PSP impressions.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:02 pm

Are you sure. You were talking about how to properly grip each end to break it and what parts inside were really good and how to suck the food out of the tail end or something.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:10 pm

Oh, you mean crawfish. I loves me some boiled crawfish, it's the one good thing to ever come out of the South (ever).

Yeah, you remove the whole tail from the crawfish by simply ripping it off. Then you peel off the first two (or three if you're a pansy) plates from the shell, squeeze the lower end, and pull on the meat so it slips right out, not too dissimilar to the way you'd remove a shrimp tail. Some people like to suck the head, but that involves inhaling whatever entrails remain inside the shell. I did that once, and never did it again.

The more you eat, the better it gets, not only because as you handle the crawfish, you get more seasoning on your own hands (which subsequently seasons the tail meat before you pop it in your mouth) - but each batch is tastier than the previous, because they're all cooked in the same broth.

Post by **Popcorn** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:43 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:Oh, you mean crawfish. I loves me some boiled crawfish, it's the one good thing to ever come out of the South (ever).

Yeah, you remove the whole tail from the crawfish by simply ripping it off. Then you peel off the first two (or three if you're a pansy) plates from the shell, squeeze the lower end, and pull on the meat so it slips right out, not too dissimilar to the way you'd remove a shrimp tail. Some people like to suck the head, but that involves inhaling whatever entrails remain inside the shell. I did that once, and never did it again.

The more you eat, the better it gets, not only because as you handle the crawfish, you get more seasoning on your own hands (which subsequently seasons the tail meat before you pop it in your mouth) - but each batch is tastier than the previous, because they're all cooked in the same broth.

I'm not picky with my food, but that really sounds like something you have to be (in)bred for. Increasingly I find it difficult to eat anything that closely resembles the corpse of what was once a living creature.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:47 pm

In opposition to the DS's stellar line-up?

Aside from Mario 64 DS, there isn't anything good on DS either (in my opinion). The reason I still want one is mainly for the backwards compatible feature on playing GBA games. I never owned a GBA and I have a huge list of games I wanna play, plus I want mario 64 DS, if not for the addictive mini-games. I doubt I'll buy it soon, maybe when the price is lower.
~Neo

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:50 pm

Popcorn wrote:Increasingly I find it difficult to eat anything that closely resembles the corpse of what was once a living creature.

You realize that everything you eat was alive at one time, yes? What does it matter what it looks like?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:54 pm

Increasingly I find it difficult to eat anything that closely resembles the corpse of what was once a living creature.

I'd be like that with anything mammalian... I have no such objections when dealing with crustaceans, though. I like it better when I have to fight through the shell.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:54 pm

Thanks. Yeah, I guess I just replaced crawfish with lobster after seeing Homer Simpson mournful eating of Pinchy reminded me of your description.

aso · Post by **aso** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:55 pm

There is the fact that much of the dead matter you can eat has already been processed or refined into hunks of meat. There's a visual difference between carving meat out of a dead cow and carving meat out of a slab of roast beef.

It's still about the same, yeah, but it helps push down that niggling little voice that reminds you of the fact that you're eating slaughtered animal if you don't see the thing in front of you.

On that note, has anyone here eaten squirrel? Caffee?

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:57 pm

Alright. Why bring Chris into this? His upbringing is anything but hick-like.

aso · Post by **aso** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:01 pm

I know non-hicks who've eaten squirrel. Nasty assumption you've got there.

Just asking because he seems to know the most about guns around here, so he's likely a hunter. And, you know, hunters can sometimes shoot and eat things. So, if anyone here's eaten squirrel, Caffee has the highest chance of it.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:10 pm

Are squirrels even native to Japan? Or on American Army bases in Japan? I mean, he spent 4 years of the last 5 years of his life there.

To my knowledge, he doesn't own a gun, let alone a hunting rifle.

aso · Post by **aso** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:13 pm

There are squirrels in Japan...

He honestly doesn't own a gun, though? I'm surprised. I'll take back the squirrel thing, then.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:18 pm

His parents might, but I doubt firearms are allowed in the dorm he resides.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:51 pm

My grandfather used to hunt; according to him, squirrels taste nasty. So I doubt many people eat squirrels, unless they are in a situation in which they have to.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:52 pm

Yeah there are squirrels in risupakku. That's about it.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:49 pm

Yeah, but you eating one is still unlikely.

aso · Post by **aso** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:00 pm

Shit, just now remembered that I'm in Alabama, where squirrel hunting seems to be some kind of sport.

Post by **Popcorn** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:30 pm

Delphine wrote:
Popcorn wrote:Increasingly I find it difficult to eat anything that closely resembles the corpse of what was once a living creature.
You realize that everything you eat was alive at one time, yes? What does it matter what it looks like?

Things have to look appetising to really be appetising. You wouldn't eat a turd if it tasted good, right? Or at least wouldn't enjoy it as much as if it looked like a chocolate bar?

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:41 pm

A chocolate-bar shaped turd is still a turd, but a turd shaped chocolate bar is just funny.

Okay, that had nothing to do with you point. Shit is not food, so I wouldn't eat it.

Post by **Popcorn** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:50 pm

Delphine wrote:A chocolate-bar shaped turd is still a turd, but a turd shaped chocolate bar is just funny.

Okay, that had nothing to do with you point. Shit is not food, so I wouldn't eat it.

Somehow, eating a burger isn't like eating corpse flesh. It's just like eating... a burger. Give me some lobster and I'll love it, but if you make me crack open the claws myself, I'll lose my appetite. I don't have any guilt about eating another once-living creature-- I'm not some closet vegetarian, it's just that any reminder of the real nature of my steak puts me off.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:50 pm

If a candy bar looked like a turd, I can't say I'd really be interested in eating it, thank you very much.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:00 pm

Popcorn wrote:it's just that any reminder of the real nature of my steak puts me off.

You're a little weird.

Amazing Grant wrote:If a candy bar looked like a turd, I can't say I'd really be interested in eating it, thank you very much.

It's <i>funny</i>, damnit.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:09 pm

When's I'm eating a juicy light red steak I's enjoy thinking about slicing a hunk of flesh out of a cow.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:20 pm

Have you guys never eaten a Baby Ruth? And what about that hilarious scene in Caddyshack?

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:23 pm

They're all pussies I guess. I've swollowed my own vomit. And enjoyed it.