So I just tried to give blood at a Red Cross drive at work. I'm a little too anemic, though; only one point below the cut-off, whatever that means. It's just as well. I was finding it hard to feel righteously superior about donating blood when the Red Cross (per the FDA) doesn't accept blood from our gay brothers.
Honestly, how did I not know about this before?
In less morally conflicted news, Jesus and Tinky Winky weigh in on Jerry Falwell's death. Heh.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
My blood's not right
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Saves me from getting my arm sticked each time.
What a sad waste, huh?
Completely ridiculous. Effing effers.
no one wants my blood, either, now that i've had transfusions. join the proverbial club.
I concur, effing effers they are!
And I have never given blood; since the tender age of 5, I have passed out at the sight of large-ish amounts of my own blood. I even passed out in my 20s while having a small mole removed. How I get through menses every month is a bit of a mystery...
My blood's probably healthy enough, though. They'd just have to take it while I'm unconscious.
See, y'alls problem is you need to eat more liver, preferrably with fava beans and a nice chianti. Barring that, chicken fried always helps them go down. Mmmm, livers and gizzards....
Unconscious, heh. The mental image made me laugh.
Liver makes me gag. But gizzards? Mmm....
Gizzards = Secret ingredient in dirty rice. Food process them enough and they just taste kinda gristly like breakfast sausage or ground beef.
And there's a lot to be said for the faint tang of urine in a broiled beef kidney. Pee-rific!
You're probably the only person who could make me like liver. I can't picture that happening, but I know it to be true, anyway.
Oh, wait, wasn't there some liver-related appetizer you made once? It was so good I wouldn't share it with the kids.
That would be rumaki. You know, if you add enough bacon, people will stomach almost anything. There's Angels on Horseback (bacon wrapped oysters) and Devils on Horseback (bacon wrapped wine-poached prunes). 'At'll go through you lahk a Ferrari, 'guvnah!
That was it! Man, those were good.
Classic Trader Vic appetizer item. Chicken livers are one of the few cheap items left in the meat department
Thanks for the link! I'm totally going to try to make that on the new grill we'll probably end up buying.
One trick I learned: put the bacon on the cutting board and run the flat part of a knife along it to flatten the bacon. Then cut into thirds. This thins the bacon out and makes it easier to handle. Can get pretty slippery sometimes, what with all the pig belly and liver slime sluicing around.
And whatever you do, NEVER tell people that they're eating liver. Their reaction is precious, but they'll never touch the stuff again. Ask them if they've ever had venison and if they haven't, it's venison. If they have, tell them it's "seared poulet foisgras," then change the subject.
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