Well, how else can I describe the bagdering that was going on? If I just said 'the asshole was badgering me about my food choices' is pretty vague. That could mean something like - you know, that looks aweful fatty ... think you might choose something with fewer calories?....'

Most likely, people will say what they believe. To be honest, most of the people I worked with that worked in various kitchens will eat crap off trucks *and* the uber chichi crap they and others are making. To people who work in kitchens, food is food and you are more concerned that it was dropped on the floor and the…

So? Ever gone to dinner with one of the more preachy supercilious better-than-thou vegetarians or vegans? They can make a simple meal a living hell for those of us who choose not to turn vegetarian or vegan. Why go somewhere to eat where the staff has trained for years to produce amazing food and immediately start…

Hell, he has a stated liking for street mystery meat off of food trucks. He knows and cooks ultra high end french cuisine, and has no issue if you prefer food trucks. That is *not* pretentious behavior.

Try being allergic to mushrooms, fungi, palm/coconut/tropical oils and bivalves [clams, mussels, oysters, scallops ... ] and going somewhere with a tasting menu ... With results ranging from anaphylaxis to projectile vomiting to explosive diarhhea I prefer just to avoid spending $200 or more on food that I have to sit…

Same way some people dump hot sauce on everything. I swear, until I 'forgot' to put that horrific Mrs Dash on the grocery list our roomie made every single food she cooked for us [the 3 of us alternate weeks cooking for the household] was flavored with Mrs Dash. <where is that vomit smiley icon ...> She finally got…

Interesting, I do note that the possible white guy is wearing a phrygean cap, a style worn by the semi-nomadic population at the Balkan end of the Silk Road. It is well within the realm of believability that a trader made it all the way to Japan [the desire for becoming rich is a very strong driving force and the best…

Yup. What is the quote - Mother Nature, red in tooth and claw? And roosters are gang rapists ... that is why you don't have more than 1 rooster per up to a dozen hens, because each rooster will have a turn with each hen every time he can catch her alone. Since I don't care to raise chickens, all I have is hens because…

Lactose intolerance is not an allergy that is typically life threatening, simply unpleasant. [My husband is lactose intolerant and I have had experience dealing with the [ahem] outcome of accidental consumption. ] If you had turned down a food, I would not push it on you, I would try to find something you would eat.…

Yes, I actually do know pigs are omnivores just like us - they have a preference for fruits, nuts and roots but are opportunistic carnivores [except for the ones belonging to Robert Pickton ... ] And just because a carnivore's meat is not as tasty as a vegetarian's meat, it is not inherently unhealthy [except perhaps…

Meat takes part of its flavor from the diet of the animal, and carnivores [and garbage eaters like seagulls] can have a very unpleasant taste. I have tried a variety of nonstandard meats over the years [dog is stringy and gamy, I had Korean friends who served it to me once to see me freak out.]

Hm.

Ouch! My brother had his nose broken when a wake board fell off a wall bracket onto it. At least it broke straight so it was easy to set.

I took gross anatomy to fill my credit requirements and I still have a lot of stuff memorized after 35 years.

With the very young kids you can also help out by teaching them chisenbop as an aid. Some kids learn best with physical means, others are fine with rote memorization and chisenbop help visualize how numbers sort out into ones and tens.

No, there is a huge difference between rote memorization of concrete facts - numbers, the alphabet [and you have no idea how many people I hear singing the ABC song while filing!] and other information. You can rote facts about the American Revolution [Washington crossed the Delaware River 26 December 1776] The Age of…

10*450 + 3*450.

True, though you can plant smaller stuff for more or less instant gratification =)

When done correctly they can be really good, when done badly, purgatory. See, take the horror that is usually lime jello, cottage cheese, mandarin orange slices and it looks like this:

Then if you want to save seeds, you should start by buying your first batch of seeds, to make certain you have the correct plants, then save the seeds from there. If you want to get into period [non modern] cooking and brewing you should hook up with the local bunch - some quite excellent scholars there. There are a…