173: There Is No Love Sincerer Than the Love of Food

[thefourthvine]

So. Hi. Earlier, I, um, made myself sick by eating an entire jar of pickles. It wasn't a small jar, either. I have no idea what I was thinking, and in fact I'm fairly well convinced I wasn't thinking. Just - there was a jar of pickles. About an hour later, the jar was there, but it contained only a small amount of brine and some random floating

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[fanofall]

Drive-by wombat hug.

::hugs::

[thefourthvine]

Yay wombats!

*hugs back*

[thefourthvine]

You wouldn't think it would be possible, but it manages.

OMG, crunchy. I - I think I don't want to think about that anymore. But I will heartily second your ew. (Although Best Beloved has just informed me that eel is "not bad." I have an eel traitor in my house!)

You're not the only person to eat an entire jar of pickles. You're not even the only one this week. /shame

Sister! Sister in food shame! Possibly we should start a support group for pickle, um, over-consumers.

And also, bacon ice cream? I'd eat it.

*eyes you warily*

It's actually bacon and egg ice cream. Does this change your opinion at all?

[abbylee]

You know, I hate your recs because I end up reading stories in fandoms that I NEVER planned on reading. Or is that planned on never reading? Something.

[thefourthvine]

*beams*

This is exceedingly happy news! I mean, okay, I suppose I should be commiserating with you, but I am too busy being smug and pleased, because that is precisely what I set out to do. Yay!

*happy dance*

[dovil]

Out of all the foods to make yourself sick on you had to choose something vaguely healthy. That's just...disappointing. You might as well go on and out and out junk food binge with tequilla shooters and a nip of nail polish remover for an apertiff if you're going to end up waving goodbye to your stomach contents. You didn't loose out on a thousand and one calories, a sleepless night of stomach cramping, and possible hair loss, you lost out on vitamins.

Pickles. Sigh. *shakes head sadly*

[thefourthvine]

You didn't loose out on a thousand and one calories, a sleepless night of stomach cramping, and possible hair loss, you lost out on vitamins.

Pickles are good for you? I thought they were basically crisp, crunchy salt. With, you know, spices. And some dill. But, wow, that just makes the whole pickle orgy and subsequent, um, side effects even more pathetic.

(Also, I am forced to reflect on how rarely I eat anything that has the potential to cause hair loss. I am BORING.)

[dovil]

To be honest I have no idea if pickles are in fact healthy, but in that they're green and you don't have to unwrap them, they automatically fall into my healthy food category. Nutritionalists will read this and weep quietly to themselves.

Also, I am forced to reflect on how rarely I eat anything that has the potential to cause hair loss.

Yes, but as I lift my greasy face from an overflowing KFC bucket and clumps of hair drift to the floor you can flip your glossy mane about and laugh the mocking laugh of someone without rickets and scurvy. I would laugh, but my teeth would fall out.

[zabira]

this is going to sound crazy-cakes, but you could not have posted this at a better time for me if you had FUNDED A STUDY. though you don't know it, i desperately needed a pick-me-up right this minute, and your posts ALWAYS make me happy. so, thank you!

[thefourthvine]

Yay! And, no, I totally understand what you mean. Sometimes, fandom synchronicity works in your favor. It's always a glorious thing when it does.

So, I hope these stories work for you. (And, also, I hope things improve enough that you don't need pick-me-ups soon. Because I am beyond delighted to have provided one when you needed it, but wouldn't it be better not to need it?)