[Sca-cooks] Evil Science Projects: Good News/Bad News

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Laura C. Minnick:
>At 05:23 AM 10/13/2004, you wrote:
>>  >
>>>  I'm posting this now so that, if I post an update in the morning,
>>>  you'll all know I lived through the night ;-)
>>>
>>>  Adamantius
>>
>>Dude,
>>
>>Don't do it!!!  The last time I thought to myself 'I'll risk it - it'll
>>be fine' was some pickled lotus root I added to a thai curry.  I threw
>>up so hard that I hemorrhaged in my eyes, I coughed up pick foamy sputum
>>(from hemorrhages in my throat), had petechiae all over my face and I
>>found out later that I cracked a rib...
>>
>>It's not worth it...
>>
>>Drakey.
>
>Oh gawd... leave it Drakey to have some suitable gross story, just 
>to start my day off right. ;-D) At least no body parts were sawed 
>off in the process, eh?

I was gonna say something like, Well, Drakey, arter all, this _IS_ 
Drakey we're speaking of. But he's perfectly right. I can only assume 
that I was extremely lucky, or that there's something about the 
respective pickling processes that made the results different. But 
then, I'm also a firm believer in stacking the deck against 
misfortune, and in so doing, making your own luck. The seal on the 
jar was good, not eaten by the various acids, the solids, mostly, 
were cut up fairly small for better penetration of the pickle, and 
there was no rush of gas from the jar, no sliminess, and no weird 
smells. Botulism seemed virtually impossible, due to the pH. I felt a 
reasonable justification for a certain degree of confidence. I 
wouldn't recommend anyone else do this (and stay outta convection 
ovens, while you're all at it!).

Of course, there's the time when I had to visit the chiropractor, 
who, upon hearing that I had thrown my back out as a result of 
projectile egestion after accidentally ramming my uvula with my 
toothbrush, laughed so hard he hurt his own back...

Adamantius
-- 
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conditions be brought under English rule.  It is in truth not for 
glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are  fighting, but for freedom 
-- for that alone, which no honest man gives  up but with life 
itself."
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