I find it interesting

[TWB]

That the Author's hangout has so many threads about food.

There is a PETA thread, an Eat Your Veggies thread, an anti KFC thread, a Supersize me thread, and finally, a thread asking about the whereabouts of Chicklet, which is not really food, but everyone knows Chicklet is a gum.

Why is the convergence of food issues happening now? What does it mean for authors, and those trying to break through blocks in their writing or ideas? Is food of such interest because it is such a wonderful procrastinative lubricant in our times of writing?

Just curious.

 

[Guest]

Interesting point, TWB. We've had lots of food threads in the past, even fave author recipes, and to do with holidays; come back at Thanksgiving, Xmas and Boxing day.

I for one have had enough extraordinary dining experiences to think of good food at times as good as or better than good sex. Eating can be a very sensually satisfying experience. Ask Gauche.

Perdita

 

[bg23]

food...

not that controversial, i'm sure.

But here goes:

Compared to the general board, which I perceive to be not so general as completely preoccupied with sex, the AH is a welcome relief. There is irony in the fact that the authors - the actual writers of sex stories - are not so preoccupied with sex, as those who proclaim to be "general"...

In fact, one would almost think that the author's hangout is actually more general than the general board.

The only reason that the AH appears to have such an abundance of food related threads is that the GB appears to have none at all (not counting the threads that ask whether or not semen counts as food).

And besides...writers need to eat too. For those of us who can't get any, its nice to dream about it... (both sex and food).

 

[RavenSpirit2k4]

I'm just hungry.

 

[ferociouskittycat]

I'm just hungry.

DUH!!

You beat me to it LOL

 

[SnoopDog]

Food is like love.

Food can be very erotic.

Food is very sensual.

Food is great.

Food is complicated.

Food is neccesary.

Food can make you feel good or very bad.

Food is important.

Snoopy

 

[ferociouskittycat]

Sex can be very erotic.

Sex is very sensual.

Sex is great.

Sex is complicated.

Sex is necessary

Sex can make you feel good or very bad.

Sex is important.

fkc

 

[Guest]

 

[stray_girl]

Food, it's the second best thing.

 

[SnoopDog]

Sex can be very erotic.

Sex is very sensual.

Sex is great.

Sex is complicated.

Sex is necessary

Sex can make you feel good or very bad.

Sex is important.

fkc

You mean food = sex ? Hey, then I'm not a virgin anymore. Thank god.

Snoopy

 

[doormouse]

You mean food = sex ? Hey, then I'm not a virgin anymore. Thank god.

Snoopy

awwwww... snoops, slip into my private chambers big guy

 

[doormouse]

I don't know why... but everytime I look at your AV, I squirm

 

[SnoopDog]

awwwww... snoops, slip into my private chambers big guy

Beware the ghosts you might call.



Snoopy

P.S.: I very much like your AV, this cat looks just freaky and cool through the fishbowl.

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

Og eats hedgehogs.

OK. One, once, forty years ago.

But he has eaten some disgusting things - witchtey grubs, kangaroo steak, wombat, goanna ...

I'm glad I have an imaginary stomach.

Jeanne

 

[alyxen]

Re: food...

Compared to the general board, which I perceive to be not so general as completely preoccupied with sex, the AH is a welcome relief. There is irony in the fact that the authors - the actual writers of sex stories - are not so preoccupied with sex, as those who proclaim to be "general"...

In fact, one would almost think that the author's hangout is actually more general than the general board.

I think the authors spend just as much time 'talking' about sex. The authors just have the advantage of being able to 'talk' through their stories. The GB is full of dolts like myself who don't have the skill necessary to put their discussions in the form of an excellently written, entertaining story, and thus have to settle on having their sex discussions through the GB.

 

[Lisa Denton]

Og eats hedgehogs.

OK. One, once, forty years ago.

But he has eaten some disgusting things - witchtey grubs, kangaroo steak, wombat, goanna ...

I'm glad I have an imaginary stomach.

Jeanne

Hedgehogs are really very good with a little basil and A-1 sauce and anyone who can proudly wear a hat like Og's must know fine foods.............. I think?

 

[Liar]

Food, it's the second best thing.

Yeah, nothing beats bowling.

What? Not bowling? Then what?

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Actually, I’m surprised that there isn’t more talk about food in the AH.. After all, it’s probably the second greatest sensual pleasure that we regularly indulge in. (Well, food and wearing women’s underwear, of course. Unless you’re into high colonics.)

Most discussions of food here seem to devolve into recipe exchanges, which is nice, but kind of misses the sensual point of what we really like about them. But then, the sensual pleasures of food are harder to describe than sex.

That’s why I love to read descriptions of wines. I love the vocabulary and imagery they use. We need a language like that to describe cheese too. “Stinky feet” just doesn’t cut it.

---dr.M.

 

[shereads]

That’s why I love to read descriptions of wines. I love the vocabulary and imagery they use. We need a language like that to describe cheese too. “Stinky feet” just doesn’t cut it.

---dr.M.

Do you sometimes read a wine description and think, "He's having us on?"

Can a wine really have an incendiary nose and an impudent, almost circular subtext of aged leather bookbindings?

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I have PMS and food is my friend.

Actually, like Zoot said, food and sex are a superb blend of sensuality. It's very sensory.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Do you sometimes read a wine description and think, "He's having us on?"

Can a wine really have an incendiary nose and an impudent, almost circular subtext of aged leather bookbindings?

As much as a woman can explode into shards of corruscading phosphorescent pleasure when she comes.

No really, I still remember when I realized that a wine I was drinking had a "finish" and I could detect it. (Actually it was a scotch but I knew what they meant.) You can certainy detect fruit and tannins in a wine, not to mention the telltale taste of the plastic liner in the twist-off cap.

The problem is, I think that in wine stores they just make that stuff up out of whole cloth. I've rarely noticed that the wine lives up to its press notice.

---dr.M.

P.S. (Press notice! Get it?)

 

[shereads]

The problem is, I think that in wine stores they just make that stuff up out of whole cloth. I've rarely noticed that the wine lives up to its press notice.

---dr.M.

P.S. (Press notice! Get it?)

Got it. Giving it back.



The other problem is, wine reviewers use terminology that, to the uninitiated is downright unappetizing. (Here, I refer to someone - me - who distinguishes among 7 varieties with some accuracy: Expensive red/white, Fizzy, Inexpensive red/white and College Dorm red/white.) I don't really want to taste leather bookbindings, tobacco, or pine sap. What's up with that? Why not praise the flavor and mouth-feel of upholstery?

My brother-in-law snickered when a waitress in a small-town Italian restaurant brought red wine to the table, chilled.

She said, "This isn't Atlanta, hon. We chill it all."

 

[snooper]

Re: food...

Compared to the general board, which I perceive to be not so general as completely preoccupied with sex, the AH is a welcome relief. There is irony in the fact that the authors - the actual writers of sex stories - are not so preoccupied with sex, as those who proclaim to be "general"...

...

Oh. I always thought that to move from the AH to the General board you had to have enough posts to have the status General under your name on the left of your posts. You really mean anyone can go there?

 

[TWB]

Re: food...

not that controversial, i'm sure.

But here goes:

Compared to the general board, which I perceive to be not so general as completely preoccupied with sex, the AH is a welcome relief. There is irony in the fact that the authors - the actual writers of sex stories - are not so preoccupied with sex, as those who proclaim to be "general"...

In fact, one would almost think that the author's hangout is actually more general than the general board.

The only reason that the AH appears to have such an abundance of food related threads is that the GB appears to have none at all (not counting the threads that ask whether or not semen counts as food).

And besides...writers need to eat too. For those of us who can't get any, its nice to dream about it... (both sex and food).

Well, you know, the GB is preoccupied with sex, but I can't find a place that really fits my needs, as I quite enjoy sex with food. So I guess I was just looking for a home here.

 

[cantdog]

earthy

Do you sometimes read a wine description and think, "He's having us on?"

Can a wine really have an incendiary nose and an impudent, almost circular subtext of aged leather bookbindings?

We opened a bottle at the Shallow Women's club meeting, where I was a guest. The first taster snapped up the bottle and candled it against the kitchen light.

"the label said "earthy," and it tastes like dirt!" she told us. "Seriously! Try it!"

Well, one other person agreed, so the rest of us forewent the privilege.

But the terms for wine flavors have a ground in reality, to an extent. The plant life in the region lends its odors to the soil, and thence to the grapes and the wine. Other things are added in the oenological processes, oaky notes, tannins. But if the hillside supports wild thyme, rosemary, and whatnot, the resins may well be perceptible in the wine. Not everyone will be sensitive to them or educated enough to detect them.

Try the experiment. If the description on the bottle says apricots, nibble an apricot, clear the palate, and then try the wine with the memory of apricot fresh in your mind.

cantdog