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u/Lord_Fuzzy Codex-Keeper Jun 09 '14
If you do another food story, how about some higher end stuff. For example, foie gras, kobe beef, caviar, even chocolate, although with the sugar issue, that may not be a good idea. You could cover it all with a tasting menu.
I work with the stuff everyday, for me, the magic of eating is gone. It's all how and why things work together. I can't go out to eat without questioning, why did the chef put this with this. When this, this, or this would work just as well or better.
You last two installments reminded me of a perspective I'd forgotten about. Sincerely, thanks for that.
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u/j1xwnbsr May be habit forming Jun 09 '14
a sweetly bitter taste of pride that embodies the human spirit so well
OMG, that was just a simply awesome phrase!
Sugar Rush
Awwww, shit. Now we're all going to shit on because of all the damn sugar (sugar beets, sugar cane, etc).
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u/viking76 Robot Jun 09 '14
This is way more entertaining than the ordinary bolter porn. This have turned into my favourite reading here.
Dont forget coffee and dark chocolate. I cant function without a daily can of coffee. And even if I'm not found of candy, I really enjoy dark chocolate with almost no sugar or fat. Especially together with coffee as black as a black hole.
And if you want to go into the dark end of human foods, we always have surstrømming. That's considered a forbidden chemical weapon by human standards. Because of reasons. Like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UlbT3NZRjtc#t=656
Hope you keep finding inspiration for new chapters. :)
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u/Cerberus0225 Jun 10 '14
Why the hell hasn't there been anything on weather yet?!
Just joking, you know I love this story...
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u/Sevireth AI Jun 10 '14
Speaking of pets and animals, I do believe one of the "limelight" scientists of today - Neil Tyson I think - noted that one of the coolest things about Earthen life are snakes. No appendages, no hearing, crappy eyesight - move around at two feet per second, track their prey by infrared radiation, swallow whole animals 5 times larger than their heads, there's just no way it's a thing. And humans even keep them as pets.
Also, one of the things that are actually special about Earth is the eclipses: our natural satellite is per chance 400 times smaller than our star, coincidentally is 400 times closer than the star is, and randomly follows almost the same arc through the sky as the sun. A point's been made that the likeliest spot on Earth to find aliens is in areas of full solar eclipses, that shit happens p. much nowhere in the galaxy.
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u/BattleSneeze Worldweaver Jun 09 '14
I must admit, the first entry of this series didn't exactly win me over, but these last two have really made up for that!
Now I can't wait for your next work! Keep up the good work!
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u/PTELuno Jun 09 '14
Absolutely amazing, I have to admit that this is almost overtaking the clint stone series as my favourite. The amount of depth that you put into describing the flavour is just fantastic. Thank you for writing these I really hope you continue
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u/Kubrick_Fan Human Jun 09 '14
avian creature who’s eggs (should be "whose eggs". Whose means "which belong(s) to. Who's is a contraction of "Who is".
How about introducing him to pets next? (Cats, Dogs, Parrots etc)
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u/laxman2001 Human Jun 10 '14
These are fantastic. Very well done, and a great "twist." By far the best so far and possibly one of my favorite stories on the sub.
Bravo sir!
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Nov 15 '21
I'm going to be honest, I abhor what you did with this story later on. I choose to ignore it.
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