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 ML> advertised homegrown Canary melons, which I like, but at
 ML> the same price - $3 - for a tiny Canary vs. a 5-lb behemoth
 ML> cantaloupe, the choice was clear, especially as the homegrown
 ML> melons had a shipper sticker on them.
 NB> Perhaps the "native" ones were likewise shipped... and maybe the tiny
 NB> Canary would have had enough taste to make up for the size...?

Liz had one of her henchpersons make up a fruit tray for her
fundraiser, which featured cantaloupe that tasted exactly like
this one, rather sad.

 ML> Not surprising. It's interesting how the flavor of beef has
 ML> in general become less pronounced and savory over the years -
 ML> though once in a while some comes by to rescue my good opinion
 ML> of red meat and agriculture.
 NB> I'm sure that feed has something to do with the flavor... 

Sure, feed, breed, cattle raising methods, age at slaughter,
all sorts of things. But "things" have conspired to maximize
revenue and minimize savor, and that here as everywhere is a
sad thing.

 ML> That wouldn't wash here, as a substantial chunk of the population
 ML> doesn't have access to the Internet.
 NB> I'm actually a bit surprised it washed here, as there is also a
 NB> sizeable chunk of population here as well without access

Arise, you have nothing to lose but your chains. Arise! A ... rise?
Ah, forget I said anything.

 ML> Or one can Just Say No, which I have been doing, which upsets
 ML> Annie, as she likes to watch television when there's nothing
 ML> else to do or think about.
 NB> Your presence isn't sufficiently sufficient to not need the telly...? 

Annie is pretty much a one-way conversationalist, and I hold
my own only when the pump is primed. Otherwise, I just stare at
the ceiling. I forget what we did before Annie got her laptop.

 NB> Just Say No is my usual response to tv of any sort, except for when
 NB> trapped...  ;)

If there were naked ladies on for free I'd consider it; but I
have to be content with the food show hosts, so just saying no
seems to be the sensible thing. Funny thing. Syd (a frequent
character in my stories) was in Greece and hired Annie's
housekeeper Kathy's (another frequent character) son to sit
her cats ... and came home to find hundreds of dollars' of porn
charges on her cable bill. Annie predicted "World War Eighty,"
but I left town before the explosions could be heard.

 ML> On the other hand, someone brought a 5-year-old to the dinner I
 ML> had at the Herdic last night, and the kid, other than being scared
 ML> of me, was just fine - or perhaps because of being scared of me.
 ML> She didn't badmouth any of my dishes, and I didn't threaten to make
 ML> her into rendang.
 NB> Perhaps an exceptional 5yo... well-raised...  :)

Mike of Mike and Jill fame was outraged that she was allowed to come
to an adult dinner party, despite the fact that they always took
their darling daughter everywhere since her earliest childhood (she
is said to have been an extremely docile child as well as articulate
in conversation, so better than most adults, including her parents).

Cinnamon Buns
Categories: starch, breakfast, dessert, local color
Yield: approx 24 1/2 lb, 100 portions 2 buns ea

14 lb sweet roll dough
10 oz melted oleo
1 1/2 lb sugar
1/2 oz salt
1/2 oz cinnamon
h - smear
1 3/4 lb oleo
3 lb brown sugar
1 1/2 pt water

Roll dough into rectangular pieces about 12" wide and 1/4" thick.
Brush with melted shortening, sprinkle with cinnamon, sugar, and
salt which has been mixed together. You may sprinkle with raisins
or nuts if desired. Roll dough in a jelly roll syle and cut into
1" slices.

Combine oleo, brown sugar and water together and spread on bottom
of pans. Place rolls cut side down on smear and bake 20 - 30 min
at 375F. Remove from pans to greased sheets at once.

Old recipe from Village Hearth, Williamsport PA
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