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Nov 8 2007, 10:29 PM
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arteries...clogging....heart....stopping....can only speak....like....this.
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Nov 8 2007, 10:38 PM
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Nov 8 2007, 10:48 PM
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I know people who get gold shots for their arthritis. Wonder if eating it would help as well.
At least people buying the Thousand Dollar Bagel can feel good about their purchase, knowing that a portion of the proceeds is going to fund cooking school scholarships. |
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Nov 9 2007, 02:53 AM
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Now that is just silly. I love the nectar of the gods like the next guy but c'mon. |
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Nov 9 2007, 03:29 AM
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Something is just not thrilling me about the idea of eating chocolate and gold at the same time... I mean chocolate... metal... eeesh! :sick:
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Nov 9 2007, 03:35 AM
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Something is just not thrilling me about the idea of eating chocolate and gold at the same time... I mean chocolate... metal... eeesh! :sick: Oddly the very idea made my teeth hurt. :? |
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Nov 9 2007, 04:14 AM
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I truly don't get why a person would spend 1,000 for a bagel or 25,000 for a sundae. I mean can you get value out of it? Are there super rich out there that just like to throw away their money like this?
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Nov 9 2007, 04:27 AM
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Something is just not thrilling me about the idea of eating chocolate and gold at the same time... I mean chocolate... metal... eeesh! :sick: Oddly the very idea made my teeth hurt. :? Well, one can certainly kill some Cybermen with this stuff! 8)And yes kuj, there are people out there who have the money to burn.... - Edited for typo |
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Nov 9 2007, 05:33 AM
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Apparently, according to NPR, this dessert is served in a goblet encrusted with gold and diamonds and that you eat it with a gold spoon. You get to keep the goblet and spoon afterward. I still don't know if that makes it worth it...
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Nov 9 2007, 06:52 AM
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Oddly enough, "edible gold" has no flavor... Remember, there are only 4 kinds of taste buds... salt, sweet, sour, bitter...every flavor is a combination of these four being stimulated in different proportions.. The gold doesn't really stimulate any of them. When I was in Japan I drank gold sake on several occasions that had gold flakes in the sake.. was expensive and paid for by the businesses I was with, but no flavor to the gold. Just a slight sensation of metal in the mouth... Waste of money as far as I'm concerned.
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Nov 9 2007, 07:22 AM
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... Remember, there are only 4 kinds of taste buds... salt, sweet, sour, bitter...every flavor is a combination of these four being stimulated in different proportions.. Not True, I learned this week there is a 5th taste called Umami. Basically the 5th taste is Glutamate that has broken down. Now Gold doesn't have Glutamate, so it still would have no taste. But I was just sharing something I learned this week. |
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Nov 9 2007, 09:14 AM
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The sundae looks interesting but all that gold in my teeth makes me look like a white Flava Flav. LOL
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Nov 9 2007, 04:14 PM
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Not True, I learned this week there is a 5th taste called Umami. Basically the 5th taste is Glutamate that has broken down. Now Gold doesn't have Glutamate, so it still would have no taste. But I was just sharing something I learned this week. Well done, Kuj.. I looked that up and did a little research and learned something new myself. Guess that's what I get for diving into hearts and not keeping up on the neuro stuff. VERY interesting. Always wondered why I liked Soy Sauce better than salt! :) |
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Nov 10 2007, 11:15 PM
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Um, there must be other senses, though, because metal things taste... mettalish. I dunno. I can't explain it. Maybe I need to do some research on that, and start feeding metal to people. Anyone for a lead sanwich? What about a mercury cocktail?
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Nov 11 2007, 04:44 AM
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Um, there must be other senses, though, because metal things taste... mettalish. I dunno. I can't explain it. Maybe I need to do some research on that, and start feeding metal to people. Anyone for a lead sanwich? What about a mercury cocktail? I believe I read/heard somwhere that we acutally need some "metals" in our diet, just in miniscule amounts, in order to survive. Perhaps one of our science/medical people can jump in here. |
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Nov 11 2007, 05:12 AM
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Um, there must be other senses, though, because metal things taste... mettalish. I dunno. I can't explain it. Maybe I need to do some research on that, and start feeding metal to people. Anyone for a lead sanwich? What about a mercury cocktail? We do say things have a mettalic taste. I wonder where that comes from. I think I heard something somerewher is that the combination of the salt in our mouths, on our on elcto activity on our tast buds we are feeling the conductivity in our mouths thourhg the metal. But I could be completely wrong on this be nice to hear something more definite. |
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