What would you put in Room 101?

[tasse-tee]

@PiecesOfKate

There really aren’t many things I won’t eat, but dill is firmly on the list.

I don’t know what it tastes like. Maybe I’ve eaten it before, but didn’t know it was dill. Now I’m curious…

[PiecesOfKate]

Go buy some and eat it. Then tell me you love it and I’ll have a little cry.

[ZakPhoenixMcKracken]

@milanfahrnholz

You don´t believe I remember all of these, do you?

I believe you do really remember every episode, thus you search on YouTube to provide us the correct clip.

[ZakPhoenixMcKracken]

@Ema

Italian is a difficult language. The only thing which is easy is the pronunciation.

Exactly. Italian has a lot of a bunch of many words. It’s incredible. Many way of saying. That’s why Italian quizzes are so popular.

[Frenzie]

@Ema

I don’t like milk chocolate, for example. I tolerate dark 70%, but my fav is 85%. Sometimes even 99%.

I like 99%/100%. I almost exclusively eat cocoa powder and cocoa beans these days.

I’ve always been an extra dark chocolate kind of guy, but when I first tried 70% a decade or so ago my initial reaction was that it was good but a bit strong. Normally dark goes from ~40-55%, legally merely 35% but most milk chocolate already has that much.

I’ve also always had a fondness for Italian-style licorice over Dutch potato licorice. Potato because there’s a bit of licorice extract, a lot of potato starch, and a bunch of salt and/or sugar. That being said, I do like some of the classic Dutch licorice from the '50s, marketed today under the Oldtimers brand.

I just opened my last package today because of my slightly sore throat… apparently it had a best-by date of 2013. (I don’t eat or buy candy, lol. Unless you count fruit, of course.) Luckily in unopened state it keeps very well. Now Italian licorice on the other hand, by which I mean this kind of pure licorice extract… I could eat that daily. I also just like chewing licorice roots. Thing is, it yellows your teeth so I don’t do it much. Or maybe it’s just that it’s not easily available in every store.

[Ema]

@tasse-tee

@Ema

The sound for “I” is "ee ", period. That’s why that’s so diffiult for us.
hard to tell the difference between a ship and a sheep, or a shit and a sheet…

Hehehe, now I want to hear you guys read things in English too

Maybe I’ll record something. For now, I’ve tried to figure out better why our pronunciation is so bad:

The pronunciation thread

Stimulated by @tasse-tee, I studied some italian and english pronunciation rules, and I discovered some amazing things. I’d like to share, I hope it could be of some interest. I’ll begin trying to explain the italian pronunciation of vowels. Be patient, I’m writing…

[tasse-tee]

Now, it seems I am the complete opposite of you for a few things: liking extra-dark chocolate, liking licorice, and not buying candy.

Also, since when does fruit count as candy?

[tasse-tee]

@Ema

Maybe I’ll record something.

Yay

[Frenzie]

@tasse-tee

Now, it seems I am the complete opposite of you for a few things: liking extra-dark chocolate, liking licorice, and not buying candy.

I’m Dutch, so I also like raw herring, raw milk cheese, and kale.

PS Kale is one of the cheapest most commonplace vegetables you can get. Not some fancy schmancy expensive nonsense from California.

@tasse-tee

Also, since when does fruit count as candy?

It’s a bit like candy but tastes better. But also, dried fruit is just a high quality candy.

[tasse-tee]

@Frenzie

dried fruit is just a high quality candy

What… that’s just… no.

[Someone]

@milanfahrnholz

You don´t believe I remember all of these, …

Exactly!

@tasse-tee

I like broccoli.

The whole thing including the stem? (Is stem the right word?)

@tasse-tee

And I don’t like the taste of cabbage.

You are getting more and more sympathetic.

@PiecesOfKate

I’m not sure. It’s a pretty innocuous herb so I don’t know why I’m so offended by it.

That you don’t like the taste is a reason. And a good one! Food is a very personal thing and everybody likes different vegetables. But sometimes there are other reasons beside the taste, for example an allergy.

@PiecesOfKate

…

But you can stand poop descriptions at dinner…

@Frenzie

I’ve always been an extra dark chocolate kind of guy, but when I first tried 70% a decade or so ago my initial reaction was that it was good but a bit strong.

From my experiences the taste and how “strong” a chocolate tastes depends on the sort of the cocoa beans. There >70% chocolates that I like while I don’t like other chocolates with the same percentage.

@Frenzie

I’ve also always had a fondness for Italian-style licorice …

Uh, until now I’ve only bought the German licorice. But your descriptions sound very interesting - I’ll give it try - thanks for the tips!

@tasse-tee

Now, it seems I am the complete opposite of you for a few things: liking extra-dark chocolate, liking licorice, and not buying candy.

Which kind of sweets do you prefer and/or do you eat regularly?

@Frenzie

… and kale.

In Germany it’s very popular. But I don’t like it.

[Frenzie]

@Someone

The whole thing including the stem? (Is stem the right word?)

Yup! The top is the best part of course, like in most (all?) vegetables.

[Someone]

@Frenzie

Yup! The top is the best part of course, like in most (all?) vegetables.

That’s why I ask. The top of a broccoli is the only thing that I can eat from that vegetable.

[Frenzie]

Since I discovered the only reason tops of strawberries, radishes, celery, etc. etc. are typically discarded is because people are babies about it (and not that it’s unhealthy) I just eat all that stuff. Much less effort and presumably more vitamins for me to boot.

I dunno, some people think I’m a “health nut” when they see how I eat but greasy stuff is gross and cloyingly sweet is gross.

I’m jealous of gorillas. They get all the nice food.

[tasse-tee]

@Someone

The whole thing including the stem? (Is stem the right word?)

Yes, I like the broccoli stems as well. But only if they’re soft. I cook my veggies in the pressure cooker, and that makes them nice and soft.

@Someone

Which kind of sweets do you prefer and/or do you eat regularly?

I eat milk chocolate a lot, because I love it! I really like jelly sweets, like Haribo (especially orange and lemon flavours), but I never really crave them.

[Someone]

@Frenzie

Since I discovered the only reason tops of strawberries, radishes, celery, etc. etc. are typically discarded is because people are babies about it (and not that it’s unhealthy) I just eat all that stuff.

I do that too - but not with every vegetable or fruit. For example I eat the whole celery (live on stage), but don’t really like the stems of a broccoli. I eat them, but I’m not a fan.

@tasse-tee

I really like jelly sweets, like Haribo (especially orange and lemon flavours) …

You mean the Haribo Jelly Beans? Or the world famous gummy bears?

[milanfahrnholz]

@ZakPhoenixMcKracken

I believe you do really remember every episode

Yeah, but only for 8 or 9 seasons. Not every episode out of the currently 30 or how many we are at now.

@Someone

For example I eat the whole celery (live on stage)

Eh, what?

[Someone]

@milanfahrnholz

Eh, what?

I had to eat a celery live on stage in a theater.

[tasse-tee]

@Someone

You mean the Haribo Jelly Beans? Or the world famous gummy bears?

I mean gummy bears and things like that.

@Someone

I had to eat a celery live on stage in a theater.

Really? Why?

[Frenzie]

@Someone

For example I eat the whole celery (live on stage), but don’t really like the stems of a broccoli. I eat them, but I’m not a fan.

Celery I eat either way, broccoli not really raw

@Someone

I had to eat a celery live on stage in a theater.

Do you mean one celery stalk? Eating a whole celery would take like half an hour.