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Joined: 26 Nov 2004
Posts: 4
Location: London
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:32 pm
Post subject: My new favourite restaurant in Paris
Hello everyone!
My husband and I just returned to London from two weeks in Paris. We had a brilliant time. While I firmly believe it is impossible to have a bad meal in Paris (logically-it must be possible but I just can't believe it) our favourite meal was dinner at:
Au Grain De Sel
13 rue Jean Beausire 75004 Paris
The restaurant has only been open three months, the dining room is small but elegant, the food remarkably fresh and amazing. I had the
Escalopes de foie gras avec deux pommes
; while Kevin enjoyed
Filet de bar et cabillaud
. The owner was very warm and welcoming and she brought the chef out to meet us toward the end of our meal. The owner told us she has a commitment to using only fresh ingredients.
Do give it a try if you are in Paris.
I was also pleased to start each day eating a slice (sometimes two) of
pain d'epice au miel
with a Christine Ferber jam (
poires aux marron glace
). Clotilde...do you realize how influential you are?
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tea leaves
Joined: 14 Dec 2004
Posts: 57
Location: boston, the home of the bean and the cod
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:08 pm
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Hi Jane, how exciting to hear this, my husband and I gave each other a trip to Paris for Christmas and so I am compiling my "lists" of great places to eat. Can you just tell me what the price range for the this great find was. We are on a little bit of a budget but might be able to work it in if the fit is right.
Did you stay anyplace wonderful or can you recommend someplace wonderful? We are still in the planning phase of this critical piece!
Thanks for any help and Happy New Year!
"Nobody can teach you how to make the perfect cup of tea. It just happens over time. Wearing cashmere helps of course."
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Joined: 26 Nov 2004
Posts: 4
Location: London
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:41 am
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Hi TeaLeaves,
Our bill came to just under 150 Euros and this included starter, main course, cheese course, dessert, and coffee for each of us. We also had a bottle of wine. It was our "big dinner."
We didn't stay in a hotel--we rented a flat for two weeks which we found through
. I'm afraid I don't know of any hotels. The area we stayed in was Beauborg/Les Halles which we thought was great.
This is a tough time for Americans to visit France what with the exchange rate as it is. However, many restaurants, particularly at lunch, offer very reasonable fixed price menus. We took advantage of these.
Let me know if you find a good hotel!
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Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 5
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:17 am
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Hello fellow foodies -
I will be returning to Paris March 10 - 22, and will definitely try Jane's recommendation. In fact, my partner and I have rented an apartment in the Marais - so we'll be close by.
Our favorite restaurants in the city include Coconnas at the Place des Voges, and l'Ardoise. Does anyone else out there have any recommendations?
Mother is absolutely screaming for me to let you in.
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mel p
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Posts: 10
Location: hamburg, germany
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:57 pm
Post subject: another recommendation
I ate here just recently, and it was fabulous. it's also pretty hard to find, and tiny, and we all love that.
It's called Au Fil du Saisons, and it's at 6, rue des Fontaines du Temple 75003 Paris
Métro Temple or Arts et Metiers
They have a 2 course menu thing going on, so we ate for a very reasonable price. The waiter was very patient in letting us decipher the menu and decide in our own time, and that's also v. important as far as I'm concerned.
They also have a "brother" restaurant called Figli delle Stagioni, which I didn't eat at, but would have loved to try.
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cucina testa rossa
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
Posts: 9
Location: San Francisco & Paris
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:34 am
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My new favorite place is a small restaurant
in Montmartre called Cafe Burq
. very cool, hip, tres french, no tourists, awesome food!!! here's a write up:
I am going again tomorrow for dinner so i will try to write it up over the weekend...
There is also
Le Petit Verdot on rue Cherche-Midi in the 6th
. Tiny, charming, darling, very good food. Order off the menu, rather than the specials. I always do well off the menu and they have a delicious vegetarian plate that surprised even me...and I'm not a vegetarian!
Last night went to
Le Beurre Noisette in the 15th
near metro stop Lourmel on line 8. A bit off the beaten path but worth the trek. Small, charming, modern, locals, wonderful food. I'll try to write this up this weekend as well...
Bon appetit, Laura
cucina testa rossa
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Joined: 23 Nov 2004
Posts: 450
Location: a Dutchie in HongKong
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:32 pm
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Guys, I love you!! I'll be in Paris for the Marathon-weekend,(9-12 april) a friend of mine is running, and we're so happy with all your tips!! I'll make sure to put up all my good finds as soon as I'm back.
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Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 861
Location: Paris
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:26 pm
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cucina testa rossa, please please please tellme the address for this restaurant. We live in Montmartre and love eating at the different places here that are not "touristique". Tried to open the link, but it said not able to be found.
How was your meal? What did you eat? What did you drink? Tell me all!
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Lilia Dignan
Joined: 23 Mar 2005
Posts: 159
Location: San Francisco
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:28 pm
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Hello Brian,
You should be back to Kansas by now. I'm sure our fellow foodies would love to hear about your new finds. Did you eat at L'Ardoise? It is one of my favorite places to go to. Did you know that the chef-owner used to be one of the chefs at The Crillon Hotel - Les Ambassadeurs? He got tired of cooking haute cuisine but loved to do "cuisine de grandmere" so L'Ardoise was born.
Looking forward to hearing about your apartment in the Marais and all the wonderful things you did while in the City of Lights.
"A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry."
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cucina testa rossa
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
Posts: 9
Location: San Francisco & Paris
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:14 am
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Debbie wrote:
cucina testa rossa, please please please tellme the address for this restaurant. We live in Montmartre and love eating at the different places here that are not "touristique". Tried to open the link, but it said not able to be found.
How was your meal? What did you eat? What did you drink? Tell me all!
Debbie - I am SO sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I just found your request! Cafe Burq is located at 6, rue Burq off rue des Abbesses, a few blocks from the metro Abbesses. I have since eaten there about 3 times and it is always wonderful. The last time we started at the bar with the Baked Camembert with honey, toasted pine nuts on a bed of arugula. YUM. And a red wine (can't remember) that the bartender recommended. Then I had a potimarron soup with pesto that was delicious. A poached salmon that melted in your mouth. The dessert I rememebr wasn't that remarkable, trying to compensate for lack of taste with fancy plating, but the rest of the meal was delightful. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any other questions:
cucina testa rossa
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Lady Jicky
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 5
Location: Australia
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:33 am
Post subject: Favourite Restaurant in Paris
I had the best meal at Allard in Rue St Andre Des Arts in june this year and my daughter who was in paris this September went there and had a great time too.
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Adam Ries
Born: 23 December 1492 in Staffelstein (near Bamberg), Upper Franconia (now Germany)
Died: 30 March 1559 in Annaberg, Saxony (now Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany)
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German children today know the expression Das macht nach Adam Riese... (that gives according to Adam Ries) when doing arithmetic. From the list of references attached to this article, which is only a small selection of the vast amount of material concerning Ries, it will be seen that there remains a very considerable level of interest in this mathematician.
Adam Ries's name appears with a number of different spellings, a common phenomenon with people living around this time who were certainly not consistent with their own spelling of their names. Ries himself used the forms Ries and Risz when he signed documents, but other forms of his name such as Riese (used by his father), Ris and Ryse are also found. His mother, Eva Kittler, was the second wife of his father Contz Ries (born 1478 in Staffelstein, died 1506 in Staffelstein) who owned a mill in Staffelstein as well as several houses and a vineyard. Certainly Contz Ries was well-off. After the death of his first wife Anna, with whom he had several children, he married again in 1492. Adam was the first child of this second marriage to Eva, having younger siblings Katarina, Margareta and Conradus. He became known as "the greatest son of Staffelstein".
We know nothing of Adam's education but, given that his family were in Staffelstein as he was growing up, it is likely that he attended school there. In 1509, at the age of sixteen, he was living with his younger brother Conradus in Zwickau where Conradus was attending the Latin school. He moved to Annaberg, in the Kingdom of Saxony, in 1515 and we know from his own writings (see Bruno Berlet [19]) that during this stay in Annaberg he studied, and solved, some problems in algebra. Wolfgang Kaunzner, in [16], wants:-
... to draw attention to the fact that Adam Ries [before becoming a 'Rechenmeister'] busied himself with then current mathematical problems and in doing so occupied a position equal to that of his contemporary Cossists.There is documentary evidence that on 22 April 1517 he was back in Staffelstein, for on this day he appeared before the Council of Staffelstein trying to settle a dispute over inheritance.
In 1518 he moved to Erfurt where he ran a school as 'Rechenmeister' (master of calculations) and 'Hofarithmeticus' and, although he did not attend university there, he had many contacts with academics from the university and he profited greatly from these contacts. Perhaps the most important friendship was with Georg Sturtz (1490-1548) who was an academic at the University of Erfurt. Sturtz's home was a famous meeting place of the Humanists and Ries made many useful contacts there. In fact it was Sturtz who gave Ries a collection of manuscripts on algebra and arithmetic which had been given to him by Johannes Widman. Ries wrote his first two books while in Erfurt: these are Rechnung auff der linihen Ⓣ (1518) and Rechnung auff der linihen und Federn Ⓣ (1522). We give some details of these works below. In 1523 Ries became 'Bergbeamter' (engineer and inspector of mines) in Annaberg, which is a centre for the silver-mining region of Saxonia, and he also taught mathematics there. He had already been working on a manuscript for an algebra book, Coss, and it was after settling in Annaberg that he completed the text. We look at details of this work below and also how it became to be published in recent times.
After settling in Annaberg, he got to know Anna Leuber (1495-1545), from Freiberg, who was the daughter of the master fitter Andreas Leuber and his wife Margaret Birner. Adam and Anna were married in 1525 in Saint Anne's Church, Annaberg (at this time a Catholic church, but it became a Lutheran church in 1539). In the same year of 1525, Ries took the necessary oath to become a citizen of the city. He bought a house in Johannisgasse and there Adam and Anna Ries brought up their eight children, five sons and three daughters. Three of the sons, Adam, Abraham and Jacob, became mathematicians working in Annaberg, while Isaac, one of other two sons, became a 'Visierer' (weights and measures master) in Leipzig. The fifth son, Paul, moved to Wiesa, close to Annaberg, where he became a judge and was an important landowner.
Returning to the year 1525, this was when Ries became 'Rezessschreiber' (recorder of mining production) in Annaberg, then in 1532 'Gegenschreiber' (bookkeeper recording of ownership of mining shares) and, from 1533 to 1539, 'Zehnter auf dem Geyer' (financial administrator for mining in the district). The year 1539 marked a substantial change for Annaberg which we hinted at above when we noted that the church in which Ries married changed from Catholic to Lutheran in 1539. This change resulted when the Catholic ruler of the town, Duke Georg, was replaced by his Lutheran brother Heinrich in that year. Ries's name appears in lists of Lutherans living in Annaberg made in 1530 so the arrival of the Reformation in Annaberg in 1539 must have helped Ries's career. That this happened is clear from the fact that, in 1539, Ries became court mathematician and was given the title Churfürstlich Sächsicher Hofarithmeticus. At this time he purchased the Riesenburg, a small castle, outside Annaberg almost half-way between Annaberg and Wiesa. The Riesenburg still exists today close to the Wohngebiet Adam Ries.
Ries's income came mainly from his arithmetic textbooks. The first of these was Rechnung auff der linihen Ⓣ written while he was in Erfurt and printed in that city in 1518 by Mathes Maler. The book was intended to teach people how to use a calculating board similar to an abacus. This type of device is described by the Money Museum:-
Four horizontal and five vertical lines were painted or carved on the calculating boards to represent the decimal values in ascending order. The arithmetical sums were worked out with the help of coin-like counters. They were placed on the respective lines according to the values of the numbers and then, depending on the calculation, these were moved, removed or added to the lines until the final result could be read off. No numbers were printed on the counters; they amounted to as much as the line on which they were placed.No copy of the first edition of this book has survived, the earliest that we have is the second of the four editions which was published in 1525. Ries states clearly in this second edition that the book is intended for children and he must have written it to aid his school teaching at this time. A third edition was published in 1527. The second of Ries's books written while he was in Erfurt was Rechnung auff der linihen und Federn Ⓣ (1522). This book ran to over 100 editions, which is a remarkable achievement. It was aimed at apprentice craftsmen, not at schoolchildren, and in addition to explaining the use of the lined calculating board, this book described calculating with Indo-Arabic numerals. A wood-cut illustrates the purpose of the book by showing two people calculating with the rival methods, one using the calculating board, the other using Indo-Arabic numerals. Clearly Ries taught both the old method of calculating, derived from the abacus, and the new method, derived from the Indians, which at that time was forbidden in most countries! The third of Ries's arithmetic books Rechenung nach der lenge, auff den Linihen vnd Feder Ⓣ is often known as the Practica; it contains the picture of Ries which is reproduced above (the only image from a contemporary source). The book appeared in 1550, printed in Leipzig by Jakob Bärwald, and was a textbook written for everyone, not just for scientists and engineers. The book explains addition, subtraction, multiplication and, very surprisingly for that period, also division. At that time division could only be learnt at the University of Altdorf (near Nürnberg) and even most scientists did not know how to divide; so it is astonishing that Ries explained it in a textbook designed for everyone to use. The reason for the long delay between the appearance of Ries's first two arithmetic texts and this third one was not because this third arithmetic was a much later work. Indeed most of the material had been written by Ries by 1525 but the printing costs were very high and he did not have the necessary funds to pay a printer. However, eventually the Elector Maurice of Saxony agreed to advance him enough to pay the printing costs and publication could proceed.
Among his other books were Ein Gerechnet Büchlein auff den Schöffel, Eimer vnd Pfundgewicht... Ⓣ (1533) which contained tables to allow prices of several items to be found when the price of one was known. This work, also known as the Annaberger Brotordnung Ⓣ, showed how to calculate the weight of a loaf on the assumption that the price of grain varied and the price of a loaf remained constant. In the Preface, Ries says that he has written the book:-
... so that the poor common man will not be cheated when buying bread.We still have to say something about Ries's algebra book Coss (1525). Here we are dealing with a very different type of work in terms of its importance for, unlike the arithmetic books which were printed and could therefore be produced in great numbers and widely read, the Coss remained in manuscript and was therefore hardly read by anyone. Dirk Struik, reviewing [7], explains what happened to Ries's manuscript of Coss:-
Adam Ries has remained in German memory because of his Rechenbücher -schoolbooks on arithmetic, popular for a century and a half. It is less known that he also wrote an algebra, called the Cosz, but this work has remained in manuscript form. Three of these manuscripts were bound together in 1664 by the Dresden Rechenmeister Martin Kupffer. They were thought to be lost until they were found in 1855, and are now kept at the Erzgebirgsmuseum Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg being the Saxonian mining town where Ries lived as a respected citizen and teacher for many years until his death. The impressive folio facsimile, published on the occasion of the 500th birthday of Ries, contains three manuscripts: Cosz I (pp. 1-325) was finished in 1524, Cosz II (pp. 329-499) was written between 1545 and 1550 ...Rainer Gebhardt writes [5]:-
In addition to his famous arithmetic primers Adam Ries has also written an extensive algebra book: The Coss. The symbol for the unknown, or variable, was called coss in the middle ages. Adam Ries also called it radix, root or thing. Ries's Coss, which, contrary to contemporary custom, was not written in Latin, but in German, is a link between the medieval descriptive algebra and the analytical algebra of modern days.Ries's fame was considerable and much has been done over the years to honour him and keep his name to the fore. A bronze statue which was erected in Annaberg in 1893 was later melted down for use in armaments, but has been replaced by a stone statue. In Staffelstein, the city of his birth, a number of plaques and stone reliefs have been erected. Perhaps the most spectacular of the monuments to Ries is in Erfurt where a bronze bust, plaque and calculating table keep his memory alive. We illustrate in our pictures of Ries above a stamp which was issued in 1959 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his birth. Another stamp was issued in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death.
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The first day is slightly different as we don't know who'll be batting, so I'm going to make it about the total number of runs scored on the first day. Over the last 3 Ashes series the median score at the close on day one is 330.67 runs, which seems a nice round figure to start with. So the first question is this:
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No one was happier about the ruling than Uganda's most well-known--and most prosecuted--journalist Andrew Mwenda, who runs The Independent newsmagazine. Mwenda has a total of 25 criminal charges pending against him linked to his critical reporting and outspoken political commentary. "I feel extremely, extremely happy," he told me." I am relieved."
Following his arrest and a sedition charge in 2005 over radio commentary critical of the government, Mwenda, together with the East African Media Institute, challenged the constitutionality of two charges: sedition and "promoting sectarianism." The action triggered a suspension of all prosecutions under these charges pending the outcome of the constitutional review.
At Mwenda's former newspaper, The Monitor, journalists took a moment to celebrate with champagne. "We've been in a celebratory mood," News Editor Alex Atuhaire said.
The reaction of another prominent journalist was more restrained. Kalundi Robert Sserumaga is a radio personality in Uganda, but, save for one interview, his voice has not been heard on the airwaves here since he appeared on one of this talk shows on September 11, 2009. That day, security forces violently crushed popular anti-government rioting while authorities swiftly yanked four radio stations off the air, two of which are still banned. Commenting on the government's handling of the crisis, Sserumaga harshly criticized President Yoweri Museveni. It led to his being charged with six counts of sedition.
Reacting to the ruling, Sserumaga expressed surprise, relief, and concern. "I'm very pleased. It's actually quite unexpected," he said, explaining that he had feared political interference in the case and that he hadn't expected this level of judicial independence. The timing of the ruling, only a few months ahead of next year's general elections, was even more perplexing, he said, since it deprived the government of "a standard weapon against opposition and journalists." Like all the journalists facing sedition charges, Sserumaga has been free under bail conditions that require him to report to court once a month. "I've been going once a month," he said, "for a crime that no longer exists."
Uganda Record news website Editor Timothy Kalyegira, who has been reporting to court once a week since late July, also described living in a legal limbo. "I'm in that no-man's-land," he said. "I'm still being watched under the old law. How much longer will I keep going until this law becomes a laughingstock or I am made a laughingstock?" Police seized Kalyegira's laptop computer, a cell phone, and his passport, and demanded the passwords to his e-mail accounts after he posted articles raising questions about the July 11 terrorist attacks in Kampala. Since then, a judge has issued an injunction prohibiting the press from reporting on the official government investigations.
Journalists told CPJ they did not believe Wednesday's ruling was a game-changer in terms of relations between the media and the government. "On paper, it's a symbolic, very powerful victory," said Kalyegira. "But government can still find ways to arrest you."
The deadly 7/11 suicide bombings gave the Ugandan government the impetus to push through parliament the sweeping Interception of Communications Law--the 2002 Suppression of Terrorism Act passed after 9/11 already criminalized news deemed vaguely as "likely to promote terrorism." Prior to the blasts, authorities were already preparing a restrictive media bill that would among other things criminalize critical reporting the state deems "economic sabotage."
Notwithstanding, journalists are fighting back. There is a consensus that more press battles laid ahead in Ugandan courts. Mwenda, who successfully challenged the offense of "publishing false news" in 2004, told CPJ he plans to appeal to the Supreme Court to reverse Wednesday's judgment upholding the constitutionality of the offense of "promoting sectarianism." The Supreme Court is also expected to issue a ruling on the petition of four Monitor journalists who are challenging the constitutionality of the offense of criminal libel after they were charged in 2008.
Sserumaga is behind an even more ambitious legal counterattack seeking redress for his September 2009 arrest and detention. He is suing the police and the government for unlawful arrest and petitioning the constitutional court on a point of law: Can someone face prosecution if their arrest was unlawful? At the same time he is suing the government-controlled Broadcasting Council for abuse of power and asking the constitutional court to review the limits of its powers. The president of the council banned Sserumaga from the airwaves--without notice or hearing, just by way of a letter addressed to his station's management--after his arrest.
Meanwhile, the government is also facing litigation over the ongoing closure of prominent broadcaster Central Broadcasting Station. "We want to gradually close opportunities the government has been using to harass journalists," said Sserumaga.


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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been used for 4,000 years to treat a variety of conditions. Studies show that turmeric may help fight infections and some cancers, reduce inflammation, and treat digestive problems, and it has gotten a lot of press lately.
But remember several facts when you hear news reports about turmeric. First, many studies have taken place in test tubes and animals, and turmeric may not work as well in humans. Second, some studies have used an injectable form of curcumin, the active substance in turmeric. Finally, some of the studies show conflicting evidence.
Turmeric is widely used in cooking and gives Indian curry its flavor and yellow color. It is also used in mustard and to color butter and cheese. Turmeric has been used in both Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine as an anti-inflammatory, to treat digestive and liver problems, skin diseases, and wounds.
Curcumin is also a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants scavenge molecules in the body known as free radicals, which damage cell membranes, tamper with DNA, and even cause cell death. Antioxidants can fight free radicals and may reduce or even help prevent some of the damage they cause.
In addition, curcumin lowers the levels of two enzymes in the body that cause inflammation. It also stops platelets from clumping together to form blood clots.
Research suggests that turmeric may be helpful for the following conditions:
Indigestion or Dyspepsia
Curcumin stimulates the gallbladder to produce bile, which some people think may help improve digestion. The German Commission E, which determines which herbs can be safely prescribed in Germany, has approved turmeric for digestive problems. And one double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that turmeric reduced symptoms of bloating and gas in people suffering from indigestion.
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Turmeric may help people with ulcerative colitis stay in remission. Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disease of the digestive tract where symptoms tend to come and go. In one double-blind, placebo-controlled study, people whose ulcerative colitis was in remission took either curcumin or placebo, along with conventional medical treatment, for 6 months. Those who took curcumin had a relapse rate much lower than those who took placebo.
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Turmeric does not seem to help treat stomach ulcers. In fact, there is some evidence that it may increase stomach acid, making existing ulcers worse. (See "Precautions" section.)
Because of its ability to reduce inflammation, researchers have wondered if turmeric may help relieve osteoarthritis pain. One study found that people using an Ayurvedic formula of herbs and minerals with turmeric, winter cherry (Withinia somnifera), boswellia (Boswellia serrata), and zinc had less pain and disability. But it' s impossible to know whether it was turmeric or one of the other supplements — or all of them together — that was responsible.
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Early studies suggested that turmeric may help prevent atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque that can block arteries and lead to heart attack or stroke. In animal studies, an extract of turmeric lowered cholesterol levels and kept LDL "bad" cholesterol from building up in blood vessels. Because it stops platelets from clumping together, turmeric may also prevent blood clots from building up along the walls of arteries. But a double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that taking curcumin, the active ingredient in turrmeric, at a dose of up to 4 g per day did not improve cholesterol levels.
There has been a great deal of research on turmeric's anti-cancer properties, but results are still very early. Evidence from test tube and animal studies suggests that curcumin may help prevent or treat several types of cancers, including prostate, breast, skin, and colon cancer. Its preventive effects may be because it is a strong antioxidant, protecting cells from damage. More research is needed. Cancer should be treated with conventional medications. Don' t use alternative therapies alone to treat cancer. If you choose to use complementary therapies along with your cancer treatment, make sure you tell all your doctors.
Bacterial and Viral Infections
Test tube and animal studies suggest turmeric may kill bacteria and viruses. But researchers don' t know whether it would work in people.
A preliminary study suggests curcumin may help treat uveitis, an inflammation of the eye' s iris. In one study of 32 people with chronic anterior uveitis, curcumin was effective as corticosteroids, the type of medication usually prescribed. More research is needed.
Plant Description:
A relative of ginger, turmeric is a perennial plant that grows 5 – 6 feet high in the tropical regions of Southern Asia, with trumpet-shaped, dull yellow flowers. Its roots are bulbs that also produce rhizomes, which then produce stems and roots for new plants. Turmeric is fragrant and has a bitter, somewhat sharp taste. Although it grows in many tropical locations, the majority of turmeric is grown in India, where it is used as a main ingredient in curry.
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The roots, or rhizomes and bulbs, are used in medicine and food. They are generally boiled and then dried, turning into the familiar yellow powder. Curcumin, the active ingredient, has antioxidant properties. Other substances in this herb have antioxidant properties as well.
Available Forms:
Turmeric is available in the following forms:
Capsules containing powder
Fluid extract
Because bromelain increases the absorption and anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin, it is often combined with turmeric products.
How to Take It:
Turmeric supplements haven' t been studied in children, so there is no recommended dose.
The following are doses recommended for adults:
Cut root: 1.5 – 3 g per day
Dried, powdered root: 1 – 3 g per day
Standardized powder (curcumin): 400 – 600 mg, 3 times per day
Fluid extract (1:1) 30 – 90 drops a day
Tincture (1:2): 15 – 30 drops, 4 times per day
The use of herbs is a time-honored approach to strengthening the body and treating disease. Herbs, however, can trigger side effects and may interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. For these reasons, you should take herbs with care, under the supervision of a health care provider.
Turmeric in food is considered safe.
Turmeric and curcumin supplements are considered safe when taken at the recommended doses. However, taking large amounts of turmeric for long periods of time may cause stomach upset and, in extreme cases, ulcers. People who have gallstones or obstruction of the bile passages should talk to their doctor before taking turmeric.
If you have diabetes, talk to your doctor before taking turmeric supplements. Turmeric may lower blood sugar levels, and when combined with medications for diabetes could cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
Although it is safe to eat foods with turmeric, pregnant and breastfeeding women should not take turmeric supplements.
Because turmeric may act like a blood-thinner, you should stop taking it at least 2 weeks before surgery. Tell your doctor and surgeon that you have been taking turmeric.
Possible Interactions:
If you are being treated with any of the following medications, you should not use turmeric or curcumin in medicinal forms without first talking to your health care provider.
Blood-thinning Medications — Turmeric may make the effects of these drugs stronger, raising the risk of bleeding. Blood-thinners include warfarin (Coumadin), clopidogrel (Plavix), and aspirin, among others.
Drugs that reduce stomach acid — Turmeric may interfere with the action of these drugs, increasing the production of stomach acid:
Cimetidine (Tagamet)
Famotidine (Pepcid)
Ranitidine (Zantac)
Esomeprazole (Nexium)
Lansoprazole (Prevacid)
Diabetes Medications — Turmeric may make the effects of these drugs stronger, increasing the risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
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Alternative Names: Curcuma longa
Steven D. Ehrlich, NMD, Solutions Acupuncture, a private practice specializing in complementary and alternative medicine, Phoenix, AZ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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Dorai T, Gehani N, Katz A. Therapeutic potential of curcumin in human prostate cancer. II. Curcumin inhibits tyrosine kinase activity of epidermal growth factor receptor and depletes the protein. Mol Urol. 2000;4(1):1-6.
Funk JL, Frye JB, Oyarzo JN, Kuscuoglu N, Wilson J, McCaffrey G, et al. Efficacy and mechanism of action of turmeric supplements in the treatment of experimental arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Nov;54(11):3452-64.
Gautam SC, Gao X, Dulchavsky S. Immunodilation by curcumin. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:321-41.
Gescher A J, Sharma R A, Steward W P. Cancer chemoprevention by dietary constituents: a tale of failure and promise. Lancet Oncol. 2001;2(6):371-379.
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Hanai H, Iida T, Takeuchi K, Watanabe F, Maruyama Y, Andoh A, et al. Curcumin maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis: randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Dec;4(12):1502-6.
Handler N, Jaeger W, Puschacher H, Leisser K, Erker T. Synthesis of novel curcumin analogues and their evaluation as selective cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) inhibitors. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2007 Jan;55(1):64-71.
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Jagetia GC, Aggarwal BB. "Spicing up" of the immune system by curcumin. J Clin Immunol. 2007;27(1):19-35.
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Kim MS, Kang HJ, Moon A. Inhibition of invasion and induction of apoptosis by curcumin in H-ras-transformed MCF10A human breast epithelial cells. Arch Pharm Res. 2001;24(4):349-354.
Krishnaswamy K. Traditional Indian spices and their health significance. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2008;17 Suppl 1:265-8.
Pari L, Tewas D, Eckel J. Role of curcumin in health and disease. Arch Physiol Biochem. 2008;114(2):127-49.
Phan TT, See P, Lee ST, Chan SY. Protective effects of curcumin against oxidative damage on skin cells in vitro: its implication for wound healing. J Trauma 2001;51(5):927-931.
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Rao CV. Regulation of COX and LOX by curcumin. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:213-26.
Sharma RA, Ireson CR, Verschoyle RD. Effects of dietary curcumin on glutathione S-Transferase and Malondialdehyde-DNA adducts in rat liver and colon mucosa: relationship with drug levels. Clin Cancer Res. 2001;7:1452-1458.
Sharma RA, Steward WP, Gescher AJ. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of curcumin. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:453-70.
Shehzad A, Khan S, Shehzad O, Lee YS. Curcumin therapeutic promises and bioavailability in colorectal cancer. Drugs Today (Barc). 2010 Jul;46(7):523-32. Review.
Shishodia S, Singh T, Chaturvedi MM. Modulation of transcription factors by curcumin. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:127-48.
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Over the last week I have been designing and building a front dig system for my summit that I just finished. Hope you like
XO-1, E-Revo Dual 700-HO's, Slash 4x4, AX-10
Thats awsome. what did you do cut the shaft and use a pice of another one to act as a sliding sleve? how is the engagment well its out crawling? how did you get down through the frame and where?
Great job. Never even thought of that method.
The next step is to make the rear center shaft lock against the chassis when it's disengaged from the transmission. That would act like rear brakes to provide a complete front dig system.
Thanks. A saw. I used a female an two male driveshafts. It is smooth if lubed but other wise it needs some help from the driveline moving. I drilled like 5 holes in a line the used a dremal to make it one big one.Originally Posted by revoratt
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Now that would be cool. I'll see what I can come up with.Originally Posted by chet jamio
XO-1, E-Revo Dual 700-HO's, Slash 4x4, AX-10
nice one, very cool whats your tx controlls looking like? stack somthings on a channel?
T8 sensored/Xerun-150a/custom chassis/fit body
Ch1. Steering
ch2. Throttle
ch 3. High/low tranny
ch 4a. Front and rear diffs locked
ch 4b diffs still locked. Front dig engaged
XO-1, E-Revo Dual 700-HO's, Slash 4x4, AX-10
What is a front dig system?
it disconects the rear drive shaft so it only has front wheel drive so you can clime steep hills with out rolling over
if your not breaking anything get more air
I tried climbing the system works fine but the stock tires arnt grabbing. Any tire recommendations?
XO-1, E-Revo Dual 700-HO's, Slash 4x4, AX-10
Clever. I was thinking of a different way, but yours is better.Originally Posted by Alex's Revo 3.3
About the rear brake lock, maybe you could add a rear brake from a nitro Revo and connect it to the front dig servo. I've never seen a nitro, so I don't know if this would work.
I had about the same issue (without the front dig of course) and ended up putting a fair bit of extra weight on the front bumper. It helped with keeping the front tires on the ground.Originally Posted by Alex's Revo 3.3
50 characters and no BB code for sigs is useless!
How muh weight did you add.Originally Posted by Dingman
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I was just thinking that if I lock the rear to the chassis when I engage dig it will be useless because I have the rear steer.
XO-1, E-Revo Dual 700-HO's, Slash 4x4, AX-10
Do you have any videos of the front dig on the summit being useful? A video that shows the no front dig vs the front dig.
Yes its me - the necromancer - I simply love pulling up old (exciting) projects from the dead just to spark some new original interests and check on updates -
any updates, comments? similiar ideas?
MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
Dig would be a good mod to have in the summit. I wonder if you could pull it off with the use of one of the locking diffs inline with the rear driveshaft i.e. digDiff. With the digDiff locked you're in 4x4 with the digDiff unlocked you'd have dig. The key would be to figure out how to lock the driveshaft to the rear diff when you unlocked the digDiff. Maybe you could turn the coupling around inside the locking diff to lock against the diff housing when unlocked:
VERY impressive, i'd give you ten solid gold stars but i'll save em for when you make it possible to switch between fwd/rwd/awd
Nice job
i dont get why would do this for...seems like a lot of hard work
i would have thought it would have been easer to change the diff lock so that when u turn the diff lock on the front locks up first then the rear then make it so they all lock up
just bumping a great thread
MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
Great Job. Very impressive
Brushless Summit!!!!!
Slash 4x4
A company could make an inexpensive kit for front dig and they would sell........ Hint. Hint.
Great job! My summit really needs dig...
-1/16 Slash Baja -Soon to be brushless-
Not sure if the op is still active on here but if so I would love to see a vid of this system in action crawling....? You out there Alex's Revo 3.3?
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I doubt it.
Last Activity 10-26-2010 01:35 PM
crawl-bash-swim. The Summit does it all.
nice JOb Alex , you dah Man !!!!
Just necromancing some good old Summit build threads to inspire these summit newbies with better ideas than simply bigger tires.
MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
I actually took the time and did this mod on mine. Sadly it didnt help like it does on the superclass crawlers. The truck is too heavy and when you go into front dig on a verticle climb it cant pull it up. Kick in the rear axle again and it just flips over like normal.. The only thing that was cool about it was doing front dig turns. Flooring it in front wheel drive it would spin around nicely in a tight spot. Needless to say, I removed the mod from my truck, too many moving parts to not use. Just my experience with it.


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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is calling on former residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to claim their old city addresses in next year's census, drawing criticism for trying to circumvent rules for winning federal funds.
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28 thoughts on "The Taste of Bullshit"
This is a brilliant post – thorough, interesting and illuminating. Thanks for writing!
I am a die-hard G&T drinker and got told recently that it's a man's drink by someone whose granddad drinks them; the first man I've ever heard of to drink them. S'all conditioning. The only people I've ever seen drink whiskey/whisky are my own granddad and the cast of Mad Men, and the only people I've ever seen drink G&T are my mum and her female friends, but it's just a matter of taste. I'll enjoy whatever I want, including good cheese and fine wine, because my dad AND mum taught me to have good taste. And because good cheese is GOOD.
Awesomely written. I enjoyed the style as much as the content.
Everything you say is basically true, but here's an anecdotal thought: most of the women I know have a sweeter tooth than most of the men I know. That may or may not be a representative sample but, if it is, perhaps you're putting the cart before the chicken's egg.
The alcohol industry exists to make money, so it's not much of a leap to posit that they exist to sell people the drinks they want to buy. Perhaps, on average, sweet drinks sell very well to the female market, and savoury (peaty, musty, oaky, etc) drinks sell very well to the male market.
That's not to say all women hate whisky, but it IS to say that there is enough of a demographic bias for all the marketing money to be focused on the audience where it's going to have the most impact.
Sure, it's a stereotype, but perhaps there's no peatsmoke without charcoal fire?
I am also into Whiskey, all variations of G&T (ok, not all, 10 year old Tanqueray will serve me fine)as well as stronger drinks such as the lovely Oldfashioned. Even highly intelligent bartenders in really good bars feel the urge to comment on my choice (it would be ridiculous if they patted a guy on the sholder for ordering a Whiskey). Once I wasn't served in a Whiskey shop because the owner obviously couldn't imagine that a young woman could buy anything without his advice. I, too, think that it has to do with conditioning. If young girls were told that Whiskey is the choice of the educated woman drinker, they'd probaly try it.
Having spend 6 years living with 13 other students, 7 of each gender, were whiskey was a stable, the only difference I noticed was that the guys tended to like the smokey kinds better than we did.
Whitout falling in to "biology-determinism", I once heard that hormones has an effect on your taste buds (explaining why pregnant women experience changes in food-preferences), so is it completely unthinkable that there would be some foods/drinks that on the larger scale would be favored by men more than women and vice versa?
NOT trying to sentence anyone to a lifetime of sweetly flavored, odd colored atrocities, I'll take the whiskey any day (or night or anytime).
Wow, that sounds like a distillery tour I want to avoid. I've been a whisky drinker for about a decade and I'm the one who taught my husband how to drink it (though I will admit that it was guy friends who taught me in the first place). I know plenty of women who like scotch and men who like alcopops (don't WKD adverts mostly feature men these days?) I agree that women generally aren't the target market for whisky advertising, which seems short-sighted on the part of the big brands. You do have to cultivate a taste for it and develop your palate, which is not something that marketing in the drinks industry tends to push. If I get odd looks for drinking whisky, well, that's their problem, not mine. I took a friend by surprise for drinking Newcastle Brown back in my student days FFS.
We went to Skye for a joint birthday trip and took the special tasting tour at Talisker's distillery. Our guide was a woman and we were part of a 50/50 male/female group. Most of the women had at least some interest in whisky, not just there as designated drivers. It was a great experience and absolutely worth it for whisky fans.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Peggy Olsen know her way around a bottle of scotch?
I have a deep hatred for lady-yoghurt. It's corporate marketing bullshit. Cheap, artificial pap dressed up in pots that promise miracles. Go for the real deal every time – the more packaged-up the food is, the less taste and enjoyment is within the wrapper. Eat what you love and not what you 'should'.
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Yes yes! Wow… I went out with drinks with some male colleagues the other day, ordered a double whiskey, with water and ice. (Been out the previous eve, had plans that night and it was really cheap…) Anyway in my mind mixing it with water and ice completely negates the "manliness" of it. I mean when is making something weaker "manly". The whole table commented! And they are used to me drinking beer, drafts in fact…
Most girls just don't give beer a chance, and it's no wonder, because if you do you have a bunch of folks gaping at you. My guy friends prefer strawberry milkshakes to chocolate – should I gape at them for enjoying such a girly drink? No. They just like strawberries!
I like me some good whiskey, as well as rum. Always get the wtf faces for drinking these. But then, I also get them for smoking cigars.
Gratefully, I got into the phase when I give them "wtf are you looking at" back.
Limiting for choice of men, liberating for life.
I am a huge fan of port. My friends have accepted this (actually I find my male friends accept it far more than my female friends), but everyone else (from the stranger next to me to the bar man serving) stares at me suspiciously (I actually think they'd feel better if I pulled off a mask and turned out to me an old man). Port, whisky, and beer all the way.
The darker the rum the better, no mixer! Funnily enough, I can think of more men who have disgustingly sweet tooths than I know women. My dad can get through a bag of Crunchies fun size in about five minutes flat, where mum and I will be chucking down French cheeses and olives.
Oh those yoghurts really, really anger me. Marketing ploys that are mostly placebo. Grr.
I'm a G&Ts woman, although rum does it neatly too on the odd occasion. And I've lost count of the number of times eyebrows have been raised purely because I asked for a G&T (although it's been pleasant surprise rather than disapproval … not that that would put me off).
I also have the distinction of having gone and bought £100 pounds worth Scotch all on my own (I was going back home and wanted to take presents for the men in the family that they'd actually use/appreciate as opposed to something like cufflinks or ties or something). The shop guy didn't pay much heed at first but I did notice him looking at my retreating form with some sort of awe mingled with respect.
Lastly, I really cannot remember the last time I had anything milk-chocolate. Dark chocolate or nothing for me, thank you. So out go the mini Cadbury rolls or whatever and certainly no cupcakes.
I don't know about ballbuster but I'm all for gender-based stereotyping bullshit buster.
I'm surprised. Young women drink whisky in my bits of Glasgow. Maybe the negative attitude is an english thing? I do hear you about the infantilisation of women though. It winds me up that so many of my female friends have soft toys.
I find it fascinating that this topic drew so many comments so quickly, with people keen to identify their favourite drink. It seems to me that alcohol is the most dangerous drug, and all the more so for being arbitrarily legal as that makes it more readily accessible – because it typically relaxes inhibitions and all too easily allows behaviour that would otherwise be restrained, where most other drugs tend to make people withdraw within themselves. Need I even mention alcohol-related domestic violence ?
I don't think alcohol is inherently evil, any more than heroin or cocaine or whatever, but I do wonder why a dangerous drug of any kind is so central to our culture. Are our lives so awful they need to be medicated ? To me the problem of alcohol utterly dwarfs any discrimination over the particular types consumed!
I worked for a time as a tour guide in a distillery, and my experience was much the same. I'm still treated like I'm looking for something for my dad when I go into a specialist shop, even though I can usually tell them more about their whiskies than they know (we had very specialist training – it was a small distillery that was the flagship for the brand). When they realise how much I know about it, it suddenly becomes something sexy.
As for taste – yes, women do tend to go for the lighter, more honey flavoured types (Glenkinchie etc), but I've met so many people (male and female) who think they don't like whisky because their (male) friends gave them Lagavulin or Laphroaig to prove how manly they were that they could drink such a strong drink. Since the really heavy, peaty whiskies are rarely the type that first-time drinkers like and many never grow to like them (I never did), they think that's what whisky tastes like. If people actually wanted to introduce their friends to the very wide range of whiskies out there rather than trying to impress them in a show of masculinity, they'd give them one of the milder ones to try first and then see how they like it. There are *so* many different flavours available that most people can find one that they like.
I rarely drink at all these days, but on special occasions I like my lighter peaty whiskies – Talisker for normal drinking, Glenkinchie when I'm wanting something that goes down easier and Caol Ila is my favourite.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. My opinion is that food is as laden with meaning as any other part of culture, and if women do like sweet things more, that doesn't necessarily mean this is 'natural' or biologically determined. Biology may be a part of it, of course, and I'm looking into the science of taste preference now to see if I can find any answers – but it's not the whole story.
"It winds me up that so many of my female friends have soft toys."
but I'm not aware of any pressure to have them, so perhaps it's just what they like to have in the privacy of their bedrooms ? I suppose they might be conforming to some unspoken expectation, but who's going to be checking up on them ? I have a soft toy on my desk at work (a Fimble) because I like it
OK I just wrote a comment and I've only just noticed how ridiculously long it is so apologies for hijacking your post like this – seriously though I liked the article and found it rather thought-provoking. Here's a ramble about it:
I have 3 friends who are big whisky enthusiasts and one of the 3 is female, but personally I can't stand the stuff. I've had a few sips of it and in a tiny amount it's sort of pleasing in an intense way, but I'd never want to actually buy a bottle of the stuff. but that might be because I'd rather buy cheaper alcohol and I can't get excited about the prospect of something more expensive (Similar to my attitude to my rich friend who keeps insisting I try going skiing one day).
The whole cutesy cupcakes-as-lifestyle-philosophy trend is annoying and needs to stop, but I question whether this actually like you say "the symbol of modern womanhood" – I mean it's basically a relatively niche thing that is best ignored. What would the symbol of manhood be? Football? Cars?
Back to the issue of tastes, I don't think eating really dark chocolate is ever seen as some sort of masculine endeavour. Women buy chocolates and watch rom-coms, so the stereotype goes. Men don't buy expensive chocolates, but might get a marsbar, or a snickers, or a twix. But it isn't some sort of tantric masturbatory experience for men, it's something you'll have after a sandwich.
With drinks, there's definitely a tendency for people to assign gender. I remember being a child and watching the title sequence of blind date, and there was this bit where a man and a woman are served a pint of beer and a glass of red wine, and then shock horror, the man picks up the wine and the woman has the pint. My mother basically only drinks wine and my dad used to drink cans of beer, so I totally thought that this was how all adults drank.
But with alcohol, you sort of have to learn how to like things. I'm 20 and now enjoy the taste of alcohol but aged 13 and drinking whatever I could get my hands on there were definitely a few things that took a while to adjust to. For example, I haven't (maybe for lack of trying) developed an enthusiasm for whisky. And it's not something that a huge number of people do, and due to what we feel is normal, maybe women are less likely to try and like something that's seen as a man's drink.
I'm going to be a little bit contrarian here – do you think it's possible that part of your enthusiasm for whisky comes from the fact that you like the fact you're not expected to like it? Was part of the enjoyment from the fact that you're not just having a drink and that you're smashing gender stereotypes and keeping up with the boys?
y'know, maybe I'm a bit sensitive, and you probably weren't doing this, but I personally get tired of being accused of being a slave of the patriarchy because I don't break down stereotypes by doing things I don't enjoy. I don't know anything about whisky – I know I don't even like to sit by someone drinking Jack Daniels – but I don't drink beer, either – I am all about the mixed drinks. Amaretto stone sour, cosmo, Tom Collins, lemon drop. Yes. And that should be OK too! I know that it makes me fit in with the popular stereotype, but it makes me feel like a bad person and that by drinking what I like, I'm contributing to a sexist culture. But I'm not about to choke down drinks I have to hold my breath to even get near my mouth just so I can be a good feminist. Argh!
It's like the women who say that "only sexually immature girls like girly boys, real women like chesthaired rugged types" – at 30 years old, I'd like to think my tastes have matured as much as they're going to as far as this kind of thing goes, and give me a man who can't grow a beard over a Burt Reynolds type any day. Why does it make me immature if I like metrosexuals and androgynous boys? And why are we still judging each other according to standards we had no say in?!
(However, I do like dark chocolate. So I guess I've done one thing right in my job as a ball-buster, right?)
I totally agree that you should be able to order whatever you like without anyone saying you're a bad feminist. My point was that anyone should be able to eat and drink the things they like, avoid the things they don't, or try new things, without getting weird looks and comments because they're being 'unwomanly', or 'unmanly'. I find it crazy that something as seemingly neutral as choosing off a menu is laden with all these cultural pressures, when it should be as simple as 'I like this, so I'm going to order it.' Basically I'm really sick of having to explain myself in bars. Yes, it is for me. Yes, I do like it. Some of my women friends also drink whisky but most don't. Yes, that does make me weird. Etc. etc.
I love whiskey, rum and tequila (not all at the same time mind), my favourite cocktail is an Old Fashioned (my favourite whiskey's are smokey, mmm). Every time my beau and I go out for drinks or a meal and we order, the waiter ALWAYS comes back to put my bf's wine in front of me and my whiskey in front of him. Even if they took the order, they have somehow forgotten who ordered what in the space of about 3 minutes and allowed their pre-conceived ideas of what men and women drink take over. Gender stereotyping! Bah!
"What would the symbol of manhood be? Football? Cars?"
this is stultifyingly stereotypical of men too. I execrate footy and cars, which are typical of passive consumption culture.
I still own every teddy I was given as a child. Granted, most of them are packed safely away in a cupboard and I only have one out in my bedroom. I still remember the name of every single one of them and how they came to be mine- they are of immense sentimental value to me. Does that make me 'infantile'? Do I have to burn them, cut their heads off or nail them to a tree daubed in chicken's blood to be considered a liberated adult woman?
I hear you. Alcohol just has more sophisticated marketing than the colon soothing yogurts – marketing that invites the drinker to define themselves as hip/mainstream/traditional/rediscovering/avant garde (delete as appropriate) according to their tipple but ultimately it's still just marketing (marketing probably done by the bod at the desk who sits next to the bod at the desk who does the colon soothing yogurt marketing project). Is it just me or does anyone else struggle with the complexity of the 'prove you're not a robot by copying down these words' bit to get a comment published?
"Good whisky is awesome. It is strong but subtle. It tastes of smoke and salt and honey and flowers."
What a spot-on, brilliant way of describing good whiskey. It is fabulous, indeed.
@ Miss Honey Bear, oh, I hear ya! When my husband and myself go out for a drink together, he generally orders something non-alcoholic or at the most a glass of wine or beer. Sometimes a half pint, as he really doesn't drink much (he's Italian). Much like myself, he likes to savour what he's drinking, and will be even more likely to order an ale if it's a little bit special or gourmet-ish. I on the other hand I'll usually order something stronger, such as a liqueur or a whiskey.
Infuriatingly enough, I count on the fingers of one hand the times we didn't get a second take from a baffled waiter or bar-tender as I asked for a strong liqueur and my husband asked for a beer or even something non-alcoholic. Sometimes, while passing us the drinks, the bar-tender will literally hand the whiskey over to my hubby and the lighter stuff over to me, even though I may have LITERALLY JUST VERY CLEARLY said that I want the whiskey and he wants the half pint. As if an irresistible, otherworldly force were guiding their hands to "put things right" (according to their own view of how the universe should function, obviously).
I want to add that when my husband and I go out for a drink and the bar staff see me ordering a whiskey while he sips on something much lighter, they will usually target him – such as "jokingly" coax him into having something as strong as his wife, OR ELSE run the risk of coming across as a eunuch, a pansy – essentially, the quintessence of unmanliness. I abhor this, simply detest it, and feel just as insulted as when someone is sexist against me or women in general. Thankfully, my husband just shrugs it off…
That reaction you get to drinking whisky is the exact reaction I get when ordering/drinking a Stella. As if I'd touch any of that neon shite.
Modern marketing is built on freudian notions of hidden desires and emotions. They focus on a target group and attempt to decipher the deal-set longings of this group. They are thus likely to reproduce and strengthen already existing stereotypes. They might think, while choosing women as a target, that women want to feel soft, sweet, and feminine, and so the product is advertised along those lines. There is marketing sense in choosing sex as a basis for targeted marketing, as you reach 50 % of the population. It would, I am sure, also take much more time, research and imagination (and money?) To think outside the box and target interests, tastes, or personality types. Mich easier then, to follow the beaten track and make women who see an ad think themselves less feminine if they were to reject the product and buy something marketed for men instead. And so it goes. For men, too, definitely.
I think in the US it's less of an issue. I used to be a bartender in a swanky hotel Champagne Bar, and many of our female American patrons often ordered single malts and Manhattan cocktails, and nobody batted an eyelid. However, in British company, when I drink scotch or whisky cocktails, people seem shocked, how could such a little teeny girlie drink something so manly!