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> I can understand about the sockeye as it's rich and oily and we
> generally don't eat fish daily. The same thing happened to me with
> lobster 

Easy with lobster, even though the first taste or ten are "wow."
At that Grand Aleutian buffet my first serving of king crab was
2 lb, and after that, just the occasional arm or two - got
mighty tired mighty quick.

> of various sorts, shrimp and canned tuna. I suspect you'll start
> craving beef again in a week or so but it might take several months
> before you want salmon again.  

Hah - it took just a few days as it turns out. Salmon,
I don't care if I never see it again. I had the $62 sushi
special at the Wynn last week and was thrilled to find only
one piece of salmon (excellent, fatty) on the plate. I was
less thrilled to find a clunky California roll on it (made
of course with real snow crab). What else was there - tuna,
yellowtail, sea bass, raw shrimp (ama ebi), second grade
tuna belly (chutoro), sea urchin, geoduck, snow crab leg.
Maybe something else. All really fresh. Way too much money.
I'll report on it later maybe.
 
> And given the immigration patterns here that I mentioned recently to
> Mark, our restaurants are full of Filipinos and Vietnamese no matter
> whose cuisine is being served. 

Talent can be trained in any direction, I suppose.

> It's a flat tax based on alcohol content so premium  brands are
> almost on par with the rest of Canada but cheap booze isn't cheap.

So better to bring cheap booze up north!

> The government took control over retail liquor sale prices this
> month and rolled back prices up to 15% at local stores (who had
> been gouging). 

Government has its uses.

>  > I don't know anything about Canadian whisky - any recommendations?
> Economy brand - Canadian Mist (N.B. Not Canadian Club)
> Mid range - Gibson's Finest 12
> Premium - Gibson's Rare 18

I'm familiar with the Mist, which I believe I regarded
higher than Black Velvet and Fleischmann. But I think
that given what's available in my stores, I'll stick to
what I know, which is Bourbon and Scotch.

>  > Birth Control
>  > 1 1/2 oz rye whiskey
>  > 1 1/2 oz gin
> Urk.

You know what trumpet plyers use for birth control?
Their personality.

> Charabanc 
> 1.5 oz rye or other whisk(e)y
> 0,5 oz sweet vermouth or Dubonnet
> 0,5 oz dry vermouth
> 0,5 oz cranberry cocktail
> 0,5 oz cold black tea
> 2 drops Angostura bitters
> 2 drops lemon juice

Interesting - would be too acid for me in the current
incarnation of my taste buds.

Did I ever send my last set of tastes - Whiskers Blake, 
Green Point Shiraz. Thomas Hyland, and Jim Beam Rye?
Operating without an archive is more difficult now that
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