amanuensis1: From starchy sticks of bitterness to 300-proof rotting slime in ten seconds flat. IT HAPPENS.

Amanuensis (

amanuensis1) wrote,
@ 2009-09-16 20:49:00

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Entry tags:	anime, food, ohshc, ouran

From starchy sticks of bitterness to 300-proof rotting slime in ten seconds flat. IT HAPPENS.
Me: I hate that I've become so picky about bananas. They've got to be at the exact stage of ripeness and not beyond or I won't eat them.
S.O.: I know what you mean, I'm the same way.
Me: You watch them like a hawk: too green, too green, too green, not quite yet, a little more-- and then you take ONE bathroom break and suddenly, oh, f**k, I missed the window!
S.O.: Took yer eyes off 'em just long enough to inhale. And it's all over.
Me: Yeah, sometimes you hit them in that twelve-hour time span when they're edible. And just one day beyond that...
S.O.: ...it's time to call in John Constantine.

In other news, I watched the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club twice tonight, once in Japanese with subtitles and one with English, and, damn, I have to say, that's a great English dub. Think I'm gonna go with it.

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	golden_bastet 2009-09-17 01:00 am UTC (link)
	This is EXACTLY how bananas work for me. Because if they're too green I actually get a little nauseous, and if they're too far gone... well, banana bread takes time, and I usually don't have it. %^< (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Man, I would have made ninety tons of banana bread if I made it every time I had blackened bananas. Who's got the time, I ask you. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	violetisblue 2009-09-17 01:01 am UTC (link)
	"Too green, too green, too green, not quite yet, a little more-- and then you take ONE bathroom break and suddenly, oh, f*k, I missed the window!" Yep. Yep. nods sagely* That's why I never eat bananas anymore, I never manage to jump on them at just the right time. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 01:12 am UTC (link)
	I used to eat bananas all the time when I was a kid! I'm theorizing this is because you used to be able to buy yellow bananas at the store, so I'd eat three of them the day we bought them. Now all you can buy are bananas so green they're mistaken for elongated limes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	neocloud9 2009-09-17 01:03 am UTC (link)
	IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE IT'S TRUE. Yeah, I though Host Club's dub was hilarious. <3 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 01:15 am UTC (link)
	It's GREAT. I really think I'm going to watch it in English for the first run! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	yamapea 2009-09-17 01:25 am UTC (link)
	sdkfj I love green bananas so I always enjoy a day or so window of deliciousness before they run the risk of over-ripening. :D And oh, Ouran! ♥ So great! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 01:48 am UTC (link)
	I should just acquire the taste for green banana! I actually was shown the first ep of Ouran ages ago, and wanted to go on watching but managed to forget about it in the middle of other shows! Finally I remembered I wanted to get back to it. ^_^ (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	moon_maiden36 2009-09-17 01:27 am UTC (link)
	FUNimation does incredibly good dubs. (They also have incredibly good actors, though I do have a few qualms as to how often they recycle the same voices...) SO MUCH WIN ON THE USE OF THE WORD "TWINCEST" IN THE OHSHC DUB. XD And mmm... banana~~phone~~. <3 (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	neocloud9 2009-09-17 01:51 am UTC (link)
	...Did they use the word "twincest" in the English dub? I didn't remember that! XD (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	masakochan 2009-09-17 01:34 am UTC (link)
	OURAN! I really need to go back and rewatch that series. Definitely one of the more hilarious anime series I've ever watched. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 02:03 am UTC (link)
	It's so cute, just from the first episode! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	naltariel 2009-09-17 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Heh, I got tons of recipes for unripe or too ripe bananas. But I hate eating raw banana, so there's that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Mmm, coconut milk, all by itself! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Banana, baked, is a thing of glory! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	atalantapendrag 2009-09-17 01:50 am UTC (link)
	Ouran Host Club rocks, both the dub and the sub. I wish I'd been able to get into the manga but it was just too... pointy. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 02:06 am UTC (link)
	How many episodes of Ouran are there, by the way? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	winterthunder 2009-09-17 01:55 am UTC (link)
	is the lone voice proclaiming a love for bananas ranging from green to speckled Now raspberries, on the other hand, those things will go from underwhelming to fantastic to moldy in about 10 seconds flat. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Man, raspberries have a short half-life too, you're right! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	geoviki 2009-09-17 02:04 am UTC (link)
	OMG, I'm so with you on the bananas thing. I think that bananas are my favorite fruit, but Mr Geoviki notes, correctly, that I rarely eat them when they're in the house. Now I can tell him why! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 02:08 am UTC (link)
	Point him to this post and educate him, yes! :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	incapricious 2009-09-17 02:24 am UTC (link)
	There needs to be a kind of banana where they ripen sequentially in the bunch. So there is 1 that is ripe and then the next day another one, etc. XD (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 09:07 am UTC (link)
	PATENT THAT. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	lunarennui 2009-09-17 02:50 am UTC (link)
	that is...SO TRUE. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 09:09 am UTC (link)
	Eat them while you can, because the pleasure is fleeting! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dbassassin 2009-09-17 03:38 am UTC (link)
	I'm entirely in accordance with your bananananana issues. I have a freezer full of ones that got away, waiting to be recycled into chocolate chip banana muffins. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 09:10 am UTC (link)
	Ooh, those sound good! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	stinaleigh 2009-09-17 03:50 am UTC (link)
	I am exactly like that with bananas. And once they go over for eating fresh, I throw them in the freezer for making banana bread at some future time. I have to be careful though, that I don't end up with a freezer full of just bananas. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 09:18 am UTC (link)
	They'll take over! They'd take over my freezer, if I did that. ^_^ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	slashpervert 2009-09-17 04:02 am UTC (link)
	I had to read that one aloud to my family. Everyone enjoyed it. (And I don't even like bananas...) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 09:19 am UTC (link)
	Oh, good! Glad to amuse! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	amand_r 2009-09-17 05:40 am UTC (link)
	S.O.: ...it's time to call in John Constantine. It's shocking how many things can be solved with this line. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	amanuensis1 2009-09-17 09:21 am UTC (link)
	Our discussion of how he'd show up and what sexual favors he'd demand kind of degenerated from there. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)