Friday, July 01, 2005

Brief Notes on Cuisine and Culture

Why not just throw a slice of beef in the fucking microwave for eighteen minutes, you fucking gobshites?

It is said that the potato was introduced to these isles by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 16th century. What the fucking fuck did these people eat before then?

I was mistaken earlier. I have never in my life before today seen actual mushy peas. They're mashed. Like green mashed potatoes. Ilse liked them. Then again, you've already reason enough to doubt Ilse's taste.

Tate Modern: Great idea. Badly executed. By far, my favorite room was the one plastered with Soviet propaganda posters, which are as fine an example of modern art as anything else in the museum, although some stuff by a gentleman named Finlay who was deeply concerned with World War II was also very interesting to me. The rest? Feh. And I like modern art.

And finally, one artist who should've been interested in the whole "found objects" thing was the great Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (not that I like her work). What she should have found was a pair of fucking tweezers.

10 comments:

Sasha said...

I believe they ate boiled everything. Together.

You're saying mashed peas. I'm seeing Gerber in a jar.

Also. You're cultural sensitivity about Ms. Kahlo is touching. And correct. She was extraordinarily obsessed with herself as a subject or you wouldn't know that. Her hubby's work is much more to my liking.

Alice said...

I'm loving these travelogues.

Congrats, btw.

Can I be your link friend?

Jolene said...

But have you eaten fish and chips? That's what I would eat if I went to England.

Anonymous said...

Peas are bad. Very, very bad. Mashed peas remind me of...oh nevermind.

Asparagus--now that's a tasty green veggie.

Anonymous said...

Poor Landru--forced to eat mashed peas. Next you'll be eating sheep kidneys or something. Ick.

Frida creeps me out, and I don't usually like modern art.

Landru said...

Sasha: Yes. Gerberiffic. And your cultural sensitivity about apostrophes is equally touching.

Alice: It certainly appears possible that you are minion material.

Jolene: Heavens yes.

Wheezy: That's like withdrawing an offer of makeup sex, that is.

Swami: Creepy, yes.

Sasha said...

Yeah, I'm an apostrophe dork. No editing on comments y'know. But you're a link dork. You made yourself a broken one. That Alice thing? http://aliceinpsycholand.blogspot.com/

(You're supposed to check, y'know?)

Landru said...

I have you to check for me. Thank you kindly.

Anonymous said...

I think Sasha secretly likes being somebody's monkey.

And I almost feel a need to withdraw the make-up sex offer, since somebody got a new sparklie and it was not me. Does that seem right?

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