October 09, 2005

• They forgot chocolate and scotch.
• And beer and marijuana, but that just means more for us.
• As a vegetarian I can tell you that soy is goood. *nods* And chai tea. Also, did you know having garlic once a day is one of the best things you can actually do for your body? Peppermint is also a good herb...
• As a vegetarian I can tell you they forgot chocolate and Cheetoes. This is probably because they consider yogurt and skim milk to be grains, beans, and/or nuts.
• /stabs
• /huh?
• He's the stabby vegetarian. He kills, but he don't eat what he kills.
• You've been random'd.
• you know having garlic once a day is one of the best things... #26 on the list of things not to mention during the interview
• Where is pork?
• I am obsessed with apricots. Growing up my grandmother had a huge apricot tree in her backyard and every summer the grandkids would make ourselves sick eating them (and risking breaking bones by skidding across the grass on fallen ones). Ever since then no apricot has even come close to the sweetness and deliciousness of the apricots from that tree. It's actually pretty tricky to find fresh apricots here in my part of Japan. To my delight the local supermarket actually had some recently. They turned out to be the most non-apricot tasting things ever! Many tears were shed.... Knows she is going to give herself the runs when she goes back to Australia for a trip gorging on apricots.
• Lieutenant Penis C. Dweeberson
• Canned crab???? Wow, I forget that not everyone can just go over to the dock, a mere minute from my house, and plop a crab pot in the water for a few minutes. And fish for salmon, for that matter. I think asparagus should be on that list. And strawberries.
• I still say chocolate. And cheetoes. And pizza with extra mushrooms.
• pizza with extra mushrooms and extra cheeeese... but that aint healthy.
• It's healthy for the soul. *firmnod*
• And what else is missing? Deep fried mozzerella cheese sticks and jalapeno poppers I didn't see those listed.
• Damn. Easy Mac's not on that list. I'll just have to eat more sushi.
• I guess cheese is not in the top 29 (maybe it's #37). But I know it's got some healthy stuff going for it, especially certain types.
• It's not that good for the heart in large quantities and is choc full of calories. I think Feta is lowest, but even that's something like 80 calories per oz, and it has 3 times the sodium of other cheese. These foods listed here are all the best nutrition with lowest caloric content. To be really honest, you only want to eat less than 30 grams of fat a day, as well, and if you eat 1 burger you get nearly twice that, depending on what it is. I mean, cheese is very good for you, but it is very fatty.
• True, cheese is fatty and too much may outweigh any benefits. The fattiest thing on the list seems to be avocado at #2. I've tried spreading buttery ripe avocado on toast before - it's great. Too bad it doesn't melt too, in stretchy cheeselike fashion.
• Salmon, Ah, I love salmon. A plump bagel with cheese spread and salmon... oh wait, bad, BAD! Avocado is a fruit? /frowns brow
• Never been a big fan of the avocado, myself.
• Ah, wait, forgot one of my favorites: cranberry juice + vodka. Oh. yes. What?
• Oh, what about some guacamole? Scrumptious.
• I've never had guacamole, strange to say.
• Soy is not a food. It's a petrochemical product masquerading as a plant.
• Darshon, I am sooooo jealous. I felt that way about citrus and avocados before I moved a few hours north. Now the only edibles I can find in my 'hood are rosemary and blackberries.
• Cheeses, cold dead hand, etc.
• What about my salty man-spray? Number 30, surely.
• Well, if it keeps you looking fit and firm... good for you, quid : )
• Pomegranate juice... more anti-oxidant bang for your buck than almost any other food.
• Salmon + avocado + tomato + onion + toroid starch bomb, lightly toasted = awesome.
• Three avocados, a small tomato, a quarter of a medium-sized red onion, the juice of a lime, three or four garlic cloves, a jalapeno pepper, salt and pepper to taste. Chop it all up and mix thoroughly. Voila! Guacamole. Enjoy this delicious and, apparently, very beneficial-to-your-health food with tortilla chips, on burgers, whatever.
• WINGO YOU YOU DIDNT USE THE WIKI U R TEH SUCK!!!111!!
• Sorry, one of the voices in my head took over for a second there. Remember, guacamole is good and good for you.
• romaine lettuce should be on the list from a nutrition/calories point of view.
• Kale, chard and other greens, as well.
• Deat lord!!! No Fried Cheese Curds!!!
• Walnuts and almonds (good source of omega-3 and 6 fatty acids) in lieu of fish for the vegs among us. Finely chopped walnuts are great in salads, too.
• But the list is apparently based on least calories vs. most sparkly compounds that make one so thin that you can see the intersection between the radius and ulna since they have no calories, while protecting you from the big C and other worrisome things. But, since everyone needs a calorie or two nuts are, indeed a great addition to one's diet. As are potatoes, eggs and ketchup.
• Aw of all those I only have access to 10.5 of them without taking drastic measures. And they all look so yummy. Even the one I can't pronounce. Someone should tell them that they accidentally overlooked conch chowder and potatoes. Mmm...potatoes. Has there ever been a more perfect food? Other than cheese of course... Why 29? Seems to me a random number. I mean, if you're gonna be random you've gotta go with 23. One of the best numbers around I tell ya. Second only to 17.
• hmm. and 5. fnord
•     "I ate nothing but infant formula until I was five," Brett bragged. "I was strong as a horse as a little kid, I was never sick a day in my life. I could do chin-ups, I could run all day, I could beat up all the kids who were still eating stuff like milk! And vegetables! Wow, that ought to be a crime, feeding little kids vegetables. Did you ever eat vegetables?"     "Not in about fifty years. I think it is a crime to feed vegetables to children now, actually. In California, anyway."     "They're really nasty. Especially spinach. And corn is disgusting. This big lumpy yellow cob with all these little seeds on it..." Brett shuddered.     "Do you ever eat eggs? Eggs are a good source of cholestrol."                  -- Bruce Sterling, Holy Fire
• > nuts are, indeed a great addition to one's diet and seeds too! pumpkin, flax, sesame, and sunflower.
• No bacon sarnies? Curry? Man cannot live on health-food alone ...
• I think you are all forgetting a certain jar of crinkly goodness....
• Jar jar! I fucking LOVE that little alien bastard.
• Take that, Sir!
• Sir Richard Branston! I fucking ADORE that bearded entrepreneurial millionaire fruitcake!
• He's in a jar! What *will* that man do next? He's always pushing the antelope.
• Apparently it's some world record attempt / product launch hybrid...world's longest condiment impersonation or somesuch...
• He's going around the world, single-handed, in a jar of pickles! First they cut off his hand - then had him mulched and poured him into a jar! Tied to a balloon, he's off! FAREWELL SIR DICK! CIRCUMNAVIGATE SWIFTLY THOU DESSICATED PLUTOCRAT!
• It's not pickles. It's.. something else. Something red .. and.. crinkley..
• Yes, that's right, Sir Elton John.
• Or Cilla Black...
• I once bought White Rabbit brand Milk Candy which is manufactured in China. There was a suspiciously empty white paper label covering writing on the bag. Of course the suspiciously white label was taunting me to remove it. Underneath it said "highly nutritious". What a lie. (I was kinda hoping it would say "it's people!" but I had no such luck.)
• "made from rabbit shit"
• Rabbi Toshit! I fucking LOVE that krazy kosher bastard!
• Once again, handfuls of raw suet from neighborhood bird feeders are snubbed in favor of more traditionally repugnant fare. Tell me this, dieticians: you ever see fat grackle? The defense rests!
• Old Fat Grackley? I fucking LOVE that crazy blues playing bastard!
• Fucking LOVE? I Courtney LOVE that riot grrrling attention-seeker!
• Courtney Cox? Fuckin' I plucked her EYEBROWS for attention while being beaten about the head and neck by her minders, do what as it happens knock it on the 'ead.
• EYE(an) BROW(n)? I fucking EXPLODE WITH RAPTURE whenever I hear that ex-Stone-Roses-frontmanning manc bastard!
• The Rapture of the Church will kick off my tribulation! And my tribulation will involve multiple sun dogs and the visitation of William Shatner!!! Shatner will bring Tribbles! And Tribbles prove that Summer Glau plays River Tam, and Tim Tams mean River's secret is that she is made of chocolate!!!! /spittle
• Dude, I know you're new here but please try to keep "on topic". Otherwise I might have to "flag" your "comment" as being "inappropriate" and "contact" the "administrator" about "it". "Then" she'll "" ban "y"ou!r WOOPS I'm" lo£ing ?ontrol "o"f my p.u.n.c.t,u.a.,t,i,o;n. again!
• Oh great. Someone left Quidnunc in the thread too long. Now he's all crunchy and tasteless.
• Don't you mean limp and distasteful?
• Holy shit. You start eating 'healthy' stuff, and see what happens... /goes back to kitchen for just-one-more blackberry pie... mmmmhhhh...
• i just remembered this study from late last month: coffee is the number one source of antioxidants in the u.s. diet. of course, just because it's the number one source doesn't make vast quantities of it a good thing. on the other hand, yum, coffee!
• really - out of my way caution-boy! There's java to be had!