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Skriven 2014-09-19 12:22:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: blue & brew 980
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 09-18-14  09:28 <=-

 NB>>> molds, blue cheese in most if not all forms has always been
 NB>>> something good AFAIAC...
 ML>> As I've tried it in many forms and many more than the
 ML>> 8 canonic times, I feel quite justified in saying UGH!
 NB>> I'll gladly eat your portion... ;)
 ML> No problem. When I find some, I'll put it in a box and
 ML> send it to you when the box is full - sort of like not
 ML> wasting food because there are starving children in Biafra.

Yeah, well... if you want to go to all that trouble... ;)
 
 ML>> On a raw veggie platter, God forbid I should encounter
 ML>> one, I will pick out carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes, and
 ML>> broccoli (even though this last has its share of digestive
 ML>> effects).
 NB>> They tend to be rather ubiquitous at buffets... I tend to pick and
 NB>> choose carefully myself when confronted with one... ;)

 ML> Confrontation is futile. I just sneak away.

That can work... unless that's effectively all that's on hand... :)
 
 -=> Nancy Backus said to Dave Drum <=-
 DD>> You gonna try any more brewski (as a beverage)?
 NB>> If one passes the nose test, it might manage to qualify for a taste...
 ML> So I discovered in Rosemary's basement a 12-pack of
 ML> Shipyard products that had been there since the mid-1990s;
 ML> I opened one and found it still mildly intoxicating and
 ML> not too unpleasant to taste, though reminiscent more of
 ML> cheap sherry than beer, with the oxidation and all: unbad
 ML> enough that we decided not to toss it altogether. Well,

Hmmm...

 ML> last week Rosemary's brother opened one as an experiment,
 ML> and his wife took a sniff and found it appetizing enough
 ML> to taste, on which she exclaimed "this is really good!"
 ML> and remarked afterward "now that's what beer should taste
 ML> like."

Hmmm.....  Interesting...  not that I'd agree with her assessment..
 
 NB>> the one that's come the closest so far was, I think, IIRC, Smithwicks,
 NB>> which was sufficiently un-hopped as to almost smell decent... I did
 NB>> take a tiny sip of that without gagging...
 ML> Do you like malty things, as malted milk? There are a

Malted milk balls, malted milkshakes... also malt vinegar... yup... to
say nothing of single malts... (G)  which is why for many years I was
baffled as to my utter and complete dislike for beer...

 ML> bunch of low-hopped beers, Oktoberfests in the fall and
 ML> Bocks in the spring, for example. And unless you're a
 ML> supersupertaster, such substances as Miller Lite and Bud
 ML> are tasteless enough as to be generally unobjectionable.

Not tasteless enough for me... dunno about the specialty ones, though I
suspect that they are likewise...

 ML> And then there are unhopped beers, see gruitale.com, which
 ML> describes itself as dedicated to the revival of Gruit Ale,
 ML> the beer which stimulates the mind, creates euphoria and
 ML> enhances sexual drive (the site is funny enough to almost
 ML> seem a parody, but I think it's serious and somewhat
 ML> informative).

That might be worth a try... if someone else had bought it for one's own
pleasure, and allowed a sniff and then possible sip...  ;)  The side
effects sound rather intriguing, as well...  ;)

ttyl       neb

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