Sunday, February 17, 2008

For Catie: Lewis Black and Soy 'Milk.'

16 comments:

Listig said...

I love soy "milk" and cant' drink the real stuff, but he makes a good point... its no more milk than kool-aid is juice!

SnarkAngel said...

Thank goodness I'm not lactose intolerant. I can drink the real thing. I tried the soy stuff once. For me, once was DEFINITELY enough! LOL

Boston_Betty said...

Bob's brother and sister-in-law are health nuts and are raising their kids on this sow milk sewerage. Anyway, we were baby sitting for them and since the drink options at their house were limited, either the soy milk or crap-on-a-stick-berry juice, I thought I'd give the soy a try, as I'd actaully seen the kids stomach using it in their morning cereal. Needless to say, I almost hurled and spent the rest of the day drinking tap water and was damned glad to get it!!!!

SnarkAngel said...

What!?!?!? Betty!!! I'm shocked! And horrified!!! No Jack Daniels in that house to mix with the tap water!?!?!? The horror! The horror!!!

Boston_Betty said...

Yes...there was no hooch in the house! Tap water with Jim Beam or Jack Daniels would have made time fly by much faster with the little demons, but none was to be secured! Thus, I filled myself with tap water to the point where I felt like "jack" slipping under the icey waves in 'Titanic'...but without the relief of death! That having been said, I will NEVER baby sit again!

Listig said...

Snark- like the new avvy... nice and sinister, with a little hunky sensuality lurking as an undertone, but its not overstated or overpowering...

There's almost no brand of soy milk which actually tastes good or is pleasant to drink. 8th Continent is the only major one. The best the others can achieve is not COMPLETELY emulating the mouth feel of wall paper paste.

But if you go to a granola-type boutique "soy bar" you can get some soy milk which is a pleasure to drink.

Anonymous said...

Lewis is great but he's just not right on that soymilk thing.

Fun Facts:
Moocow fuckmilk is pabulum for the masses. It's best suited for baby cows and old ladies.
Everybody is lactose intolerant, it's just a matter of degree.
Cowmilk and dairy products clog arteries and contribute to a plethora of health problems in America from chronic ear and sinus infections (you know the kids) to heart disease.
Would you drink yr mother's breast milk your entire lives?
That would be healthier and for some maybe more fun.
And with all the hormones, chemicals and antibiotics fed to dairy cows and the rate of infection present in most dairy cattle it would be more accurate to call cowmilk 'cow pus' – as in: "Gimme a glass o' cow pus."
Soybeans are the only beans that make a milk (and it's definitely a milk—even tho the dairy industry tried to co-opt the word a few years ago).
It's high in protein and low in cholesterol.
You can curdle the milk and make tofu. The same way they curdle cowmilk and make cheese.
Tofu is the cleanest and highest protein next to eggs, which aren't as clean.
Why would an adult want to drink any kind of milk anyway?
Soymilk is for kids. I only use it in cereal and coffee.
And if you don't like the taste of soymilk, try vanilla.

Next installment: White bread.

Listig said...

The best tasting commercial soymilk I've had is Vitasoy Cappucino. Vitasoy has a nice texture, unlike most soymilks, which tend to be gritty.

I keep trying to eat Tofu (and yes, I've tried all the supposed fixes... I'm a master at stirfry, etc.) but the texture is always a problem. In a nice garlic ginger or miso soup in small pieces, it works well enough, but I've yet to find any soy curd which is as satisfying to chomp into as a 6 year old cheddar.

But you're right... in terms of the distribution of amino acids, Soy is primo! Other vegetable protein sources don't have the right "balance" of the 20 essential amino acids our body uses, so you need to compliment them.

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As for white bread, its only suitable for catching carp and catfish, and its a pretty lousy lifestyle too!

Pumpernickel Über Alles!

SnarkAngel said...

RG, the new avatar is also of Vincent . . . portraying the nasty, abusive farmer "Edgar" in "Men In Black," before his body is taken over by the bug from outerspace. LOL. When Vincent plays "bad," he's even more slurpilicious.

I hate white bread almost as much as I hate soy milk. LOL. The only thing that worries me about drinking milk is what Stevie said about the chemicals, homones, and antibiotics. I do LOVE it, though, but am careful not to overindulge. I use milk primarily for cereal, and in some cooking. Now soy burgers are a different story. For some strange reason, I actually like them!

Listig said...

Snark- I figured as much.

I pretty much live on soyburgers, soy breakfast patties, und so weiter. That, plus anything I can smear peanut butter on.

SnarkAngel said...

"...smar peanut butter on ..." Awwwwwwwwwww, damn! Poor Tess!!!

Listig said...

Actually, the dogs and the TV remote make out far worse.

This is one area where your particular proclivities in matters sensual leaves you a little blinded- peanut butter is not generally sugar free, and hence is not safe for use as a lubricant, bodypaint, etc.


Any other hets out there... as fun as whipped cream and magic shell sound, you GOTTA stick with sugar free. Sugar... shall we say... messes with the the "flora" of your "fauna" in a most unfortunate way.


Only use sugar free on your honey!

SnarkAngel said...

Does that include "natural" peanut butter? LOL

Listig said...

Nice try Snark, but you still haven't said something to which I don't have the huevos to respond...!

Fungi and other microorganisms feed on carbohydrates. Though natural p.b. has none added, read the label... if there's carbs in it, it doesn't go anywhere near the "lotus flower"

(This and many other euphanisms for that part of the anatomy are iterated at http://www.starma.com/penis/muffy/muffy.html)

Pure peanut oil is good stuff though, better than lighter vegetable oils.

SnarkAngel said...

Okay . . . that explains why my bro-in-law is such a fan of peanut oil . . .

Listig said...

I prefer more exotics such as almond or sesame, but they're a bit pricey.

But one can be creative in combining culinary and sexual pursuits... sugar free breakfast syrups, coffee flavorings, etc. are readily available in normal retail establishments. Buy the same thing at a "specialty shop" you pay a mondo markup... kinda like the difference in price between items purchased from a pet store or tack shop, and ones purchased on Halsted.

Only idiots, bachlorettes, and very vanilla folk who are just taking their first sips of more spicy sexuality pay those prices!