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bossymarmalade) wrote2005-11-22 08:34 pm
bossymarmalade) wrote2005-11-22 08:34 pm
la nuit de poubelle/krappenfest!
According to my recent poll, most of my friendslist would happily dwell on a planet with flying dingoes. And most of you are charmingly content with your eye colours! You are the best friendslist EVER.
Now, for explanations:
Gaines*burgers: These were weird dog-food things that looked nominally like raw hamburger patties; you were supposed to break them up with your hands and feed them to your dog. I never saw one for real, but I have a vivid memory of the commercials.
char siu bao: in Trinidad we called them "pow", but this is the proper name. Scrumptious Chinese sweetish buns filled with roast red pork; sometimes if they're steamed they look like this. MMMMMMMM.
sapodilla: a tropical fruit with a very soft, sugary flesh that tastes sort of like apple, pear, and cinnamon.
gotterdammerung: another word for Ragnarok, or the end of the world in Norse mythology.
divali: some of you might know it as 'diwali' or 'deepavali'; it's the Hindu festival of lights.
lefse: A delicious Norwegian potato flatbread, yum!
edamame: edible green soybeans, usually served as an appetizer at Japanese restaurants.
poutine: you CANNOT be Canadian and not have had poutine. It's handcut french fries covered with a thick dark chicken gravy and fresh white cheddar cheese curds, and it is SO GOOD. I wish I had one right *now*.
curanderismo: a Latin American form of folk healing that uses both magical techniques and Catholic icons.
puttanesca: one in the Italian naming tradition of sauces (marinara = sailors' sauce, carbonara = coal sellers' sauce) -- this one is "whores' sauce".
hraka: all of you who are fans of the book "Watership Down" got this one. For the rest of you, don't feel bad -- it's a made-up word in rabbit-language. It means 'shit'. *g*
Thank you for participating, my friendslist full of Michael Novotnys!!
Now, for explanations:
Gaines*burgers: These were weird dog-food things that looked nominally like raw hamburger patties; you were supposed to break them up with your hands and feed them to your dog. I never saw one for real, but I have a vivid memory of the commercials.
char siu bao: in Trinidad we called them "pow", but this is the proper name. Scrumptious Chinese sweetish buns filled with roast red pork; sometimes if they're steamed they look like this. MMMMMMMM.
sapodilla: a tropical fruit with a very soft, sugary flesh that tastes sort of like apple, pear, and cinnamon.
gotterdammerung: another word for Ragnarok, or the end of the world in Norse mythology.
divali: some of you might know it as 'diwali' or 'deepavali'; it's the Hindu festival of lights.
lefse: A delicious Norwegian potato flatbread, yum!
edamame: edible green soybeans, usually served as an appetizer at Japanese restaurants.
poutine: you CANNOT be Canadian and not have had poutine. It's handcut french fries covered with a thick dark chicken gravy and fresh white cheddar cheese curds, and it is SO GOOD. I wish I had one right *now*.
curanderismo: a Latin American form of folk healing that uses both magical techniques and Catholic icons.
puttanesca: one in the Italian naming tradition of sauces (marinara = sailors' sauce, carbonara = coal sellers' sauce) -- this one is "whores' sauce".
hraka: all of you who are fans of the book "Watership Down" got this one. For the rest of you, don't feel bad -- it's a made-up word in rabbit-language. It means 'shit'. *g*
Thank you for participating, my friendslist full of Michael Novotnys!!
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On the other hand, they were about the consistency of Tender Vittles, if you remember those--looked like raw beef, but much drier. Um, almost like PlayDoh, really. So the gross factor was pretty low. Probably the nutrition factor was pretty low, for the dog, but that was the era of Betty Crocker, and lots of white food--our ideas of good nutrition were not exactly founded in science.
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We only got them as treats for our dog, because he was happy with dried food.
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