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Am I the only one tremendously amused that a thread on these forums actually moved *off* the topic of food? A thread that's meant to be all about food, nonetheless!
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*watches his life get devoured like Dread Cthulhu snacking on a yacht*
Snacking, folks, snacking. I don't know where you got any other ideas, and frankly I'm not sure I want to know =)
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« Reply #286 on: August 20, 2008, 11:08:53 pm » |
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To return to artichokes
Remember the artichokes? The song is about artichokes...  |
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« Reply #287 on: August 21, 2008, 02:57:26 am » |
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To return to artichokes
Remember the artichokes? The song is about artichokes... *falls over laughing* (And, having referred, at least obliquely, to restaurants, I will say this: tonight was the first night I worked on the line, and it was awesome.) |
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« Reply #288 on: August 21, 2008, 06:17:36 am » |
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Do we get to hear about it?
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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« Reply #289 on: August 21, 2008, 07:07:07 am » |
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There's not much to tell. I made salads and plated desserts. I was good at it, kept up even when we got busy, never felt overwhelmed, enjoyed myself, and the time just flew by. I know that in a few more weeks, it will be terribly routine and boring, but at the moment, it's just so much less tedious than working prep that I'm in love!
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« Reply #290 on: August 21, 2008, 07:28:40 am » |
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Woooot!
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
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« Reply #291 on: August 27, 2008, 02:58:38 pm » |
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The tradition as I know it is that one takes a fruit -- in Trimaris (Florida), usually an orange, but traditions vary locally...
The An Tir variation I learned was that the recipient takes a clove in their teeth (if they accept the fruit at all) - the idea being to sweeten their breath. (Which isn't really that bad an idea, as clove oil will kill and awful lot, but ew, clove oil...) The recipient then initiates some kind of kiss, the intensity of which is up to their discretion. Yours sounds rather more challenging! |
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« Reply #292 on: August 28, 2008, 10:39:37 am » |
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The version I've heard of pretty much matches MG's, but I have to say that in 15 years in the SCA (mostly the East), I've never actually seen a cloved fruit in the flesh. One of the locals is rumored to be the origin of the "Pull the clove with your teeth, hurl the fruit as far as you can, and dive for cover while yelling, 'GRENADE!'" story. These facts may be related.
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« Reply #293 on: August 28, 2008, 11:34:14 am » |
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The version I've heard of pretty much matches MG's, but I have to say that in 15 years in the SCA (mostly the East), I've never actually seen a cloved fruit in the flesh. One of the locals is rumored to be the origin of the "Pull the clove with your teeth, hurl the fruit as far as you can, and dive for cover while yelling, 'GRENADE!'" story. These facts may be related.
I've HEARD that story, but it was based in Atlantia! Ah, the folk process in action. Watch it go! |
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« Reply #294 on: August 28, 2008, 01:58:23 pm » |
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The version I've heard of pretty much matches MG's, but I have to say that in 15 years in the SCA (mostly the East), I've never actually seen a cloved fruit in the flesh. One of the locals is rumored to be the origin of the "Pull the clove with your teeth, hurl the fruit as far as you can, and dive for cover while yelling, 'GRENADE!'" story. These facts may be related.
They were quite popular at the smaller An Tirian events, oh, in the late eighties and early nineties. I haven't been particularly active since then. More recently they've migrated into a few subcultures where they've become features of various private parties. My favorite is still the cloved Buddha's hand, aka the cloved cthulhu. |
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« Reply #295 on: August 28, 2008, 04:14:57 pm » |
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The Cloved Orange is still quite popular in the Midrealm.
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« Reply #296 on: August 28, 2008, 04:34:53 pm » |
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My favorite is still the cloved Buddha's hand, aka the cloved cthulhu.
*loff* Now I want to make a cloved hoof. |
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« Reply #297 on: August 28, 2008, 06:30:10 pm » |
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The version I've heard of pretty much matches MG's, but I have to say that in 15 years in the SCA (mostly the East), I've never actually seen a cloved fruit in the flesh. One of the locals is rumored to be the origin of the "Pull the clove with your teeth, hurl the fruit as far as you can, and dive for cover while yelling, 'GRENADE!'" story. These facts may be related.
I have never heard that story, but I am delighted by it. |
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« Reply #298 on: August 28, 2008, 07:57:03 pm » |
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The version I've heard of pretty much matches MG's, but I have to say that in 15 years in the SCA (mostly the East), I've never actually seen a cloved fruit in the flesh. One of the locals is rumored to be the origin of the "Pull the clove with your teeth, hurl the fruit as far as you can, and dive for cover while yelling, 'GRENADE!'" story. These facts may be related.
Medievalist humour alert: it'd be even funnier if you did that with a cloved pomegranate, because that's where grenades get their name. |
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« Reply #299 on: August 28, 2008, 09:32:22 pm » |
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Tonight's adventure in baking: chocolate and cherry brownies. I think I might have to have a midnight snack. And brownies for breakfast. And perhaps lunch. |
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