With enemies like that, who needs friends, I always say. I hope you don't have to jump through too many hoops or get stuck with too big a bar tab, Vortex.

It's just annoying because birthdayfriend and I are the planners, who get everything settled, etc. They generally just show up. I love them both dearly, but they are total slackers. Sadly, they make more effort with us than with anyone else, which is something.

But when I take a bite the "mmmmm" is quickly squelched by "gee, this is dead."

Chicken does this to me. I will be eating chicken and then come to a piece of skin or gristle and my stomach will turn queasy and yell, "Chicken! How could you?" Fish, I fear, can never hide it's inherent fishness, unless it's been in a can for a while.

Bah on Vortex's friends. (I am a planner.)

man those dark garden gowns are just scrummy

But when I take a bite the "mmmmm" is quickly squelched by "gee, this is dead."

Chicken does this to me. I will be eating chicken and then come to a piece of skin or gristle and my stomach will turn queasy and yell

This is why they only serve dead chickens at KFC. Sporking a live chicken is a not a pretty sight.

This is why they only serve dead chickens at KFC. Sporking a live chicken is a not a pretty sight.

And now I'm envisioning that scene from Major League where they bring Pedro a bucket of KFC for his sacrifice.

Most of the time, if given a choice, I will cook with fake ground beef instead of real. The fake stuff doesn't have those nasty unchewable bits.

I use ground turkey. I add it to Rice-a-Roni or macaroni and cheese. Sometimes spaghetti.

I just wish fake meat didn't cost more than real meat. Shouldn't stuff made from soybeans be cheaper than stuff made from cows?

The fake stuff doesn't have those nasty unchewable bits.

Ew. What real stuff were you using?

Shouldn't stuff made from soybeans be cheaper than stuff made from cows?

I blame the Military/Industrial/Tofu Complex.