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Look Who's Talkin': Recent Comments We Have Known and Loved

Posted by Adam Kuban, March 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM

There's so much to keep up with in Talk that we almost can't keep up. If you're in the same boat, here's a small selection of topics and responses that have piqued our interest this week.

Has Anyone Ever Lost Their Kitchen Mojo?

"Totally! I get it all the time. And often it has nothing to do with anything, I just don't have the touch anymore. The best thing to do for me is wait it out. I try not to force myself into the kitchen and making more disastrous meals that lower my confidence and then compound the issue. If I just give myself a break for a few days, I'm usually back to my old self in week. " —blankplate

[Heh. A most appropriate screenname for this thread. —AK ]

Have You Ever Been Snowed In and What Did You Eat?

"I have the worst snowed in story. I was at my best friend's house. It was she and I and about five twenty year old guys. She had literally no food in the house, but there was a gas station next door. So we sent two of these guys to the gas station to bring us back food. They come back with armloads of Taco Bell! Apparently even though the roads were closed, the Taco Bell was still up and running. For three days we lived on nothing but tacos and burritos. It was horrible and made me never want fast food again!" —fenebabe

Have You Discovered Any New Amazing Foods Lately?

"Crosnes, which I first saw at the Union Square (NYC) Greenmarket last fall. They're tubers—tiny ones—and in the box at the stand where they were also selling gorgeous tiny potatoes, I have to be honest; they looked like a pile of maggots. But they're delicious, cruncy, starchy little things. Who knew?" —Curlz

[Ah! Crosnes. Simon helped Sporkster ID these a few weeks ago. I'm pushing them here because I want them to become the hot new ingredient of 2009. —AK]

Cannibalism

"In the event of war or famine I will dispatch my drunken next door neighbors the Drunkie McDrunk-Drunks on the cannibal culinary menu. They have been marinating for years. They should last a good month. They are almost veal by now. I would serve them with mashed and maybe a root veggie." —JerzeeTomato

How 'Bout Them Portions?

"I've been one of two most of my life—just me and mom growing up, and now just me and husband. Despite this I am incapable of cooking for fewer than 6. It's a little odd, but I just cannot cook for two. I've made this work for me by accepting my overcooking tendency and planning menus that use the leftovers: Saturday night's taco meat was finished in today's dinner empanadas, the extras of which are tomorrow's lunch. " —AliceBlue

I've Never Tasted ___, But I Would Like to Try It

"I am deathly allergic to fish, which was discovered when I was a baby. I desperately want to try salmon and tuna. But alas, I was recently re-tested and the allergy lives on. :( " —anniedra

[Awww. Anniedra's was longingly sad. After reading it, I felt sorry for her the rest of the day. —AK]

Okay, You're Serious: What Is the Weirdest Thing You've Ever Eaten?

"DUDE, okay, Michele, you take the CAKE JUST FOR THAT PIC! Dear goodness, that was f-ing disgusting!!! Okay, 'I'm Not Worthy!' :) " —wellfunk

What Really Starts Your Engine in the Morning?

"Get up to alarm very early. Set oats to soak so that oatmeal won't have that uncooked texture. Go run. Come back and shower. Get dressed, and then nuke oats for two minutes. Get out the coffee grinder to make a cup of joe. My roommates hate me because the coffee grinder step is always around 7:30." —Aynsl156

[Wish I had such a regimented and healthy-sounding morning routine. But it sounds what's happening is that Aynsl156's getting the roommates' engines started. —AK]

What Time Do You Eat Dinner?

"A Persian friend of mine who was living in Sweden said this to me: 'White people eat around 5 p.m. and the rest of the world eats about 5 hours later.' While obviously not true for all, it was funny for someone raised in Scandinavian Minnesota." —inothernews

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