Comments on: Mate http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/ Famous Among Dozens Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: thor http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-210 thor Wed, 10 May 2006 20:57:57 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-210 Hey, you guys, that really is my Aunt Yolanda in the post above. Hi, Auntie! The things you learn when you turn on the comments. Hey, you guys, that really is my Aunt Yolanda in the post above. Hi, Auntie! The things you learn when you turn on the comments.

]]> By: Auntie Yolanda http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Auntie Yolanda Wed, 10 May 2006 17:35:21 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-208 Two of our staff, one from Chile, the other from Paraguay, imbibe it at work, complete with paraphalia. They have offered it to me but I refuse to share the same straw. Now I know I made the right decision. Two of our staff, one from Chile, the other from Paraguay, imbibe it at work, complete with paraphalia. They have offered it to me but I refuse to share the same straw. Now I know I made the right decision.

]]> By: Lin http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Lin Wed, 10 May 2006 16:08:56 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-206 Maté ...weird stuff, I know. And the whole sharing it...ack. I remember being on a beach in Florianopolis, south Brazil, that is most popular with the Argentinians. It was boiling hot and they (the Argies) were all drinking Maté. Extraordinary! Maté …weird stuff, I know. And the whole sharing it…ack. I remember being on a beach in Florianopolis, south Brazil, that is most popular with the Argentinians. It was boiling hot and they (the Argies) were all drinking Maté. Extraordinary!

]]> By: megan http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-204 megan Wed, 10 May 2006 12:46:59 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-204 what? really? No pleasant hallucinatory experience followed? I thought that was the whole point. what? really? No pleasant hallucinatory experience followed? I thought that was the whole point.

]]> By: carmen http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-203 carmen Wed, 10 May 2006 05:06:03 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-203 We had to try that stuff in Spanish class and I was really gung ho about it until it touched my tongue. I think I just about threw up in my mouth, but I didn't want to offend the girl that had brought it so I was all, "Oh my god, mmm, delicious." We had to try that stuff in Spanish class and I was really gung ho about it until it touched my tongue. I think I just about threw up in my mouth, but I didn’t want to offend the girl that had brought it so I was all, “Oh my god, mmm, delicious.”

]]> By: BigA http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-202 BigA Wed, 10 May 2006 01:44:25 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-202 That "special cup" looks like it should have a Tiki God carved into it. That “special cup” looks like it should have a Tiki God carved into it.

]]> By: r@d@r http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-201 r@d@r Tue, 09 May 2006 22:12:34 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-201 sounds like my first, and last, experience with bubble tea. call me a reactionary, but i just feel a mite conservative about drinking anything with tapioca chunks floating in it. as for Maté - i'm afraid of anything that requires special equipment to partake of it. sounds a little too much like breaking out the works for a tasty round of speedballin'. sounds like my first, and last, experience with bubble tea. call me a reactionary, but i just feel a mite conservative about drinking anything with tapioca chunks floating in it.

as for Maté – i’m afraid of anything that requires special equipment to partake of it. sounds a little too much like breaking out the works for a tasty round of speedballin’.

]]> By: Kelsey http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Kelsey Tue, 09 May 2006 21:16:25 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-200 Really, Maggie? Cause you looked like you were enjoying it. Sounds, uh, delicious. Really, Maggie? Cause you looked like you were enjoying it. Sounds, uh, delicious.

]]> By: Ana http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Ana Tue, 09 May 2006 19:56:49 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-199 I know I hate it, I refuse to share the straw, but believe it or not the act of drinking that is really popular here, you are not cool if you don't drink mates with friends here in Argentina, just the culture. If someone offers you some and you say no they look at you weird. Anyway what usually works for me it's sugar, lot's of it, use more sugar than yerba. I know I hate it, I refuse to share the straw, but believe it or not the act of drinking that is really popular here, you are not cool if you don’t drink mates with friends here in Argentina, just the culture. If someone offers you some and you say no they look at you weird.

Anyway what usually works for me it’s sugar, lot’s of it, use more sugar than yerba.

]]> By: Digital Elf » Blog Archive » Bird’s Nest Soup http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Digital Elf » Blog Archive » Bird’s Nest Soup Tue, 09 May 2006 19:01:28 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2006/05/09/mate/#comment-198 [...] I was just reading about Maggie’s adventures with Maté. It reminds me of when I was in Singapore a few years ago and offered bird’s nest soup. As I recall, the conversation went something like: K: Here, eat this. B: What is it? K: I’ll tell you later, have some. B: OK… (a few bites later) B: Um, do you want the rest of this? Because I don’t like it very much. K (disappointed): Really? I quite like it. B: No, I don’t. What is it anyway? K: It’s bird’s nest soup. Why don’t you like it? B: Not what you call it, what is it? K (frowns): It’s a bird’s nest soup. B (somewhat afraid): What’s it made of? K: A bird’s nest! B: No, I don’t like it. [...] [...] I was just reading about Maggie’s adventures with Maté. It reminds me of when I was in Singapore a few years ago and offered bird’s nest soup. As I recall, the conversation went something like: K: Here, eat this. B: What is it? K: I’ll tell you later, have some. B: OK… (a few bites later) B: Um, do you want the rest of this? Because I don’t like it very much. K (disappointed): Really? I quite like it. B: No, I don’t. What is it anyway? K: It’s bird’s nest soup. Why don’t you like it? B: Not what you call it, what is it? K (frowns): It’s a bird’s nest soup. B (somewhat afraid): What’s it made of? K: A bird’s nest! B: No, I don’t like it. [...]

]]>