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blackbootz  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 14, 2016

I'm heavily considering pulling the trigger on my tattoo idea today. This specific idea has been kicking around in my head for over a year now, a tattoo in general for years longer. Last night was my dad's birthday and a best friend of mine decided to get my father's beard tattooed under her bottom thumb knuckle in honor of him being her father figure since she was 8. She's getting it today. I told her about my idea, for the nth time, and she said to get it with her tomorrow (today). I said I really freakin' should.

Well tomorrow is today and when is the day gonna be perfect? Here's the general idea. Yes, I love onions.





_refugee_  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I remember you talking about this! I say, do it!

I'm currently contemplating a "Babe" in vintage t-shirt script on my right arm between my macaroni and my mandelbrot, (what m-term can I give "babe" to make it fit in??), and a giraffe in my cleavage, which I think is going to be hilarious.

oyster  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wait, so you mean the giraffe body like between and below the boobs, then the neck going up and the head poking out between and above the boobs ?

Because that's the greatest thing I've heard in months.

_refugee_  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, basically! I had been wanting a giraffe tattoo for a while, and originally going to place it on my left upper arm. But then I was thinking about sternum tattoos and how some of my favorite tattoos on other people have been sternums, and I was like "Hey! What a great spot for my giraffe!" and then my girl pointed out that it would mean my giraffe's head would be poking out of my shirts/cleavage, which we agreed would be hilarious, so I am pretty sure that is where it is going!

mbalex  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Imagine if it was a winking giraffe.

_refugee_  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love crowdsourcing

elizabeth  ·  2750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Honestly, that looks super cool. I would totally do it if I was the one that came up with it! DO IT :)

byonic  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is there a significance to the onion, or do you just like the design?

blackbootz  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've had an abiding love for onions since I can remember first eating them, preferably red but whites and yellows are great, too. They're a favorite food and ingredient. I really like the design, because it's almost geometric though it's of an organic material, but it's mainly because I love the food. Always have, always will. I'm thinking of inner bicep as the location, since it's the first ink and I feel the urge to be somewhat inhibited. But I've also considered forearm and chest.

_refugee_  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What is your favorite use of onion in a recipe? Basically, favorite recipe using onion (to perfection - in your opinion).

user-inactivated  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

1) Find onion

2) Eat a few raw pieces

3) Kiss unsuspecting significant other

4) Breathe hard in their face after

5) RUN

_refugee_  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Shoosh, you!

P.S. I plan on putting up a decoupage post sometime soon! Keep ya eyes peeled! (Soon = several days, not hours or minutes)

user-inactivated  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oooh. I can't wait. Give me a shout out when you post it, I don't want to miss it.

blackbootz  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Raw onions in salads. Sauted onions before every breakfast meal. Roasted onions the way my papa cooks them (he's an amazing amateur chef who hails from Russia, so it's dill and garlic and onions everywhere). As for the hardy har onion dishes that I'm sure rd95 wants to hear about, I'll indulge him: onions and cream cheese (like little dipping scoops), onions and peanut butter, onions bitten into like an apple. Only one of these was on a dare.

user-inactivated  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I actually eat small slices of raw onions (mostly red) because I love them so much. I also love pickled foods. I think it's not coincidence that pickled red onions are one of my favorite sandwich toppings.

blackbootz  ·  2750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Whenever I chop onions, I always pop in a few chopped pieces. Yes, I'm an ogre.

Shrek: Ogres are like onions.

Donkey: They stink?

Shrek: Yes -- No!

Donkey: Oh, they make you cry.

Shrek: No.

Donkey: Oh, you leave em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin’ little white hairs.

Shrek: No. Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers.

Donkey: Oh, you both have layers. Oh. You know, not everybody like onions.

user-inactivated  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've never thought of pickled onion as a thing outside of a ye old (british?) bar garnish before, but now I really want to try them.

Do you pair them with something savory, or would they be good with lettuce and tomato?

user-inactivated  ·  2751 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Um. They go really good with deli meats, especially bologna, ham, or turkey, and compliment mayo and lettuce really well. I'm not a fan of tomatoes, so I don't know how well the two go together. That said, they're absolute heaven with fish patty sandwiches, especially salmon or cod. Sadly, I've pretty much all but cut seafood out of my diet because I have a hard time reconciling eating food that comes from such an environmentally harmful industry. I haven't had a fish sandwich in over a year. Talking about it makes me want one. :(

To give you some idea of what they taste like, my wife pickles red onions with red wine vinnegar, water, sugar, bay leaves, and regular pickling spices.

user-inactivated  ·  2748 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've always wanted to get into pickeling, but I have an irrationally deep fear of botulism. I'll happily eat homemade pickles, but have a block about trying to do them myself. I miss out on so many good veggies from the farmer's market because I was too afraid to try and can them.

Dented tin cans also sketch me out.