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Skriven 2014-02-14 14:27:30 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9735 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 10 Feb 14  22:02:00 <=-

 NB>>> I suppose that hamburgers are one thing that one could usually find
 NB>>> almost anywhere one went, that she could generally recognize as safe.
 ML>> But it's so constricting, and I don't understand it.
 NB>> I only understand it in the abstract.
 ML> Well, go traveling with someone like that for a while.
 ML> You'd understand in the concrete in short order.

Except that you just said that you don't understand it..  ;)  For both
of us, it's trying to understand someone else's odd outlook on food.  ;)

 ML> Speaking of which, I have a couple upgrade certificates
 ML> that are expiring in April, so Lilli wants to go to Smyrna
 ML> or Rhodes, odd choices. What she will eat there I don't
 ML> know - she'll probably spend a huge premium for lamb kebabs
 ML> overlooking the Aegean, while I feast cheaply (I hope) on
 ML> local shellfish. Odd that she's come to like lamb, which to
 ML> me has quite a strong flavor.

Reminds her of hamburger, probably.. ;)  It will be another adventure,
no doubt...  :)  Is that likely to be before or after Easter...?

 NB>> I'd rather find something new that looked at all appealing... when
 NB>> in London, I remember finding a hole-in-the-wall Indian/Pakastani
 NB>> (I think) place, rather than looking for "safe" food... ;)
 ML> It's said that chicken tikka masala is the closest thing
 ML> that the Brits have to a national dish nowadays.

I've heard that, too...  :)  I don't remember what we had, though... it
was almost 30 years ago, now... :)

 NB>> And that, with an 11-year-old in tow, to boot.
 NB>> We did, once anyway, check out Wimpy's, just for the fun of it... 
 ML> That's something I've not done yet.

Don't bother.  Unless things have improved substantially, it's pretty
mediocre...  wouldn't do it again... ;)  Richard had had a burger there,
on a class trip (to England and France), back when he was in high
school, and had talked about it, so it was on the agenda, at least as a
possible...  ;)

 ML>> Once in a while I encounter someone (Lilli doesn't pretend
 ML>> to this) who claims extra-sensitive taste buds as the reason
 ML>> for his/her unadventurousness; I kind of doubt this, though. 
 NB>> I'd've thought extra-sensitive taste buds should lead to more
 NB>> adventurousness, actually...  One should be able to taste more
 NB>> nuances, and make even better comparisons/contrasts...  
 ML> Perhaps, but the claim goes with the claim that strong and
 ML> distinctive flavors cause something rather like physical pain.

Oh, that sort of extra sensitivity... what a sad situation...  

 ML> I've encountered this occasionally when my tongue seizes up at
 ML> something incredibly overskewed in the direction of one of the
 ML> four standard tastes. Or bizarrely fishy (as in rancid seal meat).

Dunno as I've ever had physical pain... a few tastes have caused stomach
flip-flops... 

 ML>> Soon I'll tell you about Alex's friend Kevin who
 ML>> eats only a limited diet and is pretty neurotic about it;
 ML>> he's a nice enough kid, but his whininess about food - he
 ML>> makes no pretense of being a good sport about it - would be
 ML>> almost enough to cross him off my friends list.
 ML> As I'm describing in my Las Vegas report, which finishes
 ML> in this packet, he's a nice enough kid, but not really
 ML> appropriate as fine dining company. I saw him only for a
 ML> couple hours on a couple occasions, and his whininess started
 ML> getting to me. 

From the report, I can see why...  :)  Maybe he'll grow out of it, but I
don't think I'd hold my breath waiting...  ;)

 ML> With Lilli, it took several years of both of us
 ML> grinning and bearing it before the first sparks flew, in Korea
 ML> not too long ago, and it was triggered by my taking her to a
 ML> place where I thought she would eat well - a bulgogi house;
 ML> unfortunately, she prefers dry-grilled meats, not marinated
 ML> stuff such as you get in Seoul food restaurants, and the
 ML> sort of half-grilled half-stewed stuff she got reminded her
 ML> too much of microwaved leftovers.

Ah, well... you two are travel companions more than dining companions,
after all...  ;)  And unstated expectations are rather hard to fulfil as
well... ;)  Guess you've learned one more thing that won't meet hers...
 
 NB>> Certainly wouldn't make eating with him much of a pleasure, to be
 NB>> sure... ;0
 ML> Wasn't. I don't see why Alex keeps him around.

Probably has other reasons...  like having an uncomplaining designated
driver on hand...  :)
 
 ML>> I can see the merits of a good steak frites, but not
 ML>> several times a week alternating with burgers and oatmeal
 ML>> and the occasional omelet or egg salad ...
 NB>> Could get boring quite quickly, eh...?
 ML> tttt, I will eat a monodiet once in a while and tolerate it
 ML> quite well if it's beef. 

But that's different, eh...?   :)

 ML> I used to be able to eat 25c worth of pasta a day for a week to
 ML> save money to blow on those $50 ($100+ in today's dollars)
 ML> dinners that I used to have with Nicholas, but no more, and that
 ML> might have contributed to my current dubious state of health.
 ML> But it was only my body that got ruined by that, not my taste buds.

Well, it was for a "good cause", after all...  :)  I've not been quite
so mono diet... and not likely to get away with it now, either, with
Richard not liking to have the same thing twice in a row, generally.

ttyl        neb

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