Jennifer Connelly is an amazing mention though!
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Lightning Round Questions
- Which Disney character
Sorcerer Mickey of course
Or in this context Plink from Donald in Mathmagicland
- Which Hogwarts house?
What are the choices again? I know I know. It just never gelled with me. Not an indication of my attitude toward any other similar.
- Scale of 1-10, how good of a driver are you?
9 when Iām not 3. Compared to professional drivers probably 3. Compared to Germany probably 3. I would take a class if I could practice that stunt man move where you skid the car around the other way in two car lengths.
- First celebrity crush?
Suzanne Somers
- Star Wars or Star Trek?
Battlestar Galactica or Space 1999?
- Mango, avocado, or lime?
Avocado
- Do you Karaoke? Whatās your go-to song?
Only once when I was taken to a karaoke room on a business trip to Japan. If enough time elapses without picking I think it was their standard practice to give Westerners Hey Jude as a softball.
- Worst thing youāve ever eaten?
Chicken sashimi
- If coffee was illegal, what would its street name be?
In Harry Potter, I think Cafenotorious is the spell to pour coffee
Joeker?
Tarcup?
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You forgot to mention my experience with the Aussie chick bringing vegemite sandwiches to a potluck picnic. At the end of the day. the rubbish bins were filled with partially eaten vegemite sandwiches. It was the most gawd awful thing I have ever tasted.
(My apologies again to @TNKA36 Brian who was in attendance at the live hang)
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Oh yeah we have this stuff in the UK called Marmite which is kind of similar I think and Iāve never got into it. It tastes like Satanās gym socks. I pulled more appetising things out the bottom of the rat cage than a Marmite sandwich. In fact I would rather wipe the bread along the bottom of the cage. Itās that bad.
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Gryffindor
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Hakarl. Definitely hakarl tops that list.
Also, although I have never seen it in real life, I would imagine that the Sicilian cheese with maggots in it is pretty bad.
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me - a high end culinary variety of organ meats including lambās brain and testicles, a forgotten animal heart, and other things I would rather forget
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Why would anyone ever entertain eating this! YUCK!
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@PamPurrs @Ed etc marmite has to be spread thinly. Like a thin veneer. If you slap it on like Peanut butter itāll be awful.
Thereās obviously no right/wrong as far as food goes. Except in this instance where Marmite is awesome and you are wrong 
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In homeopathy they dilute a toxin to the point where only a handful of molecules remain in a gallon of water, with the hope of gradually building up resistance in the patient - that would be the dose of marmite I would risk spreading on my bread.
Itās just too marmitey for me
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Excellent choices
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Soā¦ itās actually quite okay if you get it at a good place. Itās more like Chicken Ceviche when done right. I donāt seek it out but Iāll eat it if served. Itās usually a free appetizer.
This one I can understand, especially if I assume you got some that was either not so good, or got it on the east coast where decent sushi is really hard to find. Uni is fantastic if you get a chef that knows how and where to buy it, but due to the texture itās an experience you need to get used to.
I absolutely love it now and will always seek it out at sushi, but the first time I tried it I almost hurled.
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The first time I had Uni I was being treated by a Japanese friend who was here working for a US company for a couple years. It was his treat and the place was pretty nice, but damn if I didnāt almost hurl right there trying to get it down. I felt so embarrassed but it was just soooo bad.
I havenāt had the courage to try it again sinceā¦
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Itās got this texture that is completely unlike anything we usually eat in the west, and a very strong seafood flavor. Good uni tastes slightly nutty and like very good mild seafood. Bad uni tastes like very strong, pungent seafood. But really with both itās the texture that is the weirdest.
Japan has a whole class of foods that have, basically, a slimy texture. Itās called āneba-nebaā. Natto is pretty famous; thereās also others. I have a really hard time with the texture to this day, even though some has very little flavor. Thereās a root vegetable that is extremely slimy when grated that makes up the base for a lot of stuff.
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That was EXACTLY my problem with it. I think I even said that on the call.
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Itās especially heightened when served with the raw quail egg on it too. Thatās how I first had it.
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Where I live uni isnāt a staple at the sushi restaurants, but I always order when available. I always thought good uni had a buttery or fat richness to it even though it is lowfat.
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Yeah! Thatās what I meant by the ānuttyā thing. Buttery is a better description.
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I hate to be Morpheus here, but what if I told you that many cheeses have insects in them to some extent, to the level that there is actually a legal standard for the acceptable number of insects (usually mites) per unit volume? Mimolette is a classic example.
So yeah, I guess that would be my nomination for the grossest thing I have ever eaten (and thorougly enjoyed) - cheese 
100% there with you on the Casu Martzu though.
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Which Disney character are you?
Off the top of my head, no idea. So I just did a silly Buzzfeed quiz and got Puumba. āYouāre a jokester who doesnāt take themselves too seriously and is always down for a laughā-- my friend says this is true, so Iāll take Puumba. -
Which Hogwarts house?
Everytime Iāve done a quiz I end up equal parts Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Iāve always liked rooting for the underdog so Iām happy with Hufflepuff. Something tells me Hufflepuff has a lot of bass players.
Which Lord of the Rings character are you?-- when Iāve done quizzes I get Sam Gamgee. Which is great, because heās my favourite.
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Scale of 1-10, how good of a driver are you?
I donāt drive, but Iām awesome at public transport routes. -
First celebrity crush?
Christopher Reeve. -
Star Wars or Star Trek?
Definitely Star Trek. Favourite captain would be Picard but I was disappointed with the Picard series, so my vote may go to Janeway. -
Mango, avocado, or lime?
Avo! -
Do you Karaoke? Whatās your go-to song?
Never! I canāt sing to save my life and wonāt subject anyone to it. But I do wish I sounded like Ann Wilson. -
Worst thing youāve ever eaten?
Itās a tie between okra and natto. I assumed Iād like natto, even knowing it was slimy, but it defeated me. I was staying with a Japanese family who catered for me being plant based so I felt rude not eating itā¦ aaaiiiiieeeee! -
If coffee was illegal, what would its street name be?
C-bean
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Whatās a movie can you watch over and over and never get tired of?
Spaceballs, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Anne of Green Gables (the original with Megan Follows), Flash Gordon.
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