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Skriven 2011-05-06 21:20:18 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
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-=> Glen Jamieson wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 GJ> It is interesting that the Saxons, who tended them, called the animals
 GJ> by their names, such as "pig" and "cow", while the more uppity,
 GJ> conquering Normans in their castles, who were more remote from the
 GJ> smelly, messy sources, preferred to call them "pork" and "beef", and
 GJ> so linguistically minimise the association between their food and the
 GJ> farm.  This characteristic has persisted to this day, with the city
 GJ> dwellers in their castles acting like the Normans.

 DD> Not interesting when you consider that the Normans were Froggish folk
 DD> and in the Frog tongue "porc" and "boeuf" are proper animal names. You
 DD> are just be linguistically chauvinistic in favour of the Angles and
 DD> Saxes.

 GJ> Not at all.  In fact one of my friends has the surname, "Le Boeuf".  I
 GJ> was referring more to how the present dichotomy between primary
 GJ> producers (of pigs, etc) and townsfolk (eaters of pork) has developed.

Well, the Normans *DID* kick the Angles' and Saxon's arses up between their
shoulder blades. Many people lose sight of the fact that fabled King Arthur and
Camelot - long thought to be part of the British mythos by most - was actually
from Normandy.
 
 GJ> Their reasoning was probably that it would be easier for the hospital
 GJ> to give back an over-charge than to try to extract extra from me after
 GJ> the event.  (Just don't tell any of my family that I have that extra.)

I will keep mum on that little windfall. 
 
 GJ>   Now I have heard that Auckland, in NZ has been hit by a
 GJ> tornado, with one dead and many injured.  As if the Kiwis haven't
 GJ> suffered enough!

 DD> Not, however, as badly as the folks in the southern part of the US -
 DD> particularly Alabama. Several hundreds killed and much property
 DD> destroyed.

 GJ> From what I have read, they expect seasonal tornados, but NZ normally
 GJ> doesn't suffer from them.  Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and
 GJ> tsunamis, yes, but not tornadoes.

Yes, they do expect some tornadoes. A few of them. And those not nearly so
severe as what has happened. We get them here, too. Mattrafack, the sports
teams of the town in which I grew to teen-hood are named the "Tornadoes". Want
to guess why? And one of the teams from my present location is known as the
"Cyclones" - probably because "Tornadoes" was already taken by a near-by school
system.

One of the guys in my Vintage Iron Riders motorcycle club lost a 10 acre wood
lot, chock-a-block with mature black walnuts, hickory, ash and white oak trees.
I advised him to contact a timber dealer and get an estimate of his loss to
submit to his insurance company. He was skeptical, but went ahead. Last week he
handed me a U$100 bill as sort-of a "finder's fee".   Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Black Walnut Oil Salmon
 Categories: Five, Seafood, Nuts
      Yield: 2 servings

      2    (8 oz ea) Salmon filets
           Salt & fresh ground pepper
      5 tb Black walnut oil

  Prepare each filet by rubbing with 1 tbs black walnut oil,
  salt and black pepper. Bake 35-45 minutes at 375xF/190xC in
  medium glass baking dish with additional oil to keep from
  sticking. Can be grilled as well. Remove salmon from heat
  and finish each filet with additional 1 tb black walnut oil.

  Serve immediately. 
 
  From: http://www.blackwalnutrecipes.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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