I have an affinity to Asian foods. The sauces, the noodles. I love Japanese foods, spicy Thai foods. I tried crab rangoon once and now my judgement of a restaurant rests on their crab rangoon. I adore Italian food. It is the ultimate in guilty pleasure. Pasta, cheese, cheese, meats, sauces. Italian food is my comfort food, food I nominated most likely to make me smile on a rainy night. Of course, there's nothing like hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill, traditional southern food, fried chicken, collard greens, mashed potatoes, sweet tea, sweet potato pie, barbecued pork...
I love food, from great to small. It would be hard for me to choose my last meal, the last meal I would ever have to taste, the last thing that I have in my memory, from my memories of the life I've lived. The last meal started as kind of a karmic/superstitious attempt by the law enforcement group to have a clear conscience in putting a criminal to death. It was a time of celebration because the prisoner's acceptance of the food said he forgave them for what they were about to do. It was the prisoner's last chance to be with family, to experience the life they threw away.
My choice of food would have alot to do with the life I've lived, starting from when I was little until now. Foods that I've eaten at important times of my life, foods that have garnered praise for me. For me, this will take alot of thought. What about you? What would you last meal be, or include?
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25 comments:
General Tso's chicken (from Uncle Chan), lemonade to drink and carrot cake for dessert.
"alot" (sic) is two words.
;)
Anonymous #1 and Anonymous #2 are not the same person.
Just wanted to clarify.
Signed,
Anonymous #1
What would I want for a last meal?
Anything you want to cook will be fine. :)
hmmm, Michael, that sounds awesome!
anonymous #1 is a picky linguist.
Kevin - you're crazy.
Actually, I was just trying to help you hone your otherwise rather good writing. If you want to blow sound advice off and look silly, that's your prerogative.
Peace,
A #1
A #1 did you consider the possibility that This Girl knows how to spell, and maybe even knows what spellcheck is, and that it is a simple typo?? I don't always pay much attention to perfection when blogging or responding to blogs.
anonymous #1 - I prefer to use alot (one word) when I mean a bunch of stuff and a lot when I mean very much. I didn't blow off sound advice, I just pointed out the truth of your pickiness.
bigben - thanks for the defense.
Okay, you two. I didn't ask about my typing, I asked about your last meal... Spill!
ps... the alot in this one is taking many thoughts of food and sifting through them, not very much thought to food. I know that technically I'm wrong, but I prefer it that way.
Don't worry about it. Alot of people use it that way.
BigBen, yes. But it's common enough in her writing to where I though that, like a lot of us, she actually thought it was supposed to be one word. It was supposed to be a friendly little tip--the kind of thing I would appreciate someone doing for me.
This Girl, if you want to imagine some sort of distinction between "a bunch of stuff" and "very much," so be it. To me, it'd be sort of like pointing out that someone's fly was down only to have them say, "Well sure. That's how I wear these pants. Duh."
If you and the would-be fly-wearer-downer want to do so deliberately, it's certainly your right as an American (particularly as a Maconian) to revel in such buffoonery. You go, girl.
Anonymous Coward BE GONE!!!!!!!
Maconian? Try Maconite!
Anon 1 - One more attempt... alot (a bunch of stuff; a lot (very much) If that doesn't matter to you, then, thank you for pointing out my error. I appreciate it as a writer, though I don't appreciate the correction taking precedent over answering the question. I do appreciate that you didn't point out the other numerous errors in my post. So, what would your last mean be?
P.S. having my own differentiation between alot and a lot is certainly my right as an American, but is most certainly not buffoonery or reveling. And I hate "you go, girl" never use it again.
(anonymous #1 that is!)
Coward? Hardly. (And oh, the irony of posting that comment anonymously.) I'm merely trying to make this interesting and I happen to think I've succeeded.
As for the final meal, I would probably feast on Magic Chicken--(a delicious recipe brought forth by Ms. Jen)--as it would have a bittersweet, The Life of David Gale-ian sort of tie-in for me on two levels.
Thanks AnonyOne - although you should have completely called me on the "mean" instead of meal by being mean. I would have made me laugh. Well, too late!
I appreciate all the input. I still don't know what my last meal would be, but it would include homemade turkey pot pie (which may mean I would have to cook my last meal... hmmm)
I saw it ('mean' v. 'meal'), but I was trying not to be a dick. You didn't seem to appreciate the last time I attempted to help.
That said, I believe you meant to say that "It would have made [you] laugh."
none of this shit is funny. anonymous coward.
"Coward? Hardly. (And oh, the irony of posting that comment anonymously.) I'm merely trying to make this interesting and I happen to think I've succeeded."
You didn't explain how posting as anonymous is not cowardly. Does the interestingness of your comments somehow hinge on you posting anonymously?
(Anonymous #1)
none of this shit is funny. anonymous coward.
Well, This Girl allowed for at least the possibility of laughter. I think you need to either lighten up a little or stop following this post.
You didn't explain how posting as anonymous is not cowardly.
This is ridiculous. You're going to call me out on my anonymity anonymously? The retarded irony of it all is just too much. Please, for the good of the country, stop. Stop now.
Does the interestingness of your comments somehow hinge on you posting anonymously?
Exactly. I think a reasonable amount of detective work could dig up who I am. If not, nevermind. This has gone on far too long as it is.
I agree that this has gone on far enough, but I still wanted to point out the faultiness of your argument. Instead of addressing the issue, you continue to make personal attacks against me because I'm posting anonymously . For all you know, I could consider myself to be a coward, therefore it would not be hypocritical of me to say that posting anonymously is a cowardly act. As it stands, you still haven't given a reason why it shouldn't be considered cowardly to post anonymously or (of even more interest) why it makes your comments more interesting.
I agree that this has gone on far enough, but I still wanted to point out the faultiness of your argument. Instead of addressing the issue, you continue to make personal attacks against me because I'm posting anonymously . For all you know, I could consider myself to be a coward, therefore it would not be hypocritical of me to say that posting anonymously is a cowardly act. As it stands, you still haven't given a reason why it shouldn't be considered cowardly to post anonymously or why it makes your comments more interesting.
This Girl, my last meal would be a variety of foods. A proper salad (cheese, bacon, homemade croutons, bleu cheese dressing = proper) followed by a plethora of my favorite meats in reasonably small portions (probably filet mingnon, pork roast, honey dijon chicken, veal piccata and the like) served with wild rice and asparagus (Cavenders...yum, complimented by a Cabernet (Sauvignon or Blanc depending on mood).
As for the rest of this, "revel in such buffoonery" and the like has no place in a constructive criticism. The amount of defensive and derisive behaviour on the part of A1 is shameful. If I could read the posts and assume that there was no underlying intellect, I would have no issue, but it goes against human nature to accept logical comments in the midst of illogical (and irrelevant) nonsense. The term "picky linguist" could only be misunderstood to be an attack due to idiocy (which does not fit) or amazing insecurity that might lead to immediate "look silly" retorts, that oddly enough preceeded the misspelling of perrogative by only three words. This is an open forum for self expression, and in no way, shape, or form does this blog suggest otherwise. As a matter of fact, I must have missed the 'please correct my spelling' part of the page, because it never even occurred to me to focus on the spelling or sentance structure while discussing things that seem to have bearing on the rest of life in general.
I hope that this was a pure enough outpouring of expression to contain an error or two.
Rant complete.
Edit to last comment:
what I meant to say was Cabernet Sauvignon or Sauvignon Blanc... just was tired I suppose. What a terrible mistake that was. I feel shame...
Super color scheme, I like it! Good job. Go on.
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