So… unicorns are transgender iconography? 
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As much as Superman, bowties, Wednesdays, and oregano.
Actually, any symbol people think is good, that’s also a symbol that trans people deserve good lives.
(That should keep her busy looking for conspiracies).
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I’ve not heard that one before, though it sounds delicious. I’ve most often seen it served with mashed potatoes and “neeps” (turnip, known as swede in England, or maybe just the south of England, and rutabaga in the US).
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I happen to love parsnips. But yeah, mash all the root vegetables!
Edited to add: rutabagas are different than turnips.
https://www.readthespirit.com/feed-the-spirit/tag/rutabaga/
Turnips are often confused with, and can usually be interchanged with, rutabagas, which are larger and have yellower flesh. Trust the British to confuse things. In the south of England, the larger, yellow vegetables are called swedes, possibly because they developed in Scandinavia as a cross between turnip and cabbage. But in Scotland, Ireland and northern England (and parts of Canada), the white root veggies are called swedes and the yellow ones are called turnips.
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Not in Scotland!
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Rutabagas are featured in Zappa’s CALL ANY VEGETABLE.
“And the chances are good
That a vegetable will… respond to you”
Has a turnip ever responded to you? When?
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Rutabay-ee-aga rutabay-ee-aga rutabay-ee rutabay-ee rutabehhhh
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That’s the call. What’s the response? Rutabagas whispering in my ear? Yikes.
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Super-T is drinkable warm. Special Brew is not. The less said about Kestrel Bastard, the better.
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A splendid book on the history of our cuisine is ‘Food in England’ by Dorothy Hartley. A disturbing number of recipes do have the phrase ‘rub it with lard’ in them, but there are some gems, and overall, it’s fascinating.
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I just want to slide in to note that Guinness is really good. One thing I like in Europe is even the diviest of bars tend to have Guinness and know how to pour it.
But halal stuff is good too. döner kebab and club mate is the breakfast of champions
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FFS. islamOphobe.
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One of my best friends and I were at Bristol Comic con in the early 2000s, he’s a barman and gave out to the hotel staff for not pouring Guinness properly, went behind the bar and showed them how to do it.
At some point - presumably around then Diageo closed the UK-based brewery that was providing Guinness for mainland Britain, and instead shipped it in from James’ Gate in Dublin. Presumably around the same time they started pushing their quality review programme out to the rest of Europe.
Yeah I’ve noticed in general Europeans are better about not charging for a 12 oz but giving 8oz + foam (common in USA) but Guinness having secret police to but ppl for a few ml is extremely hilarious to me but I appreciate it results in good service
Weirdly most American bars will do it proper but then not do it proper for other stouts.
Guinness is above average a good sipping a pint after work beer but it’s not craft.
This is not an attack on them, I don’t want a fancy beer every time I drink (wallet can’t handle it)
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The best part of my visit to the Old Sod. (my wife is 3/4 Irish and I’m trying to get her to apply for citizenship as my “go to”.)
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My mum and dad, her dad and most of her brothers and sisters all worked for Guinness at some point in their lives.
My parents actually met via the Guinness athletics club, and when my family were clearing out my grandad’s things when they were selling his house, my dad found a photo and asked why his father-in-law had a photo of him from when he worked in Guinness? My Grandfather was a chemist who worked in their lab, and my dad was basically an errand boy - in the chemistry lab for some of his time there. Turns out while they worked in the same department (and were in a department photo together) they never met - until my mum brought him home to meet the family years later.
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Will check it out. I love good book recommendations!
So far nobody from this site has steered me wrong.
Incidentally I’m in Dublin in a few weeks. I’m on the fence about visiting the Guinness storehouse/brewery. On the one hand it seems a must, on the other hand it looks like a tourist trap. What’s your opinion?
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If it’s a tourist trap, it has guiness at the end…
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I enjoyed it because I had never seen a brewery. Being a manufacturing type guy, I found it interesting AF. Having a pint at 9:30 in the morning was a bit much for me, but it was a nice walk thru. We used the “Hop on, Hop off” buses and hit several of Dublin’s high points, including the Book of Kells.
Have a great trip and enjoy yourself.
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