tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post114450942913715680..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Friday Saturday Bottom TenJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1144614451408226442006-04-09T16:27:00.000-04:002006-04-09T16:27:00.000-04:00I like cucumbers. But they make me burp.I like cucumbers. But they make me burp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1144593370677199632006-04-09T10:36:00.000-04:002006-04-09T10:36:00.000-04:00My dear departed Polish mother used to try her han...My dear departed Polish mother used to try her hand at Oriental food now and then, and I still can't quite figure out how she did such awful things to pork chops. But in my own advancing years I have learned to break many chains I grew up with, including an inability to enjoy all foods. And I agree: don't you dare call pizza fast food; hang onto that belief and you'd really better get the ehll Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1144561355847978212006-04-09T01:42:00.000-04:002006-04-09T01:42:00.000-04:00I won't anymore eat anything with eyeballs or suck...I won't anymore eat anything with eyeballs or suckers still attached. I've tried octopus, squid, geoduck, sea cucumber, sea urchin, cold jellyfish, snail, slug...<BR/>If that's stuff that's gotta grow on you, I'm not bothering. <BR/><BR/>I've mostly tried it before determining I didn't like it, so it's not some sort of irrational aversion.<BR/>But I won't eat anything endangered, threatened, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1144560231585293062006-04-09T01:23:00.000-04:002006-04-09T01:23:00.000-04:00Everything else depends more on how it's cooked th...<I>Everything else depends more on how it's cooked than it does on what it is. </I><BR/><BR/>This is the key for me, too. As an adult, I've learned to enjoy so many foods that I wouldn't have stomached as a kid ony because I finally had it prepared and cooked in a way that opened my mind and taste buds to it. Now I'll eat everything on Riley's list, including the clams, although not raw so much.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1144546873616679792006-04-08T21:41:00.000-04:002006-04-08T21:41:00.000-04:00You must have been raised middle class. So far, th...You must have been raised middle class. <BR/><BR/>So far, the only thing I've encountered that I won't eat again is muktuk--that's whale blubber. As I chewed it, it kept getting bigger and bigger in my mouth until it choked me. <BR/><BR/>Everything else depends more on how it's cooked than it does on what it is. <BR/><BR/>The list of things I will eat but will not cook is a lot longer than Ray Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496709017124120407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1144543391280397262006-04-08T20:43:00.000-04:002006-04-08T20:43:00.000-04:00Consider giving lemon cucumbers a try.Personally, ...Consider giving lemon cucumbers a try.<BR/>Personally, I will eat everything on your list but clams. After all, clams have feelings too. ("No chowder for you!")<BR/><BR/>God, I have even worse taste in music than I do in food, apparently. Oddly enough, or perhaps not, I just today bought a Playmobil set with little cabbages and cauliflowers. <BR/><BR/>(Hey, where do Peeps fall on your list?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1144520424774252862006-04-08T14:20:00.000-04:002006-04-08T14:20:00.000-04:00Couple of thangs, DHR. First, Pizza is NOT fast f...Couple of thangs, DHR. First, Pizza is NOT fast food. Oh sure, it's food, and it's pretty fast, but it ain't "fast food". <BR/><BR/>I agree with much of your list. In a casino bar in Tahoe in a blizzard at 4am I was once informed by a complete stranger (attractive female, at that) that "Beets taste like ASS". I've always thought that was a very astute observation.<BR/><BR/>Yes, clams and mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com