The conversation thread

[TheOriginalSA]

Just saying What's Up


About to make Superbowl snacks and have a chill day

 

[seela]

That’s hilarious Seela. Nice to meet you!

I can count to ten in Finnish

Nice to meet you too.

Do you know how to count the official way (ie. just the numbers 1-10) or the way we actually count? Is 1 yksi or yy?

 

[Curious51228]

Not sure...

Not sure if this is funny or sad, but it made me laugh. I made breakfast for myself and my wife this morning (a little thank you for some early a.m. fun). I was craving scones, so I mixed up a small batch and added some sour cherries harvested last summer from my own trees. I scrambled eggs with veggies and cooked up some venison sausage. We both made a plate and I took one bite of my beautiful scone and immediately realized I’d forgotten the baking soda! Laughed out loud as I chewed my thin hard scone!

I tried to post a photo but couldn’t figure out how to do it!

 

[Anastasia1999]

Nice to meet you too.

Do you know how to count the official way (ie. just the numbers 1-10) or the way we actually count? Is 1 yksi or yy?

Yksi...kaksi...kolme....that’s the only way I know.

 

[seela]

Not sure if this is funny or sad, but it made me laugh. I made breakfast for myself and my wife this morning (a little thank you for some early a.m. fun). I was craving scones, so I mixed up a small batch and added some sour cherries harvested last summer from my own trees. I scrambled eggs with veggies and cooked up some venison sausage. We both made a plate and I took one bite of my beautiful scone and immediately realized I’d forgotten the baking soda! Laughed out loud as I chewed my thin hard scone!

I tried to post a photo but couldn’t figure out how to do it!

I bet you won't forget again!

Yksi...kaksi...kolme....that’s the only way I know.

The standard way is the safest and you already know so much more Finnish than most people here!

 

[Whiskeyjack]

The standard way is the safest and you already know so much more Finnish than most people here!

I don't know any Finnish, but I remember learning one thing about it. From what I recall of the Linguistics 101 class I took 20 years ago, Finnish isn't closely related to any other major languages - it's kind of lumped together with Hungarian, but mostly because no one knows what to do with Hungarian either.

Also, I know there's a city in Finland called Espoo because it shows up in crossword puzzles a lot.

 

[seela]

I don't know any Finnish, but I remember learning one thing about it. From what I recall of the Linguistics 101 class I took 20 years ago, Finnish isn't closely related to any other major languages - it's kind of lumped together with Hungarian, but mostly because no one knows what to do with Hungarian either.

Also, I know there's a city in Finland called Espoo because it shows up in crossword puzzles a lot.

Nah, although Finnish and Hungarian are pretty different, there's definitely a connection between them, it isn't just a random lump. If you think about, say, Persian and English, they're pretty different on the outside but both belong in the Indo-European group. It's a similar situation with Finnish and Hungarian.

What crossword puzzles do you do? I don't think I've ever encountered Espoo in a puzzle. Eero Saarinen is the main thing Finland has brought to the English crossword table!

I signed up for a crossword league today. Because why not. Ten weeks starting 2/22.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Nah, although Finnish and Hungarian are pretty different, there's definitely a connection between them, it isn't just a random lump. If you think about, say, Persian and English, they're pretty different on the outside but both belong in the Indo-European group. It's a similar situation with Finnish and Hungarian.

What crossword puzzles do you do? I don't think I've ever encountered Espoo in a puzzle. Eero Saarinen is the main thing Finland has brought to the English crossword table!

I signed up for a crossword league today. Because why not. Ten weeks starting 2/22.

I'm curious about the Finno-Ugric connection. Because from the outside it definitely looks like a random lump. At least, they seem less connected than the Germanic languages are connected or the Romance languages are connected.

I have a big book of crosswords from the Chicago Tribune that I've been working on for the past year or so. I usually do one a night before bed. Espoo's shown up a few times. But you're right - Eero's name comes up a whole lot more.

What is a crossword league? Is it competitive? Do they have crossword tournaments? My curiosity is piqued.

 

[Anastasia1999]

The standard way is the safest and you already know so much more Finnish than most people here!

Now I’m curious about the non-standard, riskier way of counting to ten in finnish

 

[seela]

I'm curious about the Finno-Ugric connection. Because from the outside it definitely looks like a random lump. At least, they seem less connected than the Germanic languages are connected or the Romance languages are connected.

I have a big book of crosswords from the Chicago Tribune that I've been working on for the past year or so. I usually do one a night before bed. Espoo's shown up a few times. But you're right - Eero's name comes up a whole lot more.

What is a crossword league? Is it competitive? Do they have crossword tournaments? My curiosity is piqued.

It’s not a fair comparison between Germanic and Finno-Ugric languages. Germanic is a subgroup of Indo-European, and if you look at Indo-European languages as a whole, it seems like a random lump as well. German and Dutch (both Germanic) are very similar, but German and Urdu (both Indo-European) much less so, seems like they’ve been randomly lumped together. Comparing Finnish and Hungarian is similar to the German-Urdu pair, not German-Dutch pair.

The crossword league I signed up for is Spring Themeless by Boswords. It’s a competition, although I don’t know if the winner gets anything but bragging rights, as I don’t have a chance of winning and that’s not my motivation for entering. A puzzle will be published every Monday for 10 weeks starting 2/22 and you have to complete it by Thursday. You’re timed, your mistakes are counted and you get points based on that. I’ve participated in a few single day tournaments but this will be my first multi day one. I’ll miss out on a lot of fun community stuff because timezones force me to always solve the day after, but I’ll still get to solve, so that’s fun.

If you sign up, let me know the name you picked so that I can look for you in the standings!

Now I’m curious about the non-standard, riskier way of counting to ten in finnish

It’s only riskier in the sense that you can’t really use the words for anything other than counting with certain exceptions for 8-10, whereas the standard words work in other contexts as well.

Yy, kaa, koo, nee, vii, kuu, see, kasi, ysi, kymppi

 

[Primalex]

Yy, kaa, koo, nee, vii, kuu, see, kasi, ysi, kymppi

"Yy" being a word is so strange.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Just reading some of the recent questions and answers - I also look forward to my dogs every day; they bring me a lot of happiness and are also a major source of laughter in our home.

 

[gracie920101]

I need a distraction.

Tell me something funny that's happened to you or that you've witnessed first hand, please.

I've used a vegetable spiralizer off and on for about a year when we just want Bolognese sauce but not the carbs in the pasta. I've never been happy with it because the noodles are always short and chopped up and not truly like spaghetti noodles as shown on the packaging but I bought the damned thing so I'm going to use it!

Anyway, this past weekend it kind of jammed up a bit so I turned the handle backwards and cleared the blockage. Suddenly the zucchini seemed to surge forward as I was clearing the blade and turning the handle and started producing beautiful zoodles! The most gorgeous, freshest, yummy oodles of zoodles were falling gracefully into the plate.

It turns out the damned thing is right-hand crank only. WHO KNEW????

I'm left-handed and for the past year have never ever thought to turn it around.

Joke's on me but there's going to be a lot more spiralizing going on in my kitchen from now on.

 

[soltiera]

I've used a vegetable spiralizer off and on for about a year when we just want Bolognese sauce but not the carbs in the pasta. I've never been happy with it because the noodles are always short and chopped up and not truly like spaghetti noodles as shown on the packaging but I bought the damned thing so I'm going to use it!

Anyway, this past weekend it kind of jammed up a bit so I turned the handle backwards and cleared the blockage. Suddenly the zucchini seemed to surge forward as I was clearing the blade and turning the handle and started producing beautiful zoodles! The most gorgeous, freshest, yummy oodles of zoodles were falling gracefully into the plate.

It turns out the damned thing is right-hand crank only. WHO KNEW????

I'm left-handed and for the past year have never ever thought to turn it around.

Joke's on me but there's going to be a lot more spiralizing going on in my kitchen from now on.

This is exactly what happened to me when I started using mine! I was so disappointed. It was several months before I realised I wasn't turning it the right way.

 

[seela]

"Yy" being a word is so strange.

Stranger than “I” or “a” being words?

 

[seela]

Re: spiralizers. Have you ever used a peeler to make strips of vegetables and used that as noodle substitute? How different is the texture compared to spiralized? I use the peeler method a lot because I don’t want to get even more kitchen gadgets I don’t use so often, but I’m imagining the texture might be a lot better with the spiralizer.

 

[Bramblethorn]

"Yy" being a word is so strange.

The Y is for doms and the y is for subs.

 

[2021Noobie]

Min aye rakistan sin u aye
Is that tight in Finnish ?

 

[seela]

Min aye rakistan sin u aye
Is that tight in Finnish ?

Minä rakastan sinua is the right one.

 

[Primalex]

Stranger than “I” or “a” being words?

Yes.

Yy feels....redundant.

 

[seela]

Yes.

Yy feels....redundant.

Fair enough. Redundancy is what most languages are made of.

 

[ultramarineblue]

Re: spiralizers. Have you ever used a peeler to make strips of vegetables and used that as noodle substitute? How different is the texture compared to spiralized? I use the peeler method a lot because I don’t want to get even more kitchen gadgets I don’t use so often, but I’m imagining the texture might be a lot better with the spiralizer.

I'm curious about the texture too. I struggle a bit with substituting something somewhat. I'm not really sure how to describe it except I like cauliflower and I like mashed potatoes. Trying to make cauliflower be a substitute or healthier version of mashed potatoes just doesn't work for me. I think I'd rather roast the cauliflower and have a small serving of mashed potatoes instead.

 

[gracie920101]

Re: spiralizers. Have you ever used a peeler to make strips of vegetables and used that as noodle substitute? How different is the texture compared to spiralized? I use the peeler method a lot because I don’t want to get even more kitchen gadgets I don’t use so often, but I’m imagining the texture might be a lot better with the spiralizer.

I've never been happy with vegetable ribbons when I'm truly craving pasta. I tend to think of ribbons as a side rather than an entree.

The texture is such that I can close my eyes and think "spaghetti!" especially with a meat sauce but my tongue says "nu unh! Veggies!"

 

[cookiecat]

I've never been happy with vegetable ribbons when I'm truly craving pasta. I tend to think of ribbons as a side rather than an entree.

The texture is such that I can close my eyes and think "spaghetti!" especially with a meat sauce but my tongue says "nu unh! Veggies!"

I like spaghetti squash in lieu of noodles.


My little story for seela distraction:

Part of my job is to help patients in wheelchairs get to their appointments. Recently, I was helping patient with aspergers. He mentioned he had to get up early to get to the hospital, his ride was late, he had several appointments that day. I told him that must make for a long day.

He said how could a day be long? There are 24 hours in a day. Every hour is the same no matter what happens.

That made me smile. Now, when I feel like a million things are making a day feel it's dragging on, I remember every hour is the same no matter what.

 

[MeekMe]

Re: spiralizers. Have you ever used a peeler to make strips of vegetables and used that as noodle substitute? How different is the texture compared to spiralized? I use the peeler method a lot because I don’t want to get even more kitchen gadgets I don’t use so often, but I’m imagining the texture might be a lot better with the spiralizer.

I have a spiralizer. It has different blades for making different styles of “noodles.” I did the peeler method, but I like the spiralizer more. The consistency is better and I also like the uniform look. Another thing I like about it is the efficiency. It’s fast, uses more of the vegetable for noodles and the little pole from the center is fun to eat.

I love using it because it’s fast. Unfortunately it’s a bit messy as vegetable juice tends to get everywhere. Easy to rinse clean though not great on storage. I don’t use it as often as I should. I might have to make something and post it.

The texture is definitely better, but will not be a satisfying substitute for real noodles. It makes for beautiful salads.