AMA - seela

[seela]

I'm following suit. You know what to do.

Starting an AMA thread at a time when I'm busy is probably not the best move, but whatever. Maybe this will provide the distraction I need.

 

[midwestyankee]

We know you are a cinephile and that you like baseball quite a lot. What is your favorite movie about baseball, and why? Bonus question: if Lars von Trier were to make a movie about baseball, what do you think it would be like?

 

[Bramblethorn]

What's something neat about the Finnish language that English doesn't have?

What is your favourite kind of nut (to eat)?

 

[Primalex]

Bonus question: if Lars von Trier were to make a movie about baseball, what do you think it would be like?

What a can of worms. I'm now picturing various movies how they would be from a different director.

I so regret that I'm not a YouTube video producer right now, because I think you could actually make a shitload of money with this.

 

[seela]

We know you are a cinephile and that you like baseball quite a lot. What is your favorite movie about baseball, and why? Bonus question: if Lars von Trier were to make a movie about baseball, what do you think it would be like?

I really like The Battered Bastards of Baseball. It's a documentary and it perfectly captures the joy of the game, but also touches on some of the very real and big problems of professional baseball.

If talking about fictional movies then A League of their Own has a very special place in my heart. It, too, captures the fun of the game. I should probably rewatch it.

The Lars von Trier baseball movie would an American dream story about an immigrant guy in the minor leagues. The team is so-so, but the guy has been scouted and will get drafted to the big leagues for the next season. He hits a walk-off homer in the 10th of a relatively unimportant game and a teammate goes crazy with jealousy and whacks him in the head with a bat and the guy dies. Muted color palette, slow motion scenes, flashbacks to all kinds of depressing things.

 

[seela]

What's something neat about the Finnish language that English doesn't have?

What is your favourite kind of nut (to eat)?

I like the non-genderedness of Finnish.

The way our words work in general is pretty neat as well.

My favorite kind of nut to eat would probably be pecan, but I don't really eat nuts very often at all. I use nuts in salads and cooking in general, and then I think walnuts and cashews are what I use the most.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

I like the non-genderedness of Finnish.

The way our words work in general is pretty neat as well.

My favorite kind of nut to eat would probably be pecan, but I don't really eat nuts very often at all. I use nuts in salads and cooking in general, and then I think walnuts and cashews are what I use the most.

Hmmm, is that nut pronounced "pea-can" or "p'conn"? (Its a North-South thing here).

How many languages do you speak? (I seem to remember you referencing something in German a while back).

 

[seela]

Hmmm, is that nut pronounced "pea-can" or "p'conn"? (Its a North-South thing here).

How many languages do you speak? (I seem to remember you referencing something in German a while back).

I pronounce the nut as pekaani and avoid that converstation entirely. How do you pronounce it?

Oh no, I've never liked the question of how many languages I speak. I don't know. I guess 3-10, depending on the topic, how much you'd require me to be able to speak, and how many mistakes are allowed etc. It's an impossible question.

I'm comfortable speaking 3-4 languages. I can get by okay in 5-6 more but my range of topics is more limited. I understand a handful of languages on top of those, but wouldn't like to speak them unless I have to. Like, do I speak French? Not really, but I can get by in France as a tourist using only French and have done so and I can read French newspapers just fine. So where does that land on the scale of speaking/not speaking?

It's really an impossible question for me.

 

[gracie920101]

What's your favorite "fast food" either homemade or purchased?

(Today's lunch not withstanding )

BTW, its "pəˈkän" as "pea-can" is a substitute for a chamber pot.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

What's your favorite "fast food" either homemade or purchased?

(Today's lunch not withstanding )

BTW, its "pəˈkän" as "pea-can" is a substitute for a chamber pot.

...says the girl from "Waaaayyy south"

 

[gracie920101]

...says the girl from "Waaaayyy south"

Yea, for now but I have Okie roots!

 

[midwestyankee]

What's your favorite "fast food" either homemade or purchased?

(Today's lunch not withstanding )

BTW, its "pəˈkän" as "pea-can" is a substitute for a chamber pot.

Where I grew up most people had indoor plumbing so there wasn't any confusion when we pronounced that word correctly.

 

[gracie920101]

Where I grew up most people had indoor plumbing so there wasn't any confusion when we pronounced that word correctly.

City kid, huh?

 

[midwestyankee]

City kid, huh?

Only if, by city, you mean a place where the entire population could fit into an Oklahoma high school football stadium with room left over.

ETA: So, back on topic...Seela, what was your earliest experience with American television?

 

[seela]

What's your favorite "fast food" either homemade or purchased?

(Today's lunch not withstanding )

BTW, its "pəˈkän" as "pea-can" is a substitute for a chamber pot.

Fast food as in something that cooks fast?

Peasoup made with fresh frozen peas. Add stock, herbs, oil, seasoning, maybe cream or some such if you feel like it. Blitz, top with goats cheese or feta, herbs and maybe pine nuts. Can be made in about 5 minutes.

I also make a huge batch of pierogi a few times a year and freeze them, so they're homemade fast food for me as well.

If I'm on the go and have to eat something, I usually grab a Karelian pasty and preferably a few slices of gravlax to put on top.

Or a slice of pizza from one particular local chain. I always get the vegan slice with no cheese. Roasted tomato, eggplant, zucchini, red onion, arugula and a drizzle of balsamic sauce with a nice hit of chili in the tomato sauce.

 

[seela]

Only if, by city, you mean a place where the entire population could fit into an Oklahoma high school football stadium with room left over.

ETA: So, back on topic...Seela, what was your earliest experience with American television?

That's a hard one. I checked some of the earliest TV shows I remember watching and none of them were American.

I remember mom watching at least Dallas, The Love Boat and Matlock. I remember watching The Snorks, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Doogie Howser, Alf, The Cosby Show.

 

[Ropebunny]

How do you feel about:

A. Cross-country skiing
B. Enclosed spaces
C. Singing in public

Also, would you consider yourself handy in a DIY sense?

 

[Primalex]

I like the non-genderedness of Finnish.

The way our words work in general is pretty neat as well.

Karelian pasty

Karjalanpiirakka

This fits so well together.

 

[seela]

How do you feel about:

A. Cross-country skiing
B. Enclosed spaces
C. Singing in public

Also, would you consider yourself handy in a DIY sense?

A. I kinda like it. Not to watch on TV, but to do it myself. I grew up doing it.
B. Not a huge fan, but they aren't usually a big problem either, if I have enough space to move around. One of those Bdsm vacuum bag scenarios would probably be a horror show, but elevators and such aren't a problem.
C. Nope.

I'm a pretty handy person, yes. I'm definitely better with tools than with a sewing machine, for example. I'm not crafty, I have close to zero interest in creating anything at all, but I can many fix things if need be and have done it.

 

[Primalex]

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

 

[ultramarineblue]

Fast food as in something that cooks fast?

Peasoup made with fresh frozen peas. Add stock, herbs, oil, seasoning, maybe cream or some such if you feel like it. Blitz, top with goats cheese or feta, herbs and maybe pine nuts. Can be made in about 5 minutes.

I also make a huge batch of pierogi a few times a year and freeze them, so they're homemade fast food for me as well.

If I'm on the go and have to eat something, I usually grab a Karelian pasty and preferably a few slices of gravlax to put on top.

Or a slice of pizza from one particular local chain. I always get the vegan slice with no cheese. Roasted tomato, eggplant, zucchini, red onion, arugula and a drizzle of balsamic sauce with a nice hit of chili in the tomato sauce.

I absolutely love that your answer to fast food has nothing to do with the stuff the US calls fast food that is slowly infecting the rest of the world.

What do you like about learning and studying languages? Is there anything you dislike about it?

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Fast food as in something that cooks fast?

Peasoup made with fresh frozen peas. Add stock, herbs, oil, seasoning, maybe cream or some such if you feel like it. Blitz, top with goats cheese or feta, herbs and maybe pine nuts. Can be made in about 5 minutes.

I also make a huge batch of pierogi a few times a year and freeze them, so they're homemade fast food for me as well.

If I'm on the go and have to eat something, I usually grab a Karelian pasty and preferably a few slices of gravlax to put on top.

Or a slice of pizza from one particular local chain. I always get the vegan slice with no cheese. Roasted tomato, eggplant, zucchini, red onion, arugula and a drizzle of balsamic sauce with a nice hit of chili in the tomato sauce.

Hmmm. Food controversy.

Lets start with pierogis. Is this actually a Finnish dish? A Pole told me that "perogy" (how we spell it in Canada) was simply a Urkranian word for a Polish dish. (lots of people of Ukranian origin in Northern Ontario and the west).

By Fast Food, I imagine Gracie meant McDonald's or Kentucky Fried Chicken. Take Away as they say in the UK.

On Pizza: Hawaiian Pizza, yes or no.

I'd be interested in more about fresh pea soup. Here "pea soup" refers to a thick ham-based soup made of dried yellow peas.

 

[gracie920101]

I qualified my "fast food" as homemade OR purchased.

Seela actually answered with both.

Now I want to find a Karelian pasty recipe that I could attempt to make within low carb guidelines. They look yummy!

However, I have to backpedaling on the whole gravlax idea as I can count the type fish I eat on one hand and that includes shellfish.

My autocorrect hates foreign words and names. LOL if you could see how these few sentences turned out, you would die laughing. Let's just say "Magellan" started it!

 

[ultramarineblue]

Hmmm. Food controversy.

Lets start with pierogis. Is this actually a Finnish dish? A Pole told me that "perogy" (how we spell it in Canada) was simply a Urkranian word for a Polish dish. (lots of people of Ukranian origin in Northern Ontario and the west).

By Fast Food, I imagine Gracie meant McDonald's or Kentucky Fried Chicken. Take Away as they say in the UK.

On Pizza: Hawaiian Pizza, yes or no.

I'd be interested in more about fresh pea soup. Here "pea soup" refers to a thick ham-based soup made of dried yellow peas.

I'm really interested in trying the fresh pea soup. It sounds wonderful.

I qualified my "fast food" as homemade OR purchased.

Seela actually answered with both.

Now I want to find a Karelian pasty recipe that I could attempt to make within low carb guidelines. They look yummy!

However, I have to backpedaling on the whole gravlax idea as I can count the type fish I eat on one hand and that includes shellfish.

My autocorrect hates foreign words and names. LOL if you could see how these few sentences turned out, you would die laughing. Let's just say "Magellan" started it!

I want to make that too. They look absolutely delicious. I'm curious how you all make it low carb because it seems to be primarily made from carbs.

I'm very curious about how gravlax tastes. I don't like smoked salmon at all and regular salmon is ok but I'd definitely try gravlax.

 

[seela]

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Pretty much the same life, but transplanted somewhere else.