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 ML> Joux, maybe - the town where Toussaint L'Ouverture died in
 ML> a dungeon. I didn't think there was a town called Joue;
 ML> cheated and looked in Google; there isn't, though there
 ML> are several called Jou[e-acute], which would be more
 ML> likely to be transliterated or rendered as Jouet.
 NB> Does google know of historic, possibly extinct towns as well...? 

Probably not, but Joue doesn't look townly (it means
cheek or somesuch body part and did back a thousand
years ago as well).

 NB> Could be...  :)  I've had both lotus seed and red bean paste in buns
 NB> and sesame balls... and I think all four in moon cakes at some time or
 NB> other... as you say, they all taste rather similar..  Lotus seed has a
 NB> certain cachet to it, so it probably is a close second to red bean
 NB> paste, if not more popular in some circles...  :)

Lotus being a symbol of all kinds of good things and
beans being just beans.

 ML>> I forgot to mention in a previous post that the Wick Fowler's
 ML>> chili substance that Annie made had red kidney beans in it, about
 ML>> 5% beans, so not too distracting.
 NB>> Not too bad, then...  :)
 ML> I picked the beans out and ate them separately.
 NB> Did she find that distressing, too...?  or was that more in character
 NB> with what she was expecting you to do.... :)

Not sure.

 ML> bits that on inspection appeared to look more like insect
 ML> shell than cocoa nibs or any other possibly acceptable
 ML> hard off-textured thing. Being true to myself, I continued
 ML> eating the bar in little sweet hits until it was gone.
 NB> Oh dear... I've done similar, though, with ones that the moths left
 NB> their traces in... broke off/scraped down the nasty bits and ate the
 NB> rest... of course, I was eating better chocolate to begin with so it
 NB> was a shame to waste it, not sure what I'd've done with your bar... ;)

I figured as I'd actually paid money for insects a year ago
in Thailand, why not eat a couple of incidental ones here.
I looked up the company, and it turns out that it's a pioneer
in the fully automated chocolate assembly business, and it's
proud of having the whole operation remotely run by computer
and camera. Sadly to say, the camera didn't detect the bugs.
I think the smarties who designed the system will have to
rethink things - and why would anyone put a chocolate factory
in Florida in the first place?

 ML> This Giant chain used to be a separate and unrelated company
 ML> to the Giant Food that we know and tolerate, but it too was
 ML> snapped up by the Royals and seems mostly to have changed to
 ML> conform with its new stablemates. It has a different logo,
 ML> though,
 NB> Seems to be a buyer beware sort of place now...

All groceries are buyer beware sorts of places. As I keep harping
on, the educationalists did us all a disfavor by stigmatizing
home economics, the information in which would probably be more
useful to most people than this math and geography stuff. Even
bad home economics teachers (of whom, rumor has it, there were
a myriad) served the purpose of bad example, as in, wow, I could
do better.

Zucchini Latkes
categories: Jewish, Hanukkah, gross
servings: 4

4 zucchini (scrubbed and shredded)
1 onion (shredded)
1 small sweet potato (shredded)
1 egg
Salt and black pepper to taste

Combine egg, seasonings, onion, zucchini, and
sweet potato. Form into patties then fry or bake.

Tamar Warga, jewishpress.com
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