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bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Dear Anonymous,
It seems that every time you eat asparagus you forget who you are and can't remember to sign your letters. That's quite understandable. Memory loss is a well-known side effect of tin poisoning. Please ensure to open the can before you eat the asparagus.
Abby.
P.S. I was going to add something here but I can't remember.
July 2, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Canned asparagus the the most vile substance on the planet--completely inedible and bearing absolutely no resemblance in any way to the real thing. I'd sooner starve than eat it.
But I do sometimes wonder if it makes your pee smell funny...
July 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
I think it has its uses. Sometimes you only have enough fresh asparagus to make one dish, and you think you'd really rather save it for the meal where you know the difference will be obvious, instead of, say, the crepe filling.
By the by, chicken and asparagus crepes are to die for!
July 2, 2008
trivet commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
What about pickled asparagus? mmmmm...
July 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Pickled, eh? Sounds like it's worth trying. Pickled things are tasty.
Except gherkins.
July 2, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Never tried pickled asparagus, but I'm game. I do love pickled okra, but it's tough to find outside of the southern US.
For the longest time, I thought gherkins were pickles.
July 2, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Skipvia: the answer is yes, sort of. It does make your pee smell funny. But only to certain people's noses.
A good explanation can be found here.
I, myself, am blessed with the ability to smell these compounds. I suspect, skipvia, that you are similarly blessed. :-)
July 2, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Wow. Talk about counting your blessings...
Thanks for the explanation, ptery. Very interesting.
July 2, 2008
yarb commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Pickled asparagus is a joy. I'd love to try pickled okra.
July 2, 2008
dontcry commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
gherkins aren't pickles?
July 3, 2008
trivet commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
The pickling makes the okra almost tolerable. Almost as good as frying it.
July 3, 2008
yarb commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
I like okra on kebabs - barbecued.
July 3, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Fried okra, prepared correctly, is humankind's loftiest culinary achievement.
July 3, 2008
asativum commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
You know, there's a whole list of asparagus. Just in case you're interested.
But is canned asparagus really viler than, say, canned bread? Clamato? Bud Light + Clamato? Pickled pig lips?
I mean, really, skip. Most vile substance on the planet deserves some careful consideration, and maybe a contest of some sort.
July 3, 2008
yarb commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Clamato is delicious. Bud Light wins the most vile substance award, no contest.
Canned bread?!? That has to be a Newfoundland thing.
July 3, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
I yield, Asa. I hadn't considered pickled pigs lips, or even head cheese.
I guess what I should have said is that it is the vilest shadow of the real thing that exists in the world of comestibles. Pickled pigs lips are supposed to be pickled pigs lips. Casu marzu (I'm still having nightmares over that one) is supposed to be decaying cheese with live maggots. But canned asparagus in no way resembles the fresh item.
But--I love your idea of a list of the vilest substances on the planet.
*hint hint*
July 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Dear All,
I'm not inviting you people to dinner.
Abby.
P.S. Ever.
July 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Can we all agree never to mention the c--u m---u cheese, ever again? *horking*
July 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Cheeseburger-in-a-Can, anyone?
July 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
And there goes dinner....*hork*
July 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
That's a wonderfully bizarre phrase on the cheeseburger page, 'ideal fast food treat for the wilderness'.
July 3, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Well, it's not always possible to find a McDonalds in the puckerbrush.
July 3, 2008
arby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
1) All asparagus is disgusting, canned or no *horks*
2) So is okra
3) Someone please tell me how gherkins are not a kind of pickle! ETA WordNet says "any of various small cucumbers pickled whole" - aka pickle
4) I love the word gherkin. Imagine if we never said boring old pickle again and instead referred to everything as gherkined okra or whatever. The world would be an awesomer place.
5) Now the word pickle looks weird to me.
6) Best blog about eating the most disgusting things known to man? Steve, Don't Eat It! I have spent hours laughing until I cried reading his descriptions of the unbelievably foul foods he's eaten. Language warning, he is quite crude. One of the reasons I love it.
July 3, 2008
arby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
PS because I cannot bear to edit a 10th time - this word is earworming me with "Every Time You Go Away" (You Take a Piece of Me With You). Needs a parody but what the hell rhymes with asparagus? Bus? Pus? Prolagus?
July 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
*sings*
... it gets stuck in my oesophagus
July 3, 2008
arby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
And bilby gets it in one!
July 3, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Regarding #3, arby--gherkin is the name of a variety of small cucumber grown for pickling. It's a gherkin before it gets pickled. So, are "gherkin" and "pickled gherkin" synonymous? This is so confusing...
Edit: Oh, and many thanks for the reference to Steve's site. It's twisted and disgusting. I love it!
July 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Dear All,
What Abby said. *gags*
Signed,
Dieting for the Rest of My Life
July 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
arby -- Thanks for "Steve, Don't Eat It!" Not since the "Bass-O-Matic" have I been simultaneously in hysterics over and disgusted by "food!"
BTW: I love your Turkey Reuben!
July 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Too right. Well done Steve ... ironguts.
July 3, 2008
trivet commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
eeeew! I love how this conversation went from lighthearted pickle-and-asparagus banter to a veritable gallery of regrettable food...
July 3, 2008
asativum commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Your wish is my command, skip. Here's your list. Have fun!
July 3, 2008
arby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Why double post, why?!?!?
*shakes tiny fists*
July 4, 2008
arby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Thanks skipvia for the gherkin info! (Side note #1: doesn't gherkin almost sound like it could be used as a substitute curse word? Kind of less lame than using sugar for shit) (Side note #2: Weird words that rhyme with "gherkin" - firkin, merkin - I feel a limerick coming on!)
Everyone is so welcome for the Steve Don't Eat It, I'm proud to have found a community that can appreciate his truly sick & twisted humor!
July 4, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
"Gherkin" and "merkin" should make for a very...interesting limerick, arby. I can hardly wait.
July 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
It's been done! See uselessness' excellent limerick at firkin.
So now we've come full circle. We can all go home now.
*keeps typing*
July 4, 2008
arby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Hilarious!
July 4, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Wordie contains EVERYTHING.
July 4, 2008
brookdale_chick commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Every time i eat asparagus...
I THROW UP!!
Asparaagus is discusting!!
once again, fellow wordies, sorry for my spelling!
HEHE!! XD
Keep up the god work!
July 7, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
We tend to leave the god work around here to John. The rest of us take care of the less godly work, such as making up new words and applying the Wordie Treatment.
Sooo tempted...
July 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Take deep breaths, skip.
July 7, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
*trying not to hyperventilate*
July 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Hiperventelate! That's an AWESOME WORD Skip!!!!
July 7, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
You're making this very difficult, bilby.
If palooka were here, he'd know what to do...
July 7, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
I am here, skipvia. Be quiet, and don't pop the paper bag you're breathing in.
July 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Me? An asian provocatour?
July 7, 2008
palooka commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
What? Say, Brookdale-chick has some open lists that need some, uh, additions?
July 7, 2008
frogapplause commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
What's going on around here? Are you guys pickling merkins without me?
July 7, 2008
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Palooka, sir...awaiting your orders.
July 7, 2008
palooka commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
I know you have some Awesome Words to add & I think our contributions would be appreciated.
July 7, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
They're not Awesome Words, they're AWESOME WORDS!!!!!!!!
July 7, 2008
arby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
I thought palooka was a she?
*easily confused*
PS to frogapplause - yes, but we can stop now that you're here.
July 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Palooka can answer that. He/she may be a hermaphrodite.
July 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Well, palooka definitely doesn't have nipples. That's been made clear.
July 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
He does so, he just won't admit it.
;)
July 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Every time I eeeeeeat asparagus... I take a piece of me, with yoooooooou...
*sings*
(thanks a lot, arby...)
October 30, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
....I think of Euell Gibbons stalking the wild asparagus!! (especially the the skinny, delicious ones).
Here is a list of his books:
# Stalking the Wild Asparagus (1962)
# Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop (1964)
# Stalking the Healthful Herbs (1966)
# Stalking the Good Life (1966)
# Beachcomber's Handbook (1967)
# Stalking the Faraway Places (1973)
Stalking seems to have been a common theme of his.
March 20, 2009
skipvia commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
You may have missed the somewhat related Euell Gibbons discussion on lingonberry, fb.
March 20, 2009
plethora commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
We have a family friend in his 60s who my mum sometimes gives a lift around town. We asked him time and time again to come for dinner. Finally, he agreed and Mama served fresh asparagus. He was rapt. The next day we drove him to see his mother in the nursing home. He told her all about the dinner and added excitedly, "and we had fresh asparagus!" She gave him a withering look and replied, "You don't have to eat it like that any more, Jeffery. You can get it in tins now."
It was very difficult to keep a straight face.
March 20, 2009
reesetee commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Haha! Great story!
March 20, 2009
bilby commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Just...wonderful.
March 20, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word every time i eat asparagus...
Here is Euell at his best for those of you too young to remember: Grape Nuts
March 21, 2009