The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part ten — Page 65

Hey Alix. I noticed a lot depended on the moderator in those seminars, and how well he asked questions and kept things going.

I've just looked at the Amazon page for Cybele's cookbook. A couple of the reviews display the kind of appalling lack of sophistication about food that I had hoped was no longer so prevalent:

After a friend of mine brought this to a food allergy support group meeting, we both agreed that this book is very, very, very Organic, and not for children. At least mine aren't going to dive into a batch of Jerusalem artichokes, or chopped livers, or vegetable tagine???

No one in our group has ever heard of the Spectrum brand of oils and shortenings, that she tells us to use.

Of course Cybele explains where to look for all the things she recommends, and you'd think anyone dealing with food allergies would be a little more open to new products.

I origally bought this as I have a child with allergies. Some of the recipes look interesting, and maybe i will try them, someday. But i cannot find many that will appeal to my child. Except the Chicken Nuggets - although these are made with beer. I thought beer had wheat, and i don't think i'll be making my child a dinner with Beer. Nor do i think i can trick my husband into eating lasagna composed entirely of vegetables.

And, of course Cybele SAYS that most beers have wheat, and recommends a brand that doesn't, but I've noticed that the negative reviewers don't seem to have read much beyond the list of recipes. I'm starting to feel like American culture has significantly regressed. There's almost the feel of a political agenda to some of the posts - you know, she recommends organic ingredients, she must be some kind of LIBERAL ELITIST!

Sorry to rant on...

I haven't looked at the reviews in-depth and don't own the cookbook, so I'm probably not in the position to comment. I'd imagine that most snide comments are probably a result of, as you pointed out, a lack of reading the actual text. I support Jessica's idea of forcing people to pass IQ tests before gaining access to the internet.

The heavy pain meds I got when I had my wisdom teeth pulled made me fall asleep. Twenty minutes after I took it, I was out for 3 hours straight. Medicine rarely has an effect on me, but Vicodin is magical.

Chloe, that sucks. I mean, obviously she can just blow-off stupid ratings like that, but still. You'd think these people would read the description of the book before buying it- I'm pretty sure "organic" is used. Then again, common sense doesn't seem to be a quality these people possess. The woman complaining about the all-vegetable lasagna- couldn't she just add meat if she wanted to?

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Updated On: 5/29/06 at 11:40 PM

Ashley, you're so lucky. My friend actually had the same problem. I told her that she's closer to the chimps than the rest of us, with the longer jawline and all. :P

I have to work tomorrow at 7 AM. Save me.

ETA: I'm not sure why I called your situation a "problem," Ashley. Clearly, I'm sleepy.

Updated On: 5/30/06 at 12:11 AM

I don't have to work until 9, but I need to wake up by 7:30 at the latest in order to have enough time to get ready and drop off my laundry and dry-cleaning before I go to work.

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Beer is a weird thing. Yeah, it contains wheat, but most wheat allergic people are okay with it because of the fermentation process.

The thing with writing a book like this is that she can't cover everybody -- allergies aren't like, a formula. So, even with the labelling law snafu aside for a moment, it's impossible to create something in true universal safety.

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Ok late post, but when I had my wisdom teeth taken out I spent alot of time on the computer coming across random sites, which led me here, which made me join in on the fun. So the day I got my wisdom teeth out was the day I joined BWW. Good luck Lexi!!

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woah! Thanks Chloe, that's the clearest picture yet! Now we can actually see it.

A number three? What's above it?

It's so ...wierd.

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