This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I'm a little worried clicking on a link involving "five fingers" especially in response to gwnc.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

That's mostly because infants don't die nearly as often as they used to.

Sure, because with shoes they were better able to outrun tigers and pterodactyls.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

My family, until my dad got weird and put it in the fridge, kept it out on a butter dish and it never went rancid and I have no idea how quickly we went thru it. Including when we lived in Arkansas.

You don't remember sex. How would you remember if butter had gone rancid?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by John Phoenix

Well, I proceeded to get nothing done the rest of the afternoon.

Which hand did you do it with?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Adder

Hmm...there's a joke in here somewhere... if only I could find it.

As for the butter talk, y'all are crazy. I think there might still be some butter in my fridge, but I'm not positive. I haven't used any in a long time, and I cook at home all the time. Butter is the easyway out. And it is gross as a spread, other than on warm toast.

Julia Child just spun in her grave.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I don't know much about it, but there has been a movement towards barefoot running, which is apparently based upon the fact that humans have walked/run slow for millions of years barefoot, mostly landing on our midfoot(feet?), and that shoes alter our gait, posture, etc. and force us to land more on our heels, which may cause us to get injured more easily from running. Chi Running sounds like is has some similar ideas.

I have been lucky and have been mostly injury-free, so I'm probably not the best person to answer. That being said, I run in very lightweight shoes that don't do much to assist/change my gait. While I don't have much to back this up, I do think that many running shoes are over-engineered and force people to run differently from their natural gait.

As I'm sure you've noticed, the faster you run, the more likely you are to land on the ball/midfoot of your feet (as opposed to a heel strike).

Have you seen these?

hmm. My feet are webbed, so those would not work for me. But I am thinking about changing my shoes. For some reason, even though I bought exactly the same size and the same model (although 2009 instead of 2008) shoe as the ones I previously had, the ones I bought now feel a lot bigger so my foot feels like it's sliding around. I don't like it.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

hmm. My feet are webbed, so those would not work for me.

Canada has penguins?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Sure, because with shoes they were better able to outrun tigers and pterodactyls.

Your Precambrian mind is clearly confusing its epochs.

Speaking of Ewoks, I just learned that there is a shoe website called shoebacca.com.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Canada has penguins?

It's pretty common. And according to Wikipedia, both Dan Ackroyd and Tricia Helfer have it, so maybe it is more common in Canadians. I don't know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webbed_toes

Also Joseph Stalin and Ashton Kutcher have it. So it looks as if it is common to Canadians, Soviet dictators and cougar bait.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Fugee

You are the crazy one grasshopper. Unsalted butter on fresh bread = ultra delicious. For that matter, any kind of butter on fresh bread. And if the fresh bread is still warm, make that ultra ultra delicious.

Unsalted butter is like 3% beer. Or regular olive oil, as opposed to dark green extra virgin stuff. Fat alone has no flavor. You need the salt.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Speaking of Ewoks, I just learned that there is a shoe website called shoebacca.com.

That's a double non-sequitur.

I bent my wookie.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Unsalted butter is like 3% beer. Or regular olive oil, as opposed to dark green extra virgin stuff. Fat alone has no flavor. You need the salt.

For some things I like salted butter, but for really tasty fresh bread I like unsalted. It does have flavor -- otherwise it would taste like Crisco.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Unsalted butter is like 3% beer. Or regular olive oil, as opposed to dark green extra virgin stuff. Fat alone has no flavor. You need the salt.

Untrue. Salted butter is a bastardization, like pasteurized-milk cheese. If you want salt, salt your food separately. Don't put it in the butter, though.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Unsalted butter is like 3% beer. Or regular olive oil, as opposed to dark green extra virgin stuff. Fat alone has no flavor. You need the salt.

I'm guessing you don't cook or bake much.

[evenodds]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Untrue. Salted butter is a bastardization, like pasteurized-milk cheese. If you want salt, salt your food separately. Don't put it in the butter, though.

This is why God created fleur de sel.