that's injera and it is with all Ethiopian food I've had. It does vary how tangy it is though.

Except the extremely sour flat bread. Is this particular to only some styles of Ethiopian food, or is it always served with an extremely sour bread that tastes like it was made with vinegar?

The bread is called teff, and it's the basis of pretty much all Ethiopian food I've ever had -- they line the plate with it, and serve some on the side, and you use it to scoop up the food. I've had it taste more or less sour depending on which restaurant made it.

t edit: oops. The grain itself is teff. The bread is injera.

I drink mostly water and tons of decaf iced tea with lemon. Soda, I hate diet, and I will occasionally have one with a burger or something.

I don't eat enough fresh veg, but I get a ton of Vitamin C through my lemon juice addiction. I like Special K with Red Berried or oatmeal with dried cran, walnits and lots of cinnamon for breakfast. We eat a lot of pasta. but I usually include at least one extra veg, like mushrooms or red peppers, into the bottled sauce.

Butter? I haven't bought margarine in years. Butter tastes better, so you can use less, IMHO.

We are having good pizza tonight for dinner. HURRY UP I HAVEN'T HAD GOOD PIZZA IN A WHILE!!

tiggy, I did meet D on OKCupid, and maintain my account there, as D has quite a few friends on there. It's his b.org, basically, with a cadre of geeks who use it as such, for him now. It still has plenty of jerks, but I had MUCH better luck with it than with most sites.

Yay for potential new friend, msbelle!

Connie Neil, you might be a supertaster. I find a lot of vegetables bitter although apparently not to the extent you do. Tomatoes are certain worth a try because there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of varieties. The problem is that most of those don't get sold at a supermarket. If you're ever at a farmer's market during the season, talk to a farmer about what they grow that's less acid. Tomatoes will always be somewhat acid, but they vary in sweetness. Some are sweet, some are savory. Romas are paste tomatoes bred for toughness in shipping to supermarkets and bred for tomato paste making. Sungold, for instance, is a very sweet cherry tomato. Almost like dessert. Tomatoes have more variety than anything I know except apples.

I had trouble with my first try at growing carrots. Apparently the slugs/snails would just hoover up the little seedlings. Then I bought a container deep enough to contain a full-sized carrot root and wide enough to have a dozen or more full-sized ones in there. And I started the seeds in that. Success! If the soil is dense, the carrot root will fork and twist. If the soil is loamy, it'll grow one taproot the way you want. Growing them in a container let me control the soil and it also made it easier for me to protect against slugs and snails.

Is an ortanique a citrus fruit?

I find a lot of veggies very bitter--raw tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower--can't stand 'em. I eat a lot of salads and baby carrots and peas and green beans and roasted vegetables.

You know, it really is kind of hard to look knowledgeable and like people should listen to you if you are holding a half eaten tootsie pop in one hand as you talk to them.

There are a bunch of veggies that I find too bitter to eat -- broccoli, brussels sprouts, collard greens, a bunch of others. I usually just buy a little bit of something at first to see if I like it, and then I remember which ones I do like and keep using those. There are also a few things (spinach, in particular) that taste too bitter if I heat it up from frozen, but taste fine if I start with fresh.

No way, Perkins, the tootsie roll pop makes you look smart. Like that owl in the ad.

Is an ortanique a citrus fruit?

It is an orange/tangerine UNIQUE blend. Yeah, Jamaicans are real clever. You should also taste Ugli fruit. No, seriously.

You know, it really is kind of hard to look knowledgeable and like people should listen to you if you are holding a half eaten tootsie pop in one hand as you talk to them.

I aspire to be knowledgeable-seeming despite candy-consuming. It's one of my life goals. No report on how successful I've been to date, but I don't like Tootsie Pops. Or, well, most candy. It's complicated.

Still, msbelle should be envious of me. I did mention the pink gingham socks, didn't I? Did I mention the cowboy boots? The biker jacket? The meeting with my boss that didn't kill me? But might later?