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[feuervogel]

Monday: +15

Today: +625, 18520.

My writing group liked the Thanksgiving scene and thought I set up the local color very well. The German guy's reaction to green bean casserole got laughs. (green beans + cream of mushroom soup + those little fried onion things from a can -> oven. It's SO 1950s traditional, and I haven't eaten it in years because Ben hates green beans.)

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[krait]

True facts: that is the only food containing cream of mushroom that I will happily eat. :D

[feuervogel]

Is it the mushroom part or the cream soup part? (I have texture issues with alfredo sauce, personally.)

[krait]

Mostly it's the mushroom part, but my hatred of mushrooms is founded on dislike of both taste and texture. They're like dirt-rubbed dish sponge, or those fake 'meat' pieces in cheap cat food, if cat food came in "garden soil" flavour. Urgh.

The cream soup part isn't great, either, because a lot of the time it's so bland (I think the brand matters a lot in this part), and I don't like bland mushy food (I recoil in horror from mayonnaise). Only in green bean casserole do these things somehow become tolerable.

Kind of like tuna salad, actually - I hate pretty much ever single mayo+something 'salad' out there, from egg to chicken to pasta, but something about tuna salad defies my usual reaction and I like it a lot.

[feuervogel]

I loooove mushrooms and will happily eat yours! (Though shiitakes are really weird and rubbery; I don't like those. And some of the ones in the dried forest blend get a horrid texture when reconstituted.)

I'm not a big fan of mayo or avocado or guacamole, though I can tolerate thin mayo on a sandwich if there's nothing else to spread on it. (I, heretically, prefer Miracle Whip. It has a flavor. Though I had an herbed mayo that was OK.)

I hear you on the bland, mushy food. Blech.

[krait]

*passes you the mushrooms with alacrity* Have 'em! :D

not a big fan of mayo or avocado or guacamole

Exactly the same here. It's like spreading oil on my food; gross.

prefer Miracle Whip. It has a flavor

My standard joke-explanation is that I'm such a multitasker I'm always doing other things while eating, so my food needs to have lots of flavour or else I won't even notice it. :D Hence bland is the enemy.

[zombieallomorph]

American tv really makes me want to attend a Thanksgiving dinner one day.
What was the German guy's reaction?

I want a writing group, too. X)

[feuervogel]

He said it was "interesting" and "very dense." Then he compared stuffing to Bavarian Knödel (though I used "dumplings" in the text).

They haven't even gotten to the pie yet! They're currently stuffed and are retiring to the living room to ... well, in the States, they'd listen to football on the radio, I guess. (I haven't written this scene yet, so we'll see what happens.)

Thanksgiving dinner is fun, if stressful (because of family crap, not to mention wrangling a dozen different dishes). Mine tend toward untraditional, since I don't eat meat, but we manage somehow. If you're ever in the same place as me, I'll invite you over!