Taste it and it makes you feel like in heaven... for some (SPAM)

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:13 pm

Originally posted by Nippy
LOL! I knew that was coming back to haunt me, I just knew it...

You'll have to do something even funnier to supercede it in order to live it down, I think...

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:20 pm

Originally posted by Enchantress
You'll have to do something even funnier to supercede it in order to live it down, I think...

Is that even possible?

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:22 pm

(*thinks*).....

Er, no! Ha, ha, ha!

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:23 pm

Originally posted by Nippy
LOL! I knew that was coming back to haunt me, I just knew it...

Aw! Be yourself, mate, it suits you

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:27 pm

Well, you are half Geordie, aren't you, Nippy.

Maybe you need to explore the Dark Side...

(*does Darth Vader breathing*)

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 3:29 pm

You have some Geordie in you, don't you Enchantress?

Mmmmmmmmm, Minerva, that sounds gooooooooood.

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 4:28 pm

Originally posted by Gruntboy
You have some Geordie in you, don't you Enchantress?

Ha, ha - the old ones are the best ones...

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:14 pm

Originally posted by Yshania
Yes, and there is a scientific term for this that escapes me. Mad, I think Women have been known to crave coal, tissue paper (hopefully clean ) and neat lard. I had no cravings, I just went off a whole lot of stuff I had previously loved.

Now!! Had there been such a thing as Newcie ice cream my kids would have been born with Geordie accents

I think the term you are referring to is Pica The condition indicates the ingestion of non-food substances however, such as clay, coal, paper etc.
I don't think strange food combinations fit the clinical criteria.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:15 pm

Originally posted by Yshania
Yes, and there is a scientific term for this that escapes me. Mad, I think Women have been known to crave coal, tissue paper (hopefully clean ) and neat lard. I had no cravings, I just went off a whole lot of stuff I had previously loved.

Now!! Had there been such a thing as Newcie ice cream my kids would have been born with Geordie accents

LMAO! much the same thing happened to me

I developed food aversions, and was practically impossible to feed. Evenings went something like this, I think I practically drove my partner insane:

Partner: How about "X" for dinner?
Me: I don't feel like that
Partner: Um.. but you ate it and enjoyed it last week
Me: Yes, but that was last week, I think it would make me feel ill right now
Partner: *sigh* Okay...let's go out for dinner...

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 1:47 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy
Mmmmmmmmm, Minerva, that sounds gooooooooood.

It's widely available in Newcastle area.

You can even by them in supermarket, apparently.

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 2:22 pm

Originally posted by dragon wench
Partner: How about "X" for dinner?
Me: I don't feel like that
Partner: Um.. but you ate it and enjoyed it last week
Me: Yes, but that was last week, I think it would make me feel ill right now
Partner: *sigh* Okay...let's go out for dinner...

LMAO! This reminds me of the interaction between my friend and his pregnant wife one fine summer day. She had spent some time outside, and came in just as he was cooking dinner.

Wife: "Oh God! What is that?"
Husband: "Dinner. You're hungry, right?"
Wife: "I was...now I feel sick. What is it?"
Husband: "Stir-fry, your favorite. You feel okay? You look pale."
Wife: "Ugh...I'm going back outside. I can't stand the smell. Call me when the smell is gone."
Husband: *sighs* Okay, it'll be a few minutes.
***about ten minutes later***
Husband: "I aired out the house. You can come in now."
Wife: "Oh, okay. Honey?"
Husband: "Yes?"
Wife: "I'm hungry."

I sat on their couch witnessing this.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 3:38 pm

LMAO!

I was like that, anything with a sauce, with fat/oil, or too much of an aroma had my stomach rolling. I lived on mashed potatoes and dried bread for some time!

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:21 am

Speaking of pregnant women...

...my wife craved for green unripe (sour) mango dipped in bagoong (tiny salted red fish/shrimps).

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:28 am

@Mah: Well, at least she didn't crave...balut.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:35 am

Originally posted by Chanak
@Mah: Well, at least she didn't crave...balut.

Balut and ketchup!

Yum, yum!

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:01 am

You know, when I was over there, I enjoyed Filipino cooking. Great stuff, like lumpia.

However, when I discovered the sheer grossness of...balut...I figured it was a Negrito thing.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:36 am

Don't make my mouth water, Chanak...

Originally posted by Chanak
You know, when I was over there, I enjoyed Filipino cooking. Great stuff, like lumpia. However, when I discovered the sheer grossness of...balut...I figured it was a Negrito thing.

...lumpia - with vinegar *sigh!*

Ever tried laing? That's gabi leaves cooked in coconut oil.

Balut a Negrito thing? Hardly.

It's eaten from North to South.

What I find disgusting is azucena... dog meat.

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:42 am

Re: Don't make my mouth water, Chanak...

Originally posted by Maharlika

What I find disgusting is azucena... dog meat.

OMG - do people really eat that? Why? Do they not have pets, too in the Philippines?

I always thought that the meat of carnivorous animals wasn't good to eat as it's too tough. In the west, all our meat comes from herbivorous animals, doesn't it.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:00 am

Yup, unfortunately some do.

...stray dogs/native dogs, more often than not fancied by the local blokes who love eating dog meat while drinking alcohol.

I ate dogmeat once without knowing for what it was.

I was just prodded to eat something cooked in tomato sauce. When I knew later what it was, I felt like throwing up. I love dogs and I couldnt stand the thought of having them killed for food.

AFAIK, it's not only in the Phils where locals eat dogmeat.

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:18 am

Re: Yup, unfortunately some do.

Originally posted by Maharlika
AFAIK, it's not only in the Phils where locals eat dogmeat.

I know it's rife in Thailand too where cats are also eaten and both cats and dogs are also killed for their fur and made into coats.

Shocking...