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Dear Dr. Vohaul,
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biteme wrote
at 4:37 PM, Saturday January 26, 2008 EST
I'm hoping you can clarify something for me. Why do cooks and chefs refer to adding lemon to food as "brightening" the taste? You can brighten a color, but what does it mean brighten food? More importantly how did cooks come to steal the meaning of brighten? Should we fight this bastardization of the word? What can we do to stop the contribution of iliteracy of the world?
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Mikeypoo wrote
at 6:41 PM, Saturday January 26, 2008 EST Vo is a Doctor of Love. Fool.
If you are going out on a date or wanna make sweet love to a tender kdicer --> then you contact Dr Vo. Like this: "Dear Dr. Vohaul, I'm in love with Kdicefreak. We make out a lot but he wont commit he says he wants to keep it fun for now. How do i show kdicefreak my love without scaring him away. Sincerely, BiteMe" |
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Vohaul wrote
at 8:56 PM, Saturday January 26, 2008 EST Dear Biteme,
It's not only lemon, as other citrus, salt, and vinegar is also used to "brighten" foods. The acidity helps to counteract otherwise strong flavors, leaving a more lighter taste to the food. It's not only a cooking term, as it also refers to "brightening" metal such as brass with chromic acid - leaving a shiny yellow patina. Dear Mikeypoo, Kdicefreak's fear of commitment with you stems from his desire for authority. Treated as an equal, he does not see you as a strong enough romantic figure to take the next step with. Be more bold in your advances, and you may well break through his "defenses" to new layers of intimacy. Vo knows cooking and romance ;) |
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biteme wrote
at 9:04 PM, Saturday January 26, 2008 EST Thank Dr. V.
Mpoo....shut up, shu up, SHUT UP SHUTUP! I told you about my kdicefreak crush in confidence. YOU SUCK! I'll never tell you anything again. |
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biteme wrote
at 11:56 PM, Monday January 28, 2008 EST Hi Dr. V,
Long time player, first time poster....I'm wondering if you can help me with a PGA issue. A certain someone suggested that I PGA with him tonight. I was completely disgusted by the thought....but everyone at the table was openingly PGA'ing....essentially it was turning into a team Kdice.....so I thought it'd be OK to PGA with that certain someone.....so I thought. He quickly, immediately turned on me, attacking all my dice, crippling me, forcing me to beg for mercy, humiliating me in front of my family. Cleo inspired me to be positive, and turn the other cheak. So in the next game I forgave him. However in the next game, he did the same thing! Up until know we've had a coordial relationship. He's a bit on the "insane" side, but I've tolerated him, even taken him under my wing to "show him the ways". But now I'm not certain we can continue to be friends. Dr. V, what should I do? Should I forgive and forget once again? Or shit I unleash an unspeakable evil and destroy him? Signed hungry in Virginia, Hannibal |
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Mikeypoo wrote
at 2:37 AM, Tuesday January 29, 2008 EST Hi Dr. V,
Long time player, first time poster....I'm wondering if you can help me with a PGA issue. A certain someone suggested that I PGA with him tonight. I was completely disgusted by the thought....but everyone at the table was openingly PGA'ing....essentially it was turning into a team Kdice.....so I thought it'd be OK to PGA with that certain someone.....so I thought. Problem is that this other player bite(redacted)me is a 12 year old fanboy who follows me around slavishly as if attracted to my erotic charm. He always wants to pga me against my will. But i am tired of his inane jokes and erectile sense of humor. So i took a stand and drew a line in the sand. BAM POP POW I quickly, immediately turned on him, attacking all his dice, crippling him, forcing him to beg for mercy, humiliating him in front of his family. Cleo inspired me to be positive, and turn the other cheak . So in the next game I quit thugging his ass. However for the rest of the day he followed me in his meek little voice "help me Mikey." SO in the next game, I did the same thing! Up until know we've had a coordial relationship. But heis completely maniacally obsessed with me. I've tolerated him, he seems sweet, even taken him under my wing to "show him the ways". But now I'm not certain we can continue to be friends. Dr. V, what should I do? KICK HIS ASS 50 more times? Signed Thugmaster in Texas, |
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Vohaul wrote
at 2:20 PM, Tuesday January 29, 2008 EST Dear "Hannibal" and "Thugmaster",
Even though your situations appear different on the surface, you both seem to be suffering from the same deeper issue: listening to Cleo. Cleo is both a nice person and excellent player, which allows her to in fact "turn the other cheek" and forgive such actions. By resorting to a PGA, your perceived weaknesses as individual players have invited the complicated situations that lead to your anguish. I would suggest you both become your "partner's" PGE for a number of games. This will allow you not only settle your frustrations in an open format, but also evaluate your mutual skill levels to determine if your relationship can/should be saved :) |
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Cleopatra wrote
at 5:08 PM, Tuesday January 29, 2008 EST Dear dr Vohaul,
As I usually appreciate your methods of therapy, I can't agree on your diagnosis of your two last patients. First of all please note that the last of them was only generally motivated to positive actions by my Forum post, but "turning the other cheek" was his own application of this positive attitude. Of course I will not reject this biblical rule, but its specific applications to the kdice reality are still matter of significant controversy among theologians. Then I have to say that I seriously doubt that listening to me may be a source of such deep psychological problems as your patients suffer from. I can't be responsible for all possible interpretations of my words that a schizophrenic mind may invent. Of course I am grateful for your opinion about my kdice skills :-) So let this positive thought be the final one in my letter to you. Sincerely Yours - Cleo (Sleeping well in Warsaw) |
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Cleopatra wrote
at 5:53 PM, Tuesday January 29, 2008 EST And please please please don't make me responsible for all the pets people may bring on January 31 and all the mess resulting from it! Even if I like this idea, it was not mine:)
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biteme wrote
at 12:26 AM, Friday February 1, 2008 EST POOO! My ISP is dead. I'm piggying back off some unsuspecting soul's wireless. FEAR NOT I WILL RETURN!
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