I suppose there's an alternative universe where roses
are grown for the purpose of being beetle food.

Or grown to feed the beetles so something else can eat the bugs?

When I went out to pick broccoli at Ian and Jacquie's,
I found the cruciferous things crawling with stinkbugs.
Which made me think of trying one or two, which I didn't.
Which also made me speculate on the source of their
stinkiness. Turns out it's just as well - to make them
edible you either decapitate them or dump them in boiling
water before further processing (either way gets rid of
most of their chemical warfare). Then you toast them for
a tasty treat. There was once on YouTube a spot that
featured a very pretty but somewhat deranged-looking girl
chomping on jumiles and commenting on how delicious they
were. Can't find it any more, though.

We have nosewitnesses here on the echo.

Where's Steve when we need him?

Probably run as far away as possible, given the
topic at hand.

Can't say I'd blame him.

That's why some folks have Google cued up on their phones.

Google has made people like me largely redundant.
Luckily there's enough bull being flung on the
Internet that a certain modicum of critical thinking
is still necessary (though most people don't see it
as such).

And will flame/throw shade/scorn such if they don't agree with it.

All upsides have a downside. It seems that there
are downsides that don't have upsides, though.

In such company I like putting tentacles halfway in
my mouth and pretending I'm Davy Jones from that movie
(which I didn't see).

I'd be more likely to tell you to stop playing with your food.

You like being ignored, eh.

1 tb Tomato ketchup 1/2 sm Green bell

Squared. Asian this isn't.

The Asians invented jetchup and have taken to it
pretty well in the Heinz/Hunts incarnation. Probably
fallout from WWII.

Most likely. The Hawaiians took to spam for similar reasons.

One can make okay things out of ketchup (if diluted)
and Spam (crisping it up) both.

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Title: Linda Kaysen's Mixed Bean Casserole
Categories: Meats, Casseroles
Servings: 6

Ingredients:
1 cn (16 oz.) French style green
-beans, drained
1 cn (16 oz.) lima or northern
-beans, drained
1 cn (16 oz.) kidney beans,
-drained
1 cn (16 oz.) pork and beans
1 md Onion, chopped
1 cn (12 oz.) spam and cubed
1/2 c Brown sugar
1 c Ketchup
1 tb Mollasses
1 Green pepper, diced
1 tb Worcestershire sauce
4 tb Vinegar
1 tb Dried mustard

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a 3-quart casserole pan. Bake in a
slow oven (about 300-325) for two hours. Cool for 10 minutes before
serving.

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I suppose there's an alternative universe where roses
are grown for the purpose of being beetle food.

Or grown to feed the beetles so something else can eat the bugs?

When I went out to pick broccoli at Ian and Jacquie's,
I found the cruciferous things crawling with stinkbugs.
Which made me think of trying one or two, which I didn't.
Which also made me speculate on the source of their
stinkiness. Turns out it's just as well - to make them
edible you either decapitate them or dump them in boiling
water before further processing (either way gets rid of
most of their chemical warfare). Then you toast them for
a tasty treat. There was once on YouTube a spot that
featured a very pretty but somewhat deranged-looking girl
chomping on jumiles and commenting on how delicious they
were. Can't find it any more, though.

She gets my share, although I've always wondered about fried
crickets. Stinkbugs on stinky veggies sounds appropriate.

is still necessary (though most people don't see it
as such).

And will flame/throw shade/scorn such if they don't agree with

it.

All upsides have a downside. It seems that there
are downsides that don't have upsides, though.

And for every upside is someone who sees it as a downside, and
something else is headed sideways. I tend to do sideways fairly
well.

In such company I like putting tentacles halfway in
my mouth and pretending I'm Davy Jones from that movie
(which I didn't see).

I'd be more likely to tell you to stop playing with your food.

You like being ignored, eh.

Nothing unusual there; I was raised by cats.

The Asians invented jetchup and have taken to it
pretty well in the Heinz/Hunts incarnation. Probably
fallout from WWII.

Most likely. The Hawaiians took to spam for similar reasons.

One can make okay things out of ketchup (if diluted)
and Spam (crisping it up) both.

Spam has to be useful for something. Ketchup is useful for feeding
to my 13 year-old niece, who loves the stuff.

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