no boys allowed in the room!!!!

I'm sure I've mentioned that I was SO EXCITED to have Ramen Noodles in college. So excited, that I PANICKED that the package didn't say how much water you're supposed to add, and I couldn't find anyone to ask, and I realized I DID NOT KNOW (and this was pre-internet in yr dorm, so...). Imagine my relief when I realized you just submerge them and drain it off later.

what? i always ate mine like soup.

i have the sort of schedule that allows me to mix a cocktail for myself at 5pm if i please, and this is what i made in honor of drinks that taste like flowers:

gin
lime
orange la croix sparkling water
teeny bit of rose water
put a piece of beet (that i was cutting up for dinner) in it to make it pink, then removed it leaving the drink the shade of pink lemonade. (-sugar/+flowers)

Meatectomy is almost self-explanatory - on the rare occasions I could not finish my dinner, in the same manner as sarahel's mom, mine would 'let me off' if I finished all the protein. Because of my anti-yolk stance she acted as if she'd died and gone to heaven when she discovered Tupperware made a yolk separator. Your mother may also appreciate the genius move on her part in restaurants - she'd challenge me and my sister to 'get a 10' for good behaviour in restaurants and never rated us above a seven, even if we were total angels.

My mom has a lot about her that is very cool (chases and catches burglars, the 'munchies' story, supernatural ability to win at slots in NA casinos) but I think her late sister was a positive influence on her politics and with my aunt gone, she's got no peers who'll call her on her rightward drift. My aunt lived four houses away and had grape-filled trellises and a garden the size of a swimming pool. In the '70s she made soup from golden cherry tomatoes and dusted it with parmesan, did Chinese New Year dinners and generally led culinary expeditions, which I wish my mom would do somewhere that doesn't serve Monte Cristos.

it's like there is nothing more decadent on earth than eating FLOWERS
hahaa totally! a few weeks ago i was in chinatown with a guy friend and we got these chinese baked goods, kinda like shortbread - mine was lotus flavoured and was mauve coloured, his was green tea flavoured and was light green coloured. he was like, 'this is gross', so gave it to me - it tasted like jasmin flowers! it was super weird, but i loved it, or the experience of it. i love food that doesn't really taste like food. which prob means i just like ideas more than food, lol.

i would drink that drink like now

LL - I love things that taste like flowers. Ppl used to think it was so gross that I love violet candies but to me they're amazing! Also love floral drinks. There's a bar here that does a lavender and lemon cocktail that is my fav ever.

you all need to get your hands on some rose petal preserves
it is seriously nectar of the gods

Never had it. Brand rec?

xps ^me too! Rose turkish delight <3 also honey lavender ice cream <3

I LOVE Turkish Delight. I would probably pass out if I had honey lavender ice cream.

xp honey lavender ice cream sounds amazing. (I'm curious about the Rose preserves as well–where do you buy that?)

Violet candies are amazing. Jasmine tea is amazing. I haven't had much more of the others, but I'm willing to try.

Oh yeah, I'm a big jasmine tea fan.

http://www.victoryseeds.com/candystore/images/chowards/chowards_violet.gif

I can eat a whole roll of those in minutes.

those make my face itch like fuck! bleeaarrg

i got the rose preserves at the middle eastern market on foster
brand: kafkas

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3281853303_31926e7103.jpg

honey lavender ice cream sounds AMAZING

i made lavender-rosemary syrup several times and used it in various cocktails
delish -- you get the flowery and the herby at the same time!

flowery and herby are basically my two favorite flavors aside from mango

You all need to get to know SAFFRON GIN.

suzy, that sounds amazing.

aw, i'm just not a gin person.

Looks even better:

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/th/the-reformed-spirits-company-gabriel-boudier-saffron-gin.jpg

mmmmmm that sounds delicious
what do you mix with it?

Tonic, lemon, a shit-ton of ice = this drink is called a SAFFIE.

God I want a sloe gin & tonic sooo bad right now

I've found that I like the taste of some types of alcohol after decades of wincing whenever I tried to drink. At 42, is it too late for me to start drinking socially without becoming an alcoholic?

it's never too late to start

Are you sure of that? I don't think I've ever heard of anyone who started after 22 or 23 or so that didn't end up with a drinking problem.

why would you end up with a drinking problem? Generally, isn't it people who start drinking early that end up as alcoholics?

What? That just sounds crazy. There is not reason that starting to drink later in life should cause it to be a problem for you unless you are genetically predisposed to alcoholism.

should have read "no reason"

yeah surely you're kidding, right?

i started drinking late in life and am not an alcoholic fwiw

i didn't start drinking until i was 15

We need to have a flower food&drink fap

yeah that saffron gin is beautiful. would drink.

You haven't read about the people with stories that include phrases like "They called me the Coca-Cola girl until I was 25..." "I was 30 and got a job that required me to socialize...." I used to run into them all of the time. Or is this yet another old, outdated pattern of life?

sounds like a crummy excuse to me

i dunno - but from my experience with going to dinners and parties with my parents and grandparents, the older generations were quite capable of putting 'em away and being socially functional.

i started drinking late in life and am not an alcoholic fwiw

How late?

Christine I really don't think there is any correlation between people who don't drink until they're older and alcoholism. If there is I've certainly never heard of it.

You may be right, I need to check the literature about it.

i mean, even if there is, you can always make a concerted effort to drink responsibly

Yeah and I just did a cursory search and it seems that if there is any relationship between age at first drink and risk of alcoholism it's for those who start drinking at a really early age. I honestly don't think you have anything to worry about if you want to enjoy a drink or two socially.

Thank you--I've always felt a mixture of guilt and mild fear whenever I drank or saw someone drink that's never lined up with anything that's happened in my life. It's faded away for the most part, but it comes out when I least expect it.

i think i was 25ish?

The words "late in life" and "25ish" don't seem to go together somehow, but thanks for the answer.

We need to have a flower food&drink fap

This sounds like a wonderful idea.

Well, late compared to teenage drunkards like sarahel and yours truly. xp

yeah, i just meant late in comparison with most drinkers...honestly don't see much of a difference between 25 and 42 in this context.

i had some lavender chocolate tonight! :)