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LIKE
Nitroglycerin
Of course, any high explosive will do but considering how unstable Nitro is, I like it. I love those old movies where they are trying to move old dynamite and they don’t know if the nitro inside it is stable or not and just when you think they’ve gotten it all safely, BOOOOM, some old guy gets blown to bloody smithereens with gobbets everywhere.
DISLIKE
Neapolitan Icecream
While I love icecream so much, I can not abide Neapolitan. Why? I have no idea. I like chocolate icecream. I like vanilla icecream. I like strawberry icecream. But put them together side by side and suddenly it is like a tentacle monster is trying to have its way with my tastebuds. Just Say No to Neapolitan!
And that is it for this week. Stay tuned for our next episode, .where there will be a distinct lack of Orgies, guaranteed!
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If push came to shove you could seperate the different ice-creams and eat them on their own, right?
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Yep, if the icecream apocalypse came upon us, I could do that. I hope things never get that bad though.
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Just keep it in reserve as a last resort…
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Things would have to be really bad for me to resort to that. In many ways, I’d almost rather go without….
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But if you asked me for some chocolate ice and I sliced off the relevant section, how would you know the difference?
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If I saw you slice it off, I would know. If I didn’t, then I wouldn’t.
Kind of like if I offered you long pork. Would you know it was long pork since you’ve never had it before?
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What is long pork? Not sure I’ve had it…
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Technically, I should have used the term “long pig”:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/long_pig#English
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I don’t eat people.
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Exactly. So if you “accidentally” ate some, how would you know?
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I wouldn’t. That is the thrust of the argument I put to you.
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So we’re in agreement. You don’t know what it tastes like. Glad to confirm that 🙂
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Totally. Dead right.
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I’ve never eaten long pig either. Man, the similarities between us keep growing! It’s downright eerie sometimes….
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Neapolitan isn’t my favourite, but I have no issues with it. I take it Spumoni is a total no-go area for you.
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I do not know what spumoni is.
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I ate it a lot when I was a kid. Haven’t had it for a while. Actually haven’t seen it in stores for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spumoni
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Yeah, I’d probably avoid that. Not a big fan of gelato either.
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You can get spumoni ice cream, not gelato. But I can see you not being a fan. Oh well. Next week is O. Oreo Cookies ‘n’ Cream?
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Eh, I try to stay away from repeating the same thing, or close to it. Unless it’s a long way between letters and I’ve forgotten, hahahaha 😀
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Any explosive substance is fine by me, especially Napalm. The only ice cream I can abide is Raspberry ripple or Rum and Raisin.
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Well, at least you don’t have to worry about binge-eating a quart of icecream and expanding the waistline in a single sitting 😀
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I somewhat share your feelings regarding Neapolitan ice cream and I think, for me, it mostly comes down to enjoying flavours individually. Mixed flavours can only go up to 2 before it’s overkill for me hahahah
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I had not thought of the taste overkill but it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if that plays an unconscious factor for me too.
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If memory assists me, nitroglycerin was once used as a therapy for some cardiac problems: I remember reading about nitro pills to be placed under the patient’s tongue, and they certainly did not make the person’s heart go “boom”… 😉
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I believe nitro pills are still a thing. But don’t quote me on that 😀
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I don’t really like strawberry anything apart from just strawberries. And vanilla ice cream is fine, but not something I’d actually ever order/buy. Chocolate though…. 😁
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Oh man, I like vanilla icecream. The creamier the better 😀
A chocoholic eh? How about dark chocolate? Are you one of those people.
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Hahaha, I do like dark chocolate (to a degree, not that 90% stuff). But I don’t like stuff in my chocolates… nuts are fine, but you can piss of with your orange and your marzipan 🤢
Dave is a bigger chocoholic though. No grocery shop is complete without chocolate peanuts…
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Historically, colors of the Neapolitan ice-cream were of the Italian flag: green (pistachio or almond), white (vanilla), and red (cherry, actually pink). More than likely, chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry became the standard for the reason that they were the most popular flavors in the United States at the time of introduction (1885 or so).
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Interesting. That makes sense about the current flavor scheme though.
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How about, you use the nitroglycerin to blow up the Neapolitan? That would be creative!
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Not only would it be creative, it would make this Project X a complete circle. It’s brilliant!
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Thank you! This have to be my new goal every Project X – to link each choice. I’m sure it’ll be easy! Murder by M&Ms?
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Ohhh, a sub-project! I like that….
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I think it’s because in Neapolitan strawberry just doesn’t taste like strawberry at all, but something vaguely sweet and cardboard. Come to think of it, even chocolate doesn’t really taste like chocolate in Neapolitan! 😉
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You have investigated this WAY more than me! I’d give you a merit badge, but honestly, it’d be more like a demerit badge 😉
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I feel that, considering where you are in your alphabet, it should be a not-entirely-merit badge 😀
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hahahaha!
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And the fact that you got them backwards perfectly sums up Bookstooge.
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I take it you are one of the 5 people in the US who buys neopolitan icecream? 😉
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In Germany, that sort of ice cream is synonymous with — in fact, named for — this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann,_Fürst_von_Pückler-Muskau
Go figure, there he goes and makes a name for himself in his own time as a landscape garden designer and travel author, and all posterity remembers is that he popularized a particular type of dessert … 😀
As for explosives, a recent read of Terry Pratchett’s “Maskerade” reminded me that nothing is as lethal as Nanny Ogg’s apple …. juice. It would probably have made ol’ Alfed Nobel weep if he’d ever have known of it!
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you know, calling out “Hey waiter, give me a big scoop of Furst Puckler, pronto!” doesn’t give me the warm fuzzies 😀
At some point I’ll do a re-read of Discworld. Someday….
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Well, we actually call it “Fürst-Pückler-Eis” — so when you order it here you do order the ice cream, not the guy. (That’s true for most dishes, actually.) 🙂 Also, you’d likely order “a slice”, as the way it comes here is in the same shape as a a cake baked in a loaf form … (with our without waffles on top and bottom) 😀
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fürst-Pückler-Eis
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Yeah, that’s a mouthful too 😉
But I’ll pass. No multi-icecream for me thanks….
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Haha I have never tried neopolitan… But then I like to taste the flavours individually! I’m more likely to eat a bowl of one, finish it, then have another bowl with a different flavour!
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I’d only recommend neopolitan if you wanted to try it once. Then never again 😉
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Haha I’m not in a rush 😂
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Agreed! Neapolitan ice-cream is a huge no!
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I’ve often wondered, who are these people who buy it? Where are they, where do they live? Are they even real?
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🤔🤣
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