The Friday Confessional*

[pjthompson]

I do not like beets, turnips, or stealth turnips (rutabagas). Every time I read a book in which someone consumes one of these vegetables, I get the woogily doogilies up my spine.

I'm not overly crazy for most melons (cantaloupe is the one exception). I do, however, love the smell of melons. Over the years, melon lovers have tried to make me feel like an freak because of my inclination to smell but my disinclination to partake. Shame, vile meloneaters.

I do not like kiwis (New Zealanders and birds excepted). When they first starting showing up in the United States, I glommed quite a lot of them. They were expensive and fashionable. I was young, I was shallow (though those two conditions do not necessarily always go together). One day I finally said to myself, "God, these things are awful." I have been a better person for the admission.

I have, however, been known to lust for mangoes. I cannot think of a single, solitary vegetable I lust for—unless you count potatoes. I did go through an aberrant phase earlier this summer of lusting for roasted vegetables, especially roasted Brussels sprouts—which before I roasted them I loathed with the loathing of beets, turnips, and rutabagas.



*The first in an occasional and arbitrary series of silly and irrelevant posts.

Comments

[will-couvillier.livejournal.com]

Very important post. This lets the reader know what not to cook when they invite you over for dinner.

Good job.

[pjthompson]

Exactly. I feel it's important to get this kind of information out there.

[will-couvillier.livejournal.com]

%')

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I share your dislike of round root vegetables, despite Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume. Never smelled their pollen, though. ;)

I love Brussels sprouts, but I've never tried them roasted. Sounds yummy!

[pjthompson]

I could never abide them boiled, but roasted or sauteed in olive oil and garlic—a revelation!

[handworn.livejournal.com]

The first in an occasional and arbitrary series of silly and irrelevant posts.

In other words, you're doing what the rest of us do most of the time. ;-)

[pjthompson]

Ha! I thought it might make a nice contrast to the Monday Poll. ;-)

[mrngglry98.livejournal.com]

The way you are for melons is how I am for coffee (and tea). I love the way BOTH smell, but I can't drink coffee (without tons and tons of sugar and cream), and tea makes me gag. People keep saying, "Here, try this, it tastes NOTHING like tea," but what they mean is, "My taste buds are dead, and I apparently think yours are, too, because this thing tastes EXACTLY like tea."

[pjthompson]

lol--yes, people can't believe you don't like what they like. It's an odd human characteristic.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

But, PJ! You just don't know what you're missing!

What? Oh, you've heard that one before? *sigh* Then, I shall not try to bring you into the ranks of rutabaga lovers, who also have room for beets, turnips, melons, and boiled Brussels sprouts.

Seriously though, I'm with will_couvillier in thinking this is an important post. :D Who knows when you'll be popping over to Mayotte or mainland France for a meal!

[pjthompson]

What? Oh, you've heard that one before?

Indeed I have--and not just when it comes to food. Ba-da-bing!

Who knows when you'll be popping over to Mayotte or mainland France for a meal!

But of course! With my international jet set life style you just never know when I might turn up at your door. What's your address again? >;-)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Rue de la Vigie, and when you find me, can you bring the postman and the satellite guy, too? They don't seem to be able to nose out the rabbit-hole.

[pjthompson]

We'll make it a caravan.