Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Uh, what now?

Is there some 30-year old banishing snakes from islands that I'm not aware of due to not being on all the socials?

There's a new potential saint working their way through the system. More detail would probably run afoul of the rules, but it would be worth hitting up your preferred news site. It's definitely the start of a new era.

 

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[Snarf Zagyg]

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[Squared]

Cottage pie = beef
Shepherd's pie = lamb

Cottage Pie vs. Shepherd’s Pie: What’s the Difference? - 2025 - MasterClass

Shepherd’s pie and cottage pie are savory British casserole dishes rather than pastries—both feature ground meat and potato topping. These meat pies are more similar than they are different, but if you’re planning to make them, it’s important to learn how to differentiate between shepherd’s pie...

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I’m not usually one to point to Wikipedia as a definitive source but it is at least as accurate as any other random article on the internet. I’m not going to bother linking it but it just says it is minced meat.

It does mention that some people have more specific definitions, if your into that sort of thing.

Personally, I’m going with my definitive source being my wife. Shepherd’s pie meat is leftovers. There is always lots of it after Thanksgiving.

That does mean that you should have some other recipes available for Girl Scout.

^2

 

[overgeeked]

It’s weird being a pessimist. Things almost always go better than you think they will, which is really nice. The joy of “that’s not so bad” always eclipses the meh of being wrong. But every once in a while things somehow go catastrophically worse than your worst catastrophizing. Those are the tough days.

 

[MNblockhead]

Doesn't that describe most hot dogs? Tastes great, but filled with stuff you don't ever want to know about.

Much of the best food seems disgusting if you think too hard about it. Once I've learned not to be squeamish about where my calories came from I came to enjoy lots of things I might not have otherwise tried. There are only two things that I can think of that I have a lot of trouble eating (and in I really find it hard to swallow and have come to just avoid after having made a number of attempts):

1. Nattō (納豆). Fermented bean paste? Sounds right up my alley. I love chou doufu (stinky dofu) and do-fu ru (bean curd fermented with vinegar and rice wine to cheese-like texture). But every time I've tried natto, the consistency just made me feel like I was being forced to eat someone's vomit.

2. Pigs Feet. Well, at least the way it is prepared in Taizhong (also "Taichung"), Taiwan. Braised pig trotters or pig knuckles are one of Taizhong's míng chī (famous food), so business colleagues and family will want to treat you to what they consider to be the best restaurant serving their city's most famous dish. And I just feel like I'm wasting it. I'll happily pick out the little bits of meat, but the chewy fatty skin is just very unpleasant to me. I really dislike it and have learned to just be honest and politely decline it when I can politely do so.

In both instances it is by far the texture, not the taste that turns me off. But I'm usually okay with politely eating food with textures I don't like. Like I don't like food with cartilaginous textures. Whether that be actual animal cartilage, sea slug, or straw mushrooms. Similarly, I'm not a fan of food with snotty textures. I'm not a fan of okra by itself or certain highly viscous sauces. But I can eat them.

I haven't tried to eat earthworms and I think that would turn me off unless they were chopped up, fried, and mixed with other stuff. But I've not had issue with some grubs and have no problems at all with grasshopper, crickets, and scorpions.

 

[MNblockhead]

In rereading my joke, I see I may have come across poorly. I was of course referencing the "Dang Millenials!" meme. However, the saint himself was a cool guy, and I don't want to tarnish the actual story. My excuse is, I had to have a blood test this morning so that post was before I had any coffee or food. My apologies if I offended anyone; my stupidity is always intended to entertain, and only in extremely rare instances (and never in this thread) intended to offend.

The link isn't working for me. This mysterious millennial saint remains a mystery to me.

 

[CleverNickName]

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

In one of the first Anthony Bourdain episodes of No Reservations, he said something that really stuck with me:

The best food, across the world, is almost universally poor people's food. The rich people ate "high on the hog," taking the best parts of the animal or the crops for themselves, stuff that typically doesn't need a lot of work to make it delicious.

As a result, the poorer people were stuck with pig's feet and turkey necks and far worse stuff. And they had to figure out how to make it delicious.

 

[MNblockhead]

This dad approves of this joke and shall be torturing his children with it this evening.