Quotes of the Moment II

[Cain]

I must take a moment to point out that strawberries will make milk distinctly strawberry-flavored and turn it bright pink, and that also for some mysterious reason ultra-pasteurization is not considered an "artificial preservative" and will make milk keep for a month. Which frankly creeps me out.

My dad used to grow strawberries on his farm which were a variety with an intense flavor, specifically for the jam and flavorings industry. Best strawberries ever, but you can't buy them in the supermarket because they're small, spoil easily and don't transport well.

All true.  However, I checked on the side, and they use some kind of beetroot extract for the colouring, and there were more E numbers than the East Central postcode in the drink.

[Suu]

It's cheaper for Tesco to import irradiated Mexican Strawberries, at the height of our own strawberry growing season, than it is to get British Strawberries 20 miles from the field to the shelf.

Our poor Strawberry farmers then have to fill out the ever growing pile of EU Subsidy claim forms, where they get paid for not growing certain (randomly picked, by Neil Kinnock) crops, eg; If he grows Strawberries this year, he can claim an EU Subsidy for not growing. . . . . . . sustainable tropical hardwood, or Sargasso kelp. Then they moan on local radio about how they can hardly afford to buy a new combine harvester this year, to harvest all the crops they haven't grown!

That's kinda bullshit. I have to admit that in the US, at least in RI and FL, we're really big on eating our local crops first before importing goods.

Florida Strawberries are February, Rhode Island are June, and local strawberry season is THE BEST. I purposely try not to purchase groceries that aren't locally produced, unless I, you know, want strawberries in November. Then I know they're coming from California or something. But still..

[Juana]

Nope. Our strawberry season runs from April or so until June. Them's Mexican strawberries, I believe. I would much, much sooner wait for strawberries locally grown than eat Mexican strawberries (Mexico uses pesticides even we won't use here in the US, and believe you me, that's saying something, because our standards are so very low. Also, locally grown berries are far superior in taste, but we also buy them fresh off the plants from local farmers).

[Cain]

I wouldn't eat strawberries locally grown in London for reasons I'm sure I don't have to explain.

[Juana]

Yeah, no explanation needed. I live in a ruralish area and the place we like best is two or three miles up the street from us.

[BadBeast]

Yesterday's final:

"Essay Question #3: The "Syllabus Police" is bringing your history professor to a hearing questioning why she put "Frankenstein" on the course list. While preparing for her defense, she faints under pressure, now it's up to you, the student, to prepare and give a passable defense as to why the book should stay in the curriculum."

Me:

"To the assembled masses of the Syllabus Police and the students, Romans, and faculty herein. Allow me to give you my defense as to why "Frankenstein" should be read as part of the course curriculum for HIS310....

blah

blah

blah

...And that's why we should be allowed to read Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" in this course.

Thank you."

*Applause!*



Yep. I even wrote the applause.

Give me my A, please.

We have created a Monster! 

[Luna]

I really miss the wild strawberries we got in our back yard when I was a kid.  They were tiny, but soo sweet...

[Cain]

<MomLalonde>My parrot is angrily walking around her cage screaming "WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" "GET OUT OF HERE!!"
<MomLalonde>Or was
<MomLalonde>Now she is happily saying "Kisses?"
<MomLalonde>And now she is violently assaulting toys while screeching in between saying "Come here, Toby. Come here."
<KingSphinx>Maybe you should get a priest?
<Kaliayev>parrots are always like that
<Kaliayev>if a demon possessed a parrot, it's behaviour would likely improve
<Kaliayev>parrots are the reason pirate captains usually only have one leg, a hook for a hand and a missing eye

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I must take a moment to point out that strawberries will make milk distinctly strawberry-flavored and turn it bright pink, and that also for some mysterious reason ultra-pasteurization is not considered an "artificial preservative" and will make milk keep for a month. Which frankly creeps me out.

My dad used to grow strawberries on his farm which were a variety with an intense flavor, specifically for the jam and flavorings industry. Best strawberries ever, but you can't buy them in the supermarket because they're small, spoil easily and don't transport well.

All true.  However, I checked on the side, and they use some kind of beetroot extract for the colouring, and there were more E numbers than the East Central postcode in the drink.

yeah, they usually use beetroot for pink coloring here too. What's an E number?

[Nast]

Supermarket strawberries are usually ginormous woody things with anemic hearts and an insipid taste. 

I agree, woodland strawberries are amazing! I once had a pot of teeny tiny alpine strawberries growing, and they were the most divine things ever! Crimson red, meltingly soft, with a concentrated berry flavor. I want to have a whole patch of them some day.

[Nast]

And the best thing about growing strawberries is that even though the parent plant will reduce its yield over the years, it propagates by new plants attached to runners so that you can have an ever-growing supply.

[BadBeast]

The last Wild Strawberry I found, was halfway up a Welsh Mountain, at about 3.30 am November 6th, 2004. We were walking up the back way to see the World Touring Class Rally stage, and came straight from an awesome Firework night party. The lane we were walking up had steep banks either side, and I saw what must have been the latest strawberry ever, only the size of my fingernail, so I picked it and ate it. Words cannot describe the magnitude of the sweet strawberry flavour that almost exploded my head off. It spoiled me for all other strawberries. Some guy in a Subaru Imprezu (Or was it a Mitsubishi?) won the Rally stage, but it will be the strawberry I shall always remember about that night.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

When I was a kid on Lopez Island, wild strawberries were everywhere. It was kind of a magical place to be a kid, really.

[Cain]

I must take a moment to point out that strawberries will make milk distinctly strawberry-flavored and turn it bright pink, and that also for some mysterious reason ultra-pasteurization is not considered an "artificial preservative" and will make milk keep for a month. Which frankly creeps me out.

My dad used to grow strawberries on his farm which were a variety with an intense flavor, specifically for the jam and flavorings industry. Best strawberries ever, but you can't buy them in the supermarket because they're small, spoil easily and don't transport well.

All true.  However, I checked on the side, and they use some kind of beetroot extract for the colouring, and there were more E numbers than the East Central postcode in the drink.

yeah, they usually use beetroot for pink coloring here too. What's an E number?

Artificial additives.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I must take a moment to point out that strawberries will make milk distinctly strawberry-flavored and turn it bright pink, and that also for some mysterious reason ultra-pasteurization is not considered an "artificial preservative" and will make milk keep for a month. Which frankly creeps me out.

My dad used to grow strawberries on his farm which were a variety with an intense flavor, specifically for the jam and flavorings industry. Best strawberries ever, but you can't buy them in the supermarket because they're small, spoil easily and don't transport well.

All true.  However, I checked on the side, and they use some kind of beetroot extract for the colouring, and there were more E numbers than the East Central postcode in the drink.

yeah, they usually use beetroot for pink coloring here too. What's an E number?

Artificial additives.

Are any of them technically flavoring, coloring, or preservatives? I bet they're technically not. Weaselly bastards!