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humanodon  ·  3739 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski IRC - What Was It Like?

People who live in fear get my goat too. Fear is the great inhibitor and while it often modifies our behaviors in a positive way, I think that for a lot of people, fear is much more present in their lives than is healthy.

    That Asian delicacy where the bird has developed inside of the egg and you spoon into it and eat the whole wet-feathery, soft-boned-and-beaked thing.

Ah, you're talking about balut. That used to be one of family's businesses. It takes a practiced eye to know when balut is ready. I think the benchmark is around 13 days. You want to get it before the beak calcifies and the feathers get too . . . feathery. I don't care for eggs in general, so I'm not at all keen on balut. As for testicles, (I think) I've only had goat testicles and they were boiled. They might be ok fried, but boiled meat of any kind is pretty low on my list of "stuff I like to eat". I think another factor in my assessment of the goat testicles was that I had them at what was supposed to be a conciliatory dinner with my old boss, while we discussed the raise I had requested. I don't work there anymore, so there's that . . .





lil  ·  3739 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I briefly considered your eloquent segue from people who get your goat to goat testicles as a writing prompt, but I didn't have the balls.

humanodon  ·  3739 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah well, maybe another day :)