Food, Food, and More Food Thread

[krim]

bmwracer wrote:

For Chinese New Year?

nah, my extended family is way too cheap for that place. we got a bunch of people in from out of town, so we're going to mob the place.

drop in since you're just up the street.. sort of..

[bmwracer]

krim wrote:

nah, my extended family is way too cheap for that place.

LOL.

I've got relatives like that, too. Must be a Chinese thing.

[krim]

bmwracer wrote:

LOL. I've got relatives like that, too. Must be a Chinese thing.

i think it's a people thing... the rest of the extended family is rather generous. it's just my uncle and his kids.

[krim]

hugemongous crowd at Mitsuwa for the deal of bags of rice.

[qilver]

krim wrote:

hugemongous crowd at Mitsuwa for the deal of bags of rice.

probably at the Costa Mesa Mitsuwa too....perhaps i should make my weekly visit and save it for tmrw.

[bmwracer]

krim wrote:

hugemongous crowd at Mitsuwa for the deal of bags of rice.

I got in early and beat the crowd...

[krim]

it was crowded at 10am at the one by my house.

[bmwracer]

I should head over to Shinsengumi and see what Krim and family are having.....

[Mr.ChoyBoi]

Craving takoyaki....Anyone else??
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[krim]

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:

Craving takoyaki....Anyone else??

got some at club i just got back from.

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Shinsengumi was GREAT, 20 bottles of Orion and 6 bottles of Sapporo, and 3 of everything later..

[Mr.ChoyBoi]

NIIIICE!!! Im gonna have to wait till tomorrow to eat takoyaki. Damn takoyaki places should be open 24/7!!
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[bmwracer]

krim wrote:

Shinsengumi was GREAT, 20 bottles of Orion and 6 bottles of Sapporo, and 3 of everything later..

Uh, did you eat any food?

[krim]

Yeah, chicken cartilage, liver, gizzard, bacon wrapped enoki, bacon wrapped asparagus, pork meatballs, chicken wing, soaked tofu, grilled sweet potato, etc, etc...

oh, it was with my friends from out of town, not my family.

[bmwracer]

krim wrote:

Yeah, chicken cartilage, liver, gizzard, bacon wrapped enoki, bacon wrapped asparagus, pork meatballs, chicken wing, soaked tofu, grilled sweet potato, etc, etc...

Hmm, not into organs (though I do like calf's liver), but the bacon wrapped stuff sounds great...

I think if you wrapped a tennis ball with bacon it would taste good.

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oh, it was with my friends from out of town, not my family.

Oh.

You mentioned "extended family" and I took it literally.

[krim]

yeah, i should've seperated those two thoughts...

but we kept the bill under $500, not bad i say so myself.

[bmwracer]

krim wrote:

but we kept the bill under $500, not bad i say so myself.

Dohh....!


Good to know you made it home in one piece.

[krim]

it helps when you're eating yummy food and laughing and screaming. course, the after dinner bar hopping didn't go so well...

[bmwracer]

krim wrote:

the after dinner bar hopping didn't go so well...

Yow.

[bmwracer]

From Yahoo! News:

Feeding your brain: new benefits found in chocolate

By Julie Steenhuysen

As if people needed another excuse to like chocolate, new studies suggest a specially formulated type of cocoa may boost brain function and delay decline as people age, researchers said on Sunday.

Scientists, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, presented results from early studies testing the effects on the brain of flavanols, an ingredient found in cocoa.

Funded by candy maker Mars Inc., which provided a specially formulated liquid cocoa concoction for the research, the studies suggest that flavanols increase blood flow to the brain and may hold promise for treating some vascular impairments.

Mars, a private company, has made a study of the health benefits of cocoa. Its CocoaVia line of chocolates, made with a process that retains flavanols, have been shown in clinical trials to have benefits for the heart.

The latest research also suggests benefits for the brain.

Ian Macdonald of Britain's University of Nottingham Medical School, conducted a small brain imaging study on young, healthy women to see whether flavanol-rich cocoa helped boost cognitive function during challenging mental tasks.

Although the beverage did not improve their performance on the tests, it did increase blood flow to their brains for a two to three-hour period, Macdonald said.

He believes more research might show that increased blood flow could benefit older adults and those who have cognitive impairments, such as fatigue or even mini-strokes.

A U.S. study of healthy adults over 50 also found a marked rise in blood flow. It was conducted by Harvard Medical School researcher Dr. Norman Hollenberg, who has studied the effects of cocoa and flavanols on Panama's Kuna Indian population.

Hollenberg believes that, while promising, the brain benefit needs to be verified.

"The only way we can prove something is working is a large clinical trial," he said.

Meanwhile, the researchers cautioned against rushing out to binge on the special Mars line of chocolates.

"It is a modest calorie load but it is a calorie load," Macdonald said. "As long as you are doing something to earn that 100 calories, then that's fine."

[Anime Dad]

bmwracer wrote:

From Yahoo! News: Feeding your brain: new benefits found in chocolate

I knew it! *eats another chocky*