OT In Defense of Tofu

"rw" wrote in message
m...
...To think that one of these assholes regularly calls me a fag is
so damn
funny.

Well, at least you don't need to worry about anyone believing
it........everyone here knows you prefer teenage girls.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang:
Brings to mind John the baptist living on locusts and honey.

Sufficient honey, perhaps acacia honey given the locale, would have helped
with palatability. In fact, I think I'd prefer the locusts over locust
beans.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote

Calamatas are a type of olive. You'd like 'em.......they taste like
deep
fried wild turkey.

um, knowing your love of accuracy in all things, the proper spelling
is
"kalamata".

Yep, that's the way the Greeks spell it.....well, mostly.....here in the
U.S., anyway. I'm not real familiar with the Greek language but I do know
they've got a funky alphabet of their own. It wouldn't surprise me much to
learn that the word looks a lot different back in the old country. At any
rate, as others have noted, the "C" spelling is also widely accepted, and
theat's the one I first encountered when I discovered the treat described by
the name. Despite a fairly large Greek community here in Milwaukee, you
tend to see the "C" spelling more frequently than the "K".....doubtless, in
part, because the popularity of the olive has spread far beyond the Greek
community, though I have no idea where the variant spelling came from in the
first place. I get mine mostly from non-Greek stores simply because there
are more of them conveniently located. At the annual fair sponsored by and
held on the grounds of the large Greek orthodox church less than a mile from
here, the food vendors sidestep the orthography problem neatly by simply
advertising their wares as "olives" or "Greek olives". As the Greeks
produce other types of olives, this would naturally lead to some confusion
except that the K(C)alamatas are the only ones they sell there.

Anyway, I plead force of habit. Besides, I think that Mr. Conner's
characterization of the "C" spelling as a *******ization is a bit
harsh......um.....if I understand him correctly....please stand by while I
consult with Messrs. Flesch and Kincaide, or whatever the hell their names
are.

yfitons
wayno (i didn't spend 25 years with a greek girl for nothin!)

Yeah, I'll bet a shiny new nickel it cost you plenty.

Wolfgang

"slenon" wrote in message
. com...
...I think I'd prefer the locusts over locust
beans.

One of the sources I consulted claimed that the beans are inedible. But
then, I've heard the same about mesquite and some others. Mesquite beans
were most definitely eaten by at least some of the southwestern U.S.
Indians.....the Papagos, for instance, if memory serves. Then too, many
pulses (kidney beans, for example) really do carry a fairly heavy load of
toxins and must be cooked properly to render them safe. Nevertheless,
except in dire emergency, I think I'll take my chances with the veggies.

Wolfgang

"Willi" wrote in message
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Want to trade the tail and wing feathers for some finished flies?

Willi


I gotta whole wing in the freeze, right now. Let me see if I can get ya a
fresh bird this Spring, unless you just want the wing right a way?

I'd have to thaw the wing and do whatever it takes to clean it up, but I'll
send it to ya, if ya want it ASAP.

Op

"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:10:08 GMT, "Guyz-N-Flyz"
wrote:


Why on Earth would anyone want to buy a skinless turkey off the
internet?!?!

I dunno. Maybe because they think it tastes better.
You can order meat the same way and in places like
NYC, you can do your "grocery shopping" online and
have the stuff delivered to you. My sister says
that the internet shopping sites are cheaper than
the grocery stores in her neighborhood.

Oh yeah, I knew that! I was thinkin' of a LIVE skinless turkey (EEEEEWWWWW)
showin'-up at the front door via UPS.


You NY folks do so strange thing--wings on buffalo (a tastier idea than
one
would have imagined).

It's Buffalo, not NY in general, and it is responsible
for another cullinary gem, potato skins. But the best
and oldest one has stayed he beef on weck, with
lots of horseradish.


Never heard of the beef stuff, but I bet I'd eat it!

Op

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
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All you turkeys quacking about cooking---try the company in Tyler Texas that
smokes birds. It will arrive smoked [but not dry], with a skin and dead.
Probably cost the same as a raw turkey and three gallons of peanut oil.
And
you don't have to go in the woods in a camouflaged suit, painted up face,
gloves on your hands, face mask, camouflaged gun and wearing a bright
orange vest.

If ya go into the woods wearin' "wearing a bright orange vest[,]" you ain't
gonna come out with no turkey!


In the old days the squaws use to do all the cooking but now the
Cabela's
catalog has got you guys worried about the cost of a cajun marinade
injector
kit.

In the old days, injuns knew how to hunt, too. BSEG

Op

IJ

Wolfgang:
One of the sources I consulted claimed that the beans are inedible. But
then, I've heard the same about mesquite and some others. Mesquite beans
were most definitely eaten by at least some of the southwestern U.S.
Indians.....the Papagos, for instance, if memory serves. Then too, many
pulses (kidney beans, for example) really do carry a fairly heavy load of
toxins and must be cooked properly to render them safe. Nevertheless,
except in dire emergency, I think I'll take my chances with the veggies.

I recall, hopefully correctly, seeing "locust bean gum" in some lists of
ingredients. The SW tribes such as Papagos were often called "diggers" by
the tribes who claimed better hunting and farming land. They pretty much
ate every thing that they could scrape up to survive. Quite a lot of our
choicest foods require processing to eliminate toxins. Cashews come to
mind. And truth be, I'd have preferred other fair than the insects at the
time I found eating them necessary. Of course, local veggies weren't much
better.


--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

They also left out Skis in Lincoln-- At least 6 stars.
"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 16:05:37 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:
...
Myself, I've had more superb meals in the basements of southern Baptist
churches than in four star restaurants....

That is doubtless because you've eaten more meals in church basements
than in four star restaurants. There are only 180 four and five star
restaurants in the United States, none whatsoever in Wisconsin, and
if you don't find the fare in any one of them better than that in a
church basement you wouldn't know a superb meal from cheese curd.

FYI, here's the 2004 list of four and five restaurants in the US.

http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2...lFiveStar.html

--
Ken Fortenberry



They forgot Champ's, here in Merrill. Chocolate chip pancakes...mmm.

g.c.

"slenon" wrote in message
m...
Wolfgang:
One of the sources I consulted claimed that the beans are inedible. But
then, I've heard the same about mesquite and some others. Mesquite beans
were most definitely eaten by at least some of the southwestern U.S.
Indians.....the Papagos, for instance, if memory serves. Then too, many
pulses (kidney beans, for example) really do carry a fairly heavy load of
toxins and must be cooked properly to render them safe. Nevertheless,
except in dire emergency, I think I'll take my chances with the veggies.

I recall, hopefully correctly, seeing "locust bean gum" in some lists of
ingredients. The SW tribes such as Papagos were often called "diggers" by
the tribes who claimed better hunting and farming land. They pretty much
ate every thing that they could scrape up to survive. Quite a lot of our
choicest foods require processing to eliminate toxins. Cashews come to
mind. And truth be, I'd have preferred other fair than the insects at the
time I found eating them necessary. Of course, local veggies weren't
much
better.


I'm still writing the TR, but when we arrived in Goma, our hostess met us at
her door and fed us lunch, Congolese-style. The first thing on the menu, and
the tastiest treat by far, was honey-fried locusts. Without their legs, they
look almost like tiny shrimp. They are so good that when they are in season
(every half dozen years or so), the locals use small baggies of them as
legal tender. We talked about John the Baptist and eating locusts, and
decided that it was a very tasty way to eat.

--riverman