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You know that bit in Lake Woebegon about how sweet corn is better than sex?
He lied. Shortbread - real british shortbread, with real butter and real sugar accept no subsitutes ever - is at least as good as sex. And it certainly has NOTHING on sweet corn. I am undoubtedly going to Atkins hell for it, but I don't /care/, because I have SHORTBREAD.

more on food

What was the first guy to eat the artichoke thinking? I mean, the parts which are edible are wonderful, but it takes so much concerted effort to GET to them. "Gee, let's stick this thing with all of these pointy bits in my mouth and -- ow! Shit! More pointy bits! Evil pointy bits! WTF?* H-hey, wait ..."
He was persistent, anyway.

* of course cavemen used internet slang.