food quirk

[newmistakes]

One of the great tragedies of my life is that I can’t eat cooked onions. I love the smell of them as they are frying in a pan. The way they sizzle with a sizeable dollop of butter, the whole carmelisation process that turns raw onions into something spectacular and makes them such an olfactory delight. I just can’t eat them. Well, I can… and I have

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The carney's have a sayin Jen

[adman]

'Cook em (onions) and they will cum'..

Well okay maybe not cum but they do come attracted to the smell. That's why at county fairs they cook onions ALL day plus they're cheap.

I had a local radio station advert guy come to my Mazda car dealership years ago trying to sell me a radio advertising package celebrating our grand opening. The radio guy sayz to me we do EVERYTHING Dave.. you just meet and greet the folks and sell cars to all the people we bring in.

It was the BIG day, the radio adverts had been going on air the week previous.. "Come on down to Dave's Mazda and Hot Tub Emporium for FREE hot Dogs pop and coffee between 10 and 2 this Saturday blah blah blah".. "Meet Dave himself in his speedo and join him in the all new 20 jet with 10 psychedelic light and 6 speakers hot tub etc"..Saturday comes, the radio guy shows up with not one but 3 BBQ's. Damn Jen it would have made you as an Aussie cry seein all those Beautiful Barbies all lined up in a row and NO shrimp to be found anywhere. Scantily clad bikini Babes loaded up the

RE: The carney's have a sayin Jen

[newmistakes]

We're not really country fair people here, but Australians have a thing called sausage sizzles - I'm sure you've probably heard of them from Dee. The beautiful smell of cooking onions is a mandatory part of the sausage sizzle process.

Hahaha poor Dave! On one hand, that sounds like quite a successful onion-fest, but it must have been awful not for any of that onion to translate into cold hard cash sales!

[kitegirl24]

I used to hate turtlenecks; now I don't mind them. I think I made that shift when I realized that they were one of relatively few styles of women's business-suitable shirts that don't make it hard to keep your bra from being revealed! I decided I hate scoop necks and plunging neck lines more, and also found a few turtle necks that are actually stretchy and fit my body well, rather than looking frumpy with their bagginess; and that convinced me to give them a shot. Also the ones I tend to wear don't have *much* of a turtle neck, so that helps

[newmistakes]

Haha so the ones you wear don't have much of turtleneck, hey? That means they are faux-turtle and not the real thing at all :P The only time I've ever worn a turtleneck in my life was at work too, but for less bra showing reason and more trying to hide my blushing. There was one boss who always used to make me nervous/intimidated and when I knew we were scheduled to have a one on one meeting I'd always wear the turtleneck to give my blush some cover. In that regard the turtleneck was pretty darn good.

You and I are sleeve opposites! I LOVE sleeves, the longer the better. I especially love it when the sleeves are so long that they even cover my hands and make me look quite goofy. I won't buy a top if it doesn't have at least some sleeve-ishness. I feel naked with uncovered upper arms.

[spiral_meter]

i always suspect that people with turtlenecks have their guards up and are probably hiding something about themselves that they don't want others to see.

b

[newmistakes]

Hickeys or something more sinister?

j

[spiral_meter]

something intangible. it could be sinister, or it could be emotional pain.

b

[newmistakes]

Awww now I'm going to feel sorry for every turtleneck wearer I see. I might have to start going up to them and give them a big hug, just in case they're in emotional pain. Although that might end badly for me if I happen upon any sinister turtleneck wearers...

[newmistakes]

Haha I was at a very boring union meeting yesterday after work and I think I'd prefer your cooked version to the real one :P

No, my gallbladder remains in tact as far as I know! I suspect my body is quite used to high fat content foods - if we are what we eat then I'm mostly cheese :) Sorry to hear about your missing gallbladder! It must be awful having a love for the yummy foods and a body that fights you so persistently on it. I feel fortunate I just have onion issues now.

[dreamer512]

I can't do cooked onions either. Or raw onions. Not even dehydrated onions. Because I abhor them. The only way I cook with them at home is with onion powder, and not very often, because I rarely cook anymore. Perhaps you can substitute garlic for onions when possible because garlic is delicious.

I hate turtle necks too, unless it's a large mock turtle neck which isn't really the same thing at all. I'll do scarves though- those keep you plenty warm, and you have much more versatility with less money and laundering.

[newmistakes]

I have no probs with raw onions. In fact, I adore them in salads and on sandwiches. I don't think I've ever had dehydrated onions, at least not knowingly. How can you hate cooked onions? They smell delicious!! I like garlic, but I don't like being too garlicky since I work quite up close with peeps.. also I'm hoping not to scare off any vampires who may want to sparkle around me :)

Over the past few years I've also gotten into scarves and snoods etc. The prob is that I always leave them places and lose them. It's a real problem. In winter it's like I shed scarves.

[dreamer512]

I hate the texture of onions, cooked or raw. Even if I didn't, I would never cook them at home because Steve hates them as well, and they make my eyes burn and water horribly. I firmly believe that any food that makes you want to run away from being in their presence should not be consumed. I also am physically unable to eat food that stinks- mostly any sea food. Which is why when a few weeks ago a client of mine picked out a recipe to cook with me called for fresh fish and a crap load of onion, I responded, "you're killing me. Please pick out something else."

And dehydrated onions are often found in marinara sauces and tv dinners. I pick out jarred spaghetti sauce based on whether or not it contains onions. It's hard to find one that doesn't! Garlic smells delicious, and onions smell evil.

[newmistakes]

I remember you telling me you had an anti-seafood stance but I never knew it extended to smelly foods. Does this mean you don't eat good cheeses???! Dear god, to me that would be like a living death!

So what did you and the client cook in the end? Sooo many foods have strong smells, it must be quite limiting.

Haha no onions do NOT smell evil. I will not stand for such onion slander. Evil smells more like a rancid combination of bile and brimstone :P And even an onion-hater such as yourself has to acknowledge that onions smell better than that!