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What the Fark 3: The Strange and Unusual

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Kepler said:
Spinach and broccoli are among the few vegetables I would willingly order, provided they are prepared correctly.
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Love broccoli, but spinach is one of the vegis I can't stand, along with cucumbers, and a few others. For the most part I like my vegis, even the brussel sprouts, asparagus, etc.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Love broccoli, but spinach is one of the vegis I can't stand, along with cucumbers, and a few others. For the most part I like my vegis, even the brussel sprouts, asparagus, etc.
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Asparagus is another one where if it's done right (which is a lot of work) it's fantastic. Spinach is terrible when raw or overcooked, but there is a Goldilocks Zone where it's delicious. It is probably the only difficult food my mother ever cooked competently. :)

I've never had brussel sprouts in any form that wasn't intolerable. They're just a failed food. Some things in nature were not made to be eaten.

I can't stand cucumbers either! How are you with melons? I dislike everything in the melon family in what feels like a very similar way.
 
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Kepler said:
Asparagus is another one where if it's done right it's fantastic.

I've never had brussel sprouts in any form that wasn't intolerable. They're just a failed food. Some things in nature were not made to be eaten.
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The best way to do brussel sprouts is to saute them with some sesame seeds and some good balsamic, at a high temp, so they get good an carmelized on the outside, and stay firm in the inside. Had them at a restaurant like this, they were incredible. Now this is the only way I make them.

IMO, asparagus is best on the grill. Olive oil, a little salt and pepper, and a quick visit to the grill. Too long and they really suck.
 
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Roasted brussel sprouts can be very good, blanch them, toss in olive oil salt and pepper, throw in a nice hot over for about 30 minutes so you a get a crispy outside and nice soft inside, yum. You can throw in a little pancetta for more flavor too.
 
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My kids love brussel sprouts and are big on most vegetables, although the younger one still shuns onions and tomatoes.

There really isn't a vegetable I dislike to be honest although I am sure I'm forgetting something. A ripe tomato for me is about as good as it gets and I can put it onto just about anything. Salsa is an excellent condiment and I won't even use ketchup outside of possibly with fries.

Kep mentioned melons - I used to really dislike all forms of melons until about 3 or so years ago, and for whatever reason gave them another go and instead of picking past them say in a fruit salad I'll eat them every bit as I would an orange, apple, banana...
 
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Kepler said:
I remember when this was just called "Montressori."
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Seamus Mahoney, 14, Yasner’s son, is a well-spoken teenager with the upright posture and demeanor that comes naturally to a person with a black belt in karate, which he has. Even so, he describes himself as an introvert, and said the outdoor education class he’s attending at Brewer High School this year — one of his first experiences being in a traditional school — is “really nerve-racking.”

“I started homeschooling halfway through kindergarten, and I literally don’t know how school works,” he said. “It’s strange. I’ve never really done that stuff before, like writing papers.”
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This poor kid will be lucky to get through one year of college, if he goes that route.
 
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joecct said:
If he's an athlete, he'll be fine at UNC.
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I thought that happened at Wisco and Northwestern?

I kid, it happens everywhere. It happened at Stanford when I was there and at Duke when my friend was there, the two NC$$ beacons of academic "integrity." The factory system is such a crock they shouldn't even have the kids fake going to class.
 
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Kepler said:
I thought that happened at Wisco and Northwestern?

I kid, it happens everywhere. It happened at Stanford when I was there and at Duke when my friend was there, the two NC$$ beacons of academic "integrity." The factory system is such a crock they shouldn't even have the kids fake going to class.
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It does happen everywhere, but the matter, sadly, comes down to the quantity and degree. The U of MN just suspended 10 football players last season regarding accusations of sexual assault/rape. The charges were dropped by local authorities, stating there wasn't enough evidence to move forward with a case against any of the players. The school laid down the suspensions after that, stating that while they may not have violated the law, the players did violate the school's code of conduct. Things have yet to fully play out in all of this, and four of the players have been re-instated, but it's simultaneously heartening and disheartening that the school acted this way. Heartening in the fact that they're willing to go to bat for this female student who is otherwise unknown, going up against 10 football players. It's disheartening in that the school needs only an accusation and questionable amounts of evidence for it to make the decision to suspend students, possibly injuring them for life. (Think about the Duke Lacrosse team here.)
 
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St. Clown said:
It does happen everywhere, but the matter, sadly, comes down to the quantity and degree. The U of MN just suspended 10 football players last season regarding accusations of sexual assault/rape. The charges were dropped by local authorities, stating there wasn't enough evidence to move forward with a case against any of the players. The school laid down the suspensions after that, stating that while they may not have violated the law, the players did violate the school's code of conduct. Things have yet to fully play out in all of this, and four of the players have been re-instated, but it's simultaneously heartening and disheartening that the school acted this way. Heartening in the fact that they're willing to go to bat for this female student who is otherwise unknown, going up against 10 football players. It's disheartening in that the school needs only an accusation and questionable amounts of evidence for it to make the decision to suspend students, possibly injuring them for life. (Think about the Duke Lacrosse team here.)
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And four of those players have had their suspensions overturned.

In other words, the University and thus the media drug them through the mud only to say "oops, I guess we were wrong. Good luck going about your normal life now."
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
That's not what happened at all, actually. The players who's suspensions were dropped were never accused of assaulting the victim.
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They were associated with the incident, though, so that will sit there in the background for a long time.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
Well, they WERE associated with it. Their names weren't just picked at random...
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And then found innocent. The point is, their names are attached to it, despite (later on) having no unlawful (or moral, that we know of) association with the incident. They are tagged. And that's a shame.

FTR, to hell with the ones truly guilty of this incident. Legally cleared, maybe, but not morally.
 
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