Talk:Return to Malice

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The episode just aired, I'm currently working on getting more info on it. Muncadunc (talk) 05:39, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Removing the reference to #21 being a foodie - he didn't have the idea of the meal - he just hired the French chef.Chebghobbi (talk) 20:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Rocket_leaf Eruca sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell., Brassica eruca L.), also known as rocket or arugula, is an edible annual plant. ... The leaves are used as a food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Garden Carpet.

Defense_against_predators Monarchs are foul-tasting and poisonous due to the presence of cardenolide aglycones in their bodies, which the caterpillars ingest as they feed on milkweed.[26] Both forms advertise their unpalatability with bright colors and areas of high contrast on the skin or wings. This phenomenon is known as aposematism.

Monarchs also contain cardiac glycosides in their bodies from the Asclepias plants that the caterpillars eat.

Therefore, a reference to a previous episode: Dia_de_Los_Dangerous!, from the Monarch's origin story speech to Dr. Girlfriend.

"I survived on a diet of Milkweed, thus ensuring my toxicity to this day"

Q: Did the Chef think rocket leaf would make for an appropriate salad for a Monarch of the lepidoptera? Since some caterpillars eat arugala/rocket, the Monarch should tolerate it well, one might think. The Chef didn't know about the Monarch vomiting as a child in the Pine Barrens.

Jerusalem_artichoke (Redirected from Sunchoke) The tubers, which resemble ginger root, have a consistency much like potatoes, and in their raw form have a similar taste to potatoes except they are crunchier and sweeter with a slightly nutty taste. The carbohydrates give the tubers a tendency to become soft and mushy if boiled, so it is best to steam them lightly to preserve their texture. The inulin is not well digested by some people, leading in some cases to flatulence and gastric pain. Gerard's Herbal, printed in 1621, quotes the English planter John Goodyer on Jerusalem artichokes:

"which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men." [8] The inulin could be the cause of the "soapy" taste; or there could have been some cilantro thrown in for good measure.

Prophit1970 (talk) 17:51, 22 November 2009 (UTC)