tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post3348593589844788154..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: 7 GramsGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-24318613166486743512009-01-31T14:52:00.000+13:002009-01-31T14:52:00.000+13:00Poet and counterpoet. This blog could die happy ju...Poet and counterpoet. This blog could die happy just about now.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-59068118245751452462009-01-30T05:33:00.000+13:002009-01-30T05:33:00.000+13:00chickpeascheque, pleaseThanks for this line, pure ...chickpeas<BR/>cheque, please<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this line, pure genius, but nothing new here...<BR/><BR/>Going back to Google, your poem (and the main post) made me think on how nursery rhymes would change if written in a Google-centric era.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Yankee doodle would be something like this, paraphrasing from a children version on a book I read to my daughters:<BR/><BR/>Yankee Doodle Taramochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306494919275797616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-25247120520913728702009-01-29T20:40:00.000+13:002009-01-29T20:40:00.000+13:00C02scene anewchickpeascheque, pleasecorralling Goo...C02<BR/>scene anew<BR/><BR/>chickpeas<BR/>cheque, please<BR/><BR/>corralling Google<BR/>kit and caboodle<BR/><BR/>air miles<BR/>incilesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-13686264545285908502009-01-29T04:21:00.000+13:002009-01-29T04:21:00.000+13:00My turn to keep the beans discussion alive.For me ...My turn to keep the beans discussion alive.<BR/><BR/>For me the big difference is the consistency. Canned chickpeas are mushy, if you cook them they are way firmer to the teeth.<BR/><BR/>I feel like I have to say something about the very interesting main topic: Google can't live with it, can't live without it.<BR/>(seriously though, I enjoyed the topic as usual, not sure I can add anything Taramochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306494919275797616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-49161364541006448972009-01-28T20:41:00.000+13:002009-01-28T20:41:00.000+13:00I am sorry to continue diverting the discussion to...I am sorry to continue diverting the discussion to the vegetarian addendum rather than the meat, but I must respond to backin15: to me, home-cooked chickpeas definitely taste better.<BR/><BR/>First, they don't have calcium chloride or any other additives, which taste funny to me. Second, you are free to add a bayleaf, or peppercorns, or a whole garlic clove, or even a bacon hock, to the cooking stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486889878636801969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-39733070368200612892009-01-28T16:51:00.000+13:002009-01-28T16:51:00.000+13:00Sorry, Simon. According to SurLaLune's authoritati...Sorry, Simon. According to SurLaLune's authoritative <A HREF="http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/princesspea/notes.html" REL="nofollow">annotated version</A> of the fable, you can quibble on the bedding (twenty mattresses plus twenty feather beds or seven of each) and on the number of peas (one or three - Andersen says one), but there appears to be universal consensus on the nature of the legume Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-4366255563943559712009-01-28T12:44:00.000+13:002009-01-28T12:44:00.000+13:00Surely it was one ordinary pea, which the princes...Surely it was one ordinary pea, which the princess could feel (rather than hear) under several mattresses, because of her nobility.<BR/><BR/>Giovanni:<BR/>"But for now I'm going to kindly ask you to hold this thought until the next instalment of this most slow-going series on the ecology of memory. I promise to fail to get to the point then too."<BR/><BR/>I think of you as a leader of the Slow Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-55488545658705322592009-01-28T12:38:00.000+13:002009-01-28T12:38:00.000+13:00It took me a long time to realise that in the stor...It took me a long time to realise that in the story of the Princess and the Peas, the offending peas under the mattress were in all likelihood chickpeas - or how else would it work?<BR/><BR/>And how much co2 does a sleeping princess produce? Surely that is a bigger concern!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-6601572778062225482009-01-27T18:57:00.000+13:002009-01-27T18:57:00.000+13:00This is a traditional or taste thing?Neither, it's...<I>This is a traditional or taste thing?</I><BR/><BR/>Neither, it's just a whole lot cheaper that way. And I've yet to encounter a dollar that I'm happy to part with. <BR/><BR/>(And can I just say I'm delighted that we're finally providing the leguminous information craved by so many?)Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-11728010669132080402009-01-27T17:12:00.000+13:002009-01-27T17:12:00.000+13:00I'm interested in the fact that you soak your own ...I'm interested in the fact that you soak your own and not simply buy them in cans. This is a traditional or taste thing? I make my own humous but with canned beans - I think I make it better than the pre-prepared stuffbackin15https://www.blogger.com/profile/16526191748394549650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-75627153305943215092009-01-27T15:04:00.000+13:002009-01-27T15:04:00.000+13:00You have strangely sensitive ears my friend.It was...<I>You have strangely sensitive ears my friend.</I><BR/><BR/>It was a remarkably loud noise, and the (ceramic) bowl's position - on a metal surface over a largely empty cupboard - must have helped amplify it. Also, it's pretty quiet around here at that time of night, and it's possible that I wasn't quite asleep yet.<BR/><BR/>(Another possible explanation: I'm a character from Edgar Allan Poe Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-61521084612073835822009-01-27T14:42:00.000+13:002009-01-27T14:42:00.000+13:00I may have had similar chickpea effects, though he...I may have had similar chickpea effects, though heard from within the same room.<BR/><BR/>I attributed it to some sort of thing happening the warped and separating layers of the bottom of the pot.Lyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622953598107216261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-66972555869882256562009-01-27T13:02:00.000+13:002009-01-27T13:02:00.000+13:00Or very loud peas.Re La Repubblica article, the Br...Or very loud peas.<BR/><BR/>Re La Repubblica article, the British Library could have done much for the conservation of memory if it had put its contents on Internet, rather than wasting millions on a new building.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-5650310346267817922009-01-27T04:58:00.000+13:002009-01-27T04:58:00.000+13:00You have strangely sensitive ears my friend.You have strangely sensitive ears my friend.Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308246886810700890noreply@blogger.com