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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #45 on: August 17, 2008, 03:30:38 am »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on August 16, 2008, 06:17:48 pm
No one actually likes grits.  Ive learned this. People pretend to like grits, but they don't actually "like" grits. Its all an elaborate act put on by people south of Maryland. I have yet to see someone put plain grits in their mouth and be like "yeah, this stuff is awesome".

Pedro likes grits.  Actually, actively, enjoys them.  Will order them in restaurants because I do not, will not, cook them at home. 

I think they're disgusting, but then, he visibly shudders when he sees me eat oatmeal, so, diff'rent strokes I guess. 

Also, I have been asked to review the official video game for the Beijing Olympics, so I guess I'd better start paying attention to stuff now. 
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #46 on: August 17, 2008, 03:52:31 am »
Polenta!
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #47 on: August 17, 2008, 04:02:55 am »
Quote from: jay-ell on August 17, 2008, 03:30:38 am
Pedro likes grits.  Actually, actively, enjoys them. 
You're telling me the man just eats plain grits? With nothing on them? No butter or cheese or whatever?
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #48 on: August 17, 2008, 01:27:10 pm »
He likes them with a little butter, maybe some salt, but otherwise unadorned. 

But his favorite is shrimp and grits, which is the ultimate in meals I will never ask to share with him, because I'm allergic to shellgiraffe and grits make me gag. 
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #49 on: August 17, 2008, 01:58:21 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on August 17, 2008, 03:30:38 am

I think they're disgusting, but then, he visibly shudders when he sees me eat oatmeal, so, diff'rent strokes I guess.   

I have only rarely had grits, but they seem perfectly normal to me.

Oatmeal, on the other hand - I eat it frequently, but if I were to stop and think about it, I might shudder too.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #50 on: August 17, 2008, 03:28:26 pm »
I tried grits once... I won't again. The texture is all wrong in the matter of being something I want to put in my mouth.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #51 on: August 17, 2008, 04:37:18 pm »
I just don't like corn products. Grits, cornbread, corn dogs, corn tortillas, creamed corn. All unwelcome on my table. Although I cook with cornstarch are the frickin' time.

A quick dinner of very dry instant oatmeal with farmer's market raspberry jam is the only reason I even own a kettle.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #52 on: August 17, 2008, 08:36:14 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on August 17, 2008, 04:37:18 pm
I just don't like corn products. Grits, cornbread, corn dogs, corn tortillas, creamed corn. All unwelcome on my table. Although I cook with cornstarch are the frickin' time.

A quick dinner of very dry instant oatmeal with farmer's market raspberry jam is the only reason I even own a kettle.

I'm the same way about potato products. Baked potato, mashed potato, any other kind of potato except french fries and potato chips, I'm not interested. I would make a terrible Russian.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #53 on: August 18, 2008, 01:19:47 am »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on August 16, 2008, 07:17:23 pm
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I think that only works if you're a king on his deathbed.  Of course, the "deathbed" part can be arranged if thou durst continue to besmirch the good name of grits.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #54 on: August 18, 2008, 03:15:27 am »
Quote from: Golfhaus on August 17, 2008, 08:36:14 pm
I'm the same way about potato products. Baked potato, mashed potato, any other kind of potato except french fries and potato chips, I'm not interested. I would make a terrible Russian.

This. How can any of you go 'Mmmmm a great big bold of bland mealy starch!'?
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #55 on: August 18, 2008, 09:57:50 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on August 18, 2008, 03:31:13 pm
Poverty. It trained me good.

Just because I had shrimp and lobster off the grill this weekend doesn't mean I go back and besmirch the starch of life.

Poverty trained me that the extra two hot dogs after the buns are gone are for putting in the Ramen Noodles.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #56 on: August 18, 2008, 10:37:08 pm »
Poverty has taught me I can go three days (or more? we will find out on this episode of job search: denver) without eating.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #57 on: August 21, 2008, 04:52:10 pm »
OK, so the US softball team beat Japan twice in this year's tournament, including the semifinal game. Then the final was Japan over the US. Somebody please explain this?

Also, how the hell did the US women win the gold in soccer? Did the rest of the world forget to field teams? We're the US, we're supposed to be comically inept at soccer to the point that we don't even call it by the right name.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #58 on: August 21, 2008, 05:07:44 pm »
Quote from: KeithHernandez on August 18, 2008, 10:37:08 pm
Poverty has taught me I can go three days (or more? we will find out on this episode of job search: denver) without eating.

Poverty has taught me that dinner is just a social construct, a habit one can shed.
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Re: The get-together in that Chinese city
« Reply #59 on: August 21, 2008, 05:26:33 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on August 21, 2008, 04:52:10 pm
OK, so the US softball team beat Japan twice in this year's tournament, including the semifinal game. Then the final was Japan over the US. Somebody please explain this?

Also, how the hell did the US women win the gold in soccer? Did the rest of the world forget to field teams? We're the US, we're supposed to be comically inept at soccer to the point that we don't even call it by the right name.

Not 100% sure about softball, but I think they had pool play first (in which the US beat Japan), then the top teams from pool-play went into what was basically a double-elimination tournament.  So the US beat Japan in a semifinal, which sent Japan to the final of the losers' bracket, which they won.

As for soccer, we may be comically inept on the men's side, but one thing the US is REALLY good at compared to much of the rest of the world is developing female athletes.  Title IX actually did what it was supposed to do in that regard.
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