It was a true pleasure meeting this fine group of folks, and we shared hours of enjoyable conversation (soh-ree, but what was said between us abehwt all you other Sifters is for us and us alone ). Djsunkid's phenomenal 12 course tasting menu was a culinary delight and one of the finest meals I've ever had.

I've put up 6 pictures from the Sift Up:

• VideoSift Tasting Menu - the nice printout of djsunkid's tasting menu
• Thai Coconut Soup with Tempura Sunflower Sprouts - djsunkid is missing a photo of it above
• Inside Fiddlehead Joe's - interior shot of the restaurant; we sat in the far left corner
• Kitchen Tour - djsunkid gives us a pointing tour of the kitchen; notice the lovely pile of tomatoes; behind djsunkid is a photo of a fiddlehead (it's a fern I've learned)
• All of us with labels - one of the few times during the meal djsunkid sat with us; the "bacon wrapped scallop" is on the table
  (Which reminds me: don't miss this gem from deputydog, which I mentioned at dinner: http://www.dwigger.com/msg/i-love-the-blog-of-unnecessary-quotation-marks-1)
• All but djsunkid - Another nice photo of most of us

Totally psyched. I've got some great ideas working. I can't 100% commit that this will be exactly as you guys see it tomorrow night, but this is the plan so far:
VideoSift Tasting Menu 2008

Thai Coconut Soup
With Sunflower Sprout Tempura

Smoked Duck Salad Roll
Spicy Mango-Soy Dip

Pan Roasted Halibut
Stir fry of Wild Chanterelles

Seared Quebec Foie Gras
Tomato “Brioche”, Salad of Green Olive, Almond, Mandarin Orange, Cherry Tomato and Frozen Grape

Salad of Heirloom Tomatoes
Balsamic Reduction, Fresh Mozzarella “Crouton”, Thai Basil, Black Volcanic Salt

“Scallop Wrapped Bacon”
Grilled BC Matsutake mushroom, oven cured Butternut Squash Chip

Grilled Baby Romaine
Spicy Eggplant and shaved Parmigiano Reggiano

Sorbet
Grapefruit and Sambuca

Seared Lamb
Maple-Tamarind Jus, Fiddlehead Tart

Grilled Beef Tenderloin
Potato basket, roasted Baby Beets

Chocolate Sour Cherry Bread Pudding
Macerated Okanogan Strawberries

Lavender Chocolate Truffles


I got a bunch of prep ready for it today, so it'll be awesome whatever happens. Bring yer appetites, folks!

I recently stumbled over a photo of a coconut crab hanging onto the side of a garbage can. I thought it was photoshopped until I looked them up on wikipedia.

"just don't eat it" reminds me of the afterwords of "Last Chance to See", where a reader of an earlier revision of the book states that if she had known that the Jangtze Dolphins are endagered, she wouldn't have eaten the feast of one prepared for her by collegues in china. "So yeah, uhm, sorry."
Right.

Combative host's zeal is not my cup of tea but the caller is rather entertaining:

shrimp-kabobs,
shrimp creole,
shrimp gumbo,
pineapple shrimp,
lemon shrimp,
coconut shrimp...

No ifs. No buts. No coconuts.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
long answer: yes with a "but"
short answer: no with an "if"

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Did you even read the comments?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Paul-Doesnt-Believe-In-Evolution#comment-491731

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
*discard

dupe

Did you even try to look? Did to try typing "Ron Paul Evolution"?

ah yes, the banana-proof, straight from 'the way of the master'... every time just as dumb as the first...; here's a new reply for ya:


'What about the pineapple, or the coconut? Is it a sin to eat those? Because God obviously went to considerable lengths to keep them out of our mouths (... and butts).'

Shame it cuts off the next 3 seconds, when the instructor drops another coconut onto him, by surprise.

All I got are dick jokes. I tell them at children's birthday parties all the time.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey, well it's a good kid-safe joke, which are gold. I got plenty.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
*GROAN*

Okay, Kuga told me this one:

What starts with a C, ends with a T, and emits a thin whitish fluid?


...a coconut.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
A stick.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Besides my feces after a healthy dose of Metamucil, I don't know. What?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey KP, here's a question for ya:

What's long, brown and sticky?

Hey, well it's a good kid-safe joke, which are gold. I got plenty.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
*GROAN*

Okay, Kuga told me this one:

What starts with a C, ends with a T, and emits a thin whitish fluid?


...a coconut.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
A stick.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Besides my feces after a healthy dose of Metamucil, I don't know. What?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey KP, here's a question for ya:

What's long, brown and sticky?

*GROAN*

Okay, Kuga told me this one:

What starts with a C, ends with a T, and emits a thin whitish fluid?


...a coconut.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
A stick.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Besides my feces after a healthy dose of Metamucil, I don't know. What?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey KP, here's a question for ya:

What's long, brown and sticky?

You're welcome. And it's good to be back with my posse, which is everyone here. Except rottenseed.

Snoozedoctor told me this one:

Man's wife is in a coma in the ICU. Nothing has worked for her. The doc takes the husband aside and says, "we've tried everything. Nothing has worked. However, sometimes if you perform oral sex on them, they snap out of it. Are you willing to try it?"
The husband says, "of course, if you think it will help." So, he walks in and they draw the curtains to give them privacy. A minute or two later the EKG flat-lines. She codes and dies. The doctor says "I don't understand, what happened."
The guys says, "Well I'm no doctor, but I think she choked to death."


In reply to this comment by Kuga:
Thanks, kronosposeidon! Nice to have you back.

As for crude jokes, what starts with a C, ends with a T, and emits a thin whitish fluid?


...a coconut.


In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Congratulations to both mintie and Kuga. It's always awesome when the ladies make rank here. Without them this place would degenerate into a joint with videos about dick jokes and farts. (No offense, blankfist.)

So...have you ladies heard about the man from Nantucket?

Thanks, kronosposeidon! Nice to have you back.

As for crude jokes, what starts with a C, ends with a T, and emits a thin whitish fluid?


...a coconut.


In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Congratulations to both mintie and Kuga. It's always awesome when the ladies make rank here. Without them this place would degenerate into a joint with videos about dick jokes and farts. (No offense, blankfist.)

So...have you ladies heard about the man from Nantucket?

Coconut-sized balls! Really enjoyed this vid. Shows to me that Mike understands body language, a lion's thinking and he can make use of it.

"do you just blow dry your scalp until it resembles a coconut?" :-D

This is exactly the sort of thing that makes the internet great!

Have always wondered what it would be like to be in a similar field of endeavor-task-oriented, a single goal in mind, working day and night focused diligently on one project, one set of repeated actions.....the distractions and cares of the world non-existent while pushing forward into uncharted territory...surrounded by others with tasks similar to mine, all of us dedicated to reaching new horizons in our chosen disciplines.......But insects don't live that long, and DocM's here so folks like me can chase poontang and gamble.

Don't let the lack of action on yer moment here in the spotlight get ya down Doc, there are others here on the sift as uni-dimensional as yerself....It's hard to roast a cabbage y', gotta add so much flavor to it-like being on a desert island....("Will I eat fish and coconut, or fish and seaweed today???)

Speakin' a fish-glad to know you got yerself' a couple of fellas that you hang out with regularly that share similar interests and diversions...
Rob Roys and Starbucks eh??? Was it that girl you stalk that inspired you to be so......cosmopolitan???

" Sadly, you just can't do biology without animals."....Spoken like a true Onanist. If you took an ultraviolet light over to DocM's pad and dropped some good LSD, his bedroom would look like the stage backdrop at a Jefferson Airplane concert....

when he first got here, his first published post renewed my faith in cartoons being able to explain the obvious-I learned most of what I know from animated explanations of simple phenomenon as well-Now that we are clear on exactly what happened on 9-11...thanks for clearing that up for everyone.....

Yer a great sport DocM, man may the rest of your roast be good for you as well...Afterwards, you might ask Rosy Palm if it was good for her and her five sisters, too....