smallbiggrin:

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 09:58 PM

Do you remember what shape of beak?

Either way I'll call my sister and get her to check her little Canadian bird book! Yay birds! :smallbiggrin:

I believe it was a triangular beak. If I saw a picture of it I'd be able to identify it.

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 10:05 PM

Wouldn't be here but for it, after all.
Oh? :smalltongue:

A great deal of face is lost to refusing a duel, Thai-lily, not to mention it belies your estimation of my honour rather poorly.
You speak the truth! I am far too cowardly to try and regain my honour.

No to what part? :smallconfused:
Now that I look back at it, I have no idea-

-Which dishonours me further! Alas.

Mynxae

2013-06-24, 10:06 PM

Indeed; its sweetness shall dribble down our chins and the back of our hands.

Did anyone else blush and burst out laughing at the same time to this? Or am I the only dirty-minded person here? :smallredface::smallbiggrin:

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 10:16 PM

Dimonite

2013-06-24, 10:22 PM

Also, one mosquito bite? You don't get out nearly enough.

Or it could just be her blood type. Turns out, mosquitoes and other bugs are most likely to munch on people with O-type blood, like me, while ignoring surrounding people who have A-type blood, like my brother. Which is why when we go on vacation and are both outdoors for six hours a day for a week, he gets a total of two mosquito bites and I get twenty-three*.

*Numbers may not by typical. Taken from a one-time sample three years ago, when I was complaining about mosquitoes and my brother said that he had only been bitten twice, which prompted me to count the number of times I had been bitten.

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 10:43 PM

Oh? :smalltongue:

You speak the truth! I am far too cowardly to try and regain my honour.

Well, you know, there's a lot of generations of human that went into manufacturing that meat popsicle you're stuck in.

That's too bad.

I am gobbling down a giant salad of French heirloom lettuce, spinach, and sorrel leaves (planted thanks to Teddifer, and highly enjoyable, even if we were talking about different creatures: so thank you for the serendipitously wrong suggestion). A handful of sorrel leaves torn up into the mix adds a delightful sour-sweet zing.

The last of the radishes are eaten as well, just as they threatened to bolt in the heat; now only the leafy vegetables are ready, but the garden boxes are busting at the seams to contain their bounty. We've had alternating periods of heavy rain and hot sun that have inflamed a garden bonanza. I am so happy (this is not to mention everything that is about to come into blossom, too various to enumerate).

The only misfortune has been my poor strawberries. I had a good dozen lipstick-red berries about ready to pick over the weekend, and when I came back from work this evening to collect, all of them had been sloppily razed. I only hope it was cute puffy birds that enjoyed them and not some blackguard squirrel, on whose hateful little ninja body I would have to feast in revenge.

Nice. Also, you make vegetables sound good. Alas for those poor strawberries though. :smallfrown:

My only thoughts involve traps and hanging up the skinned pelt as a warning for all who would oppose you.

So to speak.

Mmm, but I've never had a gyro with tzatziki. This particular joint is Lesbianese. The "red sauce" isn't tomato-based, it's almost like a chili vinaigrette. A little vinegary, a little oily, very incendiary. Nnngh I want another.

So the toppings are a little different among the various versions of this amazing dish: how about the meat? Would this shawarma's butter-soft beef be much different from your tzatziki-slathered gyros?

I shall tell Mabel you said so. She will probably send back tweets and bordering-on-blood-drawingly-painful-nose-nibbles in return.

Hmm to hmm, eh?

Lesbianese or Lebanese? There is a difference, after all. :smallamused: Chili vinaigrette sounds interesting, I must admit...

There certainly are variants. Tzatziki, cucumber, tomato, and onion are the usual ones at the joint I go to. I'm not sure which particular spin on things they do there, actually, as it's billed as more general mediterranean/levantine.

The meat is good, and it is soft... I wouldn't quite say it was as soft as butter though, but that may be more due to my lack of familiarity with the expression "butter-soft beef." ...I want shwarma now. Again.

Oh my. I need that nose to be sexy with!

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 10:46 PM

Lesbianese or Lebanese? There is a difference, after all. :smallamused: Chili vinaigrette sounds interesting, I must admit...

There certainly are variants. Tzatziki, cucumber, tomato, and onion are the usual ones at the joint I go to. I'm not sure which particular spin on things they do there, actually, as it's billed as more general mediterranean/levantine.

Obligatory comic (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1122/).

Aw, man, now I want a gyro. There's this great Greek restaurant, but it's half an hour away, and they're probably closed right now... Damn.

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 11:03 PM

Well, you know, there's a lot of generations of human that went into manufacturing that meat popsicle you're stuck in.
Oh, yes. I'm a mixture of many distinct flavours.

That's too bad.
It is. Will you regain my honour for me, Comrade?

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 11:08 PM

...What's honorable about one person asking another person to shoot a third person?
What's honourable about shooting a person in the first place?

(Also, I was assuming we were duelling with swords, not guns.)

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 11:23 PM

It's still stupid, illegal, and stupid.
Swords are never stupid!

ION: Why do so many people's signatures contain links to threads whose titles are suspicious-looking acronyms?
...Suspicious looking?

What if a severely-paranoid parent sees they're kid on one of those threads?
What, if said paranoid parent is close-minded or something?

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 11:26 PM

Oh, yes. I'm a mixture of many distinct flavours.

It is. Will you regain my honour for me, Comrade?

Also, yes.

...It doesn't really work that way... I mean, unless you were to agree and then manage to duck out on me after somehow getting me to agree to be your second... I mean, I'd probably just shoot into the air or ground or whichever it is anyway and then go get some wafflehouse or ihop or huddle house or tim hortons or whatever it is they have in Canadia...

Obligatory comic (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1122/).

Aw, man, now I want a gyro. There's this great Greek restaurant, but it's half an hour away, and they're probably closed right now... Damn.

Good ol' explosms.

Yes, that's right! Share in my suffering! Your tears are delicious sustenance to me, let me lick them from your dewy eyelids! Far better than noisome boiled potatoes and creole seasoning due to getting distracted while I was making mashed potatoes...

Swords are never stupid!

...Suspicious looking?

What, if said paranoid parent is close-minded or something?

Mostly they're pretty collectibles. Occasionally practical, but rarely as practical as a nice kukri.

I, too, am intrigued as to what suspicious-looking links enderlord is referring to.

*shrug* I figure an actually paranoid parent wouldn't let a kid on gitp anyway, because of 1. the comic, because webcomics is evil, and 2. D&D, because D&D is, well, satan's game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBEka-RIy1Y).

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-24, 11:34 PM

Good ol' explosms.

Yes, that's right! Share in my suffering! Your tears are delicious sustenance to me, let me lick them from your dewy eyelids! Far better than noisome boiled potatoes and creole seasoning due to getting distracted while I was making mashed potatoes...

*shrug* I figure an actually paranoid parent wouldn't let a kid on gitp anyway, because of 1. the comic, because webcomics is evil, and 2. D&D, because D&D is, well, satan's game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBEka-RIy1Y).

There is a webcomic for everything. It's probably possible to have a conversation entirely in webcomics. :smallamused:

Hey, I had a burger and fried chicken wings with peri-peri sauce for dinner. Your boiled potatoes ain't got nothing on me. :smalltongue:

Well, you're assuming a specific type of paranoid parent. There are others; ones that would be worried that people on the internet actually want to find out where you live, or give you viruses, while in reality we'd much rather just send you links to things we think are cool and complain about where we live. :smallamused:

Coidzor

2013-06-24, 11:37 PM

There is a webcomic for everything. It's probably possible to have a conversation entirely in webcomics. :smallamused:

Hey, I had a burger and fried chicken wings with peri-peri sauce for dinner. Your boiled potatoes ain't got nothing on me. :smalltongue:

Well, you're assuming a specific type of paranoid parent. There are others; ones that would be worried that people on the internet actually want to find out where you live, or give you viruses, while in reality we'd much rather just send you links to things we think are cool and complain about where we live. :smallamused:

Yes, it has happened before. Don't think in RB, but I swear I've seen it... :smallconfused::smalleek:

mmm, chicken wangs. (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail166.html) I honestly have no idea what I was going to eat with them either. I had macaroni and cheese for lunch which was when I started the mashed potatoes because I had a sudden craving for them. And then distraction struck.

Oh, those kinds. Those ones are sillies.

TaiLiu

2013-06-24, 11:47 PM

...It doesn't really work that way...
Curses!

Mostly they're pretty collectibles. Occasionally practical, but rarely as practical as a nice kukri.
I defer to your greater experience.

I, too, am intrigued as to what suspicious-looking links enderlord is referring to.
The only acronym-links I know of are the LGBTA ones.

Taet

2013-06-24, 11:53 PM

Dinner was cheap meat and baked potatoes and tomatoes. I brined the meat with salt and pepper and sugar. It didn't help the flavor much but it meant lots of liquid seeped out and cooked up as soft bubbles. I like eating those so that was good.

How large was the bird, LaZodiac? That matters too. And did it have a pointed tuft on the top of its head?

If I was going to answer about duels and champions I would do it with a webcomic. In fact I think I can. Oh, champions (http://templaraz.com/2011/05/25/chapter-5-lit-page-90/)!

LaZodiac

2013-06-24, 11:55 PM

How large was the bird, LaZodiac? That matters too. And did it have a pointed tuft on the top of its head?

It was small and no.

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 12:05 AM

Dinner was cheap meat and baked potatoes and tomatoes. I brined the meat with salt and pepper and sugar. It didn't help the flavor much but it meant lots of liquid seeped out and cooked up as soft bubbles. I like eating those so that was good.

If I was going to answer about duels and champions I would do it with a webcomic. In fact I think I can. Oh, champions (http://templaraz.com/2011/05/25/chapter-5-lit-page-90/)!

Just sliced tomato? I'm never quite sure what to do with meat that's not good enough for grilling or stirfry but too good for stewing, I must admit. Normally I'd guess something like philly cheese steak or fajitas. At least it was edible. :smallsmile:

Oh my. It finally got interesting again, eh?

Curses!

I defer to your greater experience.

The only acronym-links I know of are the LGBTA ones.

Granted, I think Tim Hortons and Sir Nibbles would be quite enchanting.

Oh, no, don't do that. Deference leads to certain liberties being taken which should not. If you know not of the wonders of the kukri, then I heartily encourage you to do a bit of research. They're quite wonderful tools, even aside from how good they are at cleaving men in twain.

And that's just exactly what it says on the tin.

CynicalAvocado

2013-06-25, 12:33 AM

did anyone catch game 6 of the stanley cup?

holy gods above what an exciting series

Feytalist

2013-06-25, 07:15 AM

Mmmm sushi.

Working so close to a huge food court has its perks.

Of course, it has its downside too. Like when you notice at the end of the week that you had spent about twice as much on food as you had previously thought.

mistformsquirrl

2013-06-25, 07:25 AM

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 08:29 AM

So, out of a random fit of nostalgia, I bought a can of Chef Boyardee ravioli last week, and had it today. As a child, I loved the stuff... as an adult, I'm less certain what I think of it; except one thing: Ho-lee-crap that is a LOT of fennel in that pasta. No actual fennel seeds, but it overpowered everything else. <@.@>

Still, for a quick breakfast when I didn't want to do anything more complicated it worked out.

< . .>/ complete and total randomness

Huh. I never noticed that much fennel in there, I must admit. Granted, I haven't had actual Chef Boyardee in ages, having switched to the generic for emergency bachelor chow rations in highschool and college, since I could usually get two or three cans of the store brand for the cost of one can of chef boyardee. I'll have to grab a can and see if it has fennel in it sometime though.

*shudder* I can't stand canned pasta for breakfast, I must admit, but that's related to my college days...

did anyone catch game 6 of the stanley cup?

holy gods above what an exciting series

Don't really watch much television, and I watch even less sports. Glad to hear they're putting on a good show rather than just shutting each other down completely.

Mmmm sushi.

Working so close to a huge food court has its perks.

Of course, it has its downside too. Like when you notice at the end of the week that you had spent about twice as much on food as you had previously thought.

Sushi is pretty durn nice. And food courts can be good for a bit. I find that exposure makes them lose their allure though.

Hopefully your wallet will survive until you've become disenchanted? Either that or you're gonna have to start packing a lunch?

Feytalist

2013-06-25, 08:40 AM

Sushi is pretty durn nice. And food courts can be good for a bit. I find that exposure makes them lose their allure though.

Hopefully your wallet will survive until you've become disenchanted? Either that or you're gonna have to start packing a lunch?

Heh. Gonna have to stop packing a lunch, if this goes on for much longer. Cause I bring lunch now, but then a couple of co-workers go "half-price sushi at XYZ's, who wants to come?" And who can pass that up.

Seems like every other day there's a special at some place or the other. And that's where the problem comes in...

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 09:14 AM

Heh. Gonna have to stop packing a lunch, if this goes on for much longer. Cause I bring lunch now, but then a couple of co-workers go "half-price sushi at XYZ's, who wants to come?" And who can pass that up.

Seems like every other day there's a special at some place or the other. And that's where the problem comes in...

Hmm.. Maybe you just need some snacks so that you aren't too hungry come lunch time so you can get away with ordering less?

More like, if they think the thread is what I used to think the thread was I. E. a porn thread.

I don't even. I am twelve and what is this? wat wot wut lolwut?

Teddy

2013-06-25, 09:15 AM

When mosquito's bite, they release a clotting agent that prevents clotting. This agent, the remains of it, are what make the "bite" in question itch. The gauze of the Band-Aid absorbs this. Additionally, the pressure from the Band-Aid being on helps soothe the itchy feeling, getting rid of it.

I kind of doubt the efficiency of absorbation, but the pressure I can wrap my head around...

...oh JEEZ those don't look like bug bites. Those look like "I got stabbed" marks.

You know, if I actually got stabbed, you'd probably see the entry wounds as well... :smallwink:

Those bug bites look like gravel rash. Are you sure they aren't bruises?

Yes, because I saw the midges bite me, and haven't suffered any other injuries in the past week...

Also, they feel just like bug bites.

I am gobbling down a giant salad of French heirloom lettuce, spinach, and sorrel leaves (planted thanks to Teddifer, and highly enjoyable, even if we were talking about different creatures: so thank you for the serendipitously wrong suggestion). A handful of sorrel leaves torn up into the mix adds a delightful sour-sweet zing.

French heirloom lettuce sounds funny, like a head of lettuce grown long ago by a French family and passed throught the generations like a fine vintage wine.

And I'm glad you enjoy the sorrel. I imagine the taste to be much like the wood sorrel in my backyard, but with its own peculiarities, so I can see why you'd like it...

The only misfortune has been my poor strawberries. I had a good dozen lipstick-red berries about ready to pick over the weekend, and when I came back from work this evening to collect, all of them had been sloppily razed. I only hope it was cute puffy birds that enjoyed them and not some blackguard squirrel, on whose hateful little ninja body I would have to feast in revenge.

The loss of ripe strawberries (wild or otherwise) is always a great one. And I'd blame the insects if I were you, they're vicious berry-devourers, the little critters.

Positively capital ankle, my lad. :smalllustyVictorianbudgieface:

Well, thank you my good sir.

Oh, and talking about victorian budgies, I've started reading The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack, where they use eugenicistically (genetically) enhanced parakeets to deliver verbal messages. They're pretty foul-mouthed, though, not at all like your refined self.

Is that a thing? "Swedish summer?" I've never heard the phrase.

It's mostly spoken of by Swedes, really, but any Swede know exactly what you mean with "Swedish summer". For example, a few years ago (perhaps two), I did an Iron Avatarist entry with Team Evil visiting the beach, but it was raining, so they had all huddled together under MitD's umbrella. Elder Tsofu immediately responded to it by asking if that was a bit of Swedish Summer he saw in there. It would be a lie to claim it wasn't...

mistformsquirrl

2013-06-25, 09:21 AM

More like, if they think the thread is what I used to think the thread was I. E. a porn thread.

I mean, If they're not familiar with the acronym, then that would be cause for concern for them (like I said, paranoid); If they did know what the acronym stood for, well, it has the word "sex" in it multiple times.

< . .>; If they're looking for porn in the thread I'm thinking of, they're going to be very disappointed. They will find much hugging, but that's par for the course I figure <.<

Speaking of:

*Huggledrives the thread* <^-^> I just realized I'd never done that to a random banter thread. Now I'm satisfied.

Feytalist

2013-06-25, 09:24 AM

Hmm.. Maybe you just need some snacks so that you aren't too hungry come lunch time so you can get away with ordering less?

Nah, I'm okay with it. I'll just have to learn to decline every so often (when it's time for curry, perhaps. I can't do curry. Heh). And I'm already ordering less, I'm a pretty slight guy. If I had snacks inbetween, I'd never eat real food :smallbiggrin:

LaZodiac

2013-06-25, 09:34 AM

You know, if I actually got stabbed, you'd probably see the entry wounds as well... :smallwink:

...yes, yes, I knew that :smallredface:

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 09:37 AM

I mean, If they're not familiar with the acronym, then that would be cause for concern for them (like I said, paranoid); If they did know what the acronym stood for, well, it has the word "sex" in it multiple times.

This edit doesn't explain why you'd think the LGBTA thread was a porn thread in the slightest. Especially not after a cursory inspection of da roolz or vague knowledge of the sight itself.

...And I don't think you even know what the acronym stands for. :smallconfused:

I explained their possible reasoning in my edit.

That's exactly what my parents are like.

...The LGBTA thread has the word "sex" come up only one time in its acronym and that's in the form of asexual. Frankly, I don't see your reasoning in the slightest, and said edit does not explain things very well at all.

Well, you don't have to live with them forever, I suppose.

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 09:47 AM

What about bisexual and transsexual? That makes a total of three.

Ok, you got me with the longform of Bi, but the T is actually Trans*, IIRC.

Besides, as was mentioned, actually knowing the acronym should, y'know, inform the person that it has nothing to do with porn.

LaZodiac

2013-06-25, 10:00 AM

Transasterisk?:smallconfused:

The idea is that it is just the word Trans, incompasing all types of Trans, be they vestites, sexuals, or just genders.

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 10:25 AM

Transasterisk? Transstar? Transsnowflake?:smallconfused:

The thread has an explanation and glossary in the OP. From what you've said it honestly sounds like you could do with a read through of it.

Kneenibble

2013-06-25, 01:52 PM

I believe it was a triangular beak. If I saw a picture of it I'd be able to identify it.

From what you have said so far to me and Tight, it sounds like some kind of finch: but I am not familiar with our birdkind that far north. I'll let you know when I've spoken to my sister and consulted her big book.

You speak the truth! I am far too cowardly to try and regain my honour.

Now that I look back at it, I have no idea-

-Which dishonours me further! Alas.

You're a weak, weak fellow, and you have dishonoured us both. Please deny yourself tea for eleven days in contrition: after which we shall drink thimbles of Lucky Dragon and make our peace.

Did anyone else blush and burst out laughing at the same time to this? Or am I the only dirty-minded person here? :smallredface::smallbiggrin:

I don't know what you mean. :smallwink:

Mmm... salad. :smalltongue:

Ooh, radishes. I rather like radishes, especially fresh ones. :smallcool:

Salad is delicious! Teddy understands! Spinach freshly picked from the garden is so dainty and tender and crisp. I had good luck with radishes this year -- plenty of Cherry Belles (small, round, and red) and a few French Breakfast (stubby and red with white tips).

White Icicles don't like me: the time between too-cold and too-hot here seems too short for them, and they always turn up woody and bitter. But I wants them, for they are pretty. ;___; Would you munch these with me of an afternoon, Midas Drouch?
http://www.condorseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Radish-White-Icicle.jpg

Well, it's been a long while since I read the Silmarillion (and there's a reason for that, which anyone that has read the thing knows :smallamused:). I did know that Sauron and the orcs were corrupted, and suspected as much with the wolf - that the balrogs were corrupted Maiar sounds about right.

It depends on what you define as "created", really. If you mean, "made wholecloth from nothing", Melkor did very little of that. If you mean, "made unique with purpose and by design", he did that with everything. Breeding evil creatures, seducing everything from Maiar to men with greed and power, corrupting elves into orcs, and so forth.

The balrogs were Maiar of fire, and I recall mention of their uncorrupted kin in the story about the creation of the sun. I see you are a Melkor-appreciator. He is so fascinating a character. Here (http://thegreatmc.deviantart.com/art/Peculiar-individuals-Morgoth-104300223) is one of my favourite depictions of him.

Was it all three? I had thought it was just the one. I forget where Feanor and his descendants misplaced the others, so they very well may have fell into Morgoroth's hands.

Yeah, he swiped all three after he and Ungoliant wrecked the Two Trees. I wrote that sentence and then spent half an hour lusting after gems on Etsy, rrrrgh must have streeength...

Of the things I know, I know well, save for that which I do not. :smallamused: Tom Bombadil's a cool guy, but I don't think he has the attention span to have a proper friendship, though. Well, the hobbits have a life philosophy I like: lots of food, not so much work. :smallbiggrin:

I bet hobbits have absolutely killer bacon, too. Thick smoky bacon that they'd fry in their iron pans perfectly. Then they'd use the fat in the pan to sizzle up some eggs and tomatoes, with buttery sourdough hobbit toast. For a first breakfast, anyways.

Nice. Also, you make vegetables sound good. Alas for those poor strawberries though. :smallfrown:

My only thoughts involve traps and hanging up the skinned pelt as a warning for all who would oppose you.

Yeah, this happened last year too. I thought having them in a raised bed would make a difference, but no dice. Perhaps I'll just pull them out to make room for something I can enjoy. Suppose I caught this squirrel -- do you know anything about small pelt-curing?

Lesbianese or Lebanese? There is a difference, after all. :smallamused: Chili vinaigrette sounds interesting, I must admit...

There certainly are variants. Tzatziki, cucumber, tomato, and onion are the usual ones at the joint I go to. I'm not sure which particular spin on things they do there, actually, as it's billed as more general mediterranean/levantine.

The meat is good, and it is soft... I wouldn't quite say it was as soft as butter though, but that may be more due to my lack of familiarity with the expression "butter-soft beef." ...I want shwarma now. Again.

Ooh. I wish to try all the variants, but we have few such joints in town. This place puts lettuce, tomatoes, onions, the pickled radish, tahini sauce, chile sauce, and either beef, chicken, or lamb. I bet it's amazing with tzatziki.

I'm just abusing my poetic license as usual. The meat barely feels necessary to chew, almost seeming to melt in the mouth with succulence, so it's a little like biting butter. Holy granola I'm hungry. As soon as I finish this post I'm going to get one.

Oh my. I need that nose to be sexy with!

What's sexier than a big old budgie bite on the bridge of your nose? :smallamused:

If I was going to answer about duels and champions I would do it with a webcomic. In fact I think I can. Oh, champions (http://templaraz.com/2011/05/25/chapter-5-lit-page-90/)!

What an interesting webcomic. It seems lush and baroque and campy. It bears further reading, methinks.

Thank you for a description of dinner, by the way, which did not further inflame my appetite. :smallwink:

French heirloom lettuce sounds funny, like a head of lettuce grown long ago by a French family and passed throught the generations like a fine vintage wine.

Tee hee. :smallsmile: Yes, I picked it up in an antique store. I bought it for the dish it was in.

The loss of ripe strawberries (wild or otherwise) is always a great one. And I'd blame the insects if I were you, they're vicious berry-devourers, the little critters.

Indeed it is; but there were chunks of uneaten strawberry scattered about, the wounds looking large and torn rather than tiny and infesty. I think something big and greedy and careless did the damage, and I know there are stupid squirrels being fed on peanuts by the Italian widow across the street that come and bury them in my beds. Do you know how to set snares?

Well, thank you my good sir.

Oh, and talking about victorian budgies, I've started reading The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack, where they use eugenicistically (genetically) enhanced parakeets to deliver verbal messages. They're pretty foul-mouthed, though, not at all like your refined self.

That's cute! After generations of mimicing "pretty bird" and "hello" and other trite quips, I imagine the freedom to curse is liberating. Would you recommend this book? It sounds delightfully unique.

It's mostly spoken of by Swedes, really, but any Swede know exactly what you mean with "Swedish summer". For example, a few years ago (perhaps two), I did an Iron Avatarist entry with Team Evil visiting the beach, but it was raining, so they had all huddled together under MitD's umbrella. Elder Tsofu immediately responded to it by asking if that was a bit of Swedish Summer he saw in there. It would be a lie to claim it wasn't...

Ah, your Baltic Sea and your mountains -- a double-edged sword. They keep your northron lands mild enough to be habitable, but the tempered exhalations of the sea are overfriendly at times.

Looking at a map just now, it strikes me how mountainous and slender is Norway. A thin rough rind against the sweet pastoral fruit of its neighbour.

Nah, I'm okay with it. I'll just have to learn to decline every so often (when it's time for curry, perhaps. I can't do curry. Heh). And I'm already ordering less, I'm a pretty slight guy. If I had snacks inbetween, I'd never eat real food :smallbiggrin:

Mmm, I'd wager you can get some pretty righteous seafood in South Africa. It must be great sushi.

Teddy

2013-06-25, 02:02 PM

I had the year's first blueberries today. They're in no way sweet yet, but they're blueberries, and that's what matters.

ION:
Groups are formed for the Game Development project. My group intend to do a platformer, partially because it's such an open-ended medium, and partially because it won't be any of our darlings, so we won't have to fear cutting out anything "important" due to a lack of time.

Taet

2013-06-25, 02:08 PM

I am wordless in the face of the evil. No. This isn't evil, it's just bad judgment. And words aren't blocked any more.

If enderlord's parents are using bad judgment he'll just have to learn to do it well instead. If that is a good teaching thread then reading it will be a good start.

FinnLassie

2013-06-25, 02:17 PM

I had the year's first blueberries today. They're in no way sweet yet, but they're blueberries, and that's what matters.

Ah, thank you for reminding me, Nalle! I have to go and search through our nearby forest. Nom nom blueberries all day erry day!

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-25, 02:26 PM

Salad is delicious! Teddy understands! Spinach freshly picked from the garden is so dainty and tender and crisp. I had good luck with radishes this year -- plenty of Cherry Belles (small, round, and red) and a few French Breakfast (stubby and red with white tips).

White Icicles don't like me: the time between too-cold and too-hot here seems too short for them, and they always turn up woody and bitter. But I wants them, for they are pretty. ;___; Would you munch these with me of an afternoon, Midas Drouch?
http://www.condorseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Radish-White-Icicle.jpg

Nah, I'm not really a big fan of spinach. It has too much flavor, and it isn't particularly palatable. I much prefer lettuce. Salad can be delicious, when it's done right. It should be equal parts (by volume) lettuce, bacon, and ranch dressing. :smallcool:

I miss having radishes in the garden since we moved. I'd try to get some this year, but I'm not going to be here to eat them, so it'd be in vain.

Maybe. They look more like carrots than they do radishes, though. I think the red ones are better, anyway. :smalltongue:

The balrogs were Maiar of fire, and I recall mention of their uncorrupted kin in the story about the creation of the sun. I see you are a Melkor-appreciator. He is so fascinating a character. Here (http://thegreatmc.deviantart.com/art/Peculiar-individuals-Morgoth-104300223) is one of my favourite depictions of him.

Yeah, he swiped all three after he and Ungoliant wrecked the Two Trees. I wrote that sentence and then spent half an hour lusting after gems on Etsy, rrrrgh must have streeength...

I always thought Sauron was cooler. :smalltongue: Back when he was a Maia-sorcerer-king, though, not just an eye in a tower.

Ah, okay. Silly Feanor, making fancy things and being selfish. Morgoroth gets them in the end anyway. :smallamused:

I bet hobbits have absolutely killer bacon, too. Thick smoky bacon that they'd fry in their iron pans perfectly. Then they'd use the fat in the pan to sizzle up some eggs and tomatoes, with buttery sourdough hobbit toast. For a first breakfast, anyways.

Tee hee. :smallsmile: Yes, I picked it up in an antique store. I bought it for the dish it was in.

I always thought bacon was a second breakfast sort of food. You want something light for first breakfast, so you have room for elevensies and lunch. :smallamused: That does sound delicious, though...

(Given that we are talking about lettuce) Excellent wordplay, sir. :smallcool:

ION: Took my sister so she could donate blood, and then stopped at that one awesome Greek restaurant. Mm... gyros. :smallbiggrin:

FinnLassie

2013-06-25, 02:38 PM

Spinach is divine! Especially spinach pancakes. If we didn't run to the school dining area fast enough they'd all be eaten by the time we got there. :smallsigh: Ah, memories...

FinnLassie

2013-06-25, 02:45 PM

Spinach... pancakes... :smallyuk:

Wait, is the spinach in the pancakes like blueberries, or on them like maple syrup?:smallconfused:

... You'd put blueberries IN a pancake?! :smallconfused:

Om nom nom. (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MseaSwtiOE0/UFA3aHnex6I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/WsD8H6WXYp4/s1600/pinaattilettu2.jpg) Some lingonberry jam tops the pile perfectly... *stares at it mesmerised and drooling*

Teddy

2013-06-25, 02:47 PM

Indeed it is; but there were chunks of uneaten strawberry scattered about, the wounds looking large and torn rather than tiny and infesty. I think something big and greedy and careless did the damage, and I know there are stupid squirrels being fed on peanuts by the Italian widow across the street that come and bury them in my beds. Do you know how to set snares?

Hmm, yeah, I need a better look before I can conduct any forensic analysis.

And me? Snares? Do you honestly believe me to be one to know how to set snares?
...
Come to think about it, knowing would actually make perfect sense. I mean, I'm a master at learning trivia I never intend to put to use (and then actually may find use for)...

That's cute! After generations of mimicing "pretty bird" and "hello" and other trite quips, I imagine the freedom to curse is liberating. Would you recommend this book? It sounds delightfully unique.

I don't know, I've only read two chapters so far...

Ah, your Baltic Sea and your mountains -- a double-edged sword. They keep your northron lands mild enough to be habitable, but the tempered exhalations of the sea are overfriendly at times.

Actually, I think the gulf stream is primarily to blame for all of that. Most low-pressure fronts all seem to come from the west.

Looking at a map just now, it strikes me how mountainous and slender is Norway. A thin rough rind against the sweet pastoral fruit of its neighbour.

Yeah, Norway is pretty mountainous, and equally fractured by hundreds of fjords. It's an interesting country, and pretty pretty as well.

Ah, thank you for reminding me, Nalle! I have to go and search through our nearby forest. Nom nom blueberries all day erry day!

Ahh, now I got the sudden urge to translate and rewrite Mors lilla Olle to context. Just watch out, this bear happens to like blueberries quite a lot (still doesn't beat cloudberries jamwise, though).

FinnLassie

2013-06-25, 03:00 PM

Sometimes. I don't see what's so weird about it... I mean, people put them in muffins all the time, and both pancakes and muffins are sweet-tasting... uhh... thingies-that-contain-flour.

I don't find pancakes sweet. Hmm, maybe if you put sugar on top of them, and berries as well?

I'm not too fond with sweet things so I can't say anything about the muffins.

FinnLassie

2013-06-25, 03:26 PM

Or just maple syrup, like people normally do...

Not popular in Finland at all, I always thought it was a made up thing (I thought Marmite was a made up thing too, bwahahah) thing until I was like 17 and someone told me to taste it. Don't like it.

LaZodiac

2013-06-25, 04:26 PM

I put chocolate chips in MY pancakes :smallamused: :smallsmug:

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 04:56 PM

... You'd put blueberries IN a pancake?! :smallconfused:

Om nom nom. (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MseaSwtiOE0/UFA3aHnex6I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/WsD8H6WXYp4/s1600/pinaattilettu2.jpg) Some lingonberry jam tops the pile perfectly... *stares at it mesmerised and drooling*

Yep. Blueberries, chocolate chips, and bananas+nuts are the more common things we cook inside the pancake batter, but we only have thick pancakes and, rarely, crepes.

Spinach is divine! Especially spinach pancakes. If we didn't run to the school dining area fast enough they'd all be eaten by the time we got there. :smallsigh: Ah, memories...

Spanakopita is far, far better. :smalltongue: Though, I must admit, I am curious about these spinach pancakes. Are they the thinner, more crepe-like pancakes or the thicker ones?

Granted, I'm kind of a spanakopita fiend, so I may be biased...

Not popular in Finland at all, I always thought it was a made up thing (I thought Marmite was a made up thing too, bwahahah) thing until I was like 17 and someone told me to taste it. Don't like it.

Maple syrup, cane syrup, and, sadly, corn syrup are all things that exist and that people put on their pancakes over here.

Corn bread is also a thing that exists.

edit: Ze Nibbles!

You're a weak, weak fellow, and you have dishonoured us both. Please deny yourself tea for eleven days in contrition: after which we shall drink thimbles of Lucky Dragon and make our peace.

How magnanimous.

Salad is delicious! Teddy understands! Spinach freshly picked from the garden is so dainty and tender and crisp. I had good luck with radishes this year -- plenty of Cherry Belles (small, round, and red) and a few French Breakfast (stubby and red with white tips).

White Icicles don't like me: the time between too-cold and too-hot here seems too short for them, and they always turn up woody and bitter. But I wants them, for they are pretty. ;___; Would you munch these with me of an afternoon, Midas Drouch?
http://www.condorseed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Radish-White-Icicle.jpg

Salad is delicious, but Coidzors cannot live on salad alone. There's a certain... lust for hot blood that must be satisfied.

Those are adorable. I'm sorry to hear that they've been too bitter and woody for you to eat. T_T

The balrogs were Maiar of fire, and I recall mention of their uncorrupted kin in the story about the creation of the sun. I see you are a Melkor-appreciator. He is so fascinating a character. Here (http://thegreatmc.deviantart.com/art/Peculiar-individuals-Morgoth-104300223) is one of my favourite depictions of him.

That is far too adorable for the original dark lord. What on earth is he holding though? A chandlier? An ottoman?

I bet hobbits have absolutely killer bacon, too. Thick smoky bacon that they'd fry in their iron pans perfectly. Then they'd use the fat in the pan to sizzle up some eggs and tomatoes, with buttery sourdough hobbit toast. For a first breakfast, anyways.

You've just made me hungry and I just ate. :smallconfused:

Yeah, this happened last year too. I thought having them in a raised bed would make a difference, but no dice. Perhaps I'll just pull them out to make room for something I can enjoy. Suppose I caught this squirrel -- do you know anything about small pelt-curing?

All I particularly know is the way which involves mashing it with rock salt, which is what my brother did to preserve the pelt of a roadkill deer that managed to survive the initial impact long enough to stumble onto my grandma's land and die in the bushes. It's a bit stiff though, but fine if all one wanted was a deer pelt that was stretched out and nailed out as a sort of wall panel decoration.

I once read up on how to preserve moleskin and squirrels in a book by Daniel Beard back when I was a chillen, but sadly I don't recall the specifics.

Ooh. I wish to try all the variants, but we have few such joints in town. This place puts lettuce, tomatoes, onions, the pickled radish, tahini sauce, chile sauce, and either beef, chicken, or lamb. I bet it's amazing with tzatziki.

I'm just abusing my poetic license as usual. The meat barely feels necessary to chew, almost seeming to melt in the mouth with succulence, so it's a little like biting butter. Holy granola I'm hungry. As soon as I finish this post I'm going to get one.

That does sound pretty darn nice. Tzatziki is probably my favorite sauce, offhand... I honestly don't know how much of a regional variation there really is, but I'd definitely be game to find out. :smallbiggrin: I first got turned onto it when I found out we had a Greek Heritage Festival from one of my friends in Highschool whose parents and grandparents actually help put it on. Such a nice family... I should check up on him. Was pretty much a real life version of David...

I have to wonder if that island has any particular dishes that they pride themselves on.

What's sexier than a big old budgie bite on the bridge of your nose? :smallamused:

I'd tell you, but I think it might cause too many people to blush. :smallwink:

That's cute! After generations of mimicing "pretty bird" and "hello" and other trite quips, I imagine the freedom to curse is liberating. Would you recommend this book? It sounds delightfully unique.

Oh, they can mimic that kind of thing? I didn't think any of the parakeet family could do that.

Dimonite

2013-06-25, 07:20 PM

My new signature is a joke about the recent spambots. It is not spam in itself... well, not exactly.

I was fine with it before it made me lose the game. :smalltongue:

Seriously, I love this song.

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 07:48 PM

I was fine with it before it made me lose the game. :smalltongue:

Seriously, I love this song.

Bah, I say! Bah! The game ended when Randall Munroe (http://xkcd.com/391/) freed us all. Flash Gordon is loosely based upon how he saved every one of us. (http://youtu.be/m9kCCLwEga8?t=53s)

Oh, really now? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg3vtxuontw) :smallamused:

TaiLiu

2013-06-25, 08:04 PM

That's exactly what my parents are like.

Not so much "looking for" as "assuming their child has found."

They then don't let him on the internet for a few weeks.:smallsigh:
I must say, I have no words for this.

You're a weak, weak fellow, and you have dishonoured us both. Please deny yourself tea for eleven days in contrition: after which we shall drink thimbles of Lucky Dragon and make our peace.
Eleven... Eleven days?

I put chocolate chips in MY pancakes :smallamused: :smallsmug:
I don't even eat pancakes! :smalltongue:

How magnanimous.
How torturous! No tea for eleven days!

LaZodiac

2013-06-25, 08:07 PM

I don't even eat pancakes! :smalltongue:

This is horrible and sad. You should get some pancakes in you!

TaiLiu

2013-06-25, 08:28 PM

This is horrible and sad. You should get some pancakes in you!
But... But I don't like pancakes!

I'm not entirely sure that would happen anymore, but it would have in the past.
It's not so bad anymore? Phew!

They're still slightly paranoid about most websites, though; the only exception that I know of is, strange as this sounds, Facebook.:smallconfused:
I am greatly amused by this.

Dimonite

2013-06-25, 08:41 PM

Bah, I say! Bah! The game ended when Randall Munroe (http://xkcd.com/391/) freed us all. Flash Gordon is loosely based upon how he saved every one of us. (http://youtu.be/m9kCCLwEga8?t=53s)

But... Flash Gordon came before Randall Munroe did anything. Unless Randall Munroe is a time traveler. I wouldn't put it past him... Anyway, I've read that comic dozens of times, and I'm still playing.

Oh, really now? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg3vtxuontw) :smallamused:

Yes, really. Although that version does not have the greatest singer. Also I don't know the video game it's referencing, so that interferes with my enjoyment of it.

Mynxae

2013-06-25, 08:59 PM

I don't know what you mean. :smallwink:

If it's the last thing I ever do, I must visit Canada at some point. Hopefully before I become old and grey. :smallbiggrin:

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 09:25 PM

But... Flash Gordon came before Randall Munroe did anything. Unless Randall Munroe is a time traveler. I wouldn't put it past him... Anyway, I've read that comic dozens of times, and I'm still playing.

Yes, really. Although that version does not have the greatest singer. Also I don't know the video game it's referencing, so that interferes with my enjoyment of it.

Well, of course there's time travel involved. :smalltongue: I find that the best addition to the game is headbutting people who play it. :smallamused:

Oh dear, we need to shore up your education on the golden age of gaming then.

I must say, I have no words for this.

How torturous! No tea for eleven days!

I find fire and rage suffice.

Better than ending up as fresh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5mlr69VVQs&NR=1&feature=endscreen) horse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhBXR7I-c4).

Rawhide

2013-06-25, 09:40 PM

I don't find pancakes sweet. Hmm, maybe if you put sugar on top of them, and berries as well?

Of course they are. I suppose you can make non-sweet ones too, but pancakes are otherwise always sweet. Often served with honey, golden syrup, maple syrup, ice cream, and/or chocolate sauce.

Not popular in Finland at all, I always thought it was a made up thing (I thought Marmite was a made up thing too, bwahahah) thing until I was like 17 and someone told me to taste it. Don't like it.

There's your problem. Vegemite is where it's at. Forget Marmite.

... You'd put blueberries IN a pancake?! :smallconfused:

Of course you do. Also chocolate chips, other berries, nuts, and other sweet goodness.

Banana fritters are special pancakes with huge lumps of banana in them (often the banana is cut in half widthwise and again lengthwise to make 4 banana fritters per banana).

Yep. Blueberries, chocolate chips, and bananas+nuts are the more common things we cook inside the pancake batter, but we only have thick pancakes and, rarely, crepes.

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/xthreads_attach.php?file=8097_1294039558_146e99f9/fd2a820866b950e2402eb5e9d3450e5c/img4d19b7e63a27f.jpg

TaiLiu

2013-06-25, 09:41 PM

I find fire and rage suffice.
I don't know; that seems a bit cliché to me...

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 09:44 PM

...If someone tells their son not to talk to strangers, (regardless of whether or not they are referring to the internet), lighting them on fire probably won't make them more likely to trust you...

Well, there's hyperbole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole)for starters. :smallwink: And I find it best to rail at the heavens whenever one comes upon humans embracing lives lived in fear and ignorance. Helps avoid *actually* setting them on fire.

But, really, there's basically no saving people from themselves when they've embraced fear, hate, or willful ignorance as their way of life and when they combine these things, it gets even uglier. As such, I don't particularly care about the thoughts of overprotective mothers who don't want to actually go through the trouble of raising their own kids.

I don't know; that seems a bit cliché to me...

<_< >_> Yes. Yes it is.

LaZodiac

2013-06-25, 09:45 PM

But... But I don't like pancakes!

Ahh, okay. That's okay then. What kind of yeast flavored snack/breakfast cakes do you like, then?

TaiLiu

2013-06-25, 09:47 PM

<_< >_> Yes. Yes it is.
Ah. Would it be less so if one used ice instead of flame?

Ahh, okay. That's okay then. What kind of yeast flavored snack/breakfast cakes do you like, then?
Hm. None, I think.

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 09:48 PM

Of course they are. I suppose you can make non-sweet ones too, but pancakes are otherwise always sweet. Often served with honey, golden syrup, maple syrup, ice cream, and/or chocolate sauce.

There's your problem. Vegemite is where it's at. Forget Marmite.

Banana fritters are special pancakes with huge lumps of banana in them (often the banana is cut in half widthwise and again lengthwise to make 4 banana fritters per banana).

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/xthreads_attach.php?file=8097_1294039558_146e99f9/fd2a820866b950e2402eb5e9d3450e5c/img4d19b7e63a27f.jpg

Ah, yes, I forgot about golden syrup... I think that's somewhat related to treacle, right? I think we have a very limited supply of it, possibly as limited as unadulterated cane syrup... :smallsigh: I find that pancakes are usually neutral-ish to slightly sweet, as they're more a vessel for some form of sweet topping.

I still experience a profound fear whenever someone actually seriously proposes eating either.

Oh, well, when you call them banana fritters it somehow makes them magically sound even more delicious. Also slightly crispier than normal pancakes. ...I want one now. x.x

Ok, ok, so we have more than our fair share of crepes, now that you mention it...

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 09:50 PM

:smallconfused: I don't know where you're getting this part from.

Generally it's been letting others dictate the parents' thinking and childrearing that leads to such practices in my experience and all that I've encountered on the matter. That, or simply not really wanting to pay attention to their kids and actually teach them anything.

Ah. Would it be less so if one used ice instead of flame?

Hm. None, I think.

Easy now, Robert Frost. :smallamused:

Bro, do you even bread?

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-25, 09:51 PM

Of course they are. I suppose you can make non-sweet ones too, but pancakes are otherwise always sweet. Often served with honey, golden syrup, maple syrup, ice cream, and/or chocolate sauce.

I prefer corn syrup. That's good stuff. :smallcool:

Of course, it's hard to beat good maple syrup; even as runny as it is, the flavor is awesome.

Ahh, okay. That's okay then. What kind of yeast flavored snack/breakfast cakes do you like, then?

...I don't know if I'd want to eat a yeast-flavored anything. :smalltongue:

Waffles, though. They serve the same purpose as pancakes, but have lots of convenient pockets to hold all the syrup.

TaiLiu

2013-06-25, 09:53 PM

Easy now, Robert Frost. :smallamused:
I'm being compared to a famous poet [and I don't know why]!

Bro, do you even bread?
Oh, right. Bread.

Now that I think about it, many types of steamed buns are appealing to me.

TaiLiu

2013-06-25, 09:58 PM

No, I don't understand that poem, either.
It's deep. Mm.

Dimonite

2013-06-25, 10:04 PM

Well, of course there's time travel involved. :smalltongue: I find that the best addition to the game is headbutting people who play it. :smallamused:

Is headbutting just your solution to everything? If so... well, I can think of worse life philosophies. :smalltongue:

Oh dear, we need to shore up your education on the golden age of gaming then.

That does seem to be a problem of mine - I NEVER know retro games other than Star Control II. And then people bring them up and shame me when I have no clue what they're talking about.

LaZodiac

2013-06-25, 10:06 PM

...I don't know if I'd want to eat a yeast-flavored anything. :smalltongue:

Waffles, though. They serve the same purpose as pancakes, but have lots of convenient pockets to hold all the syrup.

Er, right, I mean yeast sourced :smallredface:

Also, pancakes technically have those pockets, if they're pourous enough!

Mynxae

2013-06-25, 10:10 PM

Er, right, I mean yeast sourced :smallredface:

Also, pancakes technically have those pockets, if they're pourous enough!

Speaking of pancakes: Am I bad if I purposely undercook pancakes so that they're yummy and gooey? :smalltongue:

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-25, 10:17 PM

That does seem to be a problem of mine - I NEVER know retro games other than Star Control II. And then people bring them up and shame me when I have no clue what they're talking about.

Don't tell me you've never played any Atari games... Tanks and Pong are so much fun. And Adventure! (even if it was a bit confusing).

Er, right, I mean yeast sourced :smallredface:

Also, pancakes technically have those pockets, if they're pourous enough!

Hehehe :smallamused:

I don't know if I'd want to eat those pancakes. I prefer mine cooked so they're nice, smooth, and brown on the outside. The inside should be porous, yeah, but I think cutting the cake in two to put syrup in the air pockets is a bit more effort than I feel like going to for breakfast. :smalltongue:

Speaking of pancakes: Am I bad if I purposely undercook pancakes so that they're yummy and gooey? :smalltongue:

Yes, that's horrible. :smalltongue:

Nah, but I definitely don't eat them that way. I'd rather put 'em back in the pan for a little longer to make sure they're done all the way through. I'm like that with most foods, though; thoroughly cooked = good.

Taet

2013-06-25, 10:20 PM

Someone else likes rare pancakes?! I wish that worked with the bulk pancake mix. Expensive mix makes good rare pancakes but the cheap mix just makes an aftertaste.

LaZodiac

2013-06-25, 10:26 PM

Speaking of pancakes: Am I bad if I purposely undercook pancakes so that they're yummy and gooey? :smalltongue:

Not at all! I love em that way, infact :smallbiggrin:

Drakeburn

2013-06-25, 10:29 PM

Yay! A new thread!

*claps excitedly*

Tonight was quite a loud one.

That was because the chickens got into my mother's garden and ate all the lettuce in the garden bed they got into. And wow wee, was she mad. :smalleek:

And the white laundry is finally finished!!!! :smallbiggrin:

Which means plenty of underwear and socks for quite a while.

Mynxae

2013-06-25, 10:37 PM

Yes, that's horrible. :smalltongue:

Nah, but I definitely don't eat them that way. I'd rather put 'em back in the pan for a little longer to make sure they're done all the way through. I'm like that with most foods, though; thoroughly cooked = good.

You sound just like Ele. He likes his meat well done whereas I much prefer medium rare. :smalltongue:

Someone else likes rare pancakes?! I wish that worked with the bulk pancake mix. Expensive mix makes good rare pancakes but the cheap mix just makes an aftertaste.

Hmm. Unlucky! Over here there's a brand of pancake mix that's relatively cheap that makes really good rare pancakes. :smalltongue:

Not at all! I love em that way, infact :smallbiggrin:

Excellent. People are agreeing with me. :smallbiggrin:

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-25, 10:53 PM

You sound just like Ele. He likes his meat well done whereas I much prefer medium rare. :smalltongue:

He's got the right idea, then. :smallamused:

It really depends on the meat, I think. Hamburger (and any ground meat, really), should be cooked well done, no matter what. I'm not taking a chance on a bit of contaminated meat (cows aren't exactly clean animals, and slaughterhouses and store shelves aren't particularly clean either) getting me violently ill or stuck with a parasite, and ground meat puts those things (that normally only affect the surface of the meat, because that's where they make contact with it) all through the meat, because it's in mixed-up little pieces.

Steak, on the other hand... I'm okay with some pink inside a steak. The outside is nearly always cooked all the way through, so the risk of picking up something from a good steak is pretty low, as long as you don't order it raw. I won't eat anything that's still bleeding, though.

Dimonite

2013-06-25, 11:01 PM

Don't tell me you've never played any Atari games... Tanks and Pong are so much fun. And Adventure! (even if it was a bit confusing).

Well, I've played Pong and a pinball game that I'm reasonably certain was loosely based on Adventure. Does that count? But yeah, other than that I haven't played any Atari games. I've played some Namco games as well - Pacman, Dig Dug, and Bosconian, to be specific, but not much of any of those. Except Bosconian. I was pretty good at that. Aside from those few, as far as retro games go you can assume I haven't played it.

Coidzor

2013-06-25, 11:28 PM

I prefer corn syrup. That's good stuff. :smallcool:

Of course, it's hard to beat good maple syrup; even as runny as it is, the flavor is awesome.

...I don't know if I'd want to eat a yeast-flavored anything. :smalltongue:

Waffles, though. They serve the same purpose as pancakes, but have lots of convenient pockets to hold all the syrup.

I just shudder a little bit for using it for purposes other than cooking.

Also, it feels like purity and win.

Liège waffles(y'all gotta try them), some forms of donut, certain kinds of bread, yeast rolls... I could go on. :smallamused:

This is true, aye.

Is headbutting just your solution to everything? If so... well, I can think of worse life philosophies. :smalltongue:

That does seem to be a problem of mine - I NEVER know retro games other than Star Control II. And then people bring them up and shame me when I have no clue what they're talking about.

Well, part of it is because of the Scottish Martial Art. Fork You! :smallamused: "So I married an Axe Murderer," you should watch it sometime. >];)

Good Old Games and Steam help a bit with some of them... I think the others you're stuck with things like the Wii marketplace and some of the xbox live arcade...

Taet

2013-06-25, 11:55 PM

Come sit with me, Dimonite. I don't know modern games. Or RPG systems. Nothing but board games. Between us we could maybe hold up one end of the game conversation.

I am not unlucky to have pancakes whenever I want for 85 cents per pound plus a little bit of dried milk at $3.50 a pound. They are just well done pancakes. Plus I have expensive baking mix which might make rare pancakes. I just prefer to use that for shortcakes now that it is berry season.

Teddy

2013-06-26, 03:23 AM

Of course they are. I suppose you can make non-sweet ones too, but pancakes are otherwise always sweet. Often served with honey, golden syrup, maple syrup, ice cream, and/or chocolate sauce.

But pancakes are supposed to be no sweeter than wheat bread, so they can contrast with the topping.

And all of those are for dessert of pancakes (even though most of those only sound ickily sweet to me, and cream and jam wasn't brought up even a single time). A proper meal, on the other hand...

Of course you do. Also chocolate chips, other berries, nuts, and other sweet goodness.

My poor, Nordic brain can't comprehend this. The only addition which should ever go into the batter is ham when you do oven pancakes.

Banana fritters are special pancakes with huge lumps of banana in them (often the banana is cut in half widthwise and again lengthwise to make 4 banana fritters per banana).

Yeah, you have no idea of how outlandish this sounds to me. I mean, how are you even supposed to fry the other side of the pancake when you have massive ridge of banana in the middle of it? :smallconfused:

Er, right, I mean yeast sourced :smallredface:

You put yeast in you pancakes!? :smallbsod:

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 03:43 AM

You put yeast in you pancakes!? :smallbsod:

Yeah, you can make cake batter with yeast, you can make pancake batter with yeast.

That's like, super from scratch though.

Feytalist

2013-06-26, 03:47 AM

Teddy

2013-06-26, 04:23 AM

Yeah, you can make cake batter with yeast, you can make pancake batter with yeast.

That's like, super from scratch though.

But, you aren't supposed to rise pancakes. They're supposed to be flat, not spongy.

FinnLassie

2013-06-26, 04:27 AM

Savoury pancakes are a thing.

I know of this Dutch restaurant that specialises in the things. They pile up so many ingredients that they end up looking like floppy pizzas.

And then dessert pancakes with caramelised bananas and ice cream and stuff.

Savoury pancakes are a thing in Finland too. mmmh.
In the Netherlands you can't get out of the country without first trying one of the bazillion pancake houses they have! One of my favourite places to go to when I was a kid. There were so many different combinations to try out. :smallbiggrin:

But, you aren't supposed to rise pancakes. They're supposed to be flat, not spongy.

Exactly! Do the pancakes in Sweden look like the ones you get here in Finland (http://static.kotikokki.net/public_files/recipeimages/0/0/917/large.jpg?1297426622)? I'd think so.

Feytalist

2013-06-26, 04:53 AM

But, you aren't supposed to rise pancakes. They're supposed to be flat, not spongy.

Strangely, the pancakes my mother makes are slightly spongy (but still pancake-shaped, as it were), with cinnamon sugar and squeezed lemon. That's how I first ate them. Maybe it's a German thing? I dunno.

Savoury pancakes are a thing in Finland too. mmmh.
In the Netherlands you can't get out of the country without first trying one of the bazillion pancake houses they have! One of my favourite places to go to when I was a kid. There were so many different combinations to try out. :smallbiggrin:

Yeah, I love that. And then you can build your own! Just like a pizza place, I suppose.

And they're huge.

Heliomance

2013-06-26, 04:55 AM

*wanders vaguely in, waves*

Hi. I think I missed the last thread entirely. I've mostly been hanging out in the LGBTA thread, have I missed anything particularly exciting?

North_Ranger

2013-06-26, 05:18 AM

The Medieval Market of Turku starts tomorrow! :smallsmile:

And I'm stuck in chemo :smallfrown:

But hopefully I'll be better tomorrow :smallsmile:

Unless it rains :smallannoyed:

Or there's chemo pains :smallmad:

Or something else gets funked up because of chemo :smallfurious:

In general, I'm just trying to avoid saying "It could be worse" :smallwink:

Because now... :smallsmile:

... It's time to get Medieval :smallcool:

Teddy

2013-06-26, 05:43 AM

Exactly! Do the pancakes in Sweden look like the ones you get here in Finland (http://static.kotikokki.net/public_files/recipeimages/0/0/917/large.jpg?1297426622)? I'd think so.

Yes. Unless we're talking about oven pancakes, in which case they look like this:
http://www.barnfamilj.se/matgrafik/06-06-03_ugnspannkaka.jpg

Also, from image searching, I've drawn the conclusion that people are in fact terrible at taking good pictures of their food. And/or cooking in the first place...

*wanders vaguely in, waves*

Hi. I think I missed the last thread entirely. I've mostly been hanging out in the LGBTA thread, have I missed anything particularly exciting?

Nah, not really. We're currently debating the proper way of making pancakes. The conclusion so far is that people have very different ways of making pancakes.

Because now... :smallsmile:

... It's time to get Medieval :smallcool:

Have fun! :smallsmile:

Elemental

2013-06-26, 05:51 AM

And I return from my self-imposed absence.
We laid Granddad to rest yesterday on a beautifully clear day in Woodford. The service beforehand was lovely and simple. Now I don't feel so bad and I can remember all the good times we used to have at his old house.

Anyway... Enough about me, did anything exciting happen while I was gone?

@North: I hope your treatment goes well.

Mynxae

2013-06-26, 05:52 AM

Nah, not really. We're currently debating the proper way of making pancakes. The conclusion so far is that people have very different ways of making pancakes.

Can I be said as a qualified pancake professor? When I was younger and lived with my Dad, 90% of Sundays I was there (also including when I was even -younger- and was there every second weekend) he would make pancakes. On the 10% he would either do bacon'n'eggs or take us out to breakfast, be it McDonald's or a restaurant for someone's birthday. :smallbiggrin:

I've also been to Pancake Manor (http://www.pancakemanor.com.au/) a few times, which has some very tasty pancakes, both savoury and sweet.

Anyway... Enough about me, did anything exciting happen while I was gone?

Well, we're currently discussing pancakes and how we like them made. Have anything to add? :smalltongue:

Qwertystop

2013-06-26, 06:18 AM

Ah... homemade. Matzah meal, egg, milk, butter (melted), vanilla extract. Butter a griddle on the stove, pour on batter, flip after a bit. Put in the oven to keep them warm ifpeople aren't up yet. Top with syrup (maple), jam, sour cream.

Feytalist

2013-06-26, 07:59 AM

Put in the oven to keep them warm ifpeople aren't up yet. Top with syrup (maple), jam, sour cream.

I'd like to amend that to: eat everything yourself if people aren't up yet. :smallbiggrin:

Cause that sounds delicious.

Dimonite

2013-06-26, 08:34 AM

Good Old Games and Steam help a bit with some of them... I think the others you're stuck with things like the Wii marketplace and some of the xbox live arcade...

That might work if I had money. Or an Xbox of any kind. Or a Wii. :smalltongue:

Come sit with me, Dimonite. I don't know modern games. Or RPG systems. Nothing but board games. Between us we could maybe hold up one end of the game conversation.

Well, I do love board games. My main problem is getting people to play them with - of my siblings, only my brother is even sometimes interested, and most of our games were not made for two players. I mean, they can be played by two, it's just significantly less fun.

I know of this Dutch restaurant that specialises in the things. They pile up so many ingredients that they end up looking like floppy pizzas.

Would this be Pannekoeken? I do so love that place, but I somehow always end up ordering the steak there. Possibly because it's only $7.00 but tastes like something I'd get at Outback Steakhouse.

But, you aren't supposed to rise pancakes. They're supposed to be flat, not spongy.

Nah, these right here are real pancakes:
http://www.northwestsourdough.com/discover/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/save/flapjack7.jpg

Of course, if you really want to do pancakes the American way, you have to eat 6-10 of them in one sitting. :smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 08:58 AM

You put yeast in you pancakes!? :smallbsod:

But but...they're bread products. Aren't they having yeast in them?

*wanders vaguely in, waves*

Hi. I think I missed the last thread entirely. I've mostly been hanging out in the LGBTA thread, have I missed anything particularly exciting?

Hey! You missed Moony going to Amsterdam cause she's a planeswalker. Also I think she's more up to being shipped, atleast with me, but is still very tsuntsun about it :smallamused:

Feytalist

2013-06-26, 09:36 AM

Would this be Pannekoeken? I do so love that place, but I somehow always end up ordering the steak there. Possibly because it's only $7.00 but tastes like something I'd get at Outback Steakhouse.

Nope, I'm not sure we have that over here. Place's name is De Zoete Inval. They have pancakes and, uhmm, normal cakes. That's about it.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 09:56 AM

Well, I've played Pong and a pinball game that I'm reasonably certain was loosely based on Adventure. Does that count? But yeah, other than that I haven't played any Atari games. I've played some Namco games as well - Pacman, Dig Dug, and Bosconian, to be specific, but not much of any of those. Except Bosconian. I was pretty good at that. Aside from those few, as far as retro games go you can assume I haven't played it.

A pinball game.... Adventure? That's an odd combination. No 16 or 32-bit games either? I've really wanted to get an NES so I could play the early Final Fantasy games... I suppose I could get some kind of emulator. Old-school rpgs are my thing. :smallcool:

I just shudder a little bit for using it for purposes other than cooking.

Also, it feels like purity and win.

Liège waffles(y'all gotta try them), some forms of donut, certain kinds of bread, yeast rolls... I could go on. :smallamused:

There's a reason they put it in everything, Coid. It's because corn syrup is freaking delicious. :smallcool:

And you can revel in the fact that you're eating part of a tree! Take that, tree-huggers! :smallamused:

What differentiates Liege waffles from regular waffles (and don't just say yeast :smalltongue:).

*wanders vaguely in, waves*

Hi. I think I missed the last thread entirely. I've mostly been hanging out in the LGBTA thread, have I missed anything particularly exciting?

Not much, really. Unless you find old video games or pancakes particularly exciting. :smallamused:

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 10:12 AM

A pinball game.... Adventure? That's an odd combination. No 16 or 32-bit games either? I've really wanted to get an NES so I could play the early Final Fantasy games... I suppose I could get some kind of emulator. Old-school rpgs are my thing. :smallcool:

There's a reason they put it in everything, Coid. It's because corn syrup is freaking delicious. :smallcool:

And you can revel in the fact that you're eating part of a tree! Take that, tree-huggers! :smallamused:

What differentiates Liege waffles from regular waffles (and don't just say yeast :smalltongue:).

You... You really don't aside from the first one, and even then you'd be better off playing one of the remakes/re-releases, such as the GBA ones. Also, shh, those don't exist. :smalltongue:

No, it's that it's cheap and sweet and people who don't know any better can't tell when they use corn syrup to shortchange you on the stuff you actually want to buy. Which is why you can't hardly find cane syrup in this country anymore because you can just adulterate it with corn syrup until it's merely slightly cane-flavored corn syrup and still sell it as cane syrup.

Why would I care about that? :smalltongue: If you want me to eat part of a tree we'd better be bringing birch into the conversation.

Well, I don't know the full process, but I'm given to understand that it involves fermentation of the batter which gives it a fuller, richer flavor. Also, they're crispy in a way that's better than the standard "belgian" waffles that one can acquire stateside, rather than being softer like traditional american waffles.

That might work if I had money. Or an Xbox of any kind. Or a Wii. :smalltongue:

Then the obvious move is to make friends or start dating someone with an actual collection. :smalltongue:

Ah... homemade. Matzah meal, egg, milk, butter (melted), vanilla extract. Butter a griddle on the stove, pour on batter, flip after a bit. Put in the oven to keep them warm ifpeople aren't up yet. Top with syrup (maple), jam, sour cream.

And here I'd thought that matzah meal was ground up matzah for making matzah balls. :smallconfused: huh.

Yes. Unless we're talking about oven pancakes, in which case they look like this:
http://www.barnfamilj.se/matgrafik/06-06-03_ugnspannkaka.jpg

Also, from image searching, I've drawn the conclusion that people are in fact terrible at taking good pictures of their food. And/or cooking in the first place...

There's a reason that most advertisements don't use actual food in them and instead use highly toxic models.

But, you aren't supposed to rise pancakes. They're supposed to be flat, not spongy.

They're not supposed to be crackers either, but apparently you can make them out of matzah and/or the stuff used to make matzah.

Nah, not really. We're currently debating the proper way of making pancakes. The conclusion so far is that people have very different ways of making pancakes.

The proper way of making pancakes is to define what kind of pancakes you're making first and proceed from there.

I've also been to Pancake Manor (http://www.pancakemanor.com.au/) a few times, which has some very tasty pancakes, both savoury and sweet.

...That's adorable. Also, kind of weird to have a Jane Austen themed pancake restaurant...

But but...they're bread products. Aren't they having yeast in them?

Hey! You missed Moony going to Amsterdam cause she's a planeswalker. Also I think she's more up to being shipped, atleast with me, but is still very tsuntsun about it :smallamused:

Leavening is a fun subject. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavening_agent)

Alternately, nyandere.

The Medieval Market of Turku starts tomorrow! :smallsmile:

And I'm stuck in chemo :smallfrown:

But hopefully I'll be better tomorrow :smallsmile:

Unless it rains :smallannoyed:

Or there's chemo pains :smallmad:

Or something else gets funked up because of chemo :smallfurious:

In general, I'm just trying to avoid saying "It could be worse" :smallwink:

Because now... :smallsmile:

... It's time to get Medieval :smallcool:

Good luck making it there. Hope you have fun. Also, that the chemo is effective.

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 10:27 AM

A pinball game.... Adventure? That's an odd combination. No 16 or 32-bit games either? I've really wanted to get an NES so I could play the early Final Fantasy games... I suppose I could get some kind of emulator. Old-school rpgs are my thing. :smallcool:

I feel like the candy store owner who see's a family from Switzerland move in and they've got like ten fat kids.

I've got a rather big list of old school RPGs that may be to your interest and, as Coidzor said, all the Final Fantasies up to 7 are available on GBA or DS in some form or another for your enjoyment.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 10:27 AM

You... You really don't aside from the first one, and even then you'd be better off playing one of the remakes/re-releases, such as the GBA ones. Also, shh, those don't exist. :smalltongue:

No, it's that it's cheap and sweet and people who don't know any better can't tell when they use corn syrup to shortchange you on the stuff you actually want to buy. Which is why you can't hardly find cane syrup in this country anymore because you can just adulterate it with corn syrup until it's merely slightly cane-flavored corn syrup and still sell it as cane syrup.

Why would I care about that? :smalltongue: If you want me to eat part of a tree we'd better be bringing birch into the conversation.

Well, I don't know the full process, but I'm given to understand that it involves fermentation of the batter which gives it a fuller, richer flavor. Also, they're crispy in a way that's better than the standard "belgian" waffles that one can acquire stateside, rather than being softer like traditional american waffles.

There are other reasons I want to have an NES. Duck hunt ranks pretty high on that list. :smallcool:

See? Cheap, easily available, and delicious. :smalltongue: I'm not so much a big fan of it being in everything (cane syrup included. Advertise things as what they are), but it's good by itself to add to things you were already going to pile sugar on.

As far as eating trees go, sassafras wins. That's some good tea; if you've never had it, you should try it. :smallcool:

Ah, okay.

Teddy

2013-06-26, 10:28 AM

Can I be said as a qualified pancake professor? When I was younger and lived with my Dad, 90% of Sundays I was there (also including when I was even -younger- and was there every second weekend) he would make pancakes. On the 10% he would either do bacon'n'eggs or take us out to breakfast, be it McDonald's or a restaurant for someone's birthday. :smallbiggrin:

Actually, I think that rather qualifies you dad. And judging from the sheer variety in this thread, unless you've travelled the world to try out all kinds of pancakes, I don't think you'll be knowledgeable enough...

Nah, these right here are real pancakes:
*way too thick*

Too thick. And is that butter on the top? :smallyuk:

But but...they're bread products. Aren't they having yeast in them?

LaLa, there are tonnes of bread products way bread-ier than pancakes out there with no yeast in them. For example knäckebröd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kn%C3%A4ckebr%C3%B6d) and tunnbröd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnbr%C3%B6d). And have you ever crumbled a block of yeast into the batter when you're making pancakes?

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 10:28 AM

There are other reasons I want to have an NES. Duck hunt ranks pretty high on that list. :smallcool:

Good point. Duck Hunt is hella fun. Pow pow!

@Teddy: I don't know what those breads you mentioned are. Also I've never personally made pancake batter, Grandma always did it.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 10:32 AM

AND THE NINJA TRAIN CHUGS ON!

I feel like the candy store owner who see's a family from Switzerland move in and they've got like ten fat kids.

I've got a rather big list of old school RPGs that may be to your interest and, as Coidzor said, all the Final Fantasies up to 7 are available on GBA or DS in some form or another for your enjoyment.

Hehehe :smallamused:

I might look into the GBA versions... I'll at least try to grab 1 and 7.

Good point. Duck Hunt is hella fun. Pow pow!

Indubitably. :smallcool:

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 10:35 AM

AND THE NINJA TRAIN CHUGS ON!

Hehehe :smallamused:

I might look into the GBA versions... I'll at least try to grab 1 and 7.

Indubitably. :smallcool:

By up to seven, I mean that you can't get 7 on a GBA. However, Square IS selling a PC version of Final Fantasy 7, so there is that!

Teddy

2013-06-26, 10:44 AM

There's a reason that most advertisements don't use actual food in them and instead use highly toxic models.

Actually, I don't think that practice is allowed over here. Also, it is possible to take pictures where the contrast can be better summed up than "either black or orange".

They're not supposed to be crackers either, but apparently you can make them out of matzah and/or the stuff used to make matzah.

You know, there is a middle ground. You wouldn't want to fry your pancakes for too long anyway, because making pancakes takes enough of an eternity already.

Also, what's matzah, apart from some unleavened jewish bread? I mean, who puts bread in pancakes? No, milk, eggs and flour is where it's at. Everything else is either superfluous or outright malplaced.

@Teddy: I don't know what those breads you mentioned are. Also I've never personally made pancake batter, Grandma always did it.

Well, isn't it handy they're both linking to their respective Wikipedia pages then? :smallwink:

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 10:45 AM

Well, isn't it handy they're both linking to their respective Wikipedia pages then? :smallwink:

...right, good point! Oh, flat bread, I like flat bread!

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 11:10 AM

*wanders vaguely in, waves*

Hi. I think I missed the last thread entirely. I've mostly been hanging out in the LGBTA thread, have I missed anything particularly exciting?
You missed Comrade MoonCat and her hagelslag!

Because now... :smallsmile:

... It's time to get Medieval :smallcool:
Hooray! I hope that day goes splendidly for you.

And I return from my self-imposed absence.
We laid Granddad to rest yesterday on a beautifully clear day in Woodford. The service beforehand was lovely and simple. Now I don't feel so bad and I can remember all the good times we used to have at his old house.
:smallsmile:

Kneenibble

2013-06-26, 11:30 AM

There are a few brief preliminaries I wish to cover before delving into more crunchy replying activities.

Firstly, Elemental has returned from mourning! Let me welcome you by making a nest in your beard.

Secondly, though it be far less common, there is a yeast-leavened pancake. Perhaps it would be unsuited to the Norse palette, for they are thick and fluffy and delicious to eat with great oozing puddles of butter and tree blood.

Thirdly, Tieloop, today should be day 1 without tea. Are you complying?

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 11:34 AM

Thirdly, Tieloop, today should be day 1 without tea. Are you complying?
I'm going to make and drink tea and you can't stop me and... And...

Fine. No tea. :smallfrown:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 11:36 AM

What do people think (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lRldr2BH2M) of this song?
Like all music, I despise it. Why?

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 11:38 AM

Secondly, though it be far less common, there is a yeast-leavened pancake. Perhaps it would be unsuited to the Norse palette, for they are thick and fluffy and delicious to eat with great oozing puddles of butter and tree blood.

Ahh, that explains it. Grandma always made the fluffiest of pancakes.

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 11:42 AM

By the way, "herbal tea" doesn't contain any actual tea leaves. Just letting you know.:smallwink:
I know, but I don't like herbal tea. There's no enjoyable way around the restriction, it seems.

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 11:55 AM

...Then just know that Kneenibble is out-of-date and guilty of conspiracy-to-commit-murder. Do you really want to listen to someone who fits both of those descriptors?
That's not true! Comrade Kneenibble is a most honourable fellow!

EDIT: Also, chewing on tea leaves is eating, rather than drinking, so if the answer is "yes," you could always try that...
Like tobacco? :smalltongue:

Qwertystop

2013-06-26, 12:06 PM

And here I'd thought that matzah meal was ground up matzah for making matzah balls. :smallconfused: huh.

They're not supposed to be crackers either, but apparently you can make them out of matzah and/or the stuff used to make matzah.
It is. You can also make pancake batter from it. It doesn't end up crackery at all.

Also, what's matzah, apart from some unleavened jewish bread? I mean, who puts bread in pancakes? No, milk, eggs and flour is where it's at. Everything else is either superfluous or outright malplaced.

Matzah is flour and water, baked. Grind it, you have matzah meal. So it's just already-baked flour.

Taet

2013-06-26, 12:08 PM

They weren't youtube links like every other link in this thread? My ISP is already unhappy with me.

I shopped in the pancake aisle this morning. Cheap pancake mix barrel has wheat flour as ingredients. Box of expensive baking mix has enriched wheat flour as ingredients. Box of Lund's Swedish Pancake Mix has wheat flour and malted barley flour as ingredients. Lund's Swedish Pancake Mix costs the same as expensive pancake mix but for a smaller box.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 12:09 PM

What do people think (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lRldr2BH2M) of this song?

Er... I'll try through my bipolar internet connection. I'll have you know I paused some good metal for this, so it had better be stunningly awesome. :smalltongue:

Not bad. Sort of has a TMBG vibe to it, without outright dupilcating their style. Seems reasonably well produced (although everything but the vocals seems to be completely electronic, so that's not saying much), and the guy isn't a bad singer. 7/10

It still doesn't beat Fates Warning, though, not by a long shot. :smalltongue: *returns to metal*

...Then just know that Kneenibble is out-of-date and guilty of conspiracy-to-commit-murder. Do you really want to listen to someone who fits both of those descriptors?

I'd hardly call him out of date. Kneenibble has aged like a good wine or cheese, becoming more elegant and refined with each passing day.

As for conspiracy to commit murder... aren't we all? :smallamused:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 12:11 PM

...I will now add "capable of basic mind-control" to the list.
No! He is honourable!

Yes. Except without the cancer.
Different taste too, I suppose.

They weren't youtube links like every other link in this thread? My ISP is already unhappy with me.
Your ISP doesn't like Youtube?

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 12:18 PM

Does that make Belkar honourable, too? (last panel (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0533.html))
You are comparing our honourable comrade to a murderer?! Woe! Shock! Horror!

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 12:23 PM

...Maybe he has more in common with Tarquin.
I agree! They are both highly intelligent and witty.

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 12:30 PM

Were you here when Kneen insisted that influenza was this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory)? Some diseases are, but the flu is actually this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_theory_of_disease), and most people actually know that.
I was not. In any case, anyone can make mistakes.

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 12:34 PM

Yeah, but it takes a certain kind of crazy to insist that waving feathers covered in sticky gloop directly under your nose will cure anything.
He was jesting.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 12:46 PM

Yeah, but it takes a certain kind of crazy to insist that waving feathers covered in sticky gloop directly under your nose will cure anything.

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke)may be of interest to you. I'd suggest you give it a good read, because you don't seem to understand one when you see it.

If you actually think Kneenibble wanted Tailiu dead (which, aside from my point, would be horribly out-of-character), read link several more times until you can tell the difference between genuine malice and a bit of less-than-serious fun. It'd serve you well. :smallannoyed:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 12:56 PM

Okay, comrades. Hugging time.

Kneenibble

2013-06-26, 01:44 PM

I'm going to make and drink tea and you can't stop me and... And...

Fine. No tea. :smallfrown:

*narrows eyes* Good. Good.

Just think of the honour you will gain at the end of this trial. And remember, we will have Lucky Dragon at that time!

Ahh, that explains it. Grandma always made the fluffiest of pancakes.

I like the flavour of the yeast in pancakes, too. It's an old-fashioned style so it's quite likely your grandma did it that way.

Even better are pancakes of spontaneous fermentation, but that is an advanced method and tricky to get right.

They weren't youtube links like every other link in this thread? My ISP is already unhappy with me.

I shopped in the pancake aisle this morning. Cheap pancake mix barrel has wheat flour as ingredients. Box of expensive baking mix has enriched wheat flour as ingredients. Box of Lund's Swedish Pancake Mix has wheat flour and malted barley flour as ingredients. Lund's Swedish Pancake Mix costs the same as expensive pancake mix but for a smaller box.

(The Random Banter Time Loop is at work, because I feel as if this topic has come up before) -- for so elementally simple a foodstuff as the pancake, why would you get a mix? Shirley there is a reason. Granted you are unlikely to have malted barley flour on hand, generally.

I'd hardly call him out of date. Kneenibble has aged like a good wine or cheese, becoming more elegant and refined with each passing day.

As for conspiracy to commit murder... aren't we all? :smallamused:

If only the maple syrup were as sweet as you, sir.

*narrows eyes* Your schemes run deeper than I suspected...

Yeah, but it takes a certain kind of crazy to insist that waving feathers covered in sticky gloop directly under your nose will cure anything.

The traditional budgie medicine of my people is often scoffed at by the medical establishment, but there is wisdom in our old ways for those bold enough to question authority. Elemental got well, didn't he?

Kneenibble

2013-06-26, 01:56 PM

Of course. Most people do, and feathers don't change anything. Oranges help, but only because of vitamins that aren't in the essential oi-

...You're joking again, aren't you?

I never joke.

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01511/SNA1927AA-532_1511648a.jpg

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 02:01 PM

Perhaps the second part...

Were you here when Kneen insisted that influenza was this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory)? Some diseases are, but the flu is actually this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_theory_of_disease), and most people actually know that.

If you haven't noticed by the everything, Kneenibble is constantly putting out an aura of antinquity, as if he was from that time period and also a bird.

You mean like your mom?

Wait... what?

I want you to save these posts, and look at them every time you wonder why people don't like you.

Of course. Most people do, and feathers don't change anything. Oranges help, but only because of vitamins that aren't in the essential oi-

...You're joking again, aren't you?

Yes, he is. If you notice his spoiler has a bird drinking from a glass of fine booze.

@Kneenibble: Yummy fluffy pancakes! I want pancakes now, but we have no milk with which to cook!

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 02:06 PM

I take it that, when asked if I know what a jooke is, the correct response is not to make one myself?:smallconfused:

Because I genuinely thought it was an acceptable response.

The difference is that "your mom" is not a joke. It sounds rude. Even if you don't intend it, it DOES sound rude. So does accusing someone of being an attempted murderer.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 02:10 PM

By up to seven, I mean that you can't get 7 on a GBA. However, Square IS selling a PC version of Final Fantasy 7, so there is that!

Well, damn. I might look for that too, then.

If only the maple syrup were as sweet as you, sir.

*narrows eyes* Your schemes run deeper than I suspected...

*bows, perhaps akin to a viola* Now, I don't know about sweet; a cursory test of my arm reveals a rather bland flavor with traces of oil and salt. and a second test reinforces this conclusion. :smalltongue: :smallamused:

As the old adage goes: knowledge is power. Scheming is one of those things that sort of transforms the first into the second. :smallamused: (whereas, on the other hand, espionage turns the second into the first)

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 02:12 PM

Well, damn. I might look for that too, then.

As the old adage goes: knowledge is power. Scheming is one of those things that sort of transforms the first into the second. :smallamused: (whereas, on the other hand, espionage turns the second into the first)

Yha, it's pretty fantastic.

Dimir agent! Dimir agent! Give me the mask give me the mask!

...sorry, got carried away. Playing Magic The GAthering 2014 :smallbiggrin:

Teddy

2013-06-26, 02:15 PM

Matzah is flour and water, baked. Grind it, you have matzah meal. So it's just already-baked flour.

So... it's flour with pre-expended gluten? Sounds like an excellent way of making crumbly food to me...

They weren't youtube links like every other link in this thread? My ISP is already unhappy with me.

Nope, Wikipedia. I very seldom link to YouTube, since I myself skip over a large majority of the YouTube links.

A hint, if you use any of the modern browsers, you should be able to get the URL displayed on the bottom of the window when hovering over a link (or be able to activate the feature if so isn't the case). This way, it's quite simple to skip over YouTube links without missing any humourous webcomics or informative Wiki pages.

I shopped in the pancake aisle this morning. Cheap pancake mix barrel has wheat flour as ingredients. Box of expensive baking mix has enriched wheat flour as ingredients. Box of Lund's Swedish Pancake Mix has wheat flour and malted barley flour as ingredients. Lund's Swedish Pancake Mix costs the same as expensive pancake mix but for a smaller box.

It's funny how any brand which advertise themselves as "Swedish" are completely unheard of in Sweden. Also, I'm with Kneen on this one, the concept of having to buy pre-fabricated mix for your pancakes seems competely foreign to me...

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 02:23 PM

It's funny how any brand which advertise themselves as "Swedish" are completely unheard of in Sweden. Also, I'm with Kneen on this one, the concept of having to buy pre-fabricated mix for your pancakes seems competely foreign to me...

I don't know where our illustrious little bird friend lives, but I know in Canada, pre fabricated mix is a thing that exists quite readily!

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 02:37 PM

Actually, I don't think that practice is allowed over here. Also, it is possible to take pictures where the contrast can be better summed up than "either black or orange".

You know, there is a middle ground. You wouldn't want to fry your pancakes for too long anyway, because making pancakes takes enough of an eternity already.

Also, what's matzah, apart from some unleavened jewish bread? I mean, who puts bread in pancakes? No, milk, eggs and flour is where it's at. Everything else is either superfluous or outright malplaced.

Ah, well, that's lucky for you then. Most people just aren't very good photographers and aren't willing to put in the number of shots to get the 100s of crap ones for 1-2 good ones.

Of course there's a middle ground. :smalltongue: I was just really sketched out by the idea of matzah pancakes.

I find that a pinch of salt and a modest amount of sugar help, as well as the occasional chocolate shavings and vanilla extract. Surprisingly good topped with pastry cream, actually, if you do a thin layer between the pancakes in a stack, though that's more a work reference...

My understanding is that matzah was originally a flat bread like the kind that's all over the mediterranean or similar to pita, but due to various factors, like the bit where it was not supposed to be pleasurable to eat it evolved into a dry, cracker-like form, like a saltine without any salt.

@Teddy: I don't know what those breads you mentioned are. Also I've never personally made pancake batter, Grandma always did it.

You should make sure that recipe has survived down to you and start making it then, Zodibear.

There are other reasons I want to have an NES. Duck hunt ranks pretty high on that list. :smallcool:

See? Cheap, easily available, and delicious. :smalltongue: I'm not so much a big fan of it being in everything (cane syrup included. Advertise things as what they are), but it's good by itself to add to things you were already going to pile sugar on.

As far as eating trees go, sassafras wins. That's some good tea; if you've never had it, you should try it. :smallcool:

Ah, okay.

Mmm, Duck Hunt. That was fun. Always wanted to punch that dog though.

:smalltongue: I only like it for cooking because it's great for that. The flavor is more the absence of flavor, only sweet to me.

I thought that was a bush. My sarsaparilla and sassafras tea have lied to me! Also, mulberries are best tree-berries, just saying.

I found out about them from a pair of hot turkish twins whose family emigrated to Belgium after WWII and then they came to the U.S. for college and stayed and opened up a waffle shop because there was no one else who knew how to even make a decent american waffle that they could find. Granted, this was in Hippies-ville U.S.A., so it wasn't exactly a culinary hotspot aside from the various restaurants owned by 1st and 2nd generation immigrants from Southeast Asia.

Too thick. And is that butter on the top? :smallyuk:

LaLa, there are tonnes of bread products way bread-ier than pancakes out there with no yeast in them. For example knäckebröd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kn%C3%A4ckebr%C3%B6d) and tunnbröd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnbr%C3%B6d). And have you ever crumbled a block of yeast into the batter when you're making pancakes?

*ahem* That's what she said. :smallamused: And come on, you've really never heard about how 'Muricans eat pancakes before? I thought we totally culturally imperialized you with our Disney and television and hollywood and sundries. :smalltongue:

...Why would you crumble an entire block of yeast? Those things are like, 2 pounds of yeast. You'd have to be making enough for a restaurant to justify that much yeast being used at once. :smalleek:

Teddy

2013-06-26, 02:38 PM

Are you admitting to attempted murder, or using sarcasm in an irritating and confusing manner?

Neither, he's (role)playing, as are more or less all of us. This is positive side of the Internet, the possibility for us to put some distance to who we are forced to be in real life (by personal anxieties, issues, peer pressure and/or the fundamental laws of physics).

Kneenibble is a pretty ordinary dude in real life, albeit with peculiar and interesting interests. He has an ordinary name, lives in a rather ordinary house in a city on the pretty dull Canadian plains and has a pretty ordinary job. But here he's an victorian budgie prone to excess and ancient practices. Why? Because he can. Because all of this is just grown-up children's play. He can challenge someone to a duel to death, ordain obsolete medicine and demand someone to abstain from tea for three quarters of a fortnight just because none of this will happen in real life.

I mean, what if Mynxae and TaiLiu play out their duel and Mynxae stabs her through the heart in an overly romanticised way? Nothing. We may all act congratulatory or mourning or just plain shocked, but TaiLiu won't in no way be excempt from this, and then another topic rolls around and TaiLiu and the rest of us will proceed to discuss and play and socialise as if no one was killed, or treated with obsolete medicine, or subjected to outlandish forbiddances.

And as a general rule for detection of jokes, play and sarcasm: if something seems outrageous, uneducated or uncalled-for hostile, it's probably in jest. Always search for the interpretation which assumes the best of people. It's better to assume benevolence and be wrong, than to assume malevolence (and act accordingly) and be wrong. In the former case, you'll seem naive but good-hearted (like TaiLiu, for example (sorry for indirectly calling you naive, TaiLs, but I can't find the exact word I'm looking for at the moment)), whereas in the latter case you'll only come off as cynical and mean-spirited with non-existent people skills.

FinnLassie

2013-06-26, 02:41 PM

I'd hardly call him out of date. Kneenibble has aged like a good wine or cheese, becoming more elegant and refined with each passing day.

As for conspiracy to commit murder... aren't we all? :smallamused:

Good heavens this image is making Kneebubble cuter and cuter in my eyes!

I was expecting you to say this, hah. :smallamused:

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 02:44 PM

...Then just know that Kneenibble is out-of-date and guilty of conspiracy-to-commit-murder. Do you really want to listen to someone who fits both of those descriptors?

Well, we can't all have our sense of humor surgically removed, that stuff's expensive, yo.

...

...:smallsigh:...

...

...I will now add "capable of basic mind-control" to the list.

He's the Budgie Meister! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe2j6OH3Ajs)

Devmaar

2013-06-26, 02:46 PM

I've seen not only pancake mix in shops but even pre-cooked pancakes for those who can't be bothered to cook the mix themselves :smallsigh:

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 02:47 PM

I've seen not only pancake mix in shops but even pre-cooked pancakes for those who can't be bothered to cook the mix themselves :smallsigh:

Ah, yes, frozen pancakes to go with your frozen waffles.

I never joke.

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01511/SNA1927AA-532_1511648a.jpg

Is... Is that a budgie drinking bourbon and coke!? :smalleek:

I'd hardly call him out of date. Kneenibble has aged like a good wine or cheese, becoming more elegant and refined with each passing day.

As for conspiracy to commit murder... aren't we all? :smallamused:

He really grows on you, so maybe a bleu cheese? :smallamused:

Indubitably, James. Indubitably. :smallcool:

I take it that, when asked if I know what a jooke is, the correct response is not to make one myself?:smallconfused:

Because I genuinely thought it was an acceptable response.

Yes, but you've got to actually succeed in telling the joke and know what joke to use in response.

In other words, you didn't stick the landing. Ya gotta stick the landing.

Qwertystop

2013-06-26, 02:49 PM

So... it's flour with pre-expended gluten? Sounds like an excellent way of making crumbly food to me...

Doesn't end up crumbly. I could post a recipe in afew weeks.

Teddy

2013-06-26, 02:57 PM

I don't know where our illustrious little bird friend lives, but I know in Canada, pre fabricated mix is a thing that exists quite readily!

Kneen lives in Canada, just like you, but just like me, he can't understand the sheer amount of lazy required to motivate turning a three-ingredient dish into a pre-fabricated mix.

Ah, well, that's lucky for you then. Most people just aren't very good photographers and aren't willing to put in the number of shots to get the 100s of crap ones for 1-2 good ones.

Actually, I'm talking the level of quality which would improve if you threw an industrial floodlight into the mix. These photographies aren't just amateurishly bad, they're "amateur tries to come off as a professional" bad, trying to add "impactful lighting" which only leads too much contrast and darkness in overall. Also, anyone who'd succeeded with the photographical bit was either a terrible chef or thought oven pancakes are supposed to be served together with cream (protip, they're not).

I find that a pinch of salt and a modest amount of sugar help, as well as the occasional chocolate shavings and vanilla extract. Surprisingly good topped with pastry cream, actually, if you do a thin layer between the pancakes in a stack, though that's more a work reference...

I can agree with the first two, but anything past them just strolled into the dessert territory for me. Past the first, even, depending on your definition of "modest"...

*ahem* That's what she said. :smallamused: And come on, you've really never heard about how 'Muricans eat pancakes before? I thought we totally culturally imperialized you with our Disney and television and hollywood and sundries. :smalltongue:

:smallcannotdecidewhetheramusedorsigh:

And I've heard it, but refused to acknowledge it, filing it as "American nonsense shenanigans too horrible for the health to contemplate". :smallwink:

...Why would you crumble an entire block of yeast? Those things are like, 2 pounds of yeast. You'd have to be making enough for a restaurant to justify that much yeast being used at once. :smalleek:

Did I say "entire"? That said, I do suppose the "block" may have been a bit superfluous...

factotum

2013-06-26, 03:14 PM

Kneen lives in Canada, just like you, but just like me, he can't understand the sheer amount of lazy required to motivate turning a three-ingredient dish into a pre-fabricated mix.

We live in a world where things like baked potatoes and boiled eggs are available off the shelf, both of which require only *one* ingredient. :smallwink:

Teddy

2013-06-26, 03:16 PM

Doesn't end up crumbly. I could post a recipe in afew weeks.

I suppose that makes sense from an observational perspective. I mean, it wouldn't exist if it didn't work...

Then again, software...

That counts as the second one. If someone tries to clarify if you're saying something in- or out-of-character, by explicitly asking such, it makes zero sense to me to, in-character, say "out of character!"

Yes, I do agree that it was tactless, but you and Kneenibble haven't had a lot of interaction with eachother in the past, so he wouldn't know how troubled you are with detecting insincerity, and wouldn't know that the question on whether he was a homocidal maniac was sincerely asked as well..

Apparently that's just because I'm an idiot, though. As is everyone else who can't read minds.

Look, and this isn't as much a suggestion as a direct command, cut it out with this passive-aggressive self-deprecation. One of the reasons to why people have so hard to bond with you is that you constantly put up this shield of "I'm a monster and everyone hates me", and I'm not going to say that these are your actual intentions rather than an honest mistake, but they give off a strong undertone of "... and it's all your fault". (Plus, telling people what they feel toward you is an excellent way of making them dislike you.)

It's okay to not fully understand the social play (I mean, I still don't understand it perfectly myself, especially in the territory of romance and advances), but only if you make sure to stay aware of what parts you don't understand and work out a strategy for how to learn rather than rushing in at full speed and then blaming the consequences of your lack of understanding on everyone else. I personally abide to the idea of leaning back and observing, but you're free to rush in if you're ready to handle the consequences.

We live in a world where things like baked potatoes and boiled eggs are available off the shelf, both of which require only *one* ingredient. :smallwink:

And my mind boggles at both of them.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 03:18 PM

[QUOTE=Coidzor;15506464]
You should make sure that recipe has survived down to you and start making it then, Zodibear.

Mmm, Duck Hunt. That was fun. Always wanted to punch that dog though.

:smalltongue: I only like it for cooking because it's great for that. The flavor is more the absence of flavor, only sweet to me.

I thought that was a bush. My sarsaparilla and sassafras tea have lied to me! Also, mulberries are best tree-berries, just saying.

I found out about them from a pair of hot turkish twins whose family emigrated to Belgium after WWII and then they came to the U.S. for college and stayed and opened up a waffle shop because there was no one else who knew how to even make a decent american waffle that they could find. Granted, this was in Hippies-ville U.S.A., so it wasn't exactly a culinary hotspot aside from the various restaurants owned by 1st and 2nd generation immigrants from Southeast Asia.

Seconding this. Family recipe books are good things to have. My great-grandmother's recipes essentially amounted to "put some of this in there, and cook it 'til it's done. Oh, and add a dash of nutmeg." - exact numbers were few and far between. (she also had specific cups that she used, and "one cup" in her recipe might mean a specific cup in her kitchen, and not some sort of standard). A few relatives (ones that had helped her cook before) worked out a few of her recipes as close as they could, though, and we've got them in the family recipe book - the best cole slaw you'll ever eat.

Good heavens this image is making Kneebubble cuter and cuter in my eyes!

I was expecting you to say this, hah. :smallamused:

He's very easy to picture as a small, feathery ball of adorableness. Especially if you add a monocle, suit, and a glass of sherry to the budgie chassis. :smallamused:

Mwahahahaha :smallamused:

Also, this reminds me of something I got distracted from doing yesterday.

He really grows on you, so maybe a bleu cheese? :smallamused:

Indubitably, James. Indubitably. :smallcool:

I was thinking more like feta: delicious on gyros, but crumbles under pressure... mmm.... gyros... If only I had the money to eat at that greek place every day. All of this talk of food is making me hungry. Impromptu lunchtime! :smallcool:

As far as this sort of thing goes, paranoia is an excellent policy, as long as you make sure the alien spies don't know you're onto them. :smallwink:

ION: The one upside of my internet connection not being able to decide whether it works really well or not at all is that I've finished fixing and restringing that old mandolin in the downtime. I might post a picture after I've cleaned it up a bit. :smallcool:

LaZodiac

2013-06-26, 03:32 PM

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 03:36 PM

Kneen lives in Canada, just like you, but just like me, he can't understand the sheer amount of lazy required to motivate turning a three-ingredient dish into a pre-fabricated mix.

Actually, I'm talking the level of quality which would improve if you threw an industrial floodlight into the mix. These photographies aren't just amateurishly bad, they're "amateur tries to come off as a professional" bad, trying to add "impactful lighting" which only leads too much contrast and darkness in overall. Also, anyone who'd succeeded with the photographical bit was either a terrible chef or thought oven pancakes are supposed to be served together with cream (protip, they're not).

I can agree with the first two, but anything past them just strolled into the dessert territory for me. Past the first, even, depending on your definition of "modest"...

:smallcannotdecidewhetheramusedorsigh:

And I've heard it, but refused to acknowledge it, filing it as "American nonsense shenanigans too horrible for the health to contemplate". :smallwink:

Did I say "entire"? That said, I do suppose the "block" may have been a bit superfluous...

Well, some people are just bad at mixing together the dry ingredients and leavening together before adding the buttermilk. :smalltongue: And getting peanut butter incorporated into the batter without messing with the leavening? wuff. That's about the only thing I'd use pre-mix for, unless I was just in a super rush that I didn't want to measure out leavening in the right ratio for the amount of flour.

That sounds positively nightmarish. :smallfrown: Cream is definitely something more for waffles though, just for reasons of texture.

Well, boston cream pies are kind of a dessert substance, so boston cream pancakes with pancakes with pastry cream between then covered in bourbon-chocolate ganache would definitely be dessert-ish if not an actual dessert. :smallamused:

:smallamused::smallsigh::smallamused: :smallwink::smallcool:

Bah. It matters not how thick the pancakes are for your health. It matters what's in them, and last I checked, *leavening* wasn't usually a health hazard. :smalltongue: The mass is what matters, not how many pancakes you need to equal that mass.

That or your blocks of yeast are a lot smaller than the ones I work with. Which would make a certain amount of sense.

...GAG ME WITH A SPOON HOW'D I FORGET KNEE WAS A CANADIAN D:

And hey, it's convenient(sic)! We don't always have the ingredients for pancakes!

That's why you Buy! In! Bulk!

Seriously, as long as you keep it dry and insects out of it, flour will last just about forever. Same with sugar. The only worry is whether you'd have buttermilk, milk, or water as the liquid, but even with water a teensy bit of cooking oil of the appropriate type will do in a pinch.

Taet

2013-06-26, 03:38 PM

What else can you do with an egg or a potato for sale that will go bad if it's not cooked right now? Cook and try to sell it that way. What I don't understand is buying it. Well. I understand the want to buy only one egg when they are sold in packs, but you can buy single potatoes.

I buy pancake mix because it makes less clutter than keeping flour and sugar and all that. The idea of leftover ingredients maybe going bad and food being wasted hurts me more than it should. Until I can control that better I can work around it by buying mix and having nothing but mix and powdered milk to worry about.

I ought to picture Kneenibble as a gem but I can't.

There is a small amount of roleplaying in this thread and I can accept that. It means there is a background where people say yes, sometimes we will play. It is not like the other thread you were worried about. LGBTitP is more like a church.

FinnLassie

2013-06-26, 03:43 PM

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 03:43 PM

I think the leavening is the most perishable component of pancakes, and you can make pancakes without leavening, if you're doing them in one of the european styles. :smallconfused:

Granted, I believe chemical leavening like baking powder lasts a couple of months to a year or two as long as it's sealed.

Teddy

2013-06-26, 03:44 PM

Well, some people are just bad at mixing together the dry ingredients and leavening together before adding the buttermilk. :smalltongue: And getting peanut butter incorporated into the batter without messing with the leavening? wuff. That's about the only thing I'd use pre-mix for, unless I was just in a super rush that I didn't want to measure out leavening in the right ratio for the amount of flour.

See, now we're right back to the "Why all these nonsensical ingredients!?" territory again. :smallwink:

That sounds positively nightmarish. :smallfrown: Cream is definitely something more for waffles though, just for reasons of texture.

I agree, although it works with (thin) pancakes as well, but only as a dessert or together with pea soup, not as a stand-alone meal.

Bah. It matters not how thick the pancakes are for your health. It matters what's in them, and last I checked, *leavening* wasn't usually a health hazard. :smalltongue: The mass is what matters, not how many pancakes you need to equal that mass.

I was more thinking about your tendency to put anything with a resemblence of sweetness straight into the batter. And eating mountains of it, because if there's something Disney has learned me, it's that anything less than a skyscraper's worth of pancakes just doesn't exist. :smallwink:

That or your blocks of yeast are a lot smaller than the ones I work with. Which would make a certain amount of sense.

Half a block for a loaf of bread, but since you're working at a bakery, you're probably working at yet another scale of magnitude. I wouldn't dare putting a whole block of yeast into the pancake batter, but then again, I don't do leavened pancakes...

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 03:54 PM

...I could have sworn I typed a response to this. I even quoted it!

:smalltongue: I only like it for cooking because it's great for that. The flavor is more the absence of flavor, only sweet to me.

I thought that was a bush. My sarsaparilla and sassafras tea have lied to me! Also, mulberries are best tree-berries, just saying.

I found out about them from a pair of hot turkish twins whose family emigrated to Belgium after WWII and then they came to the U.S. for college and stayed and opened up a waffle shop because there was no one else who knew how to even make a decent american waffle that they could find. Granted, this was in Hippies-ville U.S.A., so it wasn't exactly a culinary hotspot aside from the various restaurants owned by 1st and 2nd generation immigrants from Southeast Asia.

Hrm... I think they add a tiny bit of vanilla to the corn syrup that we've got, so maybe that's it. Still, delicious stuff.

The distinction between tree and bush is pretty odd. Some "trees" don't get very tall, and I've seen bushes that, were they not regularly trimmed, could easily be taller than a house.

I take it their waffle shop had some really good waffles, eh? :smallamused: Did they have any other turkish (or belgian) food there?

...GAG ME WITH A SPOON HOW'D I FORGET KNEE WAS A CANADIAN D:

And hey, it's convenient(sic)! We don't always have the ingredients for pancakes!

*gets out spoon* Shh, this'll be quick. :smalltongue:

Indeed. Plus, if you've got something like Bisquick, it's useful for all sorts of things; not just pancakes.

Teddy

2013-06-26, 03:56 PM

I buy pancake mix because it makes less clutter than keeping flour and sugar and all that. The idea of leftover ingredients maybe going bad and food being wasted hurts me more than it should. Until I can control that better I can work around it by buying mix and having nothing but mix and powdered milk to worry about.

For as long as you don't live in a damp environment, neither the flour nor the sugar should go bad in any forseeable future (especially the sugar, which is anti-bacterial). Eggs are more perishable, but should be possible to buy in relatively small amounts and are generally usable. Milk is the most perishable ingredient, but should be too hard to use up as well, especially since it's the most used ingredient.

I ought to picture Kneenibble as a gem but I can't.

That's because you're picturing Kneen as a budgie. :smallwink:

There is a small amount of roleplaying in this thread and I can accept that. It means there is a background where people say yes, sometimes we will play. It is not like the other thread you were worried about. LGBTitP is more like a church.

Yeah, it's nothing excessive, just people who are who they would want to be where grave consequences can be wished away to never matter...

FinnLassie

2013-06-26, 04:05 PM

Baah, sorry people, I'm horrible at quoting and being social on RB right now! Also, I'll be off for the next five days with the occasional "it's awesome up north! :smallbiggrin:" messages, maybe.

He's very easy to picture as a small, feathery ball of adorableness. Especially if you add a monocle, suit, and a glass of sherry to the budgie chassis. :smallamused:

Mwahahahaha :smallamused:

Also, this reminds me of something I got distracted from doing yesterday.

Kneenibsies will always be a very nice thing to recall when I become old. I'll be telling my grandchildren about my times on this forum and tales of this glorious creature named Kneenibble!

Oh, you're so fun. :smallbiggrin:

Git on tae it, then! :smalltongue:

Yes. Unless we're talking about oven pancakes, in which case they look like this:
http://www.barnfamilj.se/matgrafik/06-06-03_ugnspannkaka.jpg

Also, from image searching, I've drawn the conclusion that people are in fact terrible at taking good pictures of their food. And/or cooking in the first place...

Yay! Oven pancakes! :smallsmile: They're good too.

Nalle, you are officially the first Swedish person I like. :smallbiggrin: *offers pancakes, the proper kind*

Dimonite

2013-06-26, 04:23 PM

A pinball game.... Adventure? That's an odd combination. No 16 or 32-bit games either? I've really wanted to get an NES so I could play the early Final Fantasy games... I suppose I could get some kind of emulator. Old-school rpgs are my thing. :smallcool:

Well, I did say loosely based. The only correlation I know of is that one of the main objectives of this pinball game is to hit targets with letters and spell out "Atari Adventure."

Then the obvious move is to make friends or start dating someone with an actual collection. :smalltongue:

But I already have friends. Granted, a majority of them are here, but my point stands - I'm not the most social of people. And I've already said I'm not doing dating. Because of reasons.

Too thick. And is that butter on the top? :smallyuk:

No they aren't and of COURSE it is. :smalltongue:
But those are the type of pancakes I am accustomed to, with loads and loads of delicious maple syrup on them.

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 04:31 PM

But I already have friends. Granted, a majority of them are here, but my point stands - I'm not the most social of people. And I've already said I'm not doing dating. Because of reasons.

Yes, but none of your friends are apparently bro enough to bro a bro out like that, bro-dawg or else they just don't have the bros to dawg up on you. And, fine, subsitute "fake-dating" mentally then. :smalltongue: Mr. Reasons and stuff.

I guess I'm just weird and occasionally eat pancakes with jam that isn't scandinavian or terribly canadian either. Granted, I'm from the south so I'm not allowed to dislike blackberries.

Teddy

2013-06-26, 04:37 PM

Yay! Oven pancakes! :smallsmile: They're good too.

They're savoury and filling, a perfect dinner pancake. Although I bet your spinach pancakes are robust enough to qualify as dinner food as well.

Nalle, you are officially the first Swedish person I like. :smallbiggrin: *offers pancakes, the proper kind*

Yay, someone likes me! :smallbiggrin: *noms pancakes*
*remembers to look beyond personal issues*
Right, someone more likes me. *continues to nom pancakes*

Also, what kind of interactions have you had with Swedes which turned so sour? I mean, I suppose there are bad Swedes out there, but I've practically never met them myself. Then again, I'm pretty eccentric as a person and live in a town with a strong nerd culture, so practically the only kind of person I know is a nerd to at least some degree. When a clip from a Swedish House Maffia concert came on television some time ago and they mingled around the audience (which consisted almost entirely of exposed skin, bleached hair and pilot glasses), I had a pretty shocking moment of "That kind of people actually exists!?". Bubble doesn't even start to describe the seclusion of the sphere I live in. :smallwink:

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 04:40 PM

They're savoury and filling, a perfect dinner pancake. Although I bet your spinach pancakes are robust enough to qualify as dinner food as well.

Yay, someone likes me! :smallbiggrin: *noms pancakes*
*remembers to look beyond personal issues*
Right, someone more likes me. *continues to nom pancakes*

Also, what kind of interactions have you had with Swedes which turned so sour? I mean, I suppose there are bad Swedes out there, but I've practically never met them myself. Then again, I'm pretty eccentric as a person and live in a town with a strong nerd culture, so practically the only kind of person I know is a nerd to at least some degree. When a clip from a Swedish House Maffia concert came on television some time ago and they mingled around the audience (which consisted almost entirely of exposed skin, bleached hair and pilot glasses), I had a pretty shocking moment of "That kind of people actually exists!?". Bubble doesn't even start to describe the seclusion of the sphere I live in. :smallwink:

We think of them as a breakfast or sweet snack here, so there's that area of disconnect too.

Everyone likes you, silly. Just about anyway. :smalltongue:

That reminds me, how common is it to encounter people from the other Northlands in one of the Northlands? :smallconfused:

See, now we're right back to the "Why all these nonsensical ingredients!?" territory again. :smallwink:

I agree, although it works with (thin) pancakes as well, but only as a dessert or together with pea soup, not as a stand-alone meal.

I was more thinking about your tendency to put anything with a resemblence of sweetness straight into the batter. And eating mountains of it, because if there's something Disney has learned me, it's that anything less than a skyscraper's worth of pancakes just doesn't exist. :smallwink:

Half a block for a loaf of bread, but since you're working at a bakery, you're probably working at yet another scale of magnitude. I wouldn't dare putting a whole block of yeast into the pancake batter, but then again, I don't do leavened pancakes...

Fluffiness, I imagine. And us southernerners like buttermilk. It makes stuff richer without actually needing more fat. Because of acid and deliciousness or something.

Clotted cream with pea soup? That doesn't sound fun. Nor does whipping cream, heavy cream, or pastry cream... :smallconfused:

Well, it is a good building material. Sticks to your ribs, and all. :smallamused: Calorically dense pancakes just means we don't need to eat 50 of them, 10 will do.

Hmm, yeah, anything small enough for a single loaf of bread would be... less than a packet of yeast. I believe an average package of baker's yeast will do you up about 2-4 loaves of bread, but it's been a while since I've worked with quantities of yeast that small. Yeah... At work they're between 1 and 2.5 pounds of yeast in bricks a little bit bigger than the size of my fist. Roughly equivalent to about 6, maybe 7 sticks of standard-sized american butter?

Teddy

2013-06-26, 05:02 PM

We think of them as a breakfast or sweet snack here, so there's that area of disconnect too.

Yeah. In fact, I suppose the only similarity between the most distant recipies must be that the share some very fundamental core idea of base components (carbon, oxygen, hydrogen... :smallwink:).

Everyone likes you, silly. Just about anyway. :smalltongue:

Yeah, I'm still having a hard time telling myself this. The past half year has been a pretty strong confidence boost of mine (partially thanks to all of you! *big bearhugs for all*), and I'm getting better at accepting that people actually can find me agreeable without them having to remind me every other second, but full recovery is a long and trying journey, and I still have a long way to go. On the positive side, however: The higher you climb, the better the view. :smallsmile:

That reminds me, how common is it to encounter people from the other Northlands in one of the Northlands? :smallconfused:

It happens, most commonly near the borders (for obvious reasons), and at the larger holiday resorts, but you can generally see them at camping sites and cafés as well in the summer. The general lack of a language barrier helps a lot in this regard, and the general variety in landscape makes going to one of your neighbours for holiday quite worthwile.

Fluffiness, I imagine. And us southernerners like buttermilk. It makes stuff richer without actually needing more fat. Because of acid and deliciousness or something.

Acidic... pancakes...

Clotted cream with pea soup? That doesn't sound fun. Nor does whipping cream, heavy cream, or pastry cream... :smallconfused:

No, the (whipped) cream goes with the pancakes, which generally are served as a side dish to the soup. It's the traditional Thursday lunch if you look to the military or lunch restaurants.

Well, it is a good building material. Sticks to your ribs, and all. :smallamused: Calorically dense pancakes just means we don't need to eat 50 of them, 10 will do.

No wonder everything is bigger in Texas...

Hmm, yeah, anything small enough for a single loaf of bread would be... less than a packet of yeast. I believe an average package of baker's yeast will do you up about 2-4 loaves of bread, but it's been a while since I've worked with quantities of yeast that small. Yeah... At work they're between 1 and 2.5 pounds of yeast in bricks a little bit bigger than the size of my fist. Roughly equivalent to about 6, maybe 7 sticks of standard-sized american butter?

Yeah, I have no idea of what a "stick" is for a unit of meassurement. I do think I get the idea, however...

FinnLassie

2013-06-26, 05:05 PM

They're savoury and filling, a perfect dinner pancake. Although I bet your spinach pancakes are robust enough to qualify as dinner food as well.

Yay, someone likes me! :smallbiggrin: *noms pancakes*
*remembers to look beyond personal issues*
Right, someone more likes me. *continues to nom pancakes*

Also, what kind of interactions have you had with Swedes which turned so sour? I mean, I suppose there are bad Swedes out there, but I've practically never met them myself. Then again, I'm pretty eccentric as a person and live in a town with a strong nerd culture, so practically the only kind of person I know is a nerd to at least some degree. When a clip from a Swedish House Maffia concert came on television some time ago and they mingled around the audience (which consisted almost entirely of exposed skin, bleached hair and pilot glasses), I had a pretty shocking moment of "That kind of people actually exists!?". Bubble doesn't even start to describe the seclusion of the sphere I live in. :smallwink:

Hmm, I've actually never had oven pancakes with savoury products.. But now that you mention, yeah, they sound rather sensible to be that as they're quite bulky. Spinach pancakes is pretty much the most popular meal in Finnish schools. They're filling and have lots of good stuff in them, a perfect way to get kids eat spinach. Spinach soup is popular as well. Recently I learned how to make these from scratch!

Yay ~cuddlewuddles~

Hm. Dunno what they teach you about the Finland-Sweden relationship in your schools... Our history is rather bitter. It's just one of those things, it's old, sort of meaningless hate. Nowadays the hate is more towards Swedish speaking Finns. Because of the 300k minority we have, we must learn Swedish in school. It's rubbish. I think I would've loved to learn the language if it was voluntary (I have family in Sweden, check up Finnish war children), or at least if we had to choose a language from at least three (like, Swedish, German and Russian or French or something)... Rest of this would be me complaining about current politics but meh, not the thing to ramble about on this forum. :smallsmile: Most important thing: Nalle is a cool Swede! :smallbiggrin:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 05:06 PM

*narrows eyes* Good. Good.

Just think of the honour you will gain at the end of this trial. And remember, we will have Lucky Dragon at that time!
Yes, yes. Who shall boil the tea?

[QUOTE=Coidzor;15506464]
Seconding this. Family recipe books are good things to have. My great-grandmother's recipes essentially amounted to "put some of this in there, and cook it 'til it's done. Oh, and add a dash of nutmeg." - exact numbers were few and far between. (she also had specific cups that she used, and "one cup" in her recipe might mean a specific cup in her kitchen, and not some sort of standard). A few relatives (ones that had helped her cook before) worked out a few of her recipes as close as they could, though, and we've got them in the family recipe book - the best cole slaw you'll ever eat.
Huh. I don't think I have any written family recipes... :smallfrown:

The one upside of my internet connection not being able to decide whether it works really well or not at all is that I've finished fixing and restringing that old mandolin in the downtime. I might post a picture after I've cleaned it up a bit. :smallcool:
Nice! Don't forget!

Baah, sorry people, I'm horrible at quoting and being social on RB right now! Also, I'll be off for the next five days with the occasional "it's awesome up north! :smallbiggrin:" messages, maybe.

We'll eagerly await your messages!

Roughly equivalent to about 6, maybe 7 sticks of standard-sized american butter?
Fun factoid: did you know that in Cantonese, a direct translation of butter is "cow oil?"

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 05:07 PM

Ami Dram
Seconding this. Family recipe books are good things to have. My great-grandmother's recipes essentially amounted to "put some of this in there, and cook it 'til it's done. Oh, and add a dash of nutmeg." - exact numbers were few and far between. (she also had specific cups that she used, and "one cup" in her recipe might mean a specific cup in her kitchen, and not some sort of standard). A few relatives (ones that had helped her cook before) worked out a few of her recipes as close as they could, though, and we've got them in the family recipe book - the best cole slaw you'll ever eat.

He's very easy to picture as a small, feathery ball of adorableness. Especially if you add a monocle, suit, and a glass of sherry to the budgie chassis. :smallamused:

Mwahahahaha :smallamused:

Also, this reminds me of something I got distracted from doing yesterday.

I was thinking more like feta: delicious on gyros, but crumbles under pressure... mmm.... gyros... If only I had the money to eat at that greek place every day. All of this talk of food is making me hungry. Impromptu lunchtime! :smallcool:

As far as this sort of thing goes, paranoia is an excellent policy, as long as you make sure the alien spies don't know you're onto them. :smallwink:

ION: The one upside of my internet connection not being able to decide whether it works really well or not at all is that I've finished fixing and restringing that old mandolin in the downtime. I might post a picture after I've cleaned it up a bit. :smallcool:

I wish I'd gotten more of my grandma's family recipes, but it's hard to get her to write things down since she's so busy and also because most of it is so intuitive to her, so it's not precise measurements so much as "just right of this" and "a pinch of that," which is a skill I'd love to have, but difficult for learning it without spending years cooking with her. mmm, irregular measurement units.

Isn't he just? XD

:smallcool:

Uh oh.

Feta is just good in all circumstances that I have encountered it in. Also, gyros. Even bad gyros have been pretty good.

Indeed. "Scarper, Montgomery!" And all that rot, eh, wot wot?

Nice. I'd like to see it. :P Maybe even hear ya play on it if you know any tunes.

...I could have sworn I typed a response to this. I even quoted it!

Hrm... I think they add a tiny bit of vanilla to the corn syrup that we've got, so maybe that's it. Still, delicious stuff.

The distinction between tree and bush is pretty odd. Some "trees" don't get very tall, and I've seen bushes that, were they not regularly trimmed, could easily be taller than a house.

I take it their waffle shop had some really good waffles, eh? :smallamused: Did they have any other turkish (or belgian) food there?

*gets out spoon* Shh, this'll be quick. :smalltongue:

Indeed. Plus, if you've got something like Bisquick, it's useful for all sorts of things; not just pancakes.

*shrug* Life is strange.

Vanilla corn syrup is nicer, aye.

That it is. That it is.

Yes, they have good waffles. waffle sammiches sometimes and even stuffed waffles. I think they have turkish coffee on the menu too. Been a while since I been there, so I dinnae recall exactly. Liked the place though.

uh oh...

Aye. I've used it to make finger-food cake-like monstrosities, for instance. Also, scone-like abominations.

Teddy

2013-06-26, 05:25 PM

Hmm, I've actually never had oven pancakes with savoury products.. But now that you mention, yeah, they sound rather sensible to be that as they're quite bulky. Spinach pancakes is pretty much the most popular meal in Finnish schools. They're filling and have lots of good stuff in them, a perfect way to get kids eat spinach. Spinach soup is popular as well. Recently I learned how to make these from scratch!

A popular ingredient in oven pancakes is dices of pork strewn onto the tray together with the batter. I have nothing against it myself (I used to dislike it pretty much as a kid, though), but generally stick to pork-less pancake if the option exists.

Hm. Dunno what they teach you about the Finland-Sweden relationship in your schools... Our history is rather bitter. It's just one of those things, it's old, sort of meaningless hate. Nowadays the hate is more towards Swedish speaking Finns. Because of the 300k minority we have, we must learn Swedish in school. It's rubbish. I think I would've loved to learn the language if it was voluntary (I have family in Sweden, check up Finnish war children), or at least if we had to choose a language from at least three (like, Swedish, German and Russian or French or something)... Rest of this would be me complaining about current politics but meh, not the thing to ramble about on this forum. :smallsmile: Most important thing: Nalle is a cool Swede! :smallbiggrin:

Heh, over here, Sweden and Finland are kind of portrayed as "BFFs 4 lyfe!", what with the whole "was one country", and the Fenno-Swedes, finnskogarna (can't really provide a Wiki link since all non-Swedish pages only talk about an area of Norway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnskogen) with just a passing mention of Sweden on them), the Winter War volunteers and war children. I think I may be able to see some bias and willful ignorance in general behind this picture, though... :smallwink:

Also, thanks! :smallredface:

EDIT:
Oh, and before I forget, you're a cool and fun and interesting Finn. I like your company. :smallsmile:

Mynxae

2013-06-26, 05:33 PM

Damn you people. I can't even sleep for a good 8 hours without nearly 3 new pages of this thread. :smallsigh: I have to spank you all. :smallannoyed:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 05:36 PM

I have to spank you all. :smallannoyed:
Before or after our duel? :smalltongue:

Teddy

2013-06-26, 05:36 PM

Damn you people. I can't even sleep for a good 8 hours without nearly 3 new pages of this thread. :smallsigh: I have to spank you all. :smallannoyed:

Story of my life, or now you know how it's like to be a European. :smallwink:

Taet

2013-06-26, 05:40 PM

I did not know that being European meant spankings. This was not covered in history class.

FinnLassie

2013-06-26, 05:48 PM

A popular ingredient in oven pancakes is dices of pork strewn onto the tray together with the batter. I have nothing against it myself (I used to dislike it pretty much as a kid, though), but generally stick to pork-less pancake if the option exists.

Heh, over here, Sweden and Finland are kind of portrayed as "BFFs 4 lyfe!", what with the whole "was one country", and the Fenno-Swedes, finnskogarna (can't really provide a Wiki link since all non-Swedish pages only talk about an area of Norway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnskogen) with just a passing mention of Sweden on them), the Winter War volunteers and war children. I think I may be able to see some bias and willful ignorance in general behind this picture, though... :smallwink:

Also, thanks! :smallredface:

EDIT:
Oh, and before I forget, you're a cool and fun and interesting Finn. I like your company. :smallsmile:

Now that you mention, I have made oven pancake with bacon bits in it! Super yummy!

See, I think this is one of the thing that irks us Finns about Swedes... You're so... disgustingly positive and friendly, according to all the images we get of you. :smallyuk: Trying to be friends and everything. I mean, can't you just leave us alone with our knives and alcohol?! Hehe.
Also, we are bitter that you let Kissie's blog happen. That's just wrong.

Yaay! More hugs! :smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin: *glomp*

ION: Amipun is probably the best ninja I know on this forum. Period. :smallannoyed:

Devmaar

2013-06-26, 06:09 PM

Now that you mention, I have made oven pancake with bacon bits in it! Super yummy!

See, I think this is one of the thing that irks us Finns about Swedes... You're so... disgustingly positive and friendly, according to all the images we get of you. :smallyuk: Trying to be friends and everything. I mean, can't you just leave us alone with our knives and alcohol?! Hehe.
Also, we are bitter that you let Kissie's blog happen. That's just wrong.

Yaay! More hugs! :smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin: *glomp*

ION: Amipun is probably the best ninja I know on this forum. Period. :smallannoyed:

No wonder you like Scotland so much :smalltongue:

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 06:12 PM

Baah, sorry people, I'm horrible at quoting and being social on RB right now! Also, I'll be off for the next five days with the occasional "it's awesome up north! :smallbiggrin:" messages, maybe.

Kneenibsies will always be a very nice thing to recall when I become old. I'll be telling my grandchildren about my times on this forum and tales of this glorious creature named Kneenibble!

Oh, you're so fun. :smallbiggrin:

Git on tae it, then! :smalltongue:

Bah, enjoy your vacation! Hell, the last time I was on vacation, I only showed up to post once or twice in a WW game I was playing (and that was at the end of the week). Have fun! :smallcool:

Indeed. I can imagine a story-book of all the RB characters having wacky adventures and such. :smallamused:

That's just what he wants you to think! Actually h-
Shush, none of that, now.

I have already. :smalltongue:

Well, I did say loosely based. The only correlation I know of is that one of the main objectives of this pinball game is to hit targets with letters and spell out "Atari Adventure."

Huh. Interesting. I think the only pinball game I've ever played was the "Space Cadet" one that came with Windows XP. :smallamused:

Huh. I don't think I have any written family recipes... :smallfrown:

Nice! Don't forget!

Do you have any relatives that just sort of know how to cook awesome food? Look over their shoulder (or just ask) and write down what they do while they're cooking - that's how you get family recipes. :smallamused:

And now it's shiny! Shinyish. It's shiny where it isn't scratched. :smallamused: It also has a neckstrap made from paracord. It's quite possibly one of the sketchiest instruments I've played, and that's including a beat-up xylophone from a high school I went to, and my bass guitar.

I wish I'd gotten more of my grandma's family recipes, but it's hard to get her to write things down since she's so busy and also because most of it is so intuitive to her, so it's not precise measurements so much as "just right of this" and "a pinch of that," which is a skill I'd love to have, but difficult for learning it without spending years cooking with her. mmm, irregular measurement units.

Feta is just good in all circumstances that I have encountered it in. Also, gyros. Even bad gyros have been pretty good.

Nice. I'd like to see it. :P Maybe even hear ya play on it if you know any tunes.

Indeed. My own cooking is more like: boil noodles. Add garlic, tomato sauce, and meat to taste. (and that's probably the most complicated thing I've done in a long time).

I don't think I've ever had a bad gyro (then again, I've only ever eaten at two greek restaurants, and both were really good).

I've taken some pictures, and once I figure out how to get them onto the computer, I'll share 'em. As for actually playing the thing... I don't really know how to play a mandolin. I suppose I could tune it like a guitar, but that kind of defeats the purpose of it being a mandolin. Maybe. :smallamused:

Also, all scones are abominations. :smalltongue:

Damn you people. I can't even sleep for a good 8 hours without nearly 3 new pages of this thread. :smallsigh: I have to spank you all. :smallannoyed:

Nonono, this is a good thing. It means I have things to respond to, and don't have to frustratedly refresh my control panel all day.

See, I think this is one of the thing that irks us Finns about Swedes... You're so... disgustingly positive and friendly, according to all the images we get of you. :smallyuk: Trying to be friends and everything. I mean, can't you just leave us alone with our knives and alcohol?! Hehe.
Also, we are bitter that you let Kissie's blog happen. That's just wrong.

ION: Amipun is probably the best ninja I know on this forum. Period. :smallannoyed:

Oh, come now; Sweden is awesome! So many really good metal bands are Swedish. :smallcool:

Mwahahahahaha :smallbiggrin:

Mutant Sheep

2013-06-26, 06:14 PM

...GAG ME WITH A SPOON HOW'D I FORGET KNEE WAS A CANADIAN D:

And hey, it's convenient(sic)! We don't always have the ingredients for pancakes!... Best phrase. :small cool:

Pancakes.... WHEAT U SUCK. /has many options, don't worreh

Yes, but none of your friends are apparently bro enough to bro a bro out like that, bro-dawg or else they just don't have the bros to dawg up on you. And, fine, subsitute "fake-dating" mentally then. :smalltongue: Mr. Reasons and stuff.

I guess I'm just weird and occasionally eat pancakes with jam that isn't scandinavian or terribly canadian either. Granted, I'm from the south so I'm not allowed to dislike blackberries.Hey brought. Sup Braou. I back, Braou. :smallbiggrin:

They're savoury and filling, a perfect dinner pancake. Although I bet your spinach pancakes are robust enough to qualify as dinner food as well.

Yay, someone likes me! :smallbiggrin: *noms pancakes*
*remembers to look beyond personal issues*
Right, someone more likes me. *continues to nom pancakes*

Also, what kind of interactions have you had with Swedes which turned so sour? I mean, I suppose there are bad Swedes out there, but I've practically never met them myself. Then again, I'm pretty eccentric as a person and live in a town with a strong nerd culture, so practically the only kind of person I know is a nerd to at least some degree. When a clip from a Swedish House Maffia concert came on television some time ago and they mingled around the audience (which consisted almost entirely of exposed skin, bleached hair and pilot glasses), I had a pretty shocking moment of "That kind of people actually exists!?". Bubble doesn't even start to describe the seclusion of the sphere I live in. :smallwink:ewwww spinach grain replacements. :yuck:

... I like you... :smallfrown:

I've had that feeling. :smallbiggrin: Is really weird when a stereotype talks at you. XD

Damn you people. I can't even sleep for a good 8 hours without nearly 3 new pages of this thread. :smallsigh: I have to spank you all. :smallannoyed:...:smallredface:

Teddy

2013-06-26, 06:15 PM

See, I think this is one of the thing that irks us Finns about Swedes... You're so... disgustingly positive and friendly, according to all the images we get of you. :smallyuk: Trying to be friends and everything. I mean, can't you just leave us alone with our knives and alcohol?! Hehe.

Well, for as long as refrain from shooting birds at us...

Also, we are bitter that you let Kissie's blog happen. That's just wrong.

Lets just say that that's she belongs to the very cathegory of people whose existence keep surprising me.

Yaay! More hugs! :smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin: *glomp*

Yay! :3 *more bearhugs*

Also, the current state of the clock is reminding me of one of our very first exchanges on this forum. Say, shouldn't it be time for a little Finn to go to bed now? :smallwink:

Devmaar

2013-06-26, 06:19 PM

Also, all scones are abominations. :smalltongue:

Oh, come now; Sweden is awesome! So many really good metal bands are Swedish. :smallcool:

:smallfurious::smallmad: Wut. No.

Not to mention the glorious synthpop they've produced :smallbiggrin:

Also, the current state of the clock is reminding me of one of our very first exchanges on this forum. Say, shouldn't it be time for a little Finn to go to bed now? :smallwink:

Yeah, it's almost time for me to go to bed and it's at least an hour later over there

Teddy

2013-06-26, 06:32 PM

Pancakes.... WHEAT U SUCK. /has many options, don't worreh

Heh, this reminds me of the time I was over at my coeliac diseased friend's house, and we were to make pancakes. It turned out he only had 1/4th of the preferable flour required for the recipe, and the same applied to second most preferable, and to some degree even the third, so we threw together four different kinds of gluten-free flours just to make the batter, and it turned out really well. Those were some awesome pancakes.

... I like you... :smallfrown:

Don't worry, I know, but I need to remind myself from time to time that I am in fact not at all despicable or otherwise a nuisance. Deep-rooted issues are deep-rooted, but even the most stubborn dandelion succombs to sufficient force and persistence.

I've had that feeling. :smallbiggrin: Is really weird when a stereotype talks at you. XD

Yeah, I've more or less fallen into the loop think of the mainstream as some sort of satirical parody. I never come in contact with it, so I forget even it's very existence.

Yeah, it's almost time for me to go to bed and it's at least an hour later over there

One for me, two for her.

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 06:41 PM

Do you have any relatives that just sort of know how to cook awesome food? Look over their shoulder (or just ask) and write down what they do while they're cooking - that's how you get family recipes. :smallamused:
Any living relatives who live with me? No, not really.

And now it's shiny! Shinyish. It's shiny where it isn't scratched. :smallamused: It also has a neckstrap made from paracord. It's quite possibly one of the sketchiest instruments I've played, and that's including a beat-up xylophone from a high school I went to, and my bass guitar.
Oo. Will there be a picture soon?

Hey brought. Sup Braou. I back, Braou. :smallbiggrin:
Hello again, comrade!

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 07:34 PM

:smallfurious::smallmad: Wut. No.

Not to mention the glorious synthpop they've produced :smallbiggrin:

Delicious abominations, but abominations nonetheless. :smallamused:

Meh. :smalltongue:

Any living relatives who live with me? No, not really.

Oo. Will there be a picture soon?

Well, not necessarily living with you. Just any that live reasonably near you.

Indeed.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/AmidusDrexel/693a1eab-8226-4c4c-9cc1-61d41b427f89_zpsf5f1ae2c.jpg
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/AmidusDrexel/361b3677-ec6e-4168-b1c6-4dfee70d00bf_zps88efc295.jpg

ION: And now I away to grill steak! :smallcool: (man, dinner's gonna be late)

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 07:39 PM

Well, not necessarily living with you. Just any that live reasonably near you.
Oh! Then, yes, though I have poor eyesight and can't see how they're making it.

Indeed.
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Oh, my. It's exactly as you've said it was like.

ION: And now I away to grill steak! :smallcool: (man, dinner's gonna be late)
Enjoy!

Coidzor

2013-06-26, 08:18 PM

I did not know that being European meant spankings. This was not covered in history class.

I learned it on the Internet myself, but that was mostly about Germans. :smalltongue:

Damn you people. I can't even sleep for a good 8 hours without nearly 3 new pages of this thread. :smallsigh: I have to spank you all. :smallannoyed:

Sounds fun, bring it, Mink's Eye. :smallcool:

Huh. I don't think I have any written family recipes... :smallfrown:

Fun factoid: did you know that in Cantonese, a direct translation of butter is "cow oil?"

I didn't say that, 'twas Amidus. :smalltongue: I'm sorry about that though. If they're still around maybe you can get them to tell you them so you can transcribe them and preserve them for posterity?

Nice. :smallamused:

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 08:28 PM

Oh! Then, yes, though I have poor eyesight and can't see how they're making it.

Oh, my. It's exactly as you've said it was like.

Enjoy!

You don't wear glasses for that? :smallconfused: I mean, if it's bad enough that you have trouble seeing what people next to you are doing...

Yeah, shiny where I polished it, and covered in scratches. :smallamused: I rather like the sunburst effect on the body - my bass has that too. It gives it a nice, woody look to the instrument.

Aye. It's delicious - I doubt it even needs the scant seasoning I put on it. My sister complained that it wasn't rare, but... 1) I don't cook rare steaks, 2) she asked me if they were going to be bloody about a minute before I took them off the grill, and 3) she already had dinner somewhere else (and said she wasn't hungry for them when I started cooking)... Eh, more steak for me. :smallcool:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 08:32 PM

I didn't say that, 'twas Amidus. :smalltongue: I'm sorry about that though. If they're still around maybe you can get them to tell you them so you can transcribe them and preserve them for posterity?
They're lost to time, unfortunately.

Hm. Maybe not. What counts as a "family recipe?"

Nice. :smallamused:
One of the many reasons why I don't eat butter. :smalltongue:

You don't wear glasses for that? :smallconfused: I mean, if it's bad enough that you have trouble seeing what people next to you are doing...
Not usually, no. I can see the road and where to walk, and that's enough for me.

Yeah, shiny where I polished it, and covered in scratches. :smallamused: I rather like the sunburst effect on the body - my bass has that too. It gives it a nice, woody look to the instrument.
It does!

Aye. It's delicious - I doubt it even needs the scant seasoning I put on it. My sister complained that it wasn't rare, but... 1) I don't cook rare steaks, 2) she asked me if they were going to be bloody about a minute before I took them off the grill, and 3) she already had dinner somewhere else (and said she wasn't hungry for them when I started cooking)... Eh, more steak for me. :smallcool:
It seems that she missed a yummy piece of meat, then. Are you only consuming steak?

Mutant Sheep

2013-06-26, 08:43 PM

If I ever go away and then post and then Amidus doesn't even say hi to me, someone lick his nose. HARD.:smallbiggrin:

@Teddy who I no quote because wooooooork:smallfrown:

I am very familiar with the "mix the different batter things together" method of gluten free cooking. And your result is no fluke. A wide mix of rice and potatoe and eveny other kind of qualified thing makes deliciouuuuus foodstuffs.:smallbiggrin::smallcool:

Teddy is one fine looking dandelion, then.:smallwink: (Because I haven't complimented your physical appearance in -too long-:smallbiggrin:)

Yeah. You grow up and everyone is their own unique person, and then you meet this person and your first impression of them is "I know you from somewhere... THE TE VEE.:smalleek:". Then they reveal themselves to have actual depth and you feel guilty for stereotyping, but still. First impressions wherein they act like a stereotype are bad.:smalltongue:

Time zone.

I had things to say at you guys, but I forgoted. :smallfrown:Something with Knee and Finn, then something with Dimo. Meh. LAZINESS.:smallcool:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 08:45 PM

If I ever go away and then post and then Amidus doesn't even say hi to me, someone lick his nose. HARD.:smallbiggrin:
Ninetales doesn't have the Lick move. Sorry. :smalltongue:

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 08:46 PM

Hm. Maybe not. What counts as a "family recipe?"

One of the many reasons why I don't eat butter. :smalltongue:

Not usually, no. I can see the road and where to walk, and that's enough for me.

It seems that she missed a yummy piece of meat, then. Are you only consuming steak?

Something a family member developed themselves, or puts their own unique sort of spin on that differentiates it from other meals of the same sort. Like, take my cole slaw example from before. There was a specific way my great grandmother made cole slaw, and it tasted different from how other people did it. (and better, I might add, than what else I've tasted :smallamused:)

Bah, butter is delicious. :smallcool:

Don't you need them to read? Or am I misunderstanding how bad your vision is?

Indeed she did, but hey, more for me. Er... there's a salad, I think, but I didn't see any lettuce, so I'm a bit skeptical. I might eat some... then again, I might just cut up some lettuce and eat that. *shrug*

If I ever go away and then post and then Amidus doesn't even say hi to me, someone lick his nose. HARD.:smallbiggrin:

Aw... does Sheep need attention? :smalltongue: :smallbiggrin: :smallamused:

What's up?

Mutant Sheep

2013-06-26, 08:53 PM

Ninetales doesn't have the Lick move. Sorry. :smalltongue:It does however, have Levitate.:smallamused::smallbiggrin:

Something a family member developed themselves, or puts their own unique sort of spin on that differentiates it from other meals of the same sort. Like, take my cole slaw example from before. There was a specific way my great grandmother made cole slaw, and it tasted different from how other people did it. (and better, I might add, than what else I've tasted :smallamused:)

Bah, butter is delicious. :smallcool:

Don't you need them to read? Or am I misunderstanding how bad your vision is?

Indeed she did, but hey, more for me. Er... there's a salad, I think, but I didn't see any lettuce, so I'm a bit skeptical. I might eat some... then again, I might just cut up some lettuce and eat that. *shrug*

Aw... does Sheep need attention? :smalltongue: :smallbiggrin: :smallamused:

What's up?The definition becomes defined once they actually show it to you. And then you do something wrong and they go "you ruined the batch" and you go "I stirred Wif da spoon" and they go "Graugufkghing"

Yes it be.

I has bad vision!:smalltongue: I am neier nearsighted or farsighted, for my eyes ARE BOTH. I AM SYMETTRIC.

Never liked salad. VStupid, on my part! xD

Unthinkable!

Nuthin'.:smallamused::smallwink:

TaiLiu

2013-06-26, 08:59 PM

Something a family member developed themselves, or puts their own unique sort of spin on that differentiates it from other meals of the same sort. Like, take my cole slaw example from before. There was a specific way my great grandmother made cole slaw, and it tasted different from how other people did it. (and better, I might add, than what else I've tasted :smallamused:)
Hm. Not that I know of, then.

Bah, butter is delicious. :smallcool:
It's salty and greasy and oily...

Don't you need them to read? Or am I misunderstanding how bad your vision is?
It's bad, but it's not that bad.

Indeed she did, but hey, more for me. Er... there's a salad, I think, but I didn't see any lettuce, so I'm a bit skeptical. I might eat some... then again, I might just cut up some lettuce and eat that. *shrug*
Just... Just eat the lettuce raw?

It does however, have Levitate.:smallamused::smallbiggrin:
Yes, she's very special. :smalltongue:

The definition becomes defined once they actually show it to you. And then you do something wrong and they go "you ruined the batch" and you go "I stirred Wif da spoon" and they go "Graugufkghing"
What interesting sounds they make.

I has bad vision!:smalltongue: I am neier nearsighted or farsighted, for my eyes ARE BOTH. I AM SYMETTRIC.
Both eyes are both, or one eye each?

Never liked salad. VStupid, on my part!
Salad's overrated, anyway.

Amidus Drexel

2013-06-26, 09:06 PM

The definition becomes defined once they actually show it to you. And then you do something wrong and they go "you ruined the batch" and you go "I stirred Wif da spoon" and they go "Graugufkghing"

Never liked salad. VStupid, on my part! xD

Nuthin'.:smallamused::smallwink:

Hehehe :smallamused:

Salad isn't necessarily bad, but it's not always good, either. I don't like it to be full of random vegetables - a salad should be elegant in it's simplicity. :thog:

I will throat-punch you in the face, Sheep. :smalltongue:

It's salty and greasy and oily...

It's bad, but it's not that bad.

Just... Just eat the lettuce raw?

Not all butter has salt in it... grease is where flavor comes from, and the oil is natural and keeps it from breaking apart. Also, butter is normally more creamy than greasy and oily, or you've got the wrong kind of butter. Margarine is greasy and oily, but that's because it's made from vegetable oil. I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

Well that's good, then.

I'll probably put some dressing on it, if I even bother to eat it at all. I suppose I should check out this "salad"...