A Generic 4E Opinion Thread: Hold the Mushrooms, Please

[takasi]

I think the original point is that "tastes" are both immediate and subjective, so it is futile to try to change one's mind. The OP appears to be trying to boil down the complex variety of role playing experiences into a simple food metaphor.

The choice of topping is especially ironic considering what certain mushrooms can do to even the simplest perspectives of taste....

 

[CleverNickName]

I think the original point is that "tastes" are both immediate and subjective, so it is futile to try to change one's mind. The OP appears to be trying to boil down the complex variety of role playing experiences into a simple food metaphor.

The choice of topping is especially ironic considering what certain mushrooms can do to even the simplest perspectives of taste....

Yeah, the metaphor is starting to get a little played-out. It sounded like a good idea in my head when I first started it, but it really doesn't have anywhere to go once you've reached the inevitable "YOU WILL EAT MY PIZZA AND LIKE IT" conclusion.

Ah well, it was just another "Humor" thread anyway. Hopefully nobody is taking it too seriously. It would be absurd to imagine someone actually getting so deeply offended that he would lose his humanity over something as subjective as game pizza flavor.

 

[Celebrim]

Hopefully nobody is taking it too seriously. It would be absurd to imagine someone actually getting so deeply offended that he would lose his humanity over something as subjective as game pizza flavor.

It's a good thread. It makes me hungry.

Pizzzzzza. Piiiiiiizzzzzzzza. Mmmmmmm.

One of the my favorite internet discussions of all time was about the taste of apples with a guy who owned an apple orchard.

This is going to sound really lame, but do they have apples in Europe? I mean, I know they do, but now that I think about it, all the apple variaties I know - red delicious, macintosh, johnathan, arkansas black, dixie red, jennet, etc. are all American apples in one form or the other, and even the modern hybrids that aren't American are Asian/NZ crosses often of American variaties. Do Europeans even eat apples anymore? If so, what are they eating?

 

[CleverNickName]

It's a good thread. It makes me hungry.

Pizzzzzza. Piiiiiiizzzzzzzza. Mmmmmmm.

One of the my favorite internet discussions of all time was about the taste of apples with a guy who owned an apple orchard.

This is going to sound really lame, but do they have apples in Europe? I mean, I know they do, but now that I think about it, all the apple variaties I know - red delicious, macintosh, johnathan, arkansas black, dixie red, jennet, etc. are all American apples in one form or the other, and even the modern hybrids that aren't American are Asian/NZ crosses often of American variaties. Do Europeans even eat apples anymore? If so, what are they eating?

Red Delicious is the one true apple and if you are eating some other variety then I don't see how you can possibly say you are still eating an apple and oh god this is getting old.

In all seriousness, though, I thought that apples were imported from Europe during the colonial period. I'm not an expert, but I vaguely remember hearing in one of my history lectures that apples were imported by English and Dutch settlers. Is there a "native" apple variety?

Quick, Robbin! To the Bat-Internet!

(after a quick trip to Wikipedia) All of the world's apples came from a single variety in Asia, apparently. And they are members of the rose family.

 

[Celebrim]

All of the world's apples came from a single variety in Asia, apparently. And they are members of the rose family.

The information I'm asking for is not of that nature. I know how apples got over here. I also know that breeding apples was a hugely important activity amongst North American settlers (read, 'cider!'). Johnny Appleseed? I'm asking, if you go into a grocery store in Europe, and browse the apple selection, what do you see? Braeburn's from Minnisota? Johnathan's from Maine? Red Delicious from Washington State? Fuji's and Gala's from New Zealand? Or do they have a bunch of 'wierd' apples I've never heard of?