Black or African-American?

[Alex]

You lost me at anchovy butter.

[wendybeth]

I was just sure there would be Vegemite involved in that recipe.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Wow! You must really mean that, Rstar!

Just to explain, because it's no longer there, but RStar's post came out double.



But, he was the one who pointed out the obvious to blueerica .... a drink recipe that calls for rimming the glass with bacon fat is not a real drink recipe.

[blueerica]

Well, truthfully, I was referring to the second portion of his post.

As for meat-rimmed drinks... Well, I've seen a drink or two garnished with meat in my time, not from a bartending guide and certainly none that I'd ever drink. Ever. Because that's just gross.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

a drink recipe that calls for rimming the glass with bacon fat is not a real drink recipe.

http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/2..._the_flesh.php

Define real.

[AllyOops!]

I think of the endless cocktails I used to knock back & I physically get ill. The thought of a martini these days makes me sick. Add a piece of floating fat-back or ham dicings into that vermouth and..I think I'm going to luge right now. No, seriously.

[AllyOops!]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/2..._the_flesh.php

Define real.

Oh my *gag* golly..

If only I knew back then what I know now, I could have subsituted my swizzle stick with a piece of beef jerkey. Or, skip the sauce altogether & just pour an entire can's worth of ground sirloin grease into a jumbo martini glass and enjoy the artery clogging fun. Hardened orange waxtini.

No, seriously. I'm going to hurl my intestines, both large and small, across my office.

[Disneyphile]

As for race labels, I'm going to write my own in next time, and see what their response is to Seriously in Need of a Tan.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Ask and ye shall receive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

As used in the United States, "caucasian" simply refers to skin color not region of origin. In Europe "caucasian" refers to people from that region.

How the name for that region came be used as the descriptive term for white people is an interesting bit of racist science history. Without going into details, the term was used because that's where early 19th science though the skull features of northern Europeans would ultimately be traced.

Before I even got to Alex's post I was reading this.

Originally Posted by Blumenbach, a "Scientist"

Caucasian variety - I have taken the name of this variety from Mount Caucasus, both because its neighborhood, and especially its southern slope, produces the most beautiful race of men, I mean the Georgian; and because all physiological reasons converge to this, that in that region, if anywhere, it seems we ought with the greatest probability to place the autochthones (birth place) of mankind.

I swear, I'm almost insulted that my supposed grouping was created due to such subjectively prejudiced pseudo-science. I'm not insulted by much, either, but I'm rather horrified that I've been putting "one of the beautiful people" on every form I've filled out.

I know it doesn't really mean that any more, but the origin leaves me with a sullied feeling. I'd rather be called white.

In that regard, I actually dig the idea of calling myself Eastern European, though that's only half my ancestry. I identify as an Eastern European Jewish American, I guess. Not that it matters.

[AllyOops!]

Remember the "flesh" coloured crayon? I found that to be narrow-minded. "Flesh" was a pale peach colour.

Having said that, I keep things in the honest vein & just fill out "dumbass" on all of my forms. You'd be surprised how many jobs I don't get.