Elyse Sewell ([info]elysesewell) wrote,
@ 2007-11-15 16:25:00
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butter, isn't it?
Praise the lord: Marty's coming back from tour tomorrow. I haven't had a bit of work or a single non-social obligation since I got back from Hong Kong ten days ago; my mental state and my housekeeping are both approaching maximum entropy. Can't wait to sift through M's luggage in search of presents, scratch around his scalp in search of pickable shreds of dandruff, and concentrate all my healing powers on the inevitable tour-bus-incubated epizooties he'll bring home (pan-Shins conjunctivitis epidemic...ew!). And, of course, to stock our fridge with down-home delights to please his palate:












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[info]scottbateman
2007-11-16 12:34 am UTC (link)
Butter It's Not: By Yoda was named.

And seriously: vagina mold animation.

And even more seriously: Marty's cats apparently eat better than I do.

And but so also: Could It Be Butter? could be NBC's next big prime-time game show.

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[info]elysesewell
2007-11-16 12:39 am UTC (link)
Help me! How do I organize a sense-making and funny vagina mold sound bite? When I tried to make one of those gross-ass menu items, it came out unspeakable annoying.

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[info]elysesewell
2007-11-16 12:40 am UTC (link)
PS If we really had cats they would only eat fuckin' bluefin tuna florentine.

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not bluefin
[info]desayuno_ingles
2007-11-16 02:06 am UTC (link)
only toro. 'M just sayin'.

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interesting toro fact
[info]elysesewell
2007-11-16 04:01 am UTC (link)
"...the side of the bluefin that lies against the deck, called shitami in Japanese, will bring a lower price at the Tsukiji market than the upper side, uwami."

It Must've Been Something I Ate, Jeffrey Steingarten

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Interesting ...
[info]stevejosephson
2007-11-16 04:41 am UTC (link)
Is it because the shitami side shows livor mortis?

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I don't know...but here's another interesting fact from the book
[info]elysesewell
2007-11-16 04:56 am UTC (link)
"And now to the matter of aging. Even USDA Prime beef right off the hoof tastes bloody, not particularly beefy, and will be extremely tough, or gummy if the animal has not passed through rigor mortis. In the few days or week it takes to reach the supermarket, beef ages enough to develop a minimum of tenderness and flavor."

I bet you with umami and shitami toro, there's no discernible difference. Just the idea.

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Re: I don't know...but here's another interesting fact from the book
[info]maisie_lu
2007-11-16 06:04 am UTC (link)
I did not know that! Once again, your non-blog is not only entertaining but educational.

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something new every day
[info]stevejosephson
2007-11-16 01:52 pm UTC (link)
Ah. That would explain why this guy tasted so lousy even though he was the freshest beef I ever had.

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We were gnawing his tough, bland ass not an hour later. I figured it was because he was a variety I was unfamiliar with or because we boiled him in an old oil drum.

Unable to penetrate the mysteries of sushi grading without brushing up my japanese, other than to find out that 'umami' means 'good flavor' and 'shitami' 'preliminary inspection'. But I have a hypothesis: the difference is arbitrary with regard to which side was deck-down on the ship, but poking the carcass to determine fat content degrades the side you touch, but not the side you don't.

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Mmm, mmm, wretched!
[info]stevejosephson
2007-11-18 05:49 pm UTC (link)
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Re: I don't know...but here's another interesting fact from the book
[info]inclementine
2007-11-16 07:16 pm UTC (link)
...so glad I don't eat cows.

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Re: I don't know...but here's another interesting fact from the book
[info]stevejosephson
2008-06-03 04:12 pm UTC (link)
Went to Tsukiji market this morning for a bit of investigation and, you know, fresh fish.

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The words seem to exist because because boats use a different convention about which side is down (so they can't simply use 'right' or 'left') but for each vendor it was either all one or all the other. A bit of unstructured observation at the band saw and there actually does seem to be a difference, namely blood. Seems to settle more in the shitami side, leaving uwami a beautiful pink.

Hope your email notification works better than mine or you'll never read this.

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Re: interesting toro fact
[info]desayuno_ingles
2007-11-17 12:39 am UTC (link)
How in the world can they tell the difference?! But what else can we expect from the culture that brought us the fifth taste...

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[info]ercuan
2007-11-16 03:33 pm UTC (link)
Could it be Butter? A Scott Bateman animation starring vagina mold, Yoda, and Marty's cats. Um, if Marty actually has cats.

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[info]daisypickup
2007-11-19 01:23 am UTC (link)
Can we change it to Butter It Ain't? For the less grammatically-inclined among us.

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[info]ercuan
2007-11-19 02:58 am UTC (link)
Why not.

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