When are you your most authentic self? (ice cream)

[Kevin]

fighting weight was no slip. a sports cliche. i know, not in this thread...

[RandomAnthony]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "midwife? is it Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman or someone from Mankato coming with Pa?"


Ha! This made me laugh so hard I spit out water.

[Sally, la reina]

I'm glad you and Kevin are here to get each other, RA.

[RandomAnthony]

hugs Kevin

[Sally, la reina]

::drapes the pair in fruit garlands::

[Heidi]

I don't feel like talking about ice cream. I'm going to gloss over the green mint chocolate chip ice cream discussion... and all the other junk about ice cream and skip right to saying that I invented an awesome dessert this past week when coming up with ideas for something to serve at my book club meeting:

puff pastry shells with key lime pie filling topped with morello cherry preserves and a dollop of whipped cream - wicked easy to make and looks impressive... and pretty! :)

Also, I don't know that I can necessarily speak for myself, but I can say that they truest measure for observing another person's true self is in the face of a crisis. Seriously. I've had more than one recent occasion to observe others in action in this sort of situation, and I think it reveals alot about a person's core self.

[Kevin]

i love a good LHOTP reference once in a while

[Sally, la reina]

Did you gloss all of the thread, Heidi-San?

[Heidi]

p.s. I took pictures.

[RandomAnthony]

Also, I don't know that I can necessarily speak for myself, but I can say that they truest measure for observing another person's true self is in the face of a crisis

This is interesting. I understand the logic, but what if one is unused to crisis? Is that novel self "true"? Or one is so used to crisis that the "mask" can come on again?

What about habit? Is our true self in habit?

[Heidi]

Well, crisis doesn't HAVE to be dramatic - it's just something that gets pushed past the priorities - snaps a person out of routine.

I mean, obviously, a person having a medical emergency is a crisis. But we've all experienced having to operate in crisis mode -

Oh poop! The computer just shut down and didn't save that 20 page project I'd been working on all day...

Oh no! I accidentally locked my keys and my phone and my purse in the car... in a bad neighborhood.

Ahhh! I'm finally next to check out in the grocery line, and I just remembered I left my wallet in the car. Nice.

I think being in the mundane routine, completely turned "off," can also reveal alot - I've gotten a kick out of the fact that my roommate's opened up a bit around me since I've moved in. In all the years I've known him, I've NEVER known him to sing to his dogs, and he totally does. It's really sweet.

[Félix]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I'm most myself when I am comfortable with my myself enough that I can forget about how I'm presenting myself to others."

I have seen that, I think.

[Félix]

Gail wrote: "I am still waiting for authenticity to strike me. I prefer chocolate to ice cream."

I don't believe it.

[[deleted user]]

I don't believe it."

I thought everyone liked chocolate?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I prefer chocolate to ice cream as well. But why choose? Eat both, if you want, because that's being authentic.

[Félix]

Both.

[[deleted user]]

I don't mind a bit of vanilla as an accompaniment, but I wouldn’t eat ice cream on it’s own.

[Félix]

On its own what?

[Heidi]

Sally wrote: "Did you gloss all of the thread, Heidi-San?"

Ha! I missed this post, Sally.

Yes. Mostly... :)

[Lori]

So what this title leads me to believe is this:

When we eat ice cream (or chocolate) we are at our most authentic self.

You know, that's really pretty good!

[Jaime]

I'm just going to throw in my vote for green tea ice cream. Yes, I know a lot of people are probably saying "thats gross" right now but it is quite good.

[Kevin]

gross. i did have green bean ice cream in china though

[Heidi]

I love green tea ice cream. It's one of my faves... but only works after a night of edimame, miso soup, sake, and sushi.

[Kevin]

what about sushi ice cream. it would be very easy to make. here in IN it would be as easy as: ice fishing, cream, eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, one bass and lots of beer

[[deleted user]]

Kevin, I love sushi, I love ice cream, but neither should EVER go together.

[Youndyc]

Mint chocolate chip ice cream has always been one of my favorites. And I don't mind that it's green.

[Kevin]

yeah, you're right gus. that is why i am still sacking groceries as Sav-A-Lot instead of an entrepreneur

[janine]

as a kid i would always ask my mother for anything pistachio, just because it had a cool green color without being a vegetable.

[Sally, la reina]

I don't think savory things should be in an iced creamed format.

I've heard of tomato ice cream and that just sounds wrong.

[Lori]

Ptui!

[Youndyc]

Tomato ice cream?!?!? What's wrong with people?

[Kevin]

lori - i have always wondered how to spell that

[Heidi]

I've always spelled it "ptewy."

[Youndyc]

I've seen it as ptui in comics. In years past, not recently. :-)

[Kevin]

i would have gone with patooey myself but i like lori's way. it's like i am speaking inuit or something

[Sally, la reina]

I've always spelled it patooey too, Kevin. Ptui looks like how the intuit indians do it.

Last night I made Sweeter run to the store to get some ice cream. I asked for chocolate or strawberry. He came home with chocolate cherry nut parfait. I think it has walnuts in it.

[Kevin]

what? that would not have flown at my house. i once drove 60mi hurriedly to get to a place where my wife wanted teriyaki chicken from mac's resturant. when momma had a specific request there was no deviation

[Sally, la reina]

Someone didn't explain the rules to him. A few weeks ago I asked for hot chicken noodle soup from the deli. He brought me cold chicken tortilla soup (with beans!) from the deli CASE. Grrrrr.

[Lori]

What? I think this requires some favors being withdrawn til he gets it right!

Altho that might have to wait - I doubt much is going on in that department right now. *grins*

[Phil]

Sally wrote: "I've always spelled it patooey too, Kevin. Ptui looks like how the intuit indians do it."

Are the Intuits the indians who do your taxes for you?

[Sally, la reina]

Shoooooot, I was hoping nobody was going to call me on that.

[[deleted user]]

Lemon, but that's a dead give-away, ain't it.

I am more authentic at drinking anyway

[Sally, la reina]

Lemon what? Ice cream? That sounds good.

[Félix]

Lemon meringue pie please.

[[deleted user]]

Sally wrote: "Lemon what? Ice cream? That sounds good."

Yeah, never had lemon ice cream? it's bliss.

being a non-native but yet keen English speaker may add a certain edge to it

[Sally, la reina]

to the ice cream?

[Félix]

I like ice cream without an edge. Edgeless, as it were.

[[deleted user]]

Sally wrote: "to the ice cream?"

yeah actually. but that's secret Ninja/Comintern stuff I can't possibly tell you more about.

Larry, you are way to close to this. ..

[Félix]

Seriously?

[[deleted user]]

Larry wrote: "Seriously?"

not really.