RSVP Blog

I just tried to post this in relationship matters, but it seems to be broken....
morning guys, australia day long weekend, and I am off to the coast, with the dog Jack in the backseat....and doing a mini meet with dolphin..well we have met before so a catchup!!!!

and Bob, I thought the way to a woman's heart was , for me, lips, for kissing and yummy food, (willow has worked it out, he has the girls q'd up at his door!!)ears to hear the sweet nothings that will be whispered to me and stomach...for being kissed on!!!!!!!!! then we can discuss the wallet...hehehehehehehehe..PS. I prefer a mans bits to be just where they are meant to be, more fun that way!!!!
Have a lovely day all...off to work....jewels

Posted by: junebaby57 at January 24, 2008 8:07 AM

There's a patch to help people stop smoking on the market and one to prevent pregnancy, and apparently there is also a new passion patch (spelt “patch” not “pash”) being trialled.

Anyway we were sitting there having coffee when a blonde thingo and “nice” male (according to her, enviously, of course, with overtones of “why aren’t you like that”) walked by and she says “She’s got a patch on.” So I says “Probably the new passion patch.” Went right over her head. Score 1 4me.

Yes. Touching women is an issue. Touchy women an even bigger one. And no it wasn’t me. At 2,000km away, I am fairly safe. And the only thing about this post that relates to food was that we were having coffee.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 24, 2008 5:04 AM

Now my 2nd marriage failed because if it was not for the woman making the move nothing would happen....Come on! This was not for me. No way!

What happened to the the dashing man sweeping the lady off thier feet and; they made happily after sex, commitment what ever you decide.

I suppose in todays worlds we are made up of all diferent types of people.

I hope we find what we are all looking for.

Posted by: mstingle at January 24, 2008 12:47 AM

I think that men and women will have to realise that we are all different and if things don't work out in regard to who made the first move, so be it.

It just means that wasn’t meant to be or you have to work on it depending on the situation.

I personally would not make the first move. I would prefer for the man to lead and then if something happened between us then I would willingly if not enthusasitcally respond.

However the timing must be right. Also my turn on is the mind of the person as well as the physical attractions.

Posted by: mstingle at January 24, 2008 12:31 AM

wow i just seen the time distance on the postings. Should of had a look prior to my post to you WnW

Posted by: moreofaman4u at January 23, 2008 11:33 PM

wnw are you dying or drowning, or need superman!

Posted by: moreofaman4u at January 23, 2008 11:31 PM

This blog is dying ........... help!!

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 11:08 PM

Why, thank you Aliane...high praise...I am flattered:))...I won't tell in the morning...unless I am asked!

Posted by: istj54 at January 23, 2008 6:28 PM

...very forward and impolite, Kenny. Run before she takes advantage of you in ways that could mar your psyche for life...or stay, but you must tell us about it in the morning:))

Posted by: istj54 at January 23, 2008 5:36 PM

I'm with you on this one, Aliane. I like to make the first physical move and have suggested this to men too. I tell them to wait till she touches, or kisses you, and then you know she is interested.: istj54
I agree with both of you and always wait for the lady to make the first move....however if this happens to be on the first date does this mean that she is being forward and impolite??? just wondering if there are different rules here.

Posted by: abckenny at January 23, 2008 5:31 PM

I'm with you on this one, Aliane. I like to make the first physical move and have suggested this to men too. I tell them to wait till she touches, or kisses you, and then you know she is interested...got to say that I hate men to touch my hair too soon too. That is really personal. I'm beginning to sound a tad untouchable here but I'm not...especially with the right guy.

I must admit that I do tend to touch people on the arm when I talk to them. It means nothing guys. Many women do this. We talk with our hands too..ha,ha!

Posted by: istj54 at January 23, 2008 5:09 PM

Posted by: abckenny at January 23, 2008 4:42 PM

Okay I will have a look.

Posted by: mstingle at January 23, 2008 5:07 PM

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 4:41 PM

Hopefully on meeting you it was not a negative because they thought your blogging was better. If it was the reverse than that would be better wouldn't it. Like you are even better in person.

We didn't get to talk all that much but I sensed that you were like your comfortable with others around you. With your bloging you come across as a very conscientious person.

Posted by: mstingle at January 23, 2008 5:04 PM

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 4:33 PM

Okay I will have a look. Then when March comes my profile will be down to concentrate on uni. Then it will be back up again between 1st and 2nd semester.

Posted by: mstingle at January 23, 2008 4:55 PM

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 4:27 PM

Thank you for your feed back. I am not really concerned about not having been out to meet someone yet. I am patient to meet the right people that is all and hopefully the right person in the end. It was an observation of my own behaviour and feelings that were interesting hopefully with subsequent meetings I will become more confident.

Yes today122 said to me that she didn't think anyone would have noticed that I was nervous.

I am grateful that the company I had that day was of very intelligent and positive people.

The best thing to come out of it was making new friends:)

Posted by: mstingle at January 23, 2008 4:49 PM

misstingle i tend to agree with WnW either of the last two photos show a softer side i think

Posted by: abckenny at January 23, 2008 4:42 PM

istj54 - I agree ... the first bloggers' meeting you go to is strange because you feel as though you know the people but you don't ... and you think they may have already pre-judged you on what you have blogged. I have been to 3 bloggers' meetings and several people have said to me that I am quite different to what they expected. Go figure....

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 4:41 PM

Hi again mstingle - I just had a quick look at your profile ... if you can, I'd suggest you make your 4th photo the main one. What do others think?

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 4:33 PM

Mstingle...I was very nervous when I went to the Melb blog lunch too...in fact more nervous than when meeting men. It could have been meeting many people all at once...but that never happens to me at seminars...or it could have been that we do open up and share our feelings here and it is usually safe to do so...and then there are all these people you have spoken to...who know you, but don't know you...just random thoughts here.

I was very nervous on my first rsvp meeting but after that I just likened the meetings to having dinner with friend's or co-worker's husbands. You are never nervous of meeting/speaking to men in those situations and these are the same men...so why be nervous?
Sometimes I have a drink when I arrive though...funny story...I met a man one day and thought he'd ordered a lager...so I thought, why not, I'll have a gin and tonic...and then his latte arrived...luckilly he did not think I was a lush and he had a drink later...but it was a bit embarrassing at the time.

Posted by: istj54 at January 23, 2008 4:28 PM

Hi mstingle - and I thought the champagne story was a good one .... but I like the other one much better, very nice thought. Were you shy? I don't think we really noticed ... we all thought you were very nice and good company. I personally can't believe you haven't had a meeting yet ... what is wrong with the men in your area.

The question of early physical contact is a good one and I think can give a good indication of what each person is feeling about how the date is going. If two people click then early physical contact may be normal and just instictive.

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 4:27 PM

Posted by: aliane at January 23, 2008 2:56 PM

Yes I agree Aliane I think that if a man makes a physical move too soon, it usually means that they are not interesting in you as a person with interesting things to share.

Posted by: mstingle at January 23, 2008 4:18 PM

Posted by: istj54 at January 23, 2008 2:27 PM

Yes I know what you mean after the weekend I was not really into the blogs and some were a little annoying. I too want to talk about being single and dating etc. A bit of fun is okay but sometimes people become silly and bait people all the time.

Anyway it is good to share your experience, which you have just done. It is a little daunting this entire dating thing. It is scary meeting for dates for the first time and unfortunately some people think just because you are available they can take their liberties.

It is not like learning how to ride a bike at all. For some reason or another we have to learn again how to date and about our own selves in regard to dating.

I have a number of emails but I have not as yet met even for a first date.

Even though everyone was okay on Sunday I could not help feel nervous. I wasn't just meeting one new person; I was meeting quite a number. There was no one there that I had met before.

This is where I am grateful to today122 and Timewarp1 for being so kind meeting with me just before the blog meeting.

Still I know that I stuffed up a little. Because I was nervous I answered one question with a half truth all because of my mind trying to remain and appear calm.

One of the bloggers they would know who they were asked me a simple question. "How did you come by your blog name" It wasn't as if they were saying 'look I have a gun to your head, give me your purse or anything'

So I answered that I at first had tried another name and some others but they were taken. That first part was true, and then I went blank being so shy underneath and thought now what was I saying.

I hate this when I go blank under the pressure that I myself put me under.

The second part I said that I got my blog name by looking at a glass of champagne. This was not so.

The reason was the name just popped into my head and then as I wrote my profile I thought yes, if you met someone that you were attracted during contact with each other, dating or over the phone after you have met, you get excited to see or hear from them and it kind of makes you tingle all over.

Yes I thought it would be great if I could feel this way about someone once again.

Yes well I don't think it is really easy fro anyone if we are honest. Therefore it is good to hear about other people’s adventures into dating again.

Next time I plan to ask questions from some males myself. I don't want them to think that I am self absorbed and not interested and learning about them. It was all just nerves.

Posted by: mstingle at January 23, 2008 4:11 PM

Thanks WnW, Kenny and Aliane for the input. I guess if there was a spark I would not have minded as much but I still would have felt awkward about it so soon. Maybe you can walk hand in hand on the second date...don't know. Now that I think of it hand holding is actually quite a personal thing to do.

Yes, WnW his behaviour later was totally counter-productive because it totally put me off a man that I had thought to be very pleasant, just not for me.

I have felt that actual "spark" once in my life too. I did not even see the man but backed into him accidentally in an office. It was like a volt of electricity going through me....and yes, we di have a relationship for quite a number of years....but, alas, it was always PHYSICAL....not chemistry:))

Posted by: istj54 at January 23, 2008 3:56 PM

istj54 - normally I would say it is very presumptuous and even impolite to grab a person's hand after just a few drinks and certainly it would be to put your arm around them so soon. Usually a person would explore less personal touching first, such as a light touch on the forearm to judge the reaction, see if any reciprical touching is forthcoming and go slowly from there.

However, on rare occassions there could be cases where both parties are immediately drawn to each other and touching just happens after a short time together and is immediately reciprocated. This has happened with me but only once that I can remember ... an almost instant connection if you like ... a spark.

You obviously didn't reciprocate his feelings so he should have respected that and backed off. To then act the way he did was immature and totally counterproductive.

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 3:33 PM

istj54 ...hmmm...do you think it impolite to try to hold hands after just two drinks together or am I being precious?
I don't see it a matter of polite or impolite but rather a matter of chemistry.If the chemistry was there I doubt you would feel uncomfortable.

Posted by: abckenny at January 23, 2008 3:30 PM

I know exactly what you mean, Woodnwine. They are almost not worth a look-in anymore.

How could we make them more interesting? I've tried to put in some discussion points but no one takes up on them. They were probably boring anyways.

Posted by: istj54 at January 23, 2008 2:27 PM

Speaking of archives, RSVP, I wish they worked properly but they don't.

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 2:19 PM

When are the blogs going to get interesting again? Look back over some of the archives for some good discussions about things that matter concerning dating. This year really is off to a slow start blog wise.

Posted by: woodnwine at January 23, 2008 2:18 PM

db2...dang. just when I thought you had revealed the true secret of rsvp...taking lovers instead of love, and more importantly, how to stage manage it!

Posted by: lamuse at January 22, 2008 12:56 AM

db2 and lamuse: I would simply get confused and call them both by the wrong name. Hope that you have fun db2 and being true to yourself is surely the most important thing. I believe in love for myself personally. It would be nice to have someone to cook for/with.

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 23, 2008 1:04 AM

ISTJ @ 6.44am 22nd

Thank you so much for your kind acknowledgement of the existence of my rather paltry overture to you, posted to this blog at 12.56am on the 21st.

You'll have realised how much your hoped-for response really meant to me , to cause me to get down on my knees to you and shower you with all those pretty pleases, in the relationships blog about 3.30am on the 22nd.

Now I can stop feeling insecure about being ignored in blogland, and get back to chatting up chicks in real life.

Will begin by sending out my next volley of kisses to a dozen or so more of the unusually-interesting local ladies that I've previously noticed at different times, but been too busy to begin processing at those times - so had to stash them in my RSVP "favourites" file with the other 300, for 'Ron.

On previous statistics, that should get me 3 or 4 first dates for next week, to keep my mind off the blogs for a while.

Night all, and seeya again when the smoke clears.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 23, 2008 12:24 AM

Candles from Coles? Surely on a getaway like this you could swing by Dusk and splurge :)

Posted by: wishfulthinker03 at January 22, 2008 11:30 PM

Having fast food for a few nights is ok until you settle in but you should start cooking for yourself as soon as possible

Posted by: seaninsydney at January 22, 2008 8:15 PM

db2 r u a tosser or what?

Posted by: moreofaman4u at January 22, 2008 8:09 PM

Puuuuuleeeeeeease. Get over it and get a life. I'm about to go for a "getaway" with one of my lovers. Need to go to Coles and get some candles.

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 22, 2008 5:03 PM

Istj. No-one has said you are past it after 40. A certain rsvp femme is 60 and thinks her ideal male should be able to keep up with her cycling 100 km a day! And you are 54 and without disclosing your private life, you aren’t exactly a slouch in certain departments. But this is sooooo off the topic of the blog.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 22, 2008 11:00 AM

Posted by: lamuse at January 21, 2008 10:33 PM

You definately are attractive. I would say that you are slim. Athletic would be more if you had more defined muscles showing in the arms say like Madona or the one of sex in the city that plays the part of the writer.

Posted by: mstingle at January 22, 2008 9:46 AM

And seems to me your tales are more than a bit mysogynist. What did they do with useless old men?

Posted by: lamuse at January 22, 2008 12:49 AM

They have greated the RSVP blogs for them to vent thier spleen:)))))))))

Just kidding!! I would not be so cruel to my good friends who like to say that there are no good women on rsvp and we have all lost it anyway after 40....don't think that I am not paying attention...and Timewarp, you will have to do a whole lot better than that to get a bite out of me.

Posted by: istj54 at January 22, 2008 6:44 AM

lamuse: i know--I just like to play around with assumptions people make about gender. Of course if Ellie was a woman she would never have written that article in the first place.

hello twobits; how are you?

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 22, 2008 1:20 AM

slightsync and lamuse: you are lovely women--stay confident and sure of yourselves, always.

lamuse, in answer to your question about what they do with old men--well, there are only two bits that are useful in a male--and those two bits have usually passed their use-by date by age of 50. So the tribe just tolerates them until they just go away. . . . .

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 22, 2008 1:15 AM

But sadly 2Bits is right in that Ellie was a man, so perhaps he would have said 'the phenomena', as no doubt there are many when old men age.

Posted by: lamuse at January 22, 2008 1:08 AM

Just for you twobits; Ellie Metchnikoff would never have written "the phenomena of old age." She would have written "the phenomenon of old age." You precocious old thing, you.

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 22, 2008 1:01 AM

db2...dang. just when I thought you had revealed the true secret of rsvp...taking lovers instead of love, and more importantly, how to stage manage it!

Posted by: lamuse at January 22, 2008 12:56 AM

lamuse: I could tell you, but then i'd have to kill you--and everyone else reading the blogs. (Just kidding--sometimes people don't get the joke, sorry)xx

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 22, 2008 12:51 AM

Twobits, she sounds happy...yes, because it appears she's settled for sex with 2 lovers rather than continuing to look for one 'partner' to love. Could be a good solution. Not for me...loveless sex is no longer all that enjoyable any more for more than a week or so, tops.

So, you suggest bouquet garni with your cooked old lady (just getting back OT here)? How about roasted with an apple in the mouth? And seems to me your tales are more than a bit mysogynist. What did they do with useless old men?

Posted by: lamuse at January 22, 2008 12:49 AM

hey Willow, thanks. yeah that one can be put in the history box.

i'm still laughing though, at your idea of a blog called 'I would like . . . ."

eg: I would like to believe in love (really) but my life is so much happier now.

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 22, 2008 12:46 AM

2bits, yes, well from that POV, all advancing of age would seem precocious. When I was 14 I thought 30 year olds were old. When I was 30, I thought 50 year olds were. Now I am just in denial! But when I take those tests that measure your physical age, I come out 10 years younger..so diet and exercise does help. I call it "slowing the decomposition"..:>)

Posted by: lamuse at January 22, 2008 12:23 AM

Posted by: aliane at January 21, 2008 8:31 PM

If I follow your advice and NF's plus lstj54's if needed how can I go wrong.

Best wishes to you, diamondblue then. If you do not need to be on RSVP, more power to you. Also you sound very happy : )))

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 22, 2008 12:16 AM

Hi everyone was really nice at the Brissy meeting wish you could have been there also beening another favorite blogger of mine. Later four of stayed behind and had diner at The Ship Inn. Everyone said that the food was great and we also had desert and that was really good too!

Posted by: mstingle at January 21, 2008 7:17 PM

Hey mstingle, am so glad, well I would have loved to attend of course. Sounds like a blast was had by all. Really sounds like you had a special day with lots of great events. Shame I can not make the Melb bloggers meet this time round.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 21, 2008 8:09 PM

I add chili sauce to my monogamy and it works wonders (just checking to see if you’re actually reading this)

Does that sting? Chilli sauce is about my favourite and chilli chocolate thanks Lindt. It is pretty hard to read all these aphrodisiac suggestions while single...some of us have to find a partner but it sure is food for thought. Will be handy when the occasion arises to have the food lists and suggestions of food during. What about organic where possible, if that would add to the potency? Damn, I may just eat some of those foods for fun...why wait for a partner? Singles can still enjoy food like that : ))

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 22, 2008 12:13 AM

db2 I hope you answer my q's before you go too.. am most curious how you juggle it, and if you met the 2 lovers here...could be hope for us all!

Posted by: lamuse at January 22, 2008 12:10 AM

db2, you asked me the question in Relationship Matters.

Since neither of us can track down the meaning, shall we confine the question to history.

Perhaps RSVP may think it worthy of a new blog "I would like", I dread to think where some may take us with this. I would think food, sex, travel and various other unkind thoughts about ex partners would be prominent.

Posted by: willow1059 at January 22, 2008 12:01 AM

Before i go-- Willow, what is the "I would like" context that you can't help me with. ????? i must have been somewhere else when my keyboard wrote that one! Can't remember which blog you wrote that on--because now both are about food and sex--at last the blogs are about the two things that really matter.

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 21, 2008 11:48 PM

iamuse don't be so precocious for an older woman.
You are slim ......

Posted by: twobits at January 21, 2008 11:37 PM

OK, that's two votes for 'slim' so that was what I'd said...just doing a reality check.

Twobits, I think older women can't be precocious by definition.

Posted by: lamuse at January 21, 2008 11:43 PM

Rider and Archer - Expect an email soon!

Posted by: ninaschen at January 21, 2008 11:17 PM

ridersonthestorm74 get onto it............K

Posted by: auntykaz at January 21, 2008 11:14 PM

wish- try cooking the FRESH Asparagus( not canned )in a pan with a small amount of water and with a sprinkle of salt, about 3 to 5 minutes is fine.
As for home delivery...it would taste terrible unless it was fresh ;)

Posted by: ridersonthestorm74 at January 21, 2008 11:01 PM

Hi bloggers
I enjoy your wise words and you seem to have more fun than what I have had since being on RSVP (about 2 weeks) I really like your sense of humour, warped and otherwise.

Also LaMuse you would be classed as slim

Posted by: aquariusgirl1959 at January 21, 2008 10:58 PM

Rider...you won me - but don't worry about the asparagus, still haven't acquired a taste for that yet (I have visions of green slime, thanks Mum). Chicken and Pumpkin risotto is one of my favourite things....hmmm. dont s'pose you can home deliver???

Posted by: wishfulthinker03 at January 21, 2008 10:50 PM

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 21, 2008 6:22 PM

Hilarious.....you'll be back.......

Re: Bloggers meet in Melbourne.....if anyone is interested in going and meeting a great bunch of bloggers then contact Ninaschen.....do it....do it now!!

Posted by: misswendyxx at January 21, 2008 10:46 PM

You look slim to me, Mamuse.

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 10:40 PM

OK, my solo dinner creation tonight was chicken breast cooked in a sort of pan-Asian style: stir fried with veggies on hand (zukes, onions and green beans)
with basil, chili, lemon, fish sauce.
Dessert was plum and lychees topped with sweetened yogurt with a big dash of cinnamon.

OK, now on a different but previously discussed topic in the profiles blog, would someone look at my profile..I have just added a pic taken yesterday. I want opinion on how I should classify my body type in the profile..average, slim, or athletic. Thank you viewers and bloggers.

Posted by: lamuse at January 21, 2008 10:33 PM

ps...I think all those posts on Relationship Matters should be wiped. They are all off topic.

Now can we discuss the utensils, please?

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 10:30 PM

B

Good rules for daily life with a woman too...and a young man told me today that his dad told him to always let a lady go first...I said...and let her, also, always be right, but he said his dad did not go that far...but has still had a very long marriage.

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 10:25 PM

Good workout for the calf muscles Aliane?

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 10:22 PM

E

2 rules for playing a game of tennis with a woman:

1. never hit the ball too hard;
2. always let her win.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 21, 2008 10:21 PM

Granite is not too bad...in summer...but laminex keeps a constant temperature all year...just don't make the bench tops too high:)

...and who might that man be twobits? I haven't noticed any Melbourne men blogging!...only Twoeyes and, no, I haven't dumped on him...there don't seem to be any Melbourne bloggers anymore, mores the pity....

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 10:14 PM

Nina,
Thanks! I have stamps I can use too, so let me know if you want to do that.
:)

Posted by: archerrising at January 21, 2008 10:11 PM

Nina
Sounds good to me :)

Posted by: ridersonthestorm74 at January 21, 2008 9:52 PM

And here I was thinking that women’s perpetual desire for a new remodelled kitchen was merely because they wanted to keep the Dimboola Marble Company in business.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 21, 2008 9:51 PM

Hi Rider and Archer - we were going to spend a stamp to contact you two! We would love you (and ANYBODY else who wants) to come to lunch. There are stamps that need to be used so let me know via the blogs if you want to come and we will be in contact.

Posted by: ninaschen at January 21, 2008 9:45 PM

Aliane...you can't fit the doona into the dishwasher after the red wine spills:)
...and it's nice to keep the kitchen bench clear for other activities besides cooking.

...and here's another sticky tip from your local Golden Arches...hotcakes with syrup...just don't put all the syrup on the hotcakes...mmmmmm!...I hope this is an adult site because I would hate to think where that syrup may end up!

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 9:34 PM

SugarBabe

You can’t spend 24 hours a day doing what you suggest.

You have to eat sometime.

Don’t you know the old saying “If you don’t eat, you don’t … and if you don’t …, you die.”

There is no like saying for bedroom athletics.

I thought we discussed Sildenafil Citrate when dispensing with chemistry lessons.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 21, 2008 9:03 PM

Oh no, gelati on Mooloolaba beach, how absolutely wonderful......brings bck some lovely memories that does.....l love Mooloolaba beach.....sigh..........K

Posted by: auntykaz at January 21, 2008 8:48 PM

Food during Foreplay and Sex

Sugar, here are some women discussing your very topic (edited of course- some of them were getting all hot and bothered just talking about it)

“What should we lick off of each other?

1. Chocolate syrup
2. Whipped cream, strawberries, chocolate syrup, honey. The stickier the better. That way once you are done you can take a hot shower together and get dirty again.
3. Wine! Let him dribble it over you and lick it up.
4. Chocolate syrup, whipped cream, etc all very good ideas but make sure you lay something (an old blanket or whatever) on the floor to save the cleaning bills!
5. Kama Sutra is a great brand that makes flavored oils, creams and honey dust. Its a little pricey, but damn are the flavors amazing. The oils are really potent, but the creams are perfect and try the honey dust.
6. Yoghurt, but be careful with the yogurt…you don't want any of those live cultures going places they shouldn't!! Pudding has a similar consistency and might make a good alternative.
7. Dip sliced strawberries in champagne and have him eat those out of your ….but sugar near the fluids emitted during… may have deleterious side effects.”

See. Women worry about the clean up!! Isn't that typical.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 21, 2008 8:43 PM

rider: I think nina is organising a melbourne bloggers' meet for Sat. 9 Feb. Not sure if I can make it yet so haven't responded myself, but would love to make it to one of these.

Posted by: archerrising at January 21, 2008 8:36 PM

Gee, sounds like I missed a great day out out at the BLOG gathering! Next time or maybe we need to start a MELB get together?

Wish- I will make you your own Risotto...chicken with pumpkin and fresh asparagus?

Posted by: ridersonthestorm74 at January 21, 2008 8:30 PM

ps...Eroticfish, forget all that trouble shopping and making tasty morsels to feed your loved one. Go to the online pharmacy and stock up on estrogen and viagra...no dishes to wash later and the kitchen stays clean. That is always a turn-on for me!

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 8:26 PM

...Is it now to be food as foreplay Eroticfish?

Posted by: istj54 at January 21, 2008 8:16 PM

Sounds like a great drive home msT...so good of you to drive this far and spend a day and lovely to meet you.

Scallop risotto...awww Rider...is it too late to pick out the fishy bits and put in something that had four legs, if not, I shall remove my cutlery from the table and leave a space for lamuse

Posted by: wishfulthinker03 at January 21, 2008 8:15 PM

Plenty of room ...BUT....I just used the last of the wine in the Risotto

Posted by: ridersonthestorm74 at January 21, 2008 8:11 PM

IT was the Greeks who coined the term "Aphrodisiac" after Aphrodite the Greek goddess of sensual love.
Certain foods are reputed to increase libido, cure impotency and create a stronger desire for sex.

But not all foods do this. Only a small handful of foods possess just the right combination of look, feel, taste and nutrients to "turn us on." Studies show that Zinc, Potassium, Vitamin C, E, and B6, are all vital nutrients for a healthy and vibrant sex life.

Foods such as pumpkin seeds, pine nuts and oysters are all high in Zinc which are needed to produce healthy seminal fluids".

Adding small amounts of chili to your food, which is high in Vitamin C, stimulates circulation, and spices up your love life. I add chili sauce to my monogamy and it works wonders (just checking to see if you’re actually reading this)

A diet high in trans-fats, refined carbohydrates and alcohol lowers men's sexual response and decreases their testosterone levels.

Men, especially, need to be mindful of maintaining a healthy diet high in vegetables, fruits and whole grains if they want to keep their libido up and partners happy and satisfied.

This Valentine's Day keep your aphrodisiac food list handy, and cook your way into a passionate night of pure bliss that you and your loved one will never forget.

Here are ten of the top aphrodisiac foods guaranteed to light your partner's fire:

Raw Oysters: This is one of the most popular and well-known "sexy" foods on the aphrodisiac list. High in Zinc, which increases sperm and testosterone production, oysters also contain a hormone called dopamine, which increases libido.
Squeeze some fresh lemon juice onto them for extra zest.

Asparagus: Loaded with vitamin E, a key nutrient for a healthy sex life and treating impotence. And if you’re laughing X, I was drunk that night.

Eggs: Hard boil them and spread a little caviar on the top, and you have an aphrodisiac bomb that is guaranteed to make waves long after the meal is finished. Eggs are rich in B6 and B5, both crucial for libido and balanced hormone levels.

Almonds: Both the smell and nutrient make-up of almonds make these crunchy morsels a "must eat" on Valentines Day. Full of essential fatty acids, they are particularly important for male hormone production. To get her in the mood, light an almond scented candle during dinner and she will never know what seduced her. (Well actually she will. Too many of them know about DNA tests)

Figs: Known as a food fit only for the gods and goddesses, figs are high in amino acids and improve sexual stamina. Flambé fresh figs and serve them over vanilla ice cream with a balsamic reduction- a sure way to sweeten anyone's mood.

Avocados: Avocado trees were referred to as "testicle trees" by the ancient Aztecs, and rightfully so. Moreover, avocados are bursting with folic acid, a type of vitamin B that helps turn protein into energy, and potassium that helps boost men and women's libidos.

Chili: Spice up your night and get a good hit of vitamin C at the same time, by incorporating some chili into your Valentine's Day dinner. (ps it’s not the chili that does it, it’s the 10 bottles of wine you need to countereffect)

Bananas: Packed with bromelain enzymes, potassium and riboflavin, eating one banana a day is guaranteed to keep you energized. Phallic shaped 2 boot

Garlic: Perhaps known more as a "turn off" than a "turn on," garlic is actually a very effective aphrodisiac. Garlic contains a potent ingredient called Allicin that increases blood flow and libido. But don't forget to bring the breath mints or you will be sent home early.

Chocolate: This is the surest way to a women's heart. Nibbling on a piece of dark chocolate immediately produces a chemical called phenylethylamine, which is believed to produce the feeling of "being in love." So, a gift a chocolate should, in fact, sweep your beloved off his or her feet and into your arms.

For Valentine's Day, what could be more romantic than dipping bananas into a shared pot of chocolate fondue?

Using food to spark your sexual appetite is a creative and fun way to woo your loved one, stay healthy, and indulge in some of the foods that we sometimes overlook on the menu. With a little help from our aphrodisiac friends, this Valentine's Day you can have your chocolate cake and eat it too!

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 21, 2008 8:09 PM

Hi all.....

My Scallop risotto is coming up a treat tonight :)

Posted by: ridersonthestorm74 at January 21, 2008 7:45 PM

Any room at your table? Yum!

Posted by: lamuse at January 21, 2008 7:59 PM

I have actually just got home from after the meeting yesterday.

I had Chicken breasts with baby Spinach, sun dried tomatoes etc on a bed of peppery mashed potato and Creme Brulee (spelling) for desert.

I desided that I was not going to drive straight home this morning so I took my time and it turned out such a fantastic day even though I was doing all alone (of course you can do this).

I had a cafe latte at a service centre off the Bruce Highway a the bean something or other and also was naughty and bought a sausage and bacon mcmuffin and a hashbrown form maca's. The coffee from the other place was really good.

I went to all the beached around Caloudra for quick look done this so many times on the way home but it has been awhile.

Stoped at the Kawana Waters Hotel and had a flutter layed out 5 got back 55 not bad and I had a glass of Merlot. Which reminds me the Cab Merlot that I had last night at the ship Inn, it was an Andrew Garrett wine it was so smooth and delicious.

Stopped at the wharf at Maloolabah and had some flake from the fishmarket there, absolutely love flake.

Then I had a gellati at Maloolabah beach, oh how devine, chocolate, coffee and lime. I ate this sitting under a tree watching the waves.

Swam at Paregian Beach and had a vodka, lime and soda.

and drove on along the coast passing through Noosa and then through Cooroy, beautiful scenery between Noosa and Cooroy and then onto the Bruce Highway again stopping only once more to have a cafe latte at the service centre before Gympie at the coffee shop there another good coffee.

Boy did I really have to come home, of course the children and dog were all excited to see me return:)

Once home I sang (badly), I had the time of my life from 'Dirty Dacing' and danced around the house, everyone laughed at how excited I was.

I was really amazed at home just everyone at the meeting was so cool. I mean at gathering of any kind you get an assortment of people but it was really good:)

Posted by: mstingle at January 21, 2008 7:46 PM

Hi all.....

My Scallop risotto is coming up a treat tonight :)

Posted by: ridersonthestorm74 at January 21, 2008 7:45 PM

I have 2 lovers, but that has nothing to do with love--but I am so incredibly happy. and free. I am removing my profile now, because i don't need to be here anymore.

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 21, 2008 6:22 PM

2 lovers! Did you meet them via rsvp? And how do you juggle this? Are you still wanting to find a more permanent partnership eventually?

Posted by: lamuse at January 21, 2008 7:42 PM

Posted by: jenjen57 at January 21, 2008 6:40 PM

It was good to meet you yesterday, didn't get a chance to talk with you much but you have a lovely smile.

Posted by: mstingle at January 21, 2008 7:25 PM

Posted by: woodnwine at January 21, 2008 3:40 PM

It was good to meet you yesterday!

Posted by: mstingle at January 21, 2008 7:21 PM

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 21, 2008 1:32 AM

Hi everyone was really nice at the Brissy meeting wish you could have been there also beening another favorite blogger of mine. Later four of stayed behind and had diner at The Ship Inn. Everyone said that the food was great and we also had desert and that was really good too!

Posted by: mstingle at January 21, 2008 7:17 PM

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 20, 2008 11:43 AM

Thanks for lunch and the breeze coming of the water was really refreshing.

You and Bev were both so kind to me. It was great to meet you two first before going to the Brissybloggers meeting.

Thanks Heaps to both of you I think that Sunday will be amongst my most treasured memories.

:)

Posted by: mstingle at January 21, 2008 7:01 PM

db2 - of course I know. Why do you ask?
If extreme right wing is fascism and extreme left is communism then I would hope most of us are more central than anything but that is not a selection we are offered.

Posted by: jenjen57 at January 21, 2008 6:40 PM

Please -- have lessons in humour--you really are lacking in that area--except for neuroticfish and jenjen--but jenjen how can u be right wing? Do you know what that means?

Bye

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 21, 2008 6:28 PM

Bye,

I have 2 lovers, but that has nothing to do with love--but I am so incredibly happy. and free. I am removing my profile now, because i don't need to be here anymore.

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 21, 2008 6:22 PM

Truly, I have got over all of it. The only people you will ever love honestly and freely are your children.
Love between men AND WOMEN does not exist. Get over it--just enjoy the incredible feelings that sex provides . . .

BTW I am a feminist . . .

When you see what men feel, and what women feel, and cut the cra p (very, very, hard) you will be OK, and possibly even . . . . . . happy.

Posted by: diamondblue2 at January 21, 2008 6:18 PM

sue4you - I'm impressed ..... how did that happen? Come on ... there must be a story behind it.

Posted by: woodnwine at January 21, 2008 3:40 PM

timewarp, my problem is seeking a dressing that is both low fat and not sweet..an impossible quest it seems. I dislike condensed milk so that is not an option either. I have tried thickening spiced and herbed up buttermilk (which is what is used as the base for ranch dressing) with guar gum..but the gum leaves a slimy coating in/on the mouth.
The best bet for me so far has been to mix a tiny amount of good mayo with low fat sour cream or yogurt.

But having said I dislike condensed milk, I do admit to using coconut flavored low fat evaporated milk in curries....not great, but keeps calories way down and is passable.

Posted by: lamuse at January 21, 2008 12:59 PM

LAMUSE

About salad dressing that's not too sweet for your spartan taste:

Remembered overnight that my mother (who had a sweeter tooth) used to make what she called mayonnaise-in-a-hurry with sweetened condensed milk, Keen's powdered mustard and vinegar. Can't remember proportions. Can you tell me after experimenting?

Looks as if everyone's gone to play in another yard. See you there.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 21, 2008 12:05 PM

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 20, 2008 6:52 AM

6 remedies

Can I suggest the woman's partner give her a soothing head massage, followed by the neck and shoulders to solve those headache woes? It could work...he could just keep massaging her until the headache went!

If they had a meal of oysters and all those other aphrodisiac foods before hands, there should not be any problems. Foods should be chosen which are aphrodisiacal is that a word?) and non headache producing. Chocolate could be a problem though, as I think it causes headaches in some people..so foods should be chosen with that in mind. Wow, all these things to think of before one makes a romantic meal.

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 21, 2008 1:52 AM

LAMUSE @ 11.28am

You are dead right. Lower-fat foods ARE usually bombed with much more sugar, which can be even more risky for some dieters in some situations.

But this recipe (5.32am, 20th) makes up to about a litre. The 10ml of low-fat dressing at 21% sugar content is about 2g of sugar.

Multiply by about 3 or 4 to allow for the sugar in the dressing already in the proprietary pasta salad, and you get an added sugar content of about 7 grams, ie. 0.7%. Not a real heap of sugar and calories. And it's got enough fibre from the raw veg. to plummet the resulting GI, so you don't get hungry again for many hours.

Alternatives:

# Halve or eliminate the extra mayo, and stir 3 times as long, in the hope of coating most of the mountain of raw veg. with the dressing that's in the little bit of pasta salad. Lose most of the nice slippery swallow, and call it self-discipline with a capital S.

# Try a fair-dinkum old-fashioned dressing like Cardini's original Caesar, used in my Julius Salad recipe. 10mls has only 0.1g sugar, but 6grams of fat. About seven times the calories of the 2 grams of sugar that's in the same amount of 3%-fat Praise. But not as sweet.

# Experiment with blending unsweetened condensed milk and powdered mustard (plus your secret herbs and spices, lamuse,) and tell me how you went for texture and flavour.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 21, 2008 1:45 AM

Yes I have eaten frogs legs and snails. The French know how to cook!

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 21, 2008 1:34 AM

SSC you just like food girl lolol

Posted by: moreofaman4u at January 19, 2008 10:22 PM

MMFU...I like the idea of someone else cooking. Mainly eat chicken or fish and salad or veg. Live with my teenagers, one being vegan so we eat lots of wholesome healthy, libido enhancing foods (refer to NF's post)
I like to read recipes and hear of others culinary pursuits. Love to cook for friends ect and find cooking for myself not much fun. The two boys have different tastes so generally they are not interested in my lean, heart healthy cooking. Like a lot of people MMFU, I am time poor. I have been eating Goji berries lately, good for you and taste like cardboard.

Everyone:
Hope the meeting went well, for those who went.

Have eaten venison cooked in red wine once and it was so tender. Had cooked witchetty grubs once, they were OK. I would not eat koala. A teenage girl I knew worked in a restaurant where they cooked a domestic pet and served it...ewwwwwwwww. Needless to say I never ate there. Have not eaten monkey brains or anything like that

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 21, 2008 1:32 AM

Posted by: notgodsgift at January 20, 2008 1:05 AM

Hi All,

Cockatoo (or Galah) Stew,

In a bush oven (or for city folk, a cast iron pot) put in chopped vegetables of your choice, the bird and 1 old workboot

notgodsgift...when are you going to cook for me? Sounds divine. You also make toasted cheese sandwiches I have heard. I will bring the beer then.

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 21, 2008 1:19 AM

ISTJ @3.06pm:

I've just thought - why not take it a bit easier, and drop your daterate down a bit below the current one a month?

Yes, I AM thinking "Will you love me when I'm 64?"

That is, if you really want to be potentially alone for that long.

I passed 64 eight years ago, so I don't have the luxury of one date a month. I'd really like to be in a long-term, wide-bandwidth relationship by the end of this year.

Men have biological clocks too, you know, and mine has progressed to tocking.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 21, 2008 12:57 AM

Hi all. "Tired but happy, they ..." completed their year 7 essay.

The Brisblogposter's gabfest this arvo was excellent. About a dozen of us. Convened by Wraecca from Bathurst, in honour of her holiday in canetoad land. I'll leave it to someone else to record the full rollcall.

LAMUSE and ALADY7 also hoped to come, but couldn't.

I'm hoping we can do it again in a coupla months - maybe the Sunday arvo before or after Easter, to suit teachers and uni students. Too much else on at Easter itself I guess, including the planned next NSW one.

Early night for me tonight - came home from dinner date at 10.30pm Sat, high as a kite (no, not RSVP - that was Mon and Thurs nights - this was with my honorary aunt, 85. See, I'm not really ageist!)

So naughtily spent all night on emails, blog and more emails, till the first chook next door announced an egg about 5.30.

Four hours' sleep, lunch date (RSVP again), the gabfest all arvo, hospital visit then played tennis till we were rained out. Bed soon now, I think.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 21, 2008 12:35 AM

WnW, no lean cusine tonight, rack of lamb with crunchy mustard topping and fetta, pear and rocket slad.

Posted by: sue4you at January 20, 2008 9:11 PM

As a divorced woman in her early 50's who has been alone for 10 years (came out of an extremely bad marriage) it is hard to know where to start when you want to meet someone. Pubs and Clubs are too scary for me and not my scene. At lease RSVP lets you see what the other persons interests/hobbies/life outlook are before you start corresponding by email. If you like the sound of each other you meet for a coffee, if you don'e "click" you have had a coffee and a bit of coversation. If you do like each other you might want to have a few more coffees to decide if you want to date.
All the men I work with are married and none of my friends know single guys to introduce me to. So RSVP is in a sense a jumping board to begin looking again for those of us that are nervous about looking for love again.

Posted by: secretname at January 20, 2008 6:01 PM

Oh, to be on someone's shortlist...no thank you...to even think that I had to go on so many dates and then to "shortlist" dates. I find the thought deplorable.

I don't know where RSVP say that you will need to go on 70 first dates...but if true, I think they are really saying that the odds of meeting someone here are well and truly stacked against you.

I average about one meeting per month, so, Timewarp, you are right, that will take me till I'm sixty to meet my second date. Oh, dear, that's a cheery thought.

Woodnwine, I just can't do the rare thing with meat. I'll have to have my Skippy well done when I venture into eating our emblems and well loved TV characters. Next you will be buying Flipper from Woolies and eating him just done.

Posted by: istj54 at January 20, 2008 3:06 PM

Yawn, stretch, and because I'm old, fizz. Morning all.

ISTJ @ 9.03am

Thanks for the honesty and for your final disclaimer. In reply:

Only a serial boaster would be telling her date she had 2 more lined up for next week, just in case he proved to underwhelm her with his total desirability.

And only an insecure person would be fearful of being classed as less than perfect.

Secure people know they're not, and are looking instead for another imperfect person who fits them well enough. And in their dreams, they hope at least as well as an old. well-used jigsaw that's still a good enough fit to hang together, if and when the table is knocked over by drunken Fate.

RSVP has told us it's likely to take over 70 first dates to find that person.

So I use the first date only to enjoy the company of someone I expect to be nice enough and compatible enough for us both to enjoy 3 or 4 hours together (which happens for me over 95% of the time.) And much more importantly (and much more rarely), to find out if we both want a second date, which RSVP has already told us is very unlikely.

If we do, that's a wonderful feeling. We both have the other on our short list, and can take it from there.

During which period, I stop teeing up other dates. But keep my eyes open, because we're not fully committed yet, so that the blinkers should go on.

I guess you put a lot more expectations on every single first date, ISTJ, which I guess would make it so much more significant - and cause you to take a lot more years to have your first 70 no-strings-attached first dates.

(Only the sexes above have been altered, in the interest of universality.)

Realists of both sexes know that, in the words of HRH Princess Anne, "You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you turn into one."

Must go buy some healthy nibbles-to-share, to take to the Brisbloggers' talkfest - pub crisps and nuts not on my list for healthy red cordial accompaniments.

On my way to lunch with Mstingle, before we go to the bigger gabfest.

She's certainly not on my shopping list for a partner (she's only a couple of years older than my eldest child, and I married at nearly 30.) But she's certainly on my shortest short list for a penfriend.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 20, 2008 11:43 AM

timewarp re the mayo in the antibiotic recipe...don't you find low fat dressings of all kinds way too sweet? All the manufacturers add heaps of sugar when they lower fat and to me they all taste disgusting. I make my own subs using yogurt, buttermilk, low fat cottage cheese etc. and herbs and spices..too runny, but taste a lot better.

Posted by: lamuse at January 20, 2008 11:28 AM

Kangaroo, like all red meat, should be cooked medium rare. It is very lean and healthy .... and available at Coles. I watched an interesting movie last night after eating Skippy .... Stay.

Posted by: woodnwine at January 20, 2008 9:57 AM

timewarp1 - some yes, some no, some half half, from now on will always flag the source if not :)

Posted by: jenjen57 at January 20, 2008 9:40 AM

NF you would be far too busy shopping for, and cooking up your seduction recipes to be with more than one woman at a time.

Posted by: istj54 at January 20, 2008 9:19 AM

You’re not too bad yourself, SugarBabe.

My only comment on serial daters is that 1 woman can be a handful and enough Trouble, spelt with a capital T.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 20, 2008 9:11 AM

NFISH
You really are nice underneath.

"mean and negative in a NICE way".

extracts from Timewarped@4.17am

This is what I mean...you have given NF a compliment in a negative way...and by the way, NF is always nice...produce anything negative/mean that he has said and I'll take it back.

...if a guy I was out with told me he went on two rsvp dates every week I would immediately think "player" or "loser".
I would think that I did not have his undivided attention and that he would be rushing off home to line up the next one...and that would be that. Women like to think that you are interested in just them, at least for a while...this is the biggest problem in internet dating...too much choice!...I will take this over to Relationship Matters to see what others have to say...not much real discussion going on at the moment. This is just my opinion and not meant to be offensive in any way.

Posted by: istj54 at January 20, 2008 9:03 AM

Mama Cass...ham sandwich n Elvis with the banana sandwiches.

Posted by: istj54 at January 20, 2008 9:01 AM

Istj

I don’t remember mentioning Roy Orbison in my line up yesterday.

But remember, anything like sex, if done to INXS, can cause headaches.

And, in ageing males, might attract The Sisters of Mercy to cart them off to The Angels.

So, speaking of abstinence being a Billy Virtue, a little bit of Johnny Be Good might avoid Heartaches By The Number, or at least chest pains, and You Never Can Tell, if you do end up in Rock n’ Roll Heaven, you have to suffer Tribute Bands by the thousand.

So You May Be Right, then again You May Be Crazy.

And for Timewarp’s benefit; attribution: Billy Joel, Rolling Stones, and a host of other rockers, a lot of whom are no longer with us due to various excesses whilst alive.

And, quizmaster: which Late Great died of Overeating? Or was it the peanut butter and banana fried sandwiches at 3am in the morning at what is now a ThemePark For Bewildered Baby Boomer Memory Laners

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 20, 2008 8:54 AM

Lavender candles and oils rubbed into temples can get rid of a headache...and so, neuroticfish, can the big O...you're on your own now...I think I have that book somewhere...must look up Sex and Blogging...but your best advice is teh frozen peas.

They are an essential item for all singles' freezers, versatile and economical. They can be used in soups, stews, whatever and are a handy, no fuss ice-pack. However be careful and have a few packs at hand. You don't want to use them in the meal and loved one develops the head-ache after eating.

I'm sure I used to do a soup many years ago with mint peas, curry powder and cream. It was delicious and packed with fibre.

Posted by: istj54 at January 20, 2008 8:30 AM

SEX AND HEADACHES

You've been at the computer for hours reading stupid blogs. You’ve worked late all week and have in-laws coming this weekend. You have a raging case of PMS (most women on rsvp). Eyestrain, stress, and hormonal shifts are fairly common causes of headaches, which afflict 10 million Australians (read- women). But sometimes the usual suspects don’t explain that pain in your head. That’s because some triggers are just plain weird — like perfume, storms, earrings... or even, holy of holies SEX. Identify the source of your headache so you can send it packing.

Sex
“Coital headaches” (not the “Not tonight, honey” variety) can occur during foreplay or right before orgasm. Marked by a general head pain, these headaches typically last from a few minutes to an hour.

Why it hurts: It’s probably a type of exertion headache. During arousal, the culprit is likely pressure building up in the head and neck muscles. And orgasm sometimes requires a lot of work. Running, coughing, sneezing, even straining during a bowel movement, can lead to similar pain.

What to do: Most exertion headaches can be pretreated with ibuprofen etc. But be careful: An orgasmic headache, if it’s your first, may point to an underlying condition, such as an aneurysm, that merits a doctor’s attention. If your headaches occur during G-rated workouts, an activity switch can help—from aerobics, say, to biking. These headaches usually aren’t a reason to quit having fun. Just ease into it.

6 remedies

Put a stop to pain! From eye pillows to soy candles, discover headache remedies that really work:

Scrap the scrunchy
Don’t let hair that’s pulled back too tightly give you a headache. Look for stretchy, nonbinding bands with no teeth.

Chill out
Apply a cold compress to your next headache. Try a bag of frozen peas..

Pamper your peepers
Give your eyes a rest with an eye pillow that blocks out irritating light. Try an eye pillow filled with soothing lavender petals. Maybe cucumber slices for vegetarians

Clean green
Avoid beach fumes and faux-forest funkiness with a nontoxic cleaner.

Eat smarter
Halt a hunger headache with a whole-grain protein-carb boost, like a nice honey almond granola bar.

Lighten up
Don’t let headaches snuff out candlelit evenings. Soy candles use plant-based essential oils like chamomile and bergamot instead of cloying artificial fragrances that may trigger headaches.

Source: “The Fish’s Guide To Alternative Living” Essential Publications 2008.

Posted by: neuroticfish at January 20, 2008 6:52 AM

Posted by: today122 at January 19, 2008 11:37 PM

They eat horses in France.

Posted by: mstingle at January 20, 2008 6:19 AM

JENJEN

i COME FROM THE ACADEMIC TRADITION WHERE IF YOU QUOTE ANYTHING THAT YOU DIDN'T WRITE YOURSELF, YOU FLAG IT BY NAMING THE AUTHOR, OR THE CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH YOU FIRST SAW IT.

DO YOU ACTUALLY WRITE ALL THE HILARIOUS STUFF THAT YOU SHARE WITH US? IF SO, YOU'RE MORE FUN THAN 2 BARRELS OF MONKEYS.

I SHOULD BE ASLEEP, OR rsvp SHOULD HAVE TOGGLE CASE. sEEYA.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 20, 2008 5:52 AM

ANTIBIOTIC DIET SALAD

Accompaniment: cool water - at least 250ml drunk just before starting chopping, another 250ml or more, during and/or after the meal.

This is my lunch, 3 or 4 times a week (when I'm home, or have time to prepare it at home before I go out)

Wash and slice/chop fairly fine 1 cupful each of:
carrot, celery and red capsicum
and smaller quantities of
cucumber, cabbage and/or baby spinach leaves. Peel nothing.

(If carrot or celery are at all flabby, submerge carrot in water, or put newly-top-trimmed celery upside down in shallow water overnight, and they'll be enthusiastically stiff by dawn. Works just as well for other root vegetables.)

Put chopped veg. progressively into large bowl and drizzle with low-fat (3%) mayonnaise (I like Praise, with capital or lower-case P) About 1 dessertspoonful, or 2 at first, if you must.

Add 3/4 cup sprounted mung beans (the antibiotic: cured my middle-ear infection which had defied 3 courses of doctor antibiotics) then 3/4 cup Mrs Crockett's/Woolworths pasta salad, for a bit of decadent carbohydrate.

Add 1/2 cup left-over cold roast chicken, chopped , if you can find any in the fridge. (I buy a wing-quarter of a cooked chicken a week, so usually none left.) Vegetarians: do your own thing instead.

Stir 15-20 edge-to-middle strokes, to mix. Divide into 2 serves and eat one very slowly with a dessert-spoon. Ten chews.

Half-way through, stop eating for at least 2 mins. If no chicken in the mix, this is when you eat the 100gram tin of 98% fat-free tuna.

When finished the bowl of salad, wait 15 mins by the clock. If still hungry, transfer 1/5 of the remainder to the emptied bowl, and eat it even more slowly with a third glass of water.

Eat the rest not less than 4 hours later, nor more than 24 hours. (Better than sweet biscuits at 10pm, if you're working/studying well past midnight.)

Source: One of the recipes in diet book "Lose weight Without getting Hungry" written by me in 2003, just after I'd taken my own medicine and lost 15kg in four months, without ever being hungry, or getting loose skin. (Skin can't shrink faster than losing 1 kg a week, so that's the speed limit.)

Two broken ribs followed 4 months later by a broken finger, plus working far too many hours a week after midnight put it all back in 3 years - now busy losing 20kg between Xmas 2007 and the coming winter. Two belt holes so far.

See some of you at the Brisblogmeet at Southbank this arvo. Must have a nap first - will be dawn in 20 mins. and the first magpie just called.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 20, 2008 5:32 AM

Hi all. Just back after 4 days. Had been hit with both of Murphy's laws in turn: **it will happen, and it will happen at the most inconvenient time.

I'd just copped a couple of Davis Cup-worthy serves, so I typed out my defence, but just as I was about to post it, Telstra got sick of waiting for me to pay my bill, and pulled my plug.

Luckily I always copy to clipboard before I hit POST, so I was able to park it for a few days while I went out and sold something. So here it is now, brought up to date:

I sit corrected, on several counts. In my defence:

FP @ 8.58am, 16th:

Don't get off your nice bike. They are right (and thank you to them) - I wasn't bagging you. I never have. Quite the reverse.

I was just commenting that those who choose to spoil do have, and on the happiest days for us all, do display the ability to write excellent positive stuff too, LIKE YOURS. (Later: and have been doing so, ever since.)

But also thank you FP: I am delighted to have some useful feedback about my own posts at last:

Don't think about the topic and post genuine, even heartfelt comments, hopefully thought-provoking, perhaps even discussion-evoking.

Leave that to my betters. Just try to be an extra class clown, to help keep everyone's mind off-topic and on fun.

I'm not as good at that, FP, but I'll give it a try one time. (Later: and thanks for your later generous apology about our misunderstanding.)

KATEE G @ 9.21am, 16th:

Sorry to have given you some wrong impressions. Spent my teens in Bris-very-pre-Vegas. The deal then: Meet a girl at no less than three year 11 coming-out parties (what protestant girls did instead of a debut.) Only then can you ask her for a date.

Then at the end of the third date you can hope for a quick hug and kiss on her parents' doorstep.

Fifty years later, I'm still comfortable with the third date kiss thing, if we like each other as people, well enough to get to the third date and that's her particular speed.

But I don't buy the "kiss as the price of escaping" idea at all. Not in Brisbane. (Dunno where you come from - you're sniping from behind cover.)

Brisgirls in my target age group (low 60s) are more honest than that. No connection leads to a parting handshake at most - usually only a ritual smile from a distance. I get that now and then, usually from obvious introverts. Not my match anyway, so no sweat.

But at the end of the first date, when I open her car door for her at the far end of the carpark, and I have by doing that, placed myself on the far side of that door, then when she comes round the door to hug me, I guess it really is affection, and not the price of her escape.

Nor is it a need to get her hands on me, which she would already have done often at the table, if she's a compulsive forearm-toucher (I love them.)

I only mentioned it at all (in my post at 1.09am on the 16th) because certain males had been (in since-wiped posts) seriously bagging females in general for jumping away at the first touch.

I wanted to reassure them that all women aren't like that - I guess that their problem has to be where they touch the woman first, and/or how much too soon.

ISTJ @ 10.22am, 16th:

Thank you so much. You have really opened my eyes. "mean and negative in a NICE way". Wow!

I knew about the people who attack so they will get some attention, any attention. But I'd never realized that there were mature-age intelligent adults who are thinking "Attack me! Yes me! Look my way." Or even "Oh goody! There's a fight on - some raw emotions flying round."

I'd read frequent sentiments here suggesting that attacks were not welcome, and I loudly agreed. I believe we lost a member last month from blog bullying, and that had saddened me.

But now that you've shown me that it's only reprising a harmless light-S-&-M schoolyard game which is enjoyed by both parties, ("Stoppit I like it") I'll leave you to it.

I do have to put you right about one thing though - I'm not a player at all.

I'm energetically searching (two more dates this last week) for Ms Right-enuff who also thinks I'm Mr Right-enuff.

Which is what I thought it was all about, if you're actually fair dinkum?

NFISH

You really are nice underneath. Every time there's a brawl, you post a significant distractor. Goodonyer mate.

Later: Just read on from late am on 16th, and everyone is being so nice all the time! Has Telstra plugged me into heaven by mistake?

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 20, 2008 4:17 AM

Instructions for Microsoft's New TV Dinner Product....................

You must first remove the plastic cover. By doing so you agree to accept and honor Microsoft rights to all TV dinners. You may not give anyone else a bite of your dinner (which would constitute an infringement of Microsoft's rights). You may, however, let others smell and look at your dinner and are encouraged to tell them how good it is.

If you have a PC microwave oven, insert the dinner into the oven. Set the oven using these keystrokes:

mstv.dinn.//08.5min@50%heat
Then enter:

ms//start.cook_dindin/yummy\|/yum~yum:-)gohot#cookme.
If you have a Macintosh microwave oven, insert the dinner and press start. The oven will set itself and cook the dinner.

If you have a Unix microwave oven, insert the dinner, enter the ingredients of the dinner found on the package label, the weight of the dinner, and the desired level of cooking and press start. The oven will calculate the time and heat and cook the dinner exactly to your specification.

Be forewarned that Microsoft dinners may crash, in which case your oven must be restarted. This is a simple procedure. Remove the dinner from the oven and enter:

ms.nodamn.good/tryagain\again/again.crap
This process may have to be repeated. Try unplugging the microwave and then doing a cold reboot. If this doesn't work, contact your oven vendor. The oven itself is obviously on the blink.

Many users have reported that the dinner tray is far too big, larger than the dinner itself, having many useless compartments, most of which are empty. These are for future menu items. If the tray is too large to fit in your oven, you will need to upgrade your equipment.

Dinners are only available from registered outlets, and only the chicken variety is currently produced. If you want another variety, call Microsoft Help and they will explain that you really don't want another variety. Microsoft Chicken is all you really need. Microsoft has disclosed plans to discontinue all smaller versions of their chicken dinners. Future releases will only be in the larger family size. Excess chicken may be stored for future use, but must be saved only in Microsoft approved packaging.

Microsoft promises a dessert with every dinner after '98. However, that version has yet to be released.

Microsoft dinners may be incompatible with other dinners in the freezer, causing your freezer to self-defrost. This is a feature, not a bug. Your freezer probably should have been defrosted anyway.

Hehe....................

Posted by: jenjen57 at January 20, 2008 2:10 AM

Hi All,

Cockatoo (or Galah) Stew,

In a bush oven (or for city folk, a cast iron pot) put in chopped vegetables of your choice, the bird and 1 old workboot.

Bring to boil, then leave to cook for a further 8 hours.

Once you have cooked the mixture for the required period, open oven, remove bird and throw it away.

Eat boot with stew ingredients, it will be more tender and tastier than either cockatoo or galah!!

Bon Appetite

Bob

Posted by: notgodsgift at January 20, 2008 1:05 AM

wwft03 sorry to be so late, but when i said boning a quail or a guinea pig was said tongue in cheek, but you can bone a quail, that i know as i had a client request it, costs a fortune. As for eating roo and emu must be the cannibal in me or something, but just like venison, all with correct sauces, very nice.

Posted by: moreofaman4u at January 20, 2008 1:03 AM

Aliane, you need to dilute your wasabi in soy sauce next time....

Posted by: victoriadownunder at January 20, 2008 12:24 AM

Just back from a delicious meal at a cheap and cheerful Chinese restaurant in Box Hill... stuffed to the gills for $11.00/head. Why cook at home?

It's been many, many months since I posted here but I want to encourage anyone thinking about joining our Blogfest luncheon on Feb 9th to bite the bullet and come - you will not regret it!!!

Posted by: victoriadownunder at January 20, 2008 12:00 AM

jovial67, well when in Rome.........or Thailand!!! I did need a beer or two afterwards to help wash it down but it wasnt too bad.

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 11:53 PM

lovetoknowyou, EWWWW, now that really IS out there!

Posted by: jovial67 at January 19, 2008 11:51 PM

The most interesting i have seen and eaten is the deep-fried bugs in Thailand! They are actually quite tasty but the legs do get stuck between your teeth!

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 11:41 PM

thanks today122

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 11:38 PM

maybe that's like eating monkey in Thailand. but not quite kosher I don't think. how odd

Posted by: today122 at January 19, 2008 11:37 PM

I had donkey once in a restaurant in Italy. Very tasty.

Posted by: jovial67 at January 19, 2008 11:32 PM

and welcome to the blogs!

Posted by: today122 at January 19, 2008 11:31 PM

today122, yes it can be but probably a bit more like turkey

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 11:29 PM

lovetoknowyou - what is emu like? poultry?

Posted by: today122 at January 19, 2008 11:23 PM

and - just remembered. the guy in Waking The Dead, is also in a BBC
3-parter available on DVD called the Politicians Wife - excellent!

Posted by: today122 at January 19, 2008 11:11 PM

MM4U, how on earth would you bone a guinea pig??? Why not just get a little tiny crab-apple and shove the critter on a rotisserie! I guess I'm not a very adventurous eater, can't imagine eating roo or emu, let alone a guinea pig (yeah I know, South American delicacy), I'll stick to my lamb and chickpea casserole tonight thanks!

Posted by: wishfulthinker03 at January 19, 2008 11:02 PM

and did anyone watch Bob Geldof on SBS earlier? so funny!!
Waking the Dead on now. We're an hour behind your guys. ISTJ - um - you are planning on meeting him here??

Posted by: today122 at January 19, 2008 10:58 PM

I was waiting to post during the ads but, duh, Parky is on the ABC - so no ads - this will be quick - no speed dating around here, unfortunately. There could be a good opportunity for some enterprising blogger!

Posted by: ninaschen at January 19, 2008 10:39 PM

Thanks Slightsyncronicity

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 10:23 PM

koala no to tough,
emu, steaks very nice with a wholegrain mustard dressing.
guinea-pig, maybe try boning like quail, then on a skewer, with a hollandaise dip.
SSC you just like food girl lolol

Posted by: moreofaman4u at January 19, 2008 10:22 PM

have you thought of speed dating ninaschen, they have that in your region?...I am too tired to go anywhere at least.

Oh and this is nothing to do with cooking but today, I heard of a friend I lost contact with who has just married a genuine, caring man she met online. Disastrous first marriage but she is hopeful now and that was nice news to hear.

Welcome to the blog lovetoknowyou, of course!

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 19, 2008 10:20 PM

Emu is also very good! I have made it in a Thai Panang curry which tasted pretty good!

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 10:19 PM

Well, marinated quails perhaps. I like my 'pigs' to be a little larger. Speaking of which, haven't had a nice bit of crackling for many years...
Did have some BBQ pork pieces at Yum Cha this morn..

Posted by: greattimestocome at January 19, 2008 10:18 PM

Watch "Waking the Dead" on Nine, Nina.
The hottest man on TV is the main character. He is the man I am looking to meet here...wish me luck.

Posted by: istj54 at January 19, 2008 10:17 PM

Thank you and welcome...what about some koala and emu tips...and maybe braised guineapig?

Posted by: istj54 at January 19, 2008 10:15 PM

Oh no! The final Michael Parkinson Show is on tonight. What the hell am I going to do on a Saturday night, now? Gosh. Maybe I should get a date. Any offers?

Posted by: ninaschen at January 19, 2008 10:14 PM

calamari...yum

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 19, 2008 10:13 PM

hi istj54, nope, a newbie but have had some experience cooking the national emblem so thought i would throw my two cents worth in.

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 10:11 PM

Sorry, "love"toknowyou:)

Posted by: istj54 at January 19, 2008 10:10 PM

guinea pigs in posts and recipes seem wrong next to each other. Am thinking of marinated guinea pig...ewwww

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 19, 2008 10:09 PM

...very long then liketoknowyou...doweknowyou?

Posted by: istj54 at January 19, 2008 10:08 PM

If you can, try and get a young 'roo'. They do not taste 'gamey' at all. But cooking is similar to calamari, either very quick or very long.

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 10:06 PM

I'll have to try it but I don't like rare meat and most places won't cook it medium/well...goat is commonly found at butchers' here in Melbourne. Greeks enjoy it and say it is sweeter and nicer than lamb.

Nina, I have been to the Melbdives...noticed it was eerily quiet here on my return. Wonder where everyone is. I hope they tell us in detail tomorrow. That would liven the place up a bit.

Posted by: istj54 at January 19, 2008 10:06 PM

istj54
roo as they say tastes very "game," meaning it is very strong in it's flavour, Best with a red wine sauce reduced in the pan the meat was cooked in.
Hi Nina i hear they had a dinghy for you, do you think they mean you chat to much,lolol?

Posted by: moreofaman4u at January 19, 2008 10:00 PM

Thanks ninaschen: I love Indian food too, the spicier the better. Am working with a guy and a woman from India, and the topic veered towards food yesterday of course. And I had been thinking of pickles..so I asked them. One of them knows how to make naan bread, Yum. The boss is Fijian, so I may get some good recipes soon.

NF and twoeyes could cook at the resort.

Posted by: slightsynchronicity at January 19, 2008 9:59 PM

Kangaroo is very similar to fillet staek, very lean, no fat but it has some sinews. Try it in Teriyaki sauce as a kebab or quickly cooked on the bbq. It is very good!

Posted by: lovetoknowyou at January 19, 2008 9:59 PM

Slightsyncronicity - I can't go past Patak's for pickles and chutneys to accompany Indian food. Closely followed by Sharwoods. My mouth is watering. I love Indian food with a passion!

Posted by: ninaschen at January 19, 2008 9:53 PM

Did I see someone talking about Guinea pigs here?? Not to cook I hope!! iieeeewww.

Posted by: greattimestocome at January 19, 2008 9:52 PM

Glad to see some life out there! It was looking a little quite for a while - I thought you were all off to the Maldives without me.

For anyone who would like to join us, the Melbourne (Victorian) Mob are having a lunch on Saturday 9th February. The usual suspects will be attending! If you would like to join us, spend a stamp and contact me. Venue details are yet to be finalised but rest assured, it will be fun! Everyone welcome!

Posted by: ninaschen at January 19, 2008 9:45 PM

slightsync - lists just fly out the window when you meet that special person.............

Posted by: woodnwine at January 19, 2008 8:37 PM

Exactly WnW...I do not have a list. That must have been a nice meal then. Can you share the recipe? I made crunchy noodles, mock chicken (bought by my vegan son) shitake mushrooms, coriander, chillis, those big bean sprouts, with oyster sauce and kecap manis last night. At 10.30pm when I came home. A meal for one and now there are left overs. Tonight I bought something called "butterfish" (probably something else) on the way home from the fish and chip shop. Generally I eat healthily. Have been to the Adelaide Central Market once this week for fruit and veg...and my 18 year old son, offered to go to the market!!!!!!!!! He got some stirfry ingredients.

The other night, reading twoeyes,NFs and other recipe posts made my mouth water. Good ideas and jenjen I liked the frogslegs recipe and preceding joke. Misstingle that was a funny series of posts and yes that was quite nice of NF to post that scenario with the atmosphere set and a romantic meal too. Some food for thought for both men and women to make an effort when entertaining. Sigh.

How endearing seraphsuzie and misswendyxx...about the toast. Yes when my kids used to regularly go to their dads. Once every three weeks, it was a novely to eat what I liked. Yes I have had grilled cheese sandwiches, with chilli sauce as a snack, when alone. Also if I eat alone and want to just have yoghurt I can. Often I used the time to go out for a meal with friends though in the past. Now I am often happy just to have a bit of time to relax. Daughter who cooked moved out, so now the two sons have to sort themselves out foodwise. I cook whole(some) foods mostly and lots of vegies, so 16 year old son does not like it. He does like to make cakes and muffins though...must buy some ingredients for him.

Finally does anyone have a recipe for Indian pickled vegetables/Indian pickles..or know a good brand? Have read a lot about pickles lately and people have been speaking of Indian pickled vegetables. Chutney even.

Oh and ninachen...I think I read some blog posts about goats...twice I have seen goat meat advertised at the Central Market. Whole goats even. Think I will give it a miss thought but it made me smile when I saw th