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Skriven 2011-08-17 16:54:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: flights of fancy 757
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 DD> See my message to ALL about the doofi (I think that's the plural of
 DD> doofus) in Taxachusetts and their odd ruling on craft brewers. BTW
 ML> A mess.

Here's the question. Did they close the loophole because
it's a loophole or because they are under the thumb of the
big brewers? People like Ipswich have been brewing under
the designation of "farmer-brewer," which was until now
a somewhat less-than-clearly defined term. The recent
regulatory definition seems to require that these rely
on their own farms (or local farms with which they have a
preexisting business relationship, I seem to recall) for
at least 50% of their hops and 50% of their grain. As
the better hops don't grow locally, this is either not
practical for the farmer-brewers or not good for the beer.
I can see an appeal of some kind that yields a compromise
of 50% of the raw materials to be sourced locally but it
should be left to the brewer what constitutes the 50%.

 DD> picture ain't good for those who likes their Frothingslosh.
 ML> Most Frothingsloshes have few hopes, er, that's hops.
 DD> That's true - I probably should have said real beer instead of going
 DD> for the chuckle. Most people in the US seem to drink "light" beer that
 DD> is overly sweet in taste. They are the same people who think Southern
 DD> Comfort or Rock & Rye are really booze.  Bv)=

Bud Light is the single best-selling brand in the US! Look
on the bright side, it's not Miller.

 DD> Title: Hop Toad
 ML> That's so gay ...
 DD> Three or four of them can make you very light in your loafers ....

When I've gotten alcohol poisoned, I've gotten in trouble
only with members of the other (do not read gentler) sex.
I'm lucky, as are you, there aren't a bunch of little
Michaels running around. Speaking of which, I seem to have
gotten on various mailing lists, including that of Michaels
craft shops, with which I have never done business. Hm.

 ML> I've always been a little perplexed about the preoccupations
 ML> of the "men's magazines," at least the ones that I'm most
 ML> familiar with, which are mostly not frankly pornographic;
 ML> they seem just so sissy.
 DD> It's a loosely connected hang-over from English public school
 DD> education traditions - which emphasised civility, chivalry, politeness,

I wonder if the English public schoolboys were a major
market for pornography, back, say, in the Victorian period.

 DD> class (as in upper, lower and no)  and (depending on the school)

[ahem] What I was thinking.

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      Title: Tapioca Pudding
 Categories: Desserts
   Servings:  4

      1 c  Milk
      1    Tbsp., 1 tsp., 1/2 tsp.
           -tapioca
           Few grains salt
      1    Tbsp., 1 tsp., 1/2 tsp.
           -sugar
    1/4 ts Vanilla
      1    Egg white and yolk
      1 tb Suagar

  Tapioca Pudding

  Here's one I've used over and over, got it when in Home-Ec class years ago.
  Hope you like it, we sure do.

  Add milk tp tapioca and cook in double boiler until milk thickens. To
  beaten egg yolk, sugar and salt, add a little of the hot mixture. Return to
  double boiler and cook for 3 min. longer. Beat egg white ubtil foamy. Add 1
  tbsp. sugar and beat until it stands in peaks. Fold into first mixture, add
  vanilla. Serves 4.

  *This recipe can be doubled or tripled with no problem at all.

  Source unknown

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