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Skriven 2006-08-12 08:41:59 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Sacerdote
Ärende: ECHO PICNIC LOBSTER60812
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 -=> Quoting Dave Sacerdote to Glen Jamieson <=-

 DS> My brother-in-law is bringing his car hauler down.  We are going to
 DS> winch the coop, hens enclosed within, onto the trailer and bring it
 DS> to the new location.

I'm sure that will be very entertaining for the neighbours, if
confusing for the chooks.
 
 GJ> Or is the new property large enough so that you will be able 
 GJ> to expand into ducks, turkeys, goats and other beasts?

 DS> We plan to concentrate on the buildings and grounds for the first
 DS> couple of years, rather than livestock.  We'll still have neighbors,
 DS> and will still be "in town" so goats etc. are right out.

"BuildingS"?  Sounds interesting.  Is the new place set up to operate
as a farm, growing crops and or other primary produce?  It sounds like
a good place to hold an Echo picnic.  :)

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      Title: The Straight Goods on Treacle, Golden Syrup and Cocky's J
 Categories: British, Australian, Info, Humour
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           Treacle
           Golden syrup
           Cocky's joy
 
  In the UK, molasses is unrefined or nearly-unrefined goo straight
  from the plant.  Inedibly overwhelming taste of burnt toffee with the
  mouth feel of superglue.  Most of it goes to animal feed with a small
  fraction sold in health food shops or other places catering for very
  obscure sadomasochistic practices.  Any attempt to pour it will
  result in a stalactite of black gloop running down the side of the
  jar, which, since you only use this stuff once every five years, will
  set hard enough that you need a cold chisel to get it off.  The
  Victorians used to give it to children, probably to punish them for
  masturbating.
  
  Treacle is slightly refined.  It's still dark brown but in a
  sufficiently thin layer you can see through it.  Used for making some
  kinds of heavy, sweet puddings.  It only takes five minutes after you
  invert the tin before it starts dripping out.  Invariably forms a
  ring of sweetened rust round the lid.  The tins are usually red and
  black.
  
  Golden syrup is still more refined.  Urine-coloured and generally
  used for pouring over piles of starchy stodge.  Pours easily enough
  that you invariably get twice as much out of the tin as you wanted;
  it drips off the spoon leaving a line of sugar across the kitchen for
  ants to follow. This time the ring of sweetened rust forms where it's
  dripped down the side of the tin gluing it to the shelf along with a
  compacted deposit of tea leaves and dead flies.  The tin is
  invariably green with a drawing of a rotting lion and an
  incomprehensible Bible quotation on it.
  
  Jack Campin
  
  Golden syrup (Tate and Lyle is a famous manufacturer in UK), is
  sometimes known in Australia as Cocky's Joy (an allusion to it being
  the favorite sweetener of small farming families, ironically
  characterized as cockatoo (or cocky) farmers. This is very sweet and
  the colour of honey.
  
  Richard Wright
  
  rec.food.cooking
 
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