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Skriven 2015-11-10 20:36:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
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  Subj: Steak & Shake

 > When I lived in Sunny SoCal Taco Bell was the least of the taco
 > stands.

They are the second to least just about everywhere. They are much
like McDonald's: ubiquitous, cheap and not very good. But the worst
chain of that type just has to be Taco Time.

  Subj: Funky

> I'm not eligible for the American Legion

Since Canada has been in fewer wars our Legion can't be as picky.
They admit all military both active and retired, as well as the RCMP,
and direct relatives of the above, like me. And anyone else can be an
affiliate member.

  Subj: Frozen

> Most of the Moroccan recipes I have call for dried apricots,
> raisins, mint and/or preserved lemons.

I have several hundred that don't use any of those ingredients
should you be interested. 

  Subj: Even more junk 428

> another poorly done roast beef Manhattan

I researched "beef Manhattan" hoping for a new taste treat only
to learn it's a white bread roast beef sandwich with mashed
potatoes, smothered in gravy, an old fashioned diner standard.

  Subj: See Food

> About the only Cantonese I can get other than Egg Foo Yung is Moo
> Goo Gai Pan.

Until recently most of our Chinese immigrants came from Guangdong
via Hong Kong and a lot of our old school restaurants still serve
Cantonese-Canadian food, especially in small rural towns. So I can
still order dishes such as egg rolls with plum sauce, beef and
broccoli in oyster sauce, beef and onions in black bean sauce, sweet
and sour pork, battered deep fried chicken balls in cherry sauce,
subgum chow mein etc. High quality traditional Cantonese food is of
course more rare.

  Subj: Funky

 > in third grade when telling my teacher that the i before e thing
 > was just weird / even at 8 years I was a smart @$$

When my Lexi was 8 she got into trouble with her teacher for
correcting her too many times in Social Studies. It seems the topic
of the day was "Eskimos".

"There is no such thing as an Eskimo. That is a Cree word for People
Who Eat Raw Meat. And we don't care about what the Cree say because
they are The People Who Eat Their Dogs."

"There are Inuit and Inuvialuit. I am an Inuvialuk."

"You're not saying it right".

"Saying Inuit people is like saying tuna fish or pizza pie. It's
just Inuit, tuna, pizza."

"You spell it IGLOO not IGLU."

"Hey, I know what I'm talking about. My Gramma Pauline is an
INUVIALUK from Aklavik. And she's pretty smart; she is the Northwest
Territories Deputy Minister of Education. She hires the people who
hire all the teachers. And my Gramma Roslind is also a teacher and
she works in Kugluktuk with the INUIT."

"I don't think my teacher likes me any more."

  Subj: Kubusa

 > I've at least three butcher shops that I patronise. All of which
 > make pretty good sausage - and none of them offer boudin. I asked
 > at both Turasky's and at Magro's Meats and was told "No Demand".

It's getting less common here as well for the same reason.


YK Jim


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