Comments on: Peanuts http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/ A blog with delusions of grandeur. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:15:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stacey http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-353 Stacey Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:51:21 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-353 HI...was wondering how the peanut challenge went? My three year old son has to take on Mr. Peanut and was wondering if there were any reactions for you? We also have to BYOP..lol Stacey HI…was wondering how the peanut challenge went?
My three year old son has to take on Mr. Peanut and was wondering if there were any reactions for you?
We also have to BYOP..lol
Stacey

]]> By: Elise http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-185 Elise Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:37:21 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-185 Actually, The restaurant does serve ginger ale to order, and it is fantastic. There are 2 kinds of ginger ale - one kind we also call ginger beer, and it is fermented. The other kind is a carbonated drink that is just sugar, ginger flavor, and soda water. That is 99% of what is sold in America at least that is called "ginger ale". Before you slam it Ben, I suggest you try it. It's great. Very strong. Very gingery. Actually,

The restaurant does serve ginger ale to order, and it is fantastic.
There are 2 kinds of ginger ale - one kind we also call ginger beer, and it is fermented. The other kind is a carbonated drink that is just sugar, ginger flavor, and soda water. That is 99% of what is sold in America at least that is called “ginger ale”.

Before you slam it Ben, I suggest you try it. It’s great. Very strong. Very gingery.

]]> By: matt http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-152 matt Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:23:27 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-152 Everyone else ate the peanuts, and was fine. I'd had peanuts (but from a different jar!) the week before. It's all very strange and mysterious. Everyone else ate the peanuts, and was fine. I’d had peanuts (but from a different jar!) the week before. It’s all very strange and mysterious.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-151 Lisa Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:10:14 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-151 When was the last time you had consumed a peanut, prior to this episode? Did anyone else try those peanuts? Maybe the peanuts planted in the pantry were poisoned by pugnacious protesters! When was the last time you had consumed a peanut, prior to this episode? Did anyone else try those peanuts? Maybe the peanuts planted in the pantry were poisoned by pugnacious protesters!

]]> By: apostropher http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-147 apostropher Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:20:49 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-147 <strong>To the mailbag!</strong> One of the joys of freakblogging is that, after a while, you no longer have to go looking for stories. They just show up in your inbox. Squick Factor 11: iWorm! Doctors at a clinic in Kragujevac, central Serbia, have... To the mailbag!

One of the joys of freakblogging is that, after a while, you no longer have to go looking for stories. They just show up in your inbox. Squick Factor 11: iWorm! Doctors at a clinic in Kragujevac, central Serbia, have…

]]> By: matt http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-146 matt Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:49:08 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-146 Ben, as usual, is right. I should have read that recipe more carefully. I don't mind flavoring club soda (flavoring club soda was the first beverage trick I ever learned), but why use water when you have simple syrup? Why, indeed! Ben, as usual, is right. I should have read that recipe more carefully.

I don’t mind flavoring club soda (flavoring club soda was the first beverage trick I ever learned), but why use water when you have simple syrup? Why, indeed!

]]> By: ben wolfson http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-145 ben wolfson Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:49:25 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-145 You know, that ginger ale link claims that a restaurant in SF makes ginger ale "to order", which is completely ridiculous. You need at least a day to make ginger ale (it's <em>fermented</em>, people, like with <em>yeast</em>). The answer, as revealed in the recipe? They wuss out and flavor club soda with ginger. Wimpy! They don't even get the ginger flavor in an efficient way (namely, by including some grated or thinly-sliced ginger <em>in the simple syrup</em>, as a side effect of which they'd have candied ginger at the end—wouldn't that make for a nice garnish?). Boiling it in <em>water</em>? Please! You know, that ginger ale link claims that a restaurant in SF makes ginger ale “to order”, which is completely ridiculous. You need at least a day to make ginger ale (it’s fermented, people, like with yeast).

The answer, as revealed in the recipe? They wuss out and flavor club soda with ginger. Wimpy! They don’t even get the ginger flavor in an efficient way (namely, by including some grated or thinly-sliced ginger in the simple syrup, as a side effect of which they’d have candied ginger at the end—wouldn’t that make for a nice garnish?). Boiling it in water? Please!

]]> By: Anna http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-142 Anna Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:47:07 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-142 "I freaked out like a feral cat being fed Flintstones Chewables." “I freaked out like a feral cat being fed Flintstones Chewables.”

]]> By: matt http://www.unlikelywords.com/2006/02/17/peanuts/#comment-138 matt Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:57:59 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/peanuts/#comment-138 I should submit, as the author of the piece, that I know the line "I freaked out like a little tiny girl" is sexist. If anyone can come up with a replacement phrase that is less sexist but equally funny, I will happily replace it. I should submit, as the author of the piece, that I know the line “I freaked out like a little tiny girl” is sexist. If anyone can come up with a replacement phrase that is less sexist but equally funny, I will happily replace it.

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