burning man foods you never want to eat, ever again

zen_greg · Post by **zen_greg** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:44 pm

olivia wrote: the rabid "you boiled my bunny" vegans and veggies give us all a bad name. i think most people go through some kind of rabid phase when you switch diets, not necessarily harassing other people for their choices but just wanting to talk about it A LOT. it passes, but no one ever forgets that stage!

Darn it Olivia. Now I've gone and ruined my perfect Lurker record. Two years wasted.

I just wanted to say that you completely hit the mark on this one. Of course for some it does not pass. They go on to rescue Foie Gras ducks/geese.

After a dozen years of being a vegetarian, I'm ready to talk about just about anything else.* Just look at distates we have in common... "Dude, you sneezed on your hand and then touched the ____ (meat, cheese, tofu, fresh fecal matter, etc.).

*Apparently not true since I chose this issue to chime in.

Juju · Post by **Juju** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:53 pm

jbelson wrote: However, next time, I will not bring bacon! Way too much greese. The thought of pouring it out in a gragage bag and having it rip in my car on the way home was a monkey on my back all weekend.

A thought: Food is our strongest driving force. It's instinctual. So it puzzles me how people are so oblivious as to their need for it that they only bring a bag of weiners to mix with dirt.
There is nothing more satisfying than a good meal, especially after sex!

Amen. Grease can be a big issue.

My first year we brought a bag of frozen meat patties, which were at least 30% grease. Too disgusting for the grill, we cooked them in a frying pan on the stove. I put the fat into an empty iced tea bottle, wiped the pan clean.

The next evening I come into camp around 3 am, tripping, and hungry. I pull out sausage find that my frying pan is full of grease and dirt.

YUCK!!

I screamed and raged and, had my campmate been around, he'd have gotten hit in the head with said frying pan. Lucky for him, he wasn't, and actually stopped eating meat entirely not long after that incident. Lesson learned, meat grease + playa = grossness.

Helpful playa hint: bring *something* in a glass jar and use it at the beginning of the week. Then drain your bacon grease into the jar, seal up, and reuse. Pickles, mayo, artichoke hearts, whatever. I know people rail about glass, but it makes disposal of your wet gross foods not so gross.

antron · Post by **antron** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 4:23 pm

fruitcake is pretty bad
even if you've got major munchies
and appreciate the twisted humor of your friends

just say no

star · Post by **star** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 4:36 pm

clandyone wrote:
star wrote:sorry for anyone who did not have the nummy nourishment it takes to make it all worth while. if you have never heard of the TUNA GUYS ask a round im sure we have been lucky enough to share some of our fresh albacore Tuna and fresh Salmon with a friend of yours. freshly caught and brought to blackrock city to be enjoyed. find us next year, we,d love to feed ya. Burn on.

Star*
You guys rock. I didn't partake this year, but have in past years, and y'all made my life.

If you don't mind my asking, what kind of tuna do you catch and bring to the playa?

we bring fresh albacore tuna.

rodent · Post by **rodent** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:13 pm

jbelson wrote: However, next time, I will not bring bacon! Way too much greese.

Actually, if you bring or save a waxed milk carton, pour your grease into it, at the end of the event, it's burn barrel time. bacon/beef/poultry fat WILL burn.
If you wanna get REALLY industrious, make a poormans' sterno candle. Take an empty tuna can, cut some cardboard strips, roll up the cardboard and place inside the tuna can, pour the fat into it, then light.
Might not smell the best, but it would work.

rodent (putting the eek in geek)
"There's not a word yet,
for old friends, who just met"
-Gonzo, "I'm Going to go Back There Someday"

precipitate · Post by **precipitate** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:49 pm

> Might not smell the best, but it would work.

Dude, bacon grease is one of the best smells ever.

It does burn a little smoky, though.

rodent · Post by **rodent** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:09 pm

precipitate wrote:> Might not smell the best, but it would work.

Dude, bacon grease is one of the best smells ever.

"mmmm.... It'sa pork fat thang!"
-Emeril Lagasse

An even better way to rid yourself of bacon grease... make GRAVY!!!
Take your grease, add milk or cream, a couple of tablespoons of flour, some salt and pepper, simmer untill thickened, then pour over biscuts... MMMMM!!!

I can almost feel my arteries hardening already

rodent (putting the eek in geek)
"There's not a word yet,
for old friends, who just met"
-Gonzo, "I'm Going to go Back There Someday"

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 5:27 pm

In a pinch - and I say this with conditions - a good way to deal with grease when dealing with a large number of folks is....

Playa dust. Use it in the bottom of a small (8 gal) trash bag and sprinkle the dust on it till you have fairly dry clay. Deal with it when next you hit a dumpster of better - your own trash can.

DogBoy · Post by **DogBoy** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 9:37 pm

Can someone explain why vegetarians still seem to engender so much ire and hostility from carnivores?

Because we carnivores have learned thru thousands of years that you must have contempt for your next meal...

Watch out veggies! When we run out of cows, we need another grain fed source!

Para · Post by **Para** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:55 pm

NEVER NEVER NEVER try tomake blue berry pancakes with the flintstones cereal mixed in and NEVER NEVER NEVER try to make beans with rice together with tuna that honestly made me puke for hours

Para · Post by **Para** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 5:01 pm

oh yeah and oppousum is preaty greasy...... squriel tastes like chicken

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:20 pm

>Dude, bacon grease is one of the best smells ever.

NO FUCKING SHIT.

>Because we carnivores have learned thru thousands of years that you must have contempt for your next meal...

And contempt for lettuce is useless.
--spaceboy--

Blenderhead · Post by **Blenderhead** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:12 pm

>> And contempt for lettuce is useless.

Hold on there, spaceboy; my utter contempt for lettuce is the only thing keeping me alive sometimes.

Damn lettuce, with your pale green leaves that wilt after 3 days in the fridge and your crunchy consistency! If you could ever understand the contempt I have for thee, oh lettuce...

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:25 pm

Define lettuce. I have a different level of contempt for iceburg than for romain. And belgiun endive has it's own fans and detractors.

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:12 pm

Iceberg is shit. I have nothing but contempt for the bland head of leaves.
Spinach is good, but makes me fart.
Endive kicks ass, but is a bitch to cook.
Romaine is one of my favorites, to be sure.
There's another kind of leafy greens I enjoy as well. no contempt there

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:00 am

I'm posting incorrectly, because I probably will eat this again but...

Three years ago my friend brought Spaghetti-Ohs. They were so coveted we opened up both cans and ate greedily (no heating up, no full lid removal, no sharing). The next year I thought they would be such great food gifts so I brought many cans. I gave one can to a campmate, we opened them, took a bite and then didn't know what to do with the damn stuff. Like a cold coagulated lump of cream of tomato soup-without the cream. What tastes great as a kid doesn't always translate to adulthood (wait, I'm not an adult, am I?). Why they tasted so good the one year, I don't know.

But more importantly I have eaten tuna with ramen-a specialty of one of my dearest Brooklyn friends (busted!)-and damnit Jim, I LIKED it.

And no, I don't eat nor like the taste of ass (I don't think, I mean it depends on the guy, well, what if he was totally hot, and it was properly washed with Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap, and smooth and...I think I'm digressing or is that digesting?)

sASShimi for me me

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:03 am

Miss Sobretta, in your person I smell a t-r-a-m-p tramp.

I have two words of advice to say to you; behave

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:23 am

EEeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww. I'm scared!

What are you going to do-sit on me?

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:28 am

You slattern hussy, I don't think there's enough room on the playa for the two of us...

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:34 am

Maybe, but if we were to combine forces...!

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:14 am

Badger and Miss Franjipan together?

<Shudder!>

Now Isotopia and Miss Franjipan would be a great pair. Iso could help Miss Franjipan work on the greenish tint issue and they could offer each other fashion tips and then share their welath of knowledge with the rest of us who struggle with fashion...in particular playa fashion.

It's just a thought...

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:03 pm

Me and Isotopia could be a great pair of what? And are you saying I have a "tint issue"? Are you envious? Green wannabe with envy?

Do badger stoles look good with green?

See, I'm open to (ignoring) advice.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:08 pm

Do badger stoles look good with green?

Aieeee!

<much shrinkage 'down there' just thinking of the prospect>

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:12 pm

Yeah, I can say I'm green with envy and I have a crush on both of you!
And really, who would fault me for that?

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:58 am

<much shrinkage 'down there' just thinking of the prospect>

What the hell does THAT mean?? Isotopia-can you help me? Badger, do you know what a stole is? What does that mean-you have so much hair "down there" that that is where a stole made of you would come from?? Eeewww. And shrinkange does NOT turn me on.

Tancorix-what does that name mean? As in cantankerous or something?
And about the crush(es), of course Darling, how could you not?

All right, I'll come clean now. I'm cantankerous right now (hmmm, usually the rest of the time too...). I've just returned from Roller Derby-yes, you heard me right, and I got injured tonight. No, I'm not a crybaby wuss (quite the opposite) but bruising the whole left side of one's ribs does cause a little pain. And it was all my Arch Nemesis' fault. She went down and threaded her skates through mine, bringing me to a fully airborne crash with my left rib cage receiving all the force of her stupid silver skate. That bitch's ass is mine. [/b] I've realized the beauty of a nemesis (wax on, wax off) in that I'm going to become SUPERSKATESTAR ATHLETE. Oh yeah and by the way, the Jack Daniels is doing a great job of killing the pain.

LA Derby Dolls. I'll post a URL when the website is up.

Air punches!

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:23 am

Grrrl, you need to take than bottle of bourbon sittin' at your computer desk and lock that thing back in the cabinet.

And lock them skates up there with it.

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:39 am

WARNING: Major Thread Drift ahead
Miss Franjipan, since you asked about the name here is the official meaning behind it from kabalarians.com:

"The name of Tancorix has given you sensitivity and appreciation for the finer and deeper things in life. You can enjoy reading, study, and contemplation about many different subjects. When your interests or curiosity are aroused, you work intensely at new undertakings, but your interests often wane when you encounter drudgery and monotony, with the result that you leave many things unfinished. Your name has taken you into many bitter experiences. The greatest lack in your life is stability and peace of mind. A peaceful and quiet environment, especially out in nature, is one of your greatest desires, but you are constantly taken into chaotic conditions. Because you have high ideals and are a principled person, you have been disillusioned and disappointed in people on many occasions and have experienced much aloneness."

It fits like a glove and was picked out by several people when I retired the K2 ID's and buried the socks.

We now return to regularly scheduled programming........

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:52 pm

Free Range Tofu haggis.

I will never try that on the playa again. Even as a joke.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:53 pm

OTOH, dolphin-free haggis is pretty good stuff.

Assuming you have enough scotch to chase the taste with.

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:33 pm

Grrrl, you need to take than bottle of bourbon sittin' at your computer desk and lock that thing back in the cabinet.

And lock them skates up there with it.

That bottle of bourbon is now safely in the recycling bin.

And those skates will be coming back on in a few days after some heavy self-prescribed herbal remedies.

Tancorix: I appreciate and can very much relate to that name.

K2 ID's and buried the socks.

Now that part just confuses me. But that's not unusual here.

Long live the thread drift!

burning man foods you never want to eat, ever again

This to will pass

Re: inviting friends to remember us next year

Ass and tuna, tuna and ass-Oh's!