The Meat Eater's Speech (658 words)

[candychic125]

Live Journal has been working on and off all week.  I went to do my freewrite today and I couldn't get the the journal entry with my prompts in it.  So, I went to the kitched to eat a small breakfast and I looked around.  I saw a cookbook and it reminded me that my sister requested that I write something inspired by mangetout.  So here it is.  It's

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[palemoonsdream]

I like this! It's witty and entertaining and handles the - altough quite old - matter in a very refreshing and new way, especially since it's a point of view often overseen by both sides! Don't really see those things you think need a lot of redoing, but I'll look forward to the refined version!

„I still hate tofu and I’m not going to apologize for that. I keep trying it and it sucks every time.“

I have to say that it happened to be the same for me. But then I met a vegetarian who spent a long time in india explained to me that tofu itself of course tastes like crap, since it's absolutely not supposed to be eaten like that. Tofu basically is a carrier for spices, marinade and tastes (like smoked tofu). Once you realize that Tofu that wasn't marinaded for at LEAST 24 hours is basically like eating foam, one suddenly finds a lot of very tasty applications, especially in currys.

„And what the hell is tagliatelle? I couldn’t even find it in my pasta aisle!“

Omg, tagliatelle is SO tasty! I could eat this stuff until I die from exhaustion. You won't find it in the regular pasta aisle, since tagliatelle is a kind of noodle that can't be stored, because it expires after 2-3 days, so when you can get some it will be in the freezer (don't know the word .. the thing thats cold but doesn't freeze it? Since you can't freeze it either, tawing it kills it). So it's really REALLY fresh noodles with a lot of taste and aroma. Eating those with just a hint of spices and a tad of butter is at least as great as a bowl of spaghetti bolognese.

[candychic125]

My mom called me today. She was like, "Candace has got to be kidding. Is she really writing a cookbook?" I had to remind her that all of the stories are fiction!! I think that's great that she said this, though, becausee it means the voice of the narrator sounds authentic. A lot of people have said that about this piece. She told me that "the man with the sinus problem" grossed her out too much to keep reading, lol.

There's a couple of wordy sentences and repetitive things that I would like to snip out. Could also benefit from more transitions...

That's a good point about tofu. I think I've only ever had the marinated tofu once. I could really tell the difference. But for the sake of this piece, the kind of reader the narrator is supposed to be addressing probably doesn't want to marinate something over night when they're hungry that day, lol.

Thanks for clearing up the tagliatelle! That sounds complicated, lol XD Actually, it sounds like the kind of thing you'd only find at a restaurant or a food nut's place where they can spend all day making these sorts of things before they go bad. That's a good jumping point that can be elaborated, so its good that you mentioned it. The "what the hell are these words" section could be expanded more.

If you're refering to the large machine that sits in your kitchen were you keep food and drinks, its the refrigerator, by the way. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=&=&q=refrigerator&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=80l2278l0l3258l11l7l0l2l2l0l396l1010l1.2.1.1l5&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1613&bih=726 This thing, right?

[palemoonsdream]

„She was like, "Candace has got to be kidding. Is she really writing a cookbook?" I had to remind her that all of the stories are fiction!! I think that's great that she said this, though, becausee it means the voice of the narrator sounds authentic.“

It IS very authentic indeed! I even had to check back to see if it's a writing or a regular post of yours … the style of the narrator got me curious, since it's not „your“ style, I mean, not the style you would have written it for yourself if that would have been your intention. If you know what I mean. But it's really nice! Consider a cookbo .. no, not a cookbook. A commentary about food and eating, that would be fun to read! Even as a short-story! :)

„Thanks for clearing up the tagliatelle! That sounds complicated, lol XD Actually, it sounds like the kind of thing you'd only find at a restaurant or a food nut's place where they can spend all day making these sorts of things before they go bad.“

Actually you can buy tagliatelle in nearly every supermarked with a refrigerator around here. Check them out some time when you're around Europe, it's worth it! Isn't that expensive too, maybe 4 Dollars for 500 gram?

„If you're refering to the large machine that sits in your kitchen were you keep food and drinks, its the refrigerator, by the way. This thing, right?“

Refrigerator is right, yes! Thank you very much!

[candychic125]

Thanks a bunch :D Yeah, to people who talk to me regularly, you would be able to tell right away that's not how I usually talk. I know one of my strengths is that my narrators themselves are usually interesting characters with voices distinct from my own. I don't get why I can't take that same talent and apply it to dialogue. I suck at dialogue >.<

Yes! Thank you for that idea. I think I will expand this and make a commentary on food and eating in general. It would be quite humorous.

[palemoonsdream]

Well, talking to you regulary would be quite complicated I think. At least as long as I don't get to be incredibly rich :P ... I guess when it comes to dialogue it's simply training. Because one dislikes to write them (since one "sucks") one tries to write the least possibly amount, and thereby one doesn't get training. Just as a suggestion for one of your next short storys: Do something like "waiting for godot", just a bunch of people talking to each other. Just as training. You'll get feedback on the dialogue, and if it's crap, no publisher will kill you for it :D

Looking forward to your commentary on food, I can imagine it to turn out really entertaining since you've got a bit of a comedian in you! ... ehm, psychically, I mean .. *cough*

[candychic125]

Omg, btw you have so many user pics. I've seen you use this one before but never understood why. I looked at your user pic page, and then I saw that the caption was "hungry" or something and I was like OH because I never noticed the forks before, lol!

[palemoonsdream]

Yeah, actually half the "work" in commenting is selecting a fitting icon for it ... but please, don't give to much about the captions, they were just random impressions of the picture and not always describe the associated mood of that icon. But yes, the "hungry"-icon is my everything-to-do-with-food-icon ^^

[candychic125]

Hehehehe, I could easily fall into the same trap where I generate a lot of icons. I have more I used to use in other places on my HDD. But I stopped myself. It looks addictive! People actually pay people to make new ones for them. Whe I made this account I sat down and I picked out my favorite icons that would work best. I only added 3 more since, which are the werewolf, the cybunny, and the raver

[palemoonsdream]

Yes, it sure is addictive. I'd never pay money for it, though. But since in the paid LJ-Version there is the space aviable, I decided to fill it, so ... well. I guess you noticed that some 50% of them only show up in only the rarest situations and one gets back to picking the same ones over and over again anyway. But I guess it would be time to throw some away some time again anyway. Some day I want to have only self-drawn icons anyway ... well, that'll take some more years I guess ;)

[candychic125]

I didn't realise that LJ had been gifting me user pics for my paid account until I looked up how to get a permanenta account. I was like, ooh, how much do I have to pay for that?! You can't get it, its gifted by LJ. Lol, fail... maybe if I become a famous writer, they'll be more likely to give it to me!

[palemoonsdream]

Yeah, you get 1 Pic for every year you were there and 1 Pic for every 3 month you paid, so 5 Pictures per year you've got an paid account ;)

You can get perma-accounts on LJ on those super-rare Perma-Sales, which are nearly every year and active for like .. 5 days? The usual price for a permanent account is 150-175$, though ... but when one is lucky and notices the sale in time, it'd be cheaper than paying per year after about 10 years ;)