herbs as it has with Asian basils. Usually I
use half what a recipe might call for; with
thyme and marjoram it's often twice.

Depends on the phase of the moon? (G)

It may not be fully rational, but it's not
so irrational as that.

I know, just wanted to see your reaction. Probably depends a lot on what
you are making and what's available to go with it.

More like the latter, though I admit that
obscure and sometimes arbitrary variables exist.

OK, I looked at the container (a couple of weeks ago) and saw it, in small letters, near the bottom.

You might like to think that Spectrum is a small
responsibly-run enterprise, and it may once have
been that, but now it's just another cog in a
monstrous agribusiness wheel.

True, but it's not Crisco or similar.

Another monstrosity, but I don't see it as all
that much worse. Is Procter & Gamble worse than
Hain Celestial? To me they appear comparable.

I am scantily sympathetic to cute winged
creatures, rodents and lagomorphs with
twitchy whiskers, or four-hooved vermin,
They're competitors with humans for natural
resources and generally not better than any
other good source of protein.

Depends on the critter; I usually don't begrudge them any resources as
they have their own place in the ecosystem, as we, ours.

It sounds like I'm more anthropocentric than you.
Sure, all these animals have their place in the
ecosystem, but to me their main role is to make my
kitchen a more interesting place, not to eat up my
vegetables (okay, maybe I don't care so much about
that).

Or you could be like our friends Chris and Rob,
who have a grapefrult tree. It's not much taller
than I am and probably weighs less when not
pregnant, but in season, like now, it's totally
engulfed in 2 lb fruit that are sweet and delicious
and won't get vandalized by the creatures.

Sounds good. We got some grapefruit once in AZ that were like that.

And these folks are so blase about their
good fortune. Once in a while Lilli will

They usually are.

After a while the novelty palls.

get a bag of the precious fruit (which she
uses to make Greyhound cocktails, not a
wholly worthy product, but at least it keeps
her from getting scurvy). I knew a family on

A vitamin C tablet does the same thing but probably not as appealing to
her taste buds. (G)

It is I who worry about her malnutrition; she
probably doesn't actually care about scurvy.

Maui who had an avocado tree that had the most
delicious fruit I've ever tasted that was so
prolific that in order to get between the
main house and the cottage you had to skate
on squishy guacamole, in season of course,
but it was pretty much always season. They
were also incredibly jaded in the avocado
department, seldom bothering to harvest.

We had the big one in our back yard on Oahu but not so jaded about it.
When it had fruit (lots, every other year), we used them, gave them away
and still didn't begin to use them all up. Birds got a lot of them, especially the drops.

Drops are the fully ripe ones, which are most
appealing to animals that distribute seeds (I'm
having a hard time imagining the mechanism for
distributing avocado seeds!). It's not of course
clear that what's appealing to a critter will
be optimally tasty for humans. I liked avocado
drops, but for me a little brown isn't a turnoff.

Crisp pork belly with caramel vinegar

Not seen that around here.

It's an adaptation of a Vietnamese delicacy.
If your Vietnamese population is small enough,
its restaurants will serve only the easy sellers,
pho, banh mi, cha gio, and so on. Dollars to
doughnuts the kitchen would be able to accommodate
a special request for caramel pork by a compatriot
or even a roundeye foreigner.

Welsh rarebit
categories: celebrity, historical, British, sandwich, savoury, dairy,
rabbit (figuratively)
servings: 1 or 2

1 oz butter
4 oz cheese (coarsely grated)
1 Tb milk or beer
1/2 ts made mustard
pepper and salt

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the milk,
salt, mustard and cheese. Heat and stir until
the cheese has melted. Pour on to slices of
hot buttered toast which have been prepared
beforehand. Serve immediately.

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Hi Michael,

thyme and marjoram it's often twice.

Depends on the phase of the moon? (G)

It may not be fully rational, but it's not
so irrational as that.

I know, just wanted to see your reaction. Probably depends a lot on

what > you are making and what's available to go with it.

More like the latter, though I admit that
obscure and sometimes arbitrary variables exist.

It's as good a reason as any. (G)

You might like to think that Spectrum is a small
responsibly-run enterprise, and it may once have
been that, but now it's just another cog in a
monstrous agribusiness wheel.

True, but it's not Crisco or similar.

Another monstrosity, but I don't see it as all
that much worse. Is Procter & Gamble worse than
Hain Celestial? To me they appear comparable.

Crisco is hydrogenated, the Spectrum isn't.

I am scantily sympathetic to cute winged
creatures, rodents and lagomorphs with
twitchy whiskers, or four-hooved vermin,
They're competitors with humans for natural
resources and generally not better than any
other good source of protein.

Depends on the critter; I usually don't begrudge them any resources

as > they have their own place in the ecosystem, as we, ours.

It sounds like I'm more anthropocentric than you.
Sure, all these animals have their place in the
ecosystem, but to me their main role is to make my
kitchen a more interesting place, not to eat up my
vegetables (okay, maybe I don't care so much about
that).

It may not be as apparant to a 21st century, urban dweller as it was to
a 18th century farmer but if there were an over or under balance of
certain animals, insects or whatever, there would be a noticeable shift.

Or you could be like our friends Chris and Rob,
who have a grapefrult tree. It's not much taller
than I am and probably weighs less when not
pregnant, but in season, like now, it's totally
engulfed in 2 lb fruit that are sweet and delicious
and won't get vandalized by the creatures.

Sounds good. We got some grapefruit once in AZ that were like

that. > ML> And these folks are so blase about their

good fortune. Once in a while Lilli will

They usually are.

After a while the novelty palls.

And, certain drugs that have to be taken preclude grapefruit in the
diet.

get a bag of the precious fruit (which she
uses to make Greyhound cocktails, not a
wholly worthy product, but at least it keeps
her from getting scurvy). I knew a family on

A vitamin C tablet does the same thing but probably not as appealing

to > her taste buds. (G)

It is I who worry about her malnutrition; she
probably doesn't actually care about scurvy.

If she eats a fairly well rounded diet, she shouldn't have to worry
about scurvy.

Maui who had an avocado tree that had the most
delicious fruit I've ever tasted that was so
prolific that in order to get between the
main house and the cottage you had to skate
on squishy guacamole, in season of course,
but it was pretty much always season. They
were also incredibly jaded in the avocado
department, seldom bothering to harvest.

We had the big one in our back yard on Oahu but not so jaded about

it. > When it had fruit (lots, every other year), we used them, gave
them away > and still didn't begin to use them all up. Birds got a lot
of them,

especially the drops.

Drops are the fully ripe ones, which are most
appealing to animals that distribute seeds (I'm
having a hard time imagining the mechanism for
distributing avocado seeds!). It's not of course
clear that what's appealing to a critter will
be optimally tasty for humans. I liked avocado
drops, but for me a little brown isn't a turnoff.

A little brown is OK; these avocadoes were the size of softballs so
there was plenty of useable avocado in them. Generally tho, we tried to
pick our avocadoes from the tree.

Crisp pork belly with caramel vinegar

Not seen that around here.

It's an adaptation of a Vietnamese delicacy.
If your Vietnamese population is small enough,
its restaurants will serve only the easy sellers,
pho, banh mi, cha gio, and so on. Dollars to
doughnuts the kitchen would be able to accommodate
a special request for caramel pork by a compatriot
or even a roundeye foreigner.

Probably so, we've seen a few places in Raleigh that advertise pho.
IIRC, we did try one when we first moved to the area but I don't
remember what else was on the menu.

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