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Skriven 2015-03-09 14:18:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-07-15  07:11 <=-

 ML>> Jim reports that it is a very strong flavor, but, yes, maybe.
 NB>> As long as it doesn't taste bluecheesy... ;)
 ML> As I discovered when Jim served me the rancid seal meat
 ML> there are flavors that rival bluecheesy in nastiness. I
 ML> went back to my trip report and discover that I must
 ML> have eaten tastes at various intervals in the processing,
 ML> so my subsequent claim of having stopped at milligrams
 ML> might have been exaggerated.

Centigrams, perhaps...?

 NB>> I'm not very ad conscious (put that, I avoid most chances to see or
 NB>> hear ads [g]), so I don't know if they were advertised even in our
 NB>> area... It didn't seem to be flouted on the building signs last time
 NB>> I stopped by Popeyes for a spicy thigh and biscuit...
 ML> Maybe they learned that there is such a thing as bad
 ML> publicity after all.

You think...?   Did you notice Dale's report from his local manager that
the ghost pepper wings might be coming back...?
 
 ML>> table cooks. For my first ten or fifteen years as a
 ML>> member, I was one of the designated cooks. Then I quit
 ML>> going; but when I came back, my usual seat was there.
 NB>> They remembered how well you did it... :)

 ML> The difference between a decent Welsh rabbit and a poor
 ML> one is actually not all that great. Mostly the bad ones
 ML> suffer from stringiness, and patience in stirring is the
 ML> only real skill required, although I use more mustard than
 ML> most of the amateur cooks there. 

You're willing to put in the effort and patience... :)

 ML> When Nicholas was president
 ML> and thought he could get away with anything, garlic powder
 ML> and habanero showed up among the ingredients laid out at the
 ML> head table once. The resultant stuff tasted somewhat better
 ML> than usual, but I am told a couple of the fainter of stomach
 ML> had netherworld incidents afterward.

Sigh.  I suppose it could be a bit much for those not accustomed...
 
 ML>> Most of the older members have learned how to do it
 ML>> acceptably, but once in a rare while there is a
 ML>> disaster, in which case that table has to subsist on
 ML>> leftovers from the other tables. 
 NB>> Were there likely to be sufficient leftovers to cover...?
 ML> In my experience, all but once.

So that time, the results were worse... ;)

 ML> But I forgot to mention that the other staple at these meals
 ML> (collations they call them) is

A lovely high-falutin name for a repast... ;)

 ML> baked beans, made during concert week by the resident stewards.
 ML> Of course many, especially the newer members who weren't
 ML> brought up on Beacon Hill, don't seem inclined to partake.

Ah... so there always would be something to fall back on... ;)  Just
not necessarily what some would consider food... ;)
 
 ML> Then the mayor of Cambridge threatened to turn the Yard into a
 ML> parking lot. Sort of like ISIL bulldozing historical and
 ML> cultural landmarks, I guess. That little kerfuffle was fun,
 ML> though of course he had no authority to actually act on his
 ML> threats.

And, unlike ISIL, he didn't just go ahead and do it... Something to be
said for needing to be accountable, in some sort of way... ;)
 
 ML>> I saw him on Facebook recently during one of my bored
 ML>> usually weekly (this week more frequent) trips there.
 NB>> I suppose that might be one of the things that's distracting him from
 NB>> Fido.. ;)
 ML> Not much, though, as he's kind of silent there too.

They /are/ actively involved with delivering Meals on Wheels in their
community... so that might be a distraction too...  They quite enjoyed
our lunch together at Fu's... and seemed to be doing pretty well, health
and strength-wise...  I keep hoping to see him show up on the Who Called
bulletins at Docs, but so far he hasn't been...  I'll check up on them
after a while..  :)

ttyl       neb

... Garlic: one of the wonderful things that make life worth living.

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