Endless Ends

[Endless_Night]

Oh, and a basket of gluten free treats arrived today. Mostly in the nature of dark chocolate.

My friends know me so well.

Next up, Island of Terror (1966).

I hope this is the right one!

*bounces*

 

[Apisto42]

Dark chocolate is the best.

 

[Endless_Night]

Island of Terror was -

Even better than expected!!~

1) Research gone wrong.
2) Hammer like production.
3) Bone-sucking vacuum creatures.
4) Reproduction by binary fission.
5) Peter Cushing!
6) Questionable science.

What more could one want?

Notes:

-Until panic set in the people were surprisingly open minded and willing to work together. That would never happen in real life.
-The female lead was remarkably helpless. Even more useless than usual. Honestly, I would have fed her to the silicates.

I mean, I, too, would be pretty useless, but it's a bad look for the feminine gender.

 

[hotwords229_A]

You had me at “bone-sucking vacuum creatures”!

 

[Endless_Night]

You had me at “bone-sucking vacuum creatures”!

If I understand you correctly - and it's entirely possible I do not as I never catch these things correctly the first time -

Not that kind of, errr, bone.

 

[Endless_Night]

What happened to beauty marks and hats? I feel like they went out about the same time. Like, the fifties? Sixties?

 

[investor2020]

Interesting background to that, Enny:

Beauty marks, historically called mouches (French for "flies"), were fashionable beauty patches used in European and Spanish colonial courts to hide blemishes or send secret flirtatious messages, with placement conveying meaning (cheek for flirt, near lip for discreet). Hats became popular during eras like the 18th century and Edwardian period, often featuring large styles to draw attention to the face, making these faux beauty spots (hearts, moons) part of a glamorous, sometimes coded, fashion statement, a trend seen today in unique hat designs and makeup.

Speaking for myself, I still have a hat . . . but never tried a beauty mark to send a flirtatious message.

 

[Endless_Night]

Beauty marks, historically called mouches (French for "flies")

First, gross.

- were fashionable beauty patches used in European and Spanish colonial courts to hide blemishes or send secret flirtatious messages, with placement conveying meaning (cheek for flirt, near lip for discreet).

Second, that is crazy interesting! I was thinking more Marilyn Monroe. I had no idea there was meaning to the placement.

- part of a glamorous, sometimes coded, fashion statement, a trend seen today in unique hat designs and makeup.

Meaning this is still a thing? Where? What?

You know, I bet you could do it with the stick on crystals that are currently popular in face and eye decor.

(Or, they were about a year ago. I'm usually way behind on fashion trends.)

Speaking for myself, I still have a hat . . . but never tried a beauty mark to send a flirtatious message.

Just as well. I don't picture you as being all that meta.

 

[Trekka]

First, gross.


Second, that is crazy interesting! I was thinking more Marilyn Monroe. I had no idea there was meaning to the placement.


Meaning this is still a thing? Where? What?

You know, I bet you could do it with the stick on crystals that are currently popular in face and eye decor.

(Or, they were about a year ago. I'm usually way behind on fashion trends.)


Just as well. I don't picture you as being all that meta.

this is suuuper cool.

i recently learned women have knitted and sewn coded messages into garments for epochs.

and, well, sewing has always been, for the most part, women’s work.

i mean, what kind of trouble could our pretty little heads even fathom getting into?

so now i’m thinking about making my own line of slightly subversive coded garments.

 

[Endless_Night]

i recently learned women have knitted and sewn coded messages into garments for epochs.

Me too! Phyllis Latour!

i mean, what kind of trouble could our pretty little heads even fathom getting into?

so now i’m thinking about making my own line of slightly subversive coded garments.

Oh, oh! Let me know what you come up with, pretty please!

 

[Trekka]

Me too! Phyllis Latour!





Oh, oh! Let me know what you come up with, pretty please!

isn’t that the coolest concept?!
im gonna hide a nude in the weave of a knit sweater. just wait.

 

[hotwords229_A]

im gonna hide a nude in the weave of a knit sweater

That’s my kind of subversion!

 

[Endless_Night]

Eating.

I was raised on southern fried food and canned vegetables. (Ick) As I moved into adulthood and traveled and engaged with other people groups my eating broadened. Like, this morning I've been looking up recipes to ferment my own amazake.

Some people's tastes and food styles don't change from childhood norms. I was reminded of this recently when The Bestie and I were making plans for Birthday Week. Restaurants are always a challenge. She is what I call a "Good Ol' Boy" eater. Meat and potatoes and salad as a vegetable.

I've coaxed her out of her comfort zone a little, but change is slooooooow.

She will now eat the cooked stuff at sushi.

Today I had another conversation with a self-styled All-American-Eater, where I was trying to explain kheer. And then cardamom. It was . . . uphill. For both of us.

I don't think of myself as a cosmopolitan eater, but I suppose I am, in my limited way.

Are the majority of Americans still meat-and-potato eaters?


*one of the many things Endless wonders about*

 

[LeSabreur]

I tend to see the meat and potatoes thing more in older people and/or those who are, in general, not well read or travelled. It's fairly common in younger people who are being raised by very culturally conservative families.

I am so fortunate to have grown up in a family that was decades ahead of the curve in America for being culturally curious with respect to cuisine.

 

[Endless_Night]

I am so fortunate to have grown up in a family that was decades ahead of the curve in America for being culturally curious with respect to cuisine.

You, sir, are indeed fortunate.

 

[Apisto42]

I’m sure it’s healthy as well as being delicious. It called “salad”

 

[Endless_Night]

I’m sure it’s healthy as well as being delicious. It called “salad”

Good lord. That's disgusting!

 

[Apisto42]

It’s actually really good. For a dessert. It’s sweet, little salty, and cool.

But it kills me that it’s a salad.

 

[Endless_Night]

It’s actually really good. For a dessert. It’s sweet, little salty, and cool.

But it kills me that it’s a salad.

I have a mild *thing* about fellow desserts made up as salads. It just seems so . . . wrong.

 

[Endless_Night]

Also, wheeeeee!

 

[Endless_Night]

And, a box of gluten-free artisan donuts arrived today. Mostly chocolate. Mostly delicious.

 

[Apisto42]

I’ve never had anything that was gluten free that tasted right or had the right mouth feel. Like, it’s too close to the regular thing to be its own separate creation. Similar to fake meat products - I’m expecting a burger, so fake meat just is wrong.

 

[Trekka]

Eating.

I was raised on southern fried food and canned vegetables. (Ick) As I moved into adulthood and traveled and engaged with other people groups my eating broadened. Like, this morning I've been looking up recipes to ferment my own amazake.

Some people's tastes and food styles don't change from childhood norms. I was reminded of this recently when The Bestie and I were making plans for Birthday Week. Restaurants are always a challenge. She is what I call a "Good Ol' Boy" eater. Meat and potatoes and salad as a vegetable.

I've coaxed her out of her comfort zone a little, but change is slooooooow.

She will now eat the cooked stuff at sushi.

Today I had another conversation with a self-styled All-American-Eater, where I was trying to explain kheer. And then cardamom. It was . . . uphill. For both of us.

I don't think of myself as a cosmopolitan eater, but I suppose I am, in my limited way.

Are the majority of Americans still meat-and-potato eaters?


*one of the many things Endless wonders about*

my middle kiddo will eat veggies from a can but he won’t eat mine — home made, fresh cooked, hot. sheer insanity to me.

living in FL i grew up on seafood, latin food and caribbean food. my mother cooked ethnic food like stir fry and indian curries and it was just normal to me.

my comfort foods are arroz con pollo y lechon asado — not macaroni & cheese and fried chicken.

my family calls the meat and potatoes stuff “white people food” which is funny bc we are all white.

i mean, it has its own perks! i’m a slut for a good steak dinner! also of irish descent so imma girl who appreciate a spud.

but green curry sometimes scratches the itch just right, yanno?

 

[Endless_Night]

I’ve never had anything that was gluten free that tasted right or had the right mouth feel. Like, it’s too close to the regular thing to be its own separate creation. Similar to fake meat products - I’m expecting a burger, so fake meat just is wrong.

Gluten free products have come a long way, Mr. Rabbit. These days they are often better than their wheat counterparts.

 

[Apisto42]

Gluten free products have come a long way, Mr. Rabbit. These days they are often better than their wheat counterparts.

Hrmp.