Humble Pie or Bitter Fruit?

[swag]

Poll question: Humble Pie or Bitter Fruit?

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[Nicole]

1. Bitter fruit.

Less carbs. :rofl:

[swag]

9. I hear ya,

but don't you mean fewer carbs?

[Nicole]

16. Either way,

less or fewer. As long as some of the carbs are missing.

[jpgray]

2. I was just going to ask--how do you hang someone from a poplar tree?

It seems unlikely.

[swag]

7. Strange question.

[bridgit]

27. no need perhaps when it is said in mythology, lepreans worship the poplar...

while the moon goddess of the white poplar cured skin disease go figure where the black poplar be symbol of hades so that in either event clarification may be warranted as to which or whether

[Deja Q]

3. I'd rather swallow my pride.

It might help stifle my paranoia.

[swag]

10. As Rupert Pupkin once said to Jerry Langford, lemme show you a picture of my pride and joy.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. eat crow

[swag]

11. In moderation, that can be a health addition to a diet.

[guitar man]

5. Humble Pie

without a doubt, Humble Pie :)

30 days in the hole, 30 days in the hole :headbang:

[swag]

12. Frampton comes alive!

[ThomCat]

6. What, exactly, is in that humble pie.

:shrug:

It think I'll have to opt for the bitter fruit. :P

[swag]

8. That humble pie is definitely not for you, Thom.

As James Huston explains in Humble Pie, the original dish dates back to 16th Century England and was called "umbles pie" — a meat pie made from deer umbles (the heart, liver, and miscellaneous innards). These less desirable meats would be taken home by the huntsman who killed a deer for a nobleman, while the nobleman would get the venison. The umbles would be baked into a pie to create a modest dish suitable for a poor man. To eat umble pie meant that you acknowledged your place in the social pecking order. A few centuries changed "umble" into "humble" and also brought about a significant change in meaning. Today, "to eat humble pie" refers to a change in one's circumstance, usually involving an admission of error and-or the making of an apology.

Chances are your family doesn't relish deer innards. This "modernized" humble pie uses steak instead.

Ingredients
Round steak — 2 pounds, cut into bite-sized pieces
Onion — one large onion, peeled and chopped
Carrots — two carrots, peeled and sliced
Parsnip — one parsnip, peeled and sliced
Bell Pepper — one red or yellow pepper, minced
Beef stock — 1 cup
Tomato juice — 1 cups
Minced garlic — 3 teaspoons
Cornstarch — 3 tablespoons
Spices — paprika (2 tsps), black pepper (1 tsp), salt (1 tsp), bay leaf (1)
Pie pastry — one package prepared pie pastry
Egg — one, beaten (to glaze pie crust)

[ThomCat]

13. Ick. I think you're right.

The the history is kind of cool. Thank you. :)

[jonnyblitz]

14. Bitter fruit? I have been called that....

:rofl:

[swag]

18. Some day I'll call you that to your face

and then will buy the first round.

[jonnyblitz]

19. LOL

ok. I guess I'll have to take up drinking again. :D

[swag]

23. Well, how about a cup of tea, then?

[jonnyblitz]

24. sure thing! the beverage of choice isn't the point anyhow!

:thumbsup:

[slj0101]

15. A little bit of each would be nice, with some crow thrown in.

[swag]

20. I see you have the keys to a well balanced diet.

Here's a little ditty that reminds me how to eat right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqRHr5pEIFU

[trof]

17. "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit."

...The SHADOW knows...

[swag]

21. You're freakin' me out, trof, and it's not even my happening.

[trof]

22. And you didn't even hear the evil laugh.

Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaa

[Joe Fields]

25. Humble Pie, but only if Steve Marriott makes it.

[unsavedtrash]

26. damn, now I'm hungry

:yoiks: