Mundane Thoughts or Comments

[Opsimath]

Follow the money. The traditional salad lettuce, iceberg, has been getting expensive to grow, expensive to ship and dinged for being the nutritional equivalent of water. So the definition of "salad" has expanded to include other greens which are "easier" to provide or better nutritionally,

Aaaaahhhh.

 

[Nuuska]

. . . So the definition of "salad" has expanded to include other greens which are "easier" to provide or better nutritionally,

Soylent Green ?

btw - the movie describes world @ 2022 - still few days to get there

 

[Walter Broes]

These pretzels are making me thirsty

 

[Canard]

Yesterday, I had a moment of self-doubt about the nature of existence.

I was standing at the gas pump filling my car while the cold wind and rain lashed around me (snow all gone now).

I thought, "If you are not at home warm and cosy with a cup of coffee, you must be some place else. And if you are some place else, then you can't be here. So just who is filling the gas tank and how did they get my credit card?"

 

[GGJaguar]

If I go jogging and don't move my arms, will anyone notice?

 

[geoguy]

Yes . . . yes, we all will.

 

[Nuuska]

Is is wetter under water, if you're there when it rains?
Is it shorter to New York, than it is by a plane?
Between myself and I, I wonder who's the dumber
Is it hotter down south, than it is in the summer?

Leroy Pullins - I'm A Nut

 

[Opsimath]

Now that The Big Freeze is behind us, my papaya plants can perk up!

 

[geoguy]

They don't look very much alive . . .

 

[Opsimath]

They don't look very much alive . . .

They're still green. You don't think they're just resting?

Just kidding! I'm sure they're goners.

If I can get seeds I'll plant more in the spring. However I have had pepper plants that were just sticks through the winter sprout again in spring, much to my surprise.

I'm not holding out a lot of hope for the papaya, though.

 

[FNG]

I had a Thai giant elephant ear plant that i cut back and piled about 3 bags of mulch on top. We'll see if it made it.

Not my plant, but it was getting pretty big. I really need to hit it hard with the Miracle-Gro next summer to see how big I can get it to grow.

 

[FNG]

They're still green. You don't think they're just resting?

Just kidding! I'm sure they're goners.

If I can get seeds I'll plant more in the spring. However I have had pepper plants that were just sticks through the winter sprout again in spring, much to my surprise.

I'm not holding out a lot of hope for the papaya, though.

Did you ever get any fruit?

 

[Opsimath]

Did you ever get any fruit?

No, the plants were an accident. I had a papaya that I let go bad and when I buried the kitchen scraps in the garden spot I put the whole papaya on top of the heap, just to see if it would do anything but because I buried so deep I didn't even expect them to sprout, but they did. According to my online investigation, papaya take "as little as 9 months" to produce fruit and unfortunately the timing was such that they hit 9 months at about wintertime. I was hoping they would survive winter and possibly fruit next year, but it's not looking too hopeful at this point. I should have put some in pots to get them through the winter, but I didn't. Too many other squeaky wheels.

 

[JohnW63]

None of them thar tropical plants will grow in my neck of the woods. Unless you keep them indoors all year.

 

[Guildedagain]

When you realize you favorite recipes go back far enough to cover human sacrifice.





But what's really bewildering is how these ancient people figured out that humans contain all the necessary amino acids for survival.

 

[adorshki]

When you realize you favorite recipes go back far enough to cover human sacrifice.





But what's really bewildering is how these ancient people figured out that humans contain all the necessary amino acids for survival.

I will start with the Fruitbat in Ghost Pepper Consomme

and finish with the Stewed Wildebeest Eyes

I always say "If you can't look it right in the eye, you shouldn't eat it."

 

[geoguy]

Thanks, but I'm not hungry right now . . I, uh, had a big lunch.

 

[Cryptid]

Eye could only manage one

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I'll keep an eye out for it on the menu!

 

[zulu]

Third eye brined.