Taet's Acrostic: Everyone's Tuned into Random Banter #195

[enderlord99]

...My research says that Texas Toast is just a really thick slice of bread.

Actually, it's cheesy garlic bread.

[TaiLiu]

Actually, it's cheesy garlic bread.

I knew I should have read the entire article.

[Devmaar]

Huh. Does everyone here have cats?

Well I know I do

[Teddy]

Huh. Does everyone here have cats?

I actually don't (we don't have any pets at all, in fact, unless you count the wolf spiders), but that only means I can enjoy the company of cousines' cats even more. Or the nigh uncountable neighbourhood cats, for that matter...

[Dimonite]

Not even via DOSbox? Granted, if you're doing that way it'd probably be simpler and less of a potential headache to just get the cheap, digital forms.

I'm a broke college student! Even at cheap prices, I likely can't afford them.

Nope. Surely you've heard about the places in the South where they're still fighting the Civil War. Though you are right, some of us do look like we're from Ohio and some of us look like we're from Canadia, and then some of us do not.

I had not heard that, no. But I suppose I'm more inclined than most to think of the north and south as one entity due to my rich Alabama uncles.

...You do understand how alcohol and the cooking process interact, right?

Not even slightly.
(But at least I cop to it!)

[enderlord99]

Not even slightly.
(But at least I cop to it!)

The alcohol boils away, but tastes like it's still there.

[Amidus Drexel]

Huh. Does everyone here have cats?

I do.

I had not heard that, no. But I suppose I'm more inclined than most to think of the north and south as one entity due to my rich Alabama uncles.

Not even slightly.
(But at least I cop to it!)

Well, it's more a mentality than actual fighting but yeah, it's still there.

The general idea is that a significant portion of the alcohol cooks off, because it has a much lower boiling point than water does. You do have to cook things fairly hot to get it all out, but if you're cooking meat all the way through, that's not really a problem. It leaves the flavor, without making the food alcoholic.

[Coidzor]

Yeah, not banned, I just think they lost their customer base. Seeing how many suggestions Wikipedia gives me for substitutes, I'm not surprised, really...

Let's see, it's peas, and ham, and generally eaten with mustard. I don't really know much more about the ingredients, though, seeing how we've never had it at home...

Also, putting garlic in it would just clash horribly with the pancakes.

Heh, I've partially come to regard America as some remote reservation for zealots and other crackpots, so anything In America can safely be disregarded as kook and nonsense.

That said, I have a number of wildly different mental pictures of America. They're so strongly separated from eachother that they might as well be different countries alltogether...

I've never quite run into a good substitute for buttermilk for baking with, I must admit, all of the proposed substitutes are lacking that je ne sais quoi which makes it worth using. As a beverage on the other hand, well, I can see why gaining some measure of actual refrigeration technology available to the public would cut down on its consumption in favor of, say, raw milk or pasteurized milk.

Mustard on the side, mustard added at the table? Ours is peas, ham, garlic/onion/black pepper for seasoning as a baseline, IIRC. I think sometimes the soup is cut with some form of dairy as part of the cooking process, but not really eaten with it as a side.

Which aren't supposed to be sweet anyway, but you're putting sweet whipped cream on them in order to eat them with pea soup. Or else you guys don't include sweetening as part of the process of making whipped cream, but then there's the second point of confusion in the form of creaminess while eating pancakes and pea soup flavored with ham and mustard.

You could probably reach the character limit for posts just listing out what all we have in this one country.

The country is about the size of the continent of Europe, I believe, 3.794 million sq miles (9.827 million km²) vs 3.931 million sq miles (10.18 million km²).

The general idea is that a significant portion of the alcohol cooks off, because it has a much lower boiling point than water does. You do have to cook things fairly hot to get it all out, but if you're cooking meat all the way through, that's not really a problem. It leaves the flavor, without making the food alcoholic.

And if one is too scared to deal with trace amounts of alcohol left from cooking with minute quantities (*le gasp*) then they even sell flavor extracts for the faint of heart.

I'm a broke college student! Even at cheap prices, I likely can't afford them.

I had not heard that, no. But I suppose I'm more inclined than most to think of the north and south as one entity due to my rich Alabama uncles.

Not even slightly.
(But at least I cop to it!)

Being a broke college student is the mother of invention. Besides, you just said you have a treasure trove of stuff that you could try to make work using DOS emulators and the like.

huh

Let's just say that there's two kinds of rumballs and only one can make you drunk after you've gorged yourself on them enough to make yourself sick from the quantity of food alone.

You did not.

Huh. Does everyone here have cats?

Well, now you know, I suppose.

A majority of us, likely, if not, then probably a plurality.

[Teddy]

I've never quite run into a good substitute for buttermilk for baking with, I must admit, all of the proposed substitutes are lacking that je ne sais quoi which makes it worth using. As a beverage on the other hand, well, I can see why gaining some measure of actual refrigeration technology available to the public would cut down on its consumption in favor of, say, raw milk or pasteurized milk.

Who said it had to be a good substitute? For as long as people won't have to throw away half a package of a too niched ingredient because they bake all too seldom, they'll accept it.

Mustard on the side, mustard added at the table? Ours is peas, ham, garlic/onion/black pepper for seasoning as a baseline, IIRC. I think sometimes the soup is cut with some form of dairy as part of the cooking process, but not really eaten with it as a side.

Mustard added at the table. I don't really know what it's supposed to achieve, because I dislike mustard in general, but that's how it's usually eaten.

Which aren't supposed to be sweet anyway, but you're putting sweet whipped cream on them in order to eat them with pea soup. Or else you guys don't include sweetening as part of the process of making whipped cream, but then there's the second point of confusion in the form of creaminess while eating pancakes and pea soup flavored with ham and mustard.

Sweetening the whipped cream? That's only for the desserts. And I suppose you'll have to experience it yourself if you are to make sense of it...

You could probably reach the character limit for posts just listing out what all we have in this one country.

All kook or all anything?

The country is about the size of the continent of Europe, I believe, 3.794 million sq miles (9.827 million km²) vs 3.931 million sq miles (10.18 million km²).

Yeah, except it's a little like thinking "all Europeans are German" and "all Europeans are French" at the same time.

[Elemental]

I mean, you might want the wood, and it's structurally sound, just... not everything on it works as it should.

Honestly, you don't have to be a good cook to grill steak. Seriously, I put less effort into making that than I do most sandwiches. It literally is: put on grill. Flip once or twice. Eat. It's not even the "easy" that my stepmom calls some meals, where she uses half the dishes in the kitchen and makes a giant mess of the place - it's easy enough that the guy who can barely cook pasta can make it. Give it a shot; it's not as hard as it looks.

Hmm... Sounds like a lot of furniture then.

But I don't even count as a bad cook I'm that terrible. However, if you people think that I can do it, then I'll think about it. I just need to convince my Mum to let me try.

That's weird, they're mother and daughter, those can't be equals, can they? Gah, I can never remember kitty social hierarchies properly.

It's one of the ways cats show close familial bonds.

Huh. Does everyone here have cats?

Just the one, and she doesn't do anything.
Oh, and plus a stray who's slowly getting more comfortable around me, I give it a month or two and I'll be able to pat him.

[Taet]

Something I know! You need a flux in the mix for making glass. That's something to keep it from bunching up and making grains again once the sand cools. If you get a natural flux in the lava, it cools into obsidian instead of rock. It's not exactly right to say that flux keeps melted stuff liquid but it's close enough.

The theory about cats licking to own explains so much. Although I will add that this cat will lick me when I have delayed feeding it wet food. That is no mystery. That's a taste test. :(

[TaiLiu]

I do.

A majority of us, likely, if not, then probably a plurality.

Just the one, and she doesn't do anything.
Oh, and plus a stray who's slowly getting more comfortable around me, I give it a month or two and I'll be able to pat him.

Yup. Plenty of cats.

Well, now you know, I suppose.

I do. So, does the spirit float around you, or...?

[LaZodiac]

I have a dog! It's a sheetzu, but not spelt that way since the dog breed isn't classified as something that is okay in regards to the censors, which I find funny.

[enderlord99]

Typing "shi'tzu" is perfectly possible on this forum. You probably just misplaced the apostrophe... unless I'm mistaken, and did so myself...

[Coidzor]

I have a dog! It's a sheetzu, but not spelt that way since the dog breed isn't classified as something that is okay in regards to the censors, which I find funny.

How does dog like arctic land?

I do. So, does the spirit float around you, or...?

If you're hallucinating mudkips, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems, but a poke ain't mon.

[Rawhide]

I have a dog! It's a sheetzu, but not spelt that way since the dog breed isn't classified as something that is okay in regards to the censors, which I find funny.

Why would the censors block "Shih Tzu"?

[TaiLiu]

If you're hallucinating mudkips, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems, but a poke ain't mon.

A reference, I think. I like the pun at the end.

Why would the censors block "Shih Tzu"?

A variant spelling, perhaps?

[Coidzor]

A reference, I think. I like the pun at the end.

A variant spelling, perhaps?

99 Problems, but then, you do apparently have an irrational hatred of music.

Try it out as one word and I'm sure you'll see how that could happen.

[Rawhide]

A variant spelling, perhaps?

No variants listed on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shih_Tzu

Try it out as one word and I'm sure you'll see how that could happen.

Shihtzu?

[TaiLiu]

99 Problems, but then, you do apparently have an irrational hatred of music.

It's... It's not irrational.

No variants listed on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shih_Tzu

Bah.

[enderlord99]

Shihtzu?

It's only blocked when you get rid of the bold letter (which people often do) and forget to replace it with either a hyphen or an apostrophe.

But then, that's to be expected.

It's... It's not irrational.

...There's got to be some sort of story here...

[LaZodiac]

Why would the censors block "Shih Tzu"?

I didn't know it was spelt that way...

[TaiLiu]

...There's got to be some sort of story here...

There isn't, really.

[Coidzor]

There isn't, really.

Darn, you'd gotten my hopes up. :/ It really is so bizarre to me that I had to keep from poking and prodding and trying to vivisect your brain on the matter the first time it came up.

[Amidus Drexel]

Hmm... Sounds like a lot of furniture then.

But I don't even count as a bad cook I'm that terrible. However, if you people think that I can do it, then I'll think about it. I just need to convince my Mum to let me try.

It's pretty heavy, aye. I'm glad I haven't had to move the thing.

Come on, you can't be that bad.

It's... It's not irrational.

If you disliked certain kinds of music, I'd say that's not irrational. But having a blanket dislike for all music strikes me as a bit silly. I'm having trouble coming up with a metaphor for what I'm trying to say that makes sense...

ION: Saw Na'ir Al Saif, Infirmary, and Savage Kenny - the show rocked. The same guy drummed for the Na'ir Al Saif and Savage Kenny, so he was dead tired when they finished their set. (and Robin convinced 'em to play The Trooper right after that, too). \m/(>w<)\m/

Midnight's a good time to eat dinner, right?

[enderlord99]

There isn't, really.

Do you like any sort of sound?

[Coidzor]

It's pretty heavy, aye. I'm glad I haven't had to move the thing.

Come on, you can't be that bad.

If you disliked certain kinds of music, I'd say that's not irrational. But having a blanket dislike for all music strikes me as a bit silly. I'm having trouble coming up with a metaphor for what I'm trying to say that makes sense...

ION: Saw Na'ir Al Saif, Infirmary, and Savage Kenny - the show rocked. The same guy drummed for the Na'ir Al Saif and Savage Kenny, so he was dead tired when they finished their set. (and Robin convinced 'em to play The Trooper right after that, too). \m/(>w<)\m/

Midnight's a good time to eat dinner, right?

Moving Furniture is just about the worst thing I've had to do by myself, I must admit.

If you can avoid killing people while following the instructions in Chemistry Class, you can learn to cook and can follow a recipe, even if you do have to go on youtube in order to actually see how certain techniques are physically done or consult reference material to understand certain terms. The Internet is powerful tool in this regard, after all.

It's like finding a person who just plain lacks a component of what one had thought was part of what made human beings people. And even more jarring than when people discover that asexual people exist and react badly.

On the bright side, it sounds like he worked off his drinking for the next two nights. Also, like fun.

That's when I ate dinner.

[TaiLiu]

Darn, you'd gotten my hopes up. :/ It really is so bizarre to me that I had to keep from poking and prodding and trying to vivisect your brain on the matter the first time it came up.

What, did you suspect it to be a traumatic event?

Come on, you can't be that bad.

If you disliked certain kinds of music, I'd say that's not irrational. But having a blanket dislike for all music strikes me as a bit silly. I'm having trouble coming up with a metaphor for what I'm trying to say that makes sense...

I usually don't like noise.

Do you like any sort of sound?

Sure. I like the sound chickens make.

[enderlord99]

Sure. I like the sound chickens make.

Well, the term "music" is rather arbitrary. Chicken-sounds could be considered music just as much as anything else. Saying "I like chicken-sounds, but not music" is like saying "I like water, but not chemicals."

Water is a chemical: H2O.

[TaiLiu]

Well, the term "music" is rather arbitrary. Chicken-sounds could be considered music just as much as anything else.

I suppose. It would be more exact to say that I dislike human music, then.