Maybe give mignonette another try? I personally like to fish a couple of the minced shallots that have essentially been quick-pickled in the mignonette and use that as my condiment. That way, you have a nice piquant accent to the brininess of the oyster that is never overwhelming. I can't imagine being able to really…

Hey, you know that most animal ethicists are totally down with eating oysters? They have no central nervous system, and therefore are incapable of experiencing pain. So if you are an ethical vegan, consume away, guilt free! (of course, you say you don't care anyways, but in case other vegans were interested, I thought…

This is interesting. I typically have avoided oysters from warm water. My favs have always been PEIs from the east coast, and pretty much anything from Washington or Oregon, but esp Kumamotos. I'll have to check out these Apalachicolas if I get the chance. Is the season more limited? I imagine that warm-water oysters…

Than 900 calories? That's dangerous in the case of a young girl, especially a young girl with diabetes

The weight isn't causing the endrocine malfunctions (though with time, that can happen), its the other way around: the central endocrine imbalance is causing the out of control appetite and weight gainn. The issue is the fact that they have created a central endocrine syndrome, due to the physical damage to her…

Controlling women's reproductive rights is worse.

I said this elsewhere, but I share your concerns. As well as the fact that she is only 3 months post-op, and there's no way her vasopressin, synthroid, steroid, etc dosing is stable. I say let the endocrinologists do their job a little longer, but I'm obviously not this family's physician. Still I think there's…

The problem with the gherlin argument here is that its a pretty lightweight hormone in light of the fact that this young girl is ALSO dealing with abnormalities in levels of thyroid and corticotrophins, very powerful, centrally released hormones who's levels are affected and contributing to her appetite, behavior,…

I was equally confused. If she's already being restricted to so few calories, how is a roux-en-y going to change that? The answers below aren't a complete enough story. My assumption is that she was consuming outside her restrictions, which is consistent with the behavior of someone who thinks they're starving. Still,…

And your size jumps significantly when you go to the petite section! So frustrating! You go in thinking you're one dress size, but your size jumps by 2 or 3 in petites!

Yeah, petite tends to be about stature. You can DEF be full-figured and still "petite," but for the "general" (as in not-dept-store size definition) I tend to think that it is used most for the skinnier end of the spectrum. I actually tried to look this up when Kyosuke brought it up, because I was thinking maybe I'm…

Yes, but a 0 does not make one petite. Par example, a petite inseam is usually 28 inches. You can be a 0 TALL and have a 23 inch waist and a 34 inch inseam. I'm telling you, petite is a stature thing. You are ECTOMORPHIC, you are slim, you are slender, but you are not petite. I swear. Its for slim SHORT people.…

Kyosuke - luv ya, but at 5'11, you might be thin, but you are definitely NOT petite. Petite is generally reserved for those of us who are 5'2" or 5'3" and shorter. Nothin in the petite section gonna fit someone 5'11"!!

Lindy, I just want to give internets hugs because I knew it was coming, but the comments to this piece are some of the most vitriolic I've read in awhile. There's that ole Christmas spirit!!

Ugh this entire thread needs to just be dismissed. I'm not sure what's more depressing - the sheer preponderance of assholes, or the fact that the lead-off asshole got 321 stars....

OK can we just pause for a moment a remember 30 Rock. For what it was, and for all that it could have been:

NOOOOO!!!! Seriously??

Again, how does that mean that this woman should be off the hook?

If you have a problem with people acting as if they are above he law, why is this woman exempt? Why should someone who broke the law be treated differently? You argue that we should all be held to the same standards, while saying that someone charged with a crime should be treated differently. Which is it?

this is the wrong place to do so. That's just my humble opinion. I think that the US was founded on a vour original sin of stealing land from Native Americans, and then eliminating them. I believe the way we continue to marginalize the remaining Native American population is wrong. However, as bad as that is, I don't…