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 ML> and a large beer. The sandwich was the usual thing - the
 ML> meat, with bone, on a plate with a couple slices of
 ML> squishy white bread (listed on the menu with a dismissive
 ML> and insulting name that I forget - toddler bread or
 ML> something like that). 
 NB> That does sound dismissive...  were they trying to encourage
 NB> substitution (at an additional cost)...?

I doubt it, as there didn't seem to be a substitution listed
on the menu (which I've just looked up and discover that there
isn't, and the bread is called "bunny bread").

 NB> Ok, I'll accept your mediocrity assessment.  (G)  Especially if the
 NB> meat was worse than the rice... ;)  I can understand enjoying it
 NB> despite, though, with long deprivation...  ;)  The onion rings sound
 NB> just wonderful, though.  :)

They were pretty good. My own tastes run toward onion
strings, but if you like thick-cut hearty ones, these
filled the bill.

 ML> pint of the beer, which turned out to be not too too hoppy,
 ML> and the bartendress asked large or small, so I figured 22
 ML> or 16 and chose large. Turns out the large pint is a quart
 ML> and the small pint, which Bill had, was a pint. 
 NB> Sometimes one has to do with what one has...  ;)  Useful that you
 NB> enjoyed the beer, having received more than expected...  ;)

We sat by a pile of plastic cups of the 16 and 22 varieties,
but the drafts were pulled into mason jars that were kept
behind the bar. I think that the cups that misled me were
for soft drinks.

 ML> make comparisons, but, oddly, she always does, thanking
 ML> the heavens that she's not at Burger King, which for
 ML> some reason she detests.
 NB> I think that Richard rates BK over McD... for some reason he detests
 NB> the latter, but he's not keen on either of them...

That sounds like how many hamburgers can dance on the
head of a pin.
 
 NB> I'll eat at either, but it's more a need-to-eat basis...

Truly. There have been in recent times situations when
I have been thankful for a Whopper: when I started posting
here, I'd never had one, but the exigencies of modern life
(as some friends' voicemail message said) require that one
to adapt now and then.

 NB> I don't take being spoiled too seriously... at least not for spoiling
 NB> total pleasure in lesser things...

There are arenas where an experience spoils for lesser
ones, but I've not found any that I recall where it
totally jaded me for a type of enjoyment. Foie gras
didn't ruin ordinary liver for me.

 ML> Back when I had Internet (won't have it for a day or
 ML> two, when I will upload this packet if I can't find a
 ML> telephone to use) I tried researching this claim but
 ML> found only vague corroboration - but it is plausible
 ML> to me, as I can't imagine deliberately making chocolate
 ML> taste like that. I did have a bit of Lindt milk the
 ML> other day, and it actually tasted kind of good.
 NB> Perhaps it's a truth that they prefer not to acknowledge now, given a
 NB> change in climate, so to speak...  :)

Okay, the corroboration is widespread about the vomitous taste
of Hershey's chocolate, but only vague as to the reason. The
Wiki says "experts speculate that the milk is partially
lipolyzed producing butyric acid, which stabilizes the milk
from further fermentation. This compound gives the product a
particular sour, "tangy" taste to which the US public has
become accustomed."

 ML> was desperately trying to get alert for finding Bill and his
 ML> black Jetta after waking up prematurely at 2 am for a 5:24
 ML> shuttle van to the airport.
 NB> So, a good excuse to give in to childish urges...  ;)  This is Bill
 NB> the conductor...? 

No, Bill the horn player from the Army Field Band.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02

      Title: Cinda (And Whoever Else's) Peanut Butter Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Nuts
      Yield: 1 batch

      1 c  Peanut butter
      1 c  White or (firmly packed)
           Brown sugar
      1    Egg
      1    Bag Hershey's kisses, opt'l

  (the brown sugar version is best, IMHO)

  Since you like peanut butter and chocolate, here's one for you that
  shouldn't challenge your abilities too much.  The original recipe for
  this came from my sister-in-law (the overworked mother of 5 boys) who
  got it from a neighbor when she lived in Alaska.  Another version was
  posted here a couple of years ago by someone (can't recall who), and
  I've posted it several times since, but just in case you missed it....

  Mix the peanut butter, sugar and egg together.  Roll into balls the
  size of large marbles, place on a cookie sheet, and either flatten
  with a fork or flatten by pressing a kiss in the center.

  Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven until the edges just start to
  brown.

  NOTE:  This is NOT a misprint.  There is NO FLOUR or anything else in
  this recipe, just the peanut butter, egg and sugar.  It seems as if
  it would be a dreadful mess, but the result is a very good cookie.

  From:    Kathy Pitts

  Kathy in Bryan, TX

MMMMM

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