the blog quebecois

In the tradition of Vodkapundit, I have decided to treat my reader(s) with timely recipies, drink mixes, etc., when I can't think of a damned thing to blog about.

Now that summer's on the horizon, people often ask me (actually, they don't, but play along): "gnotalex, what is a refreshing refreshment that I might enjoy while sitting under the deceased elm tree in my backyard?"

An excellent query. I am partial to those non-alcoholic coolers. True, they too often have that nasty chemical aftertaste, but I think I've discovered the cure for it; or at least, after two or three, you won't notice anymore.

1) Open non-alcoholic cooler.

2) Pour half of it down the sink.

3) Fill remainder with gin (the cheaper, the better).

4) Serve over crushed ice (shaken, not stirred) or neat (swill directly from bottle).

Enjoy!

Mass cull ordered to halt bird flu in B.C.

CTV.ca News Staff

Up to 19 million chickens and turkeys in B.C.'s Fraser Valley are going to be culled in a bid to stamp out the continuing spread of avian flu, Agriculture Minister Bob Speller has announced.

Good. I hate chickens.

They sort of taste like . . .

Chicken.

Nippon Meat Packers:

It can make the ウイニー of the カタチ of the lovely animal and clean flower in the can tongue. If it makes together with the parent and child, certainly also the children the joy!

A pity Google's Japanese translator doesn't recognize certain characters. Note that essential words are left out. Now I'll never know what it means.

Feel free to develop your own sausage jokes.

They look appetizing, but it's a fair bet that they exceed your maximum daily requirements for toothpicks and glue.

Regardless, eat up, or there'll be

no dessert for you.

given that Japanese "food eaters" tend to eat some, um, interesting "food." It's a banner ad that I spotted on this manga site.

I was home from school sick one day, and was getting hungry, so I started some ramen. I had a headache at the time, and came up with the bright idea of advil ramen. I figured, "I like ramen, and I could use some advil. How can this go wrong?" Needless to say, dissolving advil tablets let off terrible fumes which are not the least bit appetizing. This wasn't one of my brighter moments.

Something Awful readers recount their culinary misadventures.

Warning: I haven't read through all of these; be advised that the language in SA forums can be somewhat, um, rambunctious at times.

Via kerplonka!

6 kasane bashi: Eating just one dish continuously
7 mochi bashi: Grabbing a dish, glass, etc whilst holding chopsticks in the same hand
8 mayoi bashi: Hovering chopsticks over the dishes while humming and hawing about what to eat
9 uke bashi: Holding chopsticks when asking for more rice
10 kaki bashi: Holding a bowl to your mouth and shovelling food in
11 neburi bashi: Licking your chopsticks
12 hane bashi: Pushing away disliked food with chopsticks

I was thinking about going to Japan; but that's now off, for fear that I'd accidentally commit some ghastly faux pas that would require me to perform ritual seppuku in front of the Emperor or something.

So it's Hello, Disney World!