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The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 21 Dec 2007, 18:07

Or just don't use onion at all

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 22 Dec 2007, 15:13

Girl: "I know liver isn't exactly your favourite, but if you don't finish, you won't get dessert."
Guy: *moaping* "What's for dessert?"
Girl: *walks away from the table, while sliding her top off*
Guy: *wolfs down the rest of the liver*

The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 22 Dec 2007, 17:59

That would actually get me to eat liver. Probably the only thing.

Ethric · Unread postby **Ethric** » 22 Dec 2007, 18:32

Isn't your mother the one who usually wants you to eat up food you don't like? Disturbing.

The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 22 Dec 2007, 18:33

There are some women who are the "motherly" type. `cough`myex`cough`. So, they could very well do that without it being disturbing.

Though, my mom has only ever tried to get me to eat liver twice. She has not tempted since.

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 22 Dec 2007, 18:39

Yeah, liver sucks, it's dry and chewy. Liver pâté, strangely enough, is one of my favourite things on a sandwich.

The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 22 Dec 2007, 18:48

Liver, I find, from what I remember, has a kind of an after taste that isn't too pleasant.

Ethric · Unread postby **Ethric** » 22 Dec 2007, 18:49

Possibly because it's an organ whose purpose as far as I can recall is to cleanse the body of foul and toxic substances... eww.

The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 22 Dec 2007, 18:53

Yea...why do people like Liver again?

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 22 Dec 2007, 19:05

It's full of iron, it's cheap, and easy to cook.

It really is true what they say about liver being good for you. It's also true, however, that it tastes like ****.

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 22 Dec 2007, 19:08

Liver just needs an appropriate sauce next to it to tone down the dryness and some mashed potatoes, for example, to take care of the chewyness. Voilà

The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 22 Dec 2007, 19:09

Isn't the majority of whats good for you tastes really bad?

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 22 Dec 2007, 19:19

In modern, Western society, yes. That's because the human body loves fatty and sweet things, since these from an evolutionary point of view is very attractive to the organism. After obtaining such items became relatively easy, however, the human body is betrayed by its own evolved tastes, as one can very quickly get too much of a good thing. Things that are good for you today might not be the same thing that was good for you when these tastes evolved.

ScarlettP · Unread postby **ScarlettP** » 22 Dec 2007, 20:06

Good explanation, Kalah. There was a doctor on TV the other day trying to explain exactly the same point. We all have to remember that we are only a few generations away from starving.

The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 22 Dec 2007, 20:42

That's kinda scary

ScarlettP · Unread postby **ScarlettP** » 22 Dec 2007, 22:05

Yes. It really is when you think about it. Evolution is very slow and takes many, many generations to make a general change.

For instance, Polynesian people tend to be heavier than other races. Mostly, because the ones who had extra body fat were the ones who LIVED long enough to make it across the ocean to the islands. African Americans (as opposed to Black people in other parts of the world) tend to have a lot of trouble with High Blood Pressure because they are the decedents of the slaves who could best store salt in their blood during the long hard voyage from Africa to America. These are two groups of people who still carry the genetic properties that allowed their ancestors to survive where others perished.

All over the world, humans have had trouble getting enough calories in their diets to survive. Our larger brains require HUGE percentages of FAT in the diet to grow and develop as fetuses and infants. Therefore, our common ancestors who grew large brains and figured out how to survive were the ones who ate more high calorie diets. We LIKE high calorie foods which contain sugar and fat. Sadly, as Kalah mentioned, those 'luxury' food items are far more easily acquired now than they were even 100 years ago. Which is only the blink of an eye in evolutionary time.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 22 Dec 2007, 22:40

Ethric wrote:Isn't your mother the one who usually wants you to eat up food you don't like? Disturbing.

muahhahhhahahaaa

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 23 Dec 2007, 22:29

gotta share my Christmas lunch menu ....

Roast Turkey
Fried Australian Garlic Prawns
Fried New Zealand Garlic Squid
Fried Australian Sweet Chili and Garlic Prawn skewers
salad

YUMMO

The Mad Dragon · Unread postby **The Mad Dragon** » 23 Dec 2007, 22:30

That actually sounds good. I'd be down for trying that fried squid.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 23 Dec 2007, 22:33

picked it up yesterday from the new seafood market near our place .... the reason I mention the "Australian" and "New Zealand" bits is that a lot of the seafood here (the cheap stuff especially) is imported from South East Asia and is pretty crap really, the local and New Zealand stuff is much better, looking forward to it

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