food names

[Sava]

Some foods seem gross because of the way their names sound.

Compote. It sounds like compost. I don't want to eat garbage.

Next.

Chutney. It doesn't sound like anything specifically gross. It just sounds gross. chutney CHUTNEY
chutney buttney

it sounds like butt
i don't want to eat ASS

Calamari seems like it would taste good. Mon calamari... ADMIRAL ACKBAR ITS A TRAP
it is a trap
its ****ing gross

mushrooms are gross
i dont want to eat fungus
fungus grows on food that has spoiled

fennel is ****ing disgusting
its that whole licorice family

ugh

though, i like root beer
i suppose anything tastes awesome with enough HFCS

beef carpaccio seems like it would be gross because the beef is raw
but i ****en love it!

and there are a whole **** load of fancy jag weed cheeses that smell like someone is goatse spreading in your face and didnt wipe for a week

what else?
guinness is ****ing disgusting
i hate dark beers

and of course someone like imran will disagree and be like i'm a beer hipster i love guinness cuz its irish and they are cool drunk inbred island hill people

and BONO
YEAH BONO
he's irish right?
**** bono
ooh look i'm awesome because i am super rich and make you think i'm solving the world's problems

****ing bono

there's not a single food irish people make that is good
and they hate english people
and they can't ****ing cook either
fish and chips on the weatherdeck
all hands on DECK

LETS GO RAPE THE WORLD HARRRR
and then we'll blame our colony that whooped our ass for everything wrong in the world when we're actually the ones that ****ed **** up in the first place!

**** YEAH GOD SAVE THE QUEEN AND ****

at least the belgians have their waffles

what the **** food do you douchebags have?
boiled cow taint?

and frenchies are overrated

OHHOHOH i am frenchyyyy
where's my beret
time to go recolonize africa
BUT AMERICA IS PIEC OF **** IMPERIAL

our president is manufique!
he **** models in the anus

oh wait they got a socialist now right?
who's proving to be another dickhole
LOOK I BOMB ZEE DARKIES

WHERE'S MY BERET DAMIT

okay. proceed.

[Docfeelgood]

Kumquat

[Dinner]

Mushrooms, calamari, and chutney are all wonderful. Further more if you want to try a root beer like drink without added HFCS try Kvass which is a traditional brew from Russia which was very similar to the old style root beer and so unlike our current root beer (which is now just soda). They sell it in most ethnic markets and I buy it as a soda substitute.

[Dinner]

Kumquat

I never liked the taste of them though lots of people around here grow them in their backyards. Especially Chinese people.

[-Jrabbit]

I love it when Sava goes on a rant.

[Dinner]

A few years back I joined the local mycological society and they have periodic mushroom foraging trips for members which are fun. You get to go hiking and when ever someone finds a mushroom there are several experts on hand who can help identify what species they are so that no one picks up a poisonous variety. I've only ever found a few of the common species but some people on the trips have found truffles and all sorts of exotic mushrooms. After big mushroom foraging events they'll also usually have a backyard cooking get together where people sample dishes where the mushrooms are used; you'd be surprised how many different flavors and textures you can get out different mushroom species and even how different wild versions of the same species taste compared to domestically grown ones.

[Dinner]

Check it out: http://www.msafungi.org/

I joined the San Diego Chapter a few years back: http://www.sdmyco.org/

[Sava]

Mushrooms, calamari, and chutney are all wonderful. Further more if you want to try a root beer like drink without added HFCS try Kvass which is a traditional brew from Russia which was very similar to the old style root beer and so unlike our current root beer (which is now just soda). They sell it in most ethnic markets and I buy it as a soda substitute.

Chutney is the only one of the three that wouldn't cause me to drown in my own vomit.

[Dinner]

If the calamari was rubbery then it was just cooked incorrectly. They're a popular bar food around here as they're often local yet cheap and you can buy a huge plate of them for about the same price as french fries. They're a good bar snack for a group of people.

[Sava]

If the calamari was rubbery then it was just cooked incorrectly.

It's the taste I hate, not the consistency.

[N35t0r]

Do they also 'find' peyote?

[Sava]

Do they also 'find' peyote?

It's probably best for everyone that I never try peyote.

[onodera]

Mushroom hunting
What kind of mushrooms do you get in Cali? Do porcini/cep/boleti grow there?

[Dinner]

I found porcini and oyster mushrooms and one lobster mushroom but I was new at it and was being cautious about what I picked up. Basically only going for the sure thing which I knew wouldn't be poisonous. Here's the list of common species the local myco society often finds: http://www.sdmyco.org/SpeciesList4SDNHM.htm

You get a lot more, like an order of magnitude more, species of mushrooms in Northern California simply because more rain and more woodland equals more mushrooms. Still the local mountains are pretty good and even in the low lands there are usually enough (especially oak) wood land to find some interesting stuff. Here's a video I found on youtube of some people foraging for mushroom in east county which is actually pretty densely populated.

[MRT144]

Grilled octopus is the best.