wrathofkublakhan

Well ... yeah. geez.

The world needs more chocolate. The cost of one Patriot Missile invested in chocolate and served to our enemies would be a grand step towards world peace. My salacious sensory sensational salivation relies on a simple Hershey Kiss: slowly melting on my tongue. No hurry, it dominates deliciously dilatorily the simply wonderful sensation of dominating my innocent mouth. One sweet Kiss at at a time: One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear and bid adieu; Though we sever, my fond heart Till we meet shall pant for you. ~ Robert Dodsley Ah, sweet chocolate - milk, dark or white; bond thee to my soul and lift my heart heavenward.

I agree: I think the point made is that we are quite removed from the process of from hoof to plate. Really, it's only a generation or two - it was a fact of life in our grandparent's time. Two things that stand out in my childhood in this context: one was that I caught a small fish and my grandmother cooked it up for me as a "reward" and I was sickened and stymied. It certainly made sense to her; second; my same grandmother (ruthless!) had my sister and I pluck chickens after she had wrung their necks. Lawdy, we were crying at the table not able to eat the food cooked and my grandparents were simply mystified!

My goodness, what a great food thread --- I am absolutely salivating! Now ... what's in my cupboard?

My life is pretty drab in the food department right now -- I've a little cooler in which I take my lunch. Today's Fare: One sandwich on whole wheat bread -- three thin slices of ham, two thin slices of hard salami, one slice of sharp cheddar cheese and a handful of lettuce. I'm sad to say I had nothing exotic to spice things up ... I used mayonnaise. Sour Cream and Onion Pringle's potato chips. Six cookies called "English Tea", which I am sure are not English and have nothing to do with Tea --- but I still like 'em. And...I've a jar of olives in my cooler, each olive is stuffed with a clove of garlic! Whoa!

I'm thinking Kell is kinda sweet these days....

I've been trying to remember. I know I read The World According to Garp first -- it was unique and a good read. A Prayer for Owen Meany was such a page-turner (not in the action/thriller sense), I wanted to know what would happen next. Some of the ideas were so odd that I was surprised and enjoyed them. After that I think I read The Hotel New Hampshire or The Cider House Rules, possibly both. It would have been during "Wrath's Dark Period" and I'd've reveled in the skewering of the world around me. I just think he's a good author that fills his books with surprises. His style feels full of candor and wit and immediately plausible no matter what odd quirks take place.

I liked that part a lot. A sense of honor and duty and a wish to do it proper and right.

Babe ... it's gotta be Ranger (at least on the weekends)

Yes! I have read quite a few and liked them all. Owen Meany for sure and maybe four more...I'll have to look up some titles, now I want to read some more by him!

I have six on my TBR pile! Mostly since I just got back from the bookstore. My intent was to just buy one or two, but I hurt my foot yesterday and was limping and it took a lot longer to weave through the store....so I kept picking them up. I am reading Anne of Green Gables right now, next will be.... Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (KW's direction) National Velvet by Enid Bagnold (continuing my Children's Classic series after Black Beauty, The Secret Garden and Anne of Green Gables) X-Rated Bloodsuckers by Mario Acevedo (blood sex and magic) Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich

I've read about 20. I kinda got lost and my eyes all wonky some where in the 80's on the list of 100. And I love feeling a little smug. Anne of Green Gables in that list is spelled Ann and anyone who's read that book knows it's with an 'e', because .... -------------- "Oh, I'm not ashamed of it," explained Anne, "only I like Cordelia better. I've always imagined that my name was Cordelia --at least, I always have of late years. When I was young I used to imagine it was Geraldine, but I like Cordelia better now. But if you call me Anne please call me Anne spelled with an e." What difference does that make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot. "Oh it makes such a difference. It looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can; and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished. If you'll only call me Anne spelled with an e I shall try to reconcile myself to not being called Cordelia. "Very well, then, Anne spelled with an e, can you tell us how this mistake came to be made? We sent word to Mrs. Spencer to bring us a boy. Were there no boys at the asylum? ----------- Fun book, I'm on page 101 right now.

Yep, I read Plum Lovin' and the other 'tweener. I also read Motor Mouth and Metro Girl but felt they didn't capture the same Stephanie Plum spirit. Personally I hate the titles for one simple reason: I forget where I'm at in the series. I think I'm waiting for 12 in paperback. I completely gave up on those mysteries A is for Arsenic and B is for Blood (Sue Grafton maybe?) just because I'd stand there with eleventy-some books in front of me and sadly feel befuddled and experience low-level anxiety that I don't know which is what from when.

Well now, I'm an American. I guess I'm a typical American Snob in that I really don't pay attention where the author is from. I might be wrong but I think some of my favorite all time authors wrote Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, Othello and Midsummers Nights Dream, Mack the Knife in the Three Penny Opera; I read The Secret Garden a while ago and now am munching happily on Anne of Green Gables - I just don't know but they "feel" like they may have been by an English author. Now, was that the longest sentence ever? I need to go back to grammar school and have the School Marm smack me with a ruler.

Happily it's not a competition but a celebration instead. Welcome to the forum and have fun following this goofy diverse crowd -- most of 'em are great fun, the others are just really smart.

Wow, major memories come flashing back -- the key when I was a young boy was to get them marshmallows on fire! Then, I'd put the flame out and eat them: you just can't beat fire and food when you're a kid.

Regional indeed, I've never even hard of Cornish Yarg or Dorset Blue Vinny! I think it's time for me to go on a National Cheese Tour. Now about this goat cheese rolled in pepper or garlic and herbs -- is this your own recipe? It sounds wonderful and I'm drooling like a fool....

Kinda off topic / on topic ... there is a wonderful play by Tom Stoppard called Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead that is (why can't I make my text work right?) a wonderful "play within a play" based on two characters from Hamlet. I've seen the movie and the show, personally I'll take the show - but both are fun and lively, I recommend the experience.

O....M.....G! Smoked cheeses are so wonderful. Believe it or not, my Dad got nostalgic about eating goat cheese when he was on a Norwegian Tanker back in the '50s .... and he sent me some in the mail! I'll put blue cheese mixed in the mix with my wonderful stuffed mushrooms, goat cheese on my pizza and pardon me if you will: the American classic -- a slice of hot apple pie with a side of cheddar cheese. Gadzooks!

Have mercy on my soul - I crave cheese. I try not to call it 'fat', as in "I'm craving some fat right now." But a nice sharp cheddar, a decent chunk, to bite into and just let it slowly melt in my mouth while I'm reading a juicy story is a rare delight. Melt it down, any kind of cheese, and I'll dip chips, make nachos, call it a fondue if I must - just give it to me! They have these "cheese balls" invented for semi-pretentious parties to go with wine - forgive me if I buy one, just for myself. Slaver it on a cracker with an "anything" chaser; be it wine, beer or coca-cola - it's a sin to indulge so deeply that I feel like the ultimate hedonist with the wonderful taste of brilliant cheese serving me in slavish fashion - I am lord. I spew "fie" on those little cheese knives, give me a tool that a man can work with!

The only book within a book that I can think of right now is The Diamond Age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age

Here, here, bravo and echo that -- this site is loaded with really great friendly people.

Does anyone else see the humor in the thread wording: Sticky: Meet the Staff.... Sorry, I got the giggles with some punchlines.

I agree, these books are brilliant! Very smart writing combined with clever imagination it's a treat to venture into the time period and imagine the mix of the Legend and the Reality of the time. I remember pressuring the poor gal at the bookstore to find if the the next or newest books was available because I wanted to read the most recent as soon as possible.

<gushing>Hello Kell! You are my instant good best friend! And I love you for it.</gushing>