• 615 large dissonance

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, June 30, 2019 11:01:24
    It was at one of those gigs where people would tape "child
    molestor" up over the "music director" sign on his door. To
    the best of my knowledge nobody was challenged, investigated,
    or disciplined for this all, on either side.
    An interesting culture...

    I tried to find some justification for the behaviors
    of both the rich patrons and the in-the-trenches
    musicians and found only for the latter. There's no
    justification ever for sexual conduct without informed
    consent. The rules of consent might want to be
    revisited at some point, but not here and now.

    The taste will vary based on the liquid used to dilute
    and the origin of the fat used to make up creaminiess.
    Exactly.
    I myself have filled milk in recipes meant for my own
    consumption to cut down on the number of lactase pills
    I needed to use.
    And that makes sense in your case....

    The latest yummy, possibly reported on here before,
    is chocolate milk or hot chocolate made with nondairy
    creamer. If I add enough cocoa, it can be quite okay.

    Real milk has taste variations, too, largely from the
    feed used by the dairy but also (some say) from the
    breed of the cows.
    That is true.... and also from when the cow is freshening... We usually
    taste all those variations, too...

    I don't ... any more.

    but what gets my ire up is that chocolate is now allowed
    to contain noncocoa fats in many countries.
    That's yet another abomination....
    Oh, don't you know it. And it's being countenanced in
    various countries, most notably in Great (or Lesser)
    Britain, where Cadbury and others successfully lobbied
    to be an exception to European purity laws.
    Sigh.

    Those who hold up England as the home of clear-eyed
    rationality might take a closer look at, well, now.

    turned out to have sucralose in them... I opened a bottle and was
    shocked by a sweet taste... The Wegmans sweetened ones say so on the
    main label, which these didn't... I'd run out of the supply I'd brought
    That is somewhat strange. Was the terminology at all
    different from what you are used to, and the ingredients
    list, what did it say?
    The front label just said (x) flavored sparkling water, and the brand...
    I used to get the sweetened ones for MJ, but I don't remember now
    whether or not the sweetened aspect was mentioned on the label... I
    thought it was, though... I only checked the ingredients list after the
    fact, and the sucralose was listed there, along with all sorts of other stuff....
    appointment I couldn't reschedule.... forgot to take the sweetened
    waters back into town with me today, in the hopes of getting my money back....
    Poop. Would you know anyone who could use them? Or you
    could save them for the picnic for an experiment.
    The next trip into town, I did take them back, and they did give me my
    money back, even on the opened bottle.... so don't need to rehome
    them... If you want the experiment for the picnic, I could buy a bottle
    for the purpose... (G)

    No need. By the way, I just tasted Zevia tonic water,
    Put it this way, perhaps those who can't tell or
    don't mind the difference are to be envied.

    Referring back to Kreisler and Heifetz, Itzhak
    Perlman says that
    he became the opposite of Kreisler, who would play
    as if saying, "Here's a beautiful tune", whereas
    Heifetz would demand, "You! Listen to this!"
    I suppose both ways have their place.... I generally prefer the former, though....

    It's hard to get both, and since the advent of
    recordings, the latter, or at least styles that
    gravitate toward the latter, have become prevalent.

    Heifetz wasn't relevant to the story and might or might
    not have been dead at the time. I never met the man,
    though I did encounter a niece of his, who unfortunately
    looked just like him (didn't play like him, though - only
    Erick Friedman and possibly Fredell Lack played like him).
    Poor child... ;)
    I believe she became something other than a musician.
    Just as well.. :)

    It's just as well I didn't become a scientist, too.

    and Peabody, among other places. Ronny was a cellist whom
    I used to work with but who decided not to go on in music
    - he ended up a professor at the K-School and is head of
    some kind of institute at Harvard.
    Does he (Ronny) still play for his own enjoyment...?

    So far as I know, but I haven't seen him in years.

    ... All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then
    doesn't hurt
    Chocolate is less fickle, as well.
    Generally... ;)

    Well, there is milk chocolate.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

    Title: Hudson's Chocolate Dessert
    Categories: Chocolate, Desserts, copycat, wwtt
    Servings: 4

    12 Regular marshmallows
    1/3 c Milk
    1/2 c Broken milk chocolate bars
    -with almonds (2 1/2 oz.)
    1/2 c Whipping cream
    1/4 c Coarsely crushed vanilla
    -wafers
    1 tb Butter, melted

    In small saucepan combine marshmallows and milk; stir over medium heat
    till
    marshmallows are melted. Remove from heat. Add chocolate to marshmallow
    mixture, stirring until chocolate is melted. Cool. Whip cream; fold
    into
    chocolate mixture. Combine the vanilla wafers and melted butter. Spoon
    chocolate mixture into 4 sherbet glasses. Top with the crumb mixture.
    Chill 3 to 4 hours. Serves 4.

    Source: Secret Restaurant Recipes * Duplicated by Gloria Pitzer Posted
    by
    Dar Rains

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Friday, July 05, 2019 09:12:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 06-30-19 11:01 <=-

    It was at one of those gigs where people would tape "child
    molestor" up over the "music director" sign on his door. To
    the best of my knowledge nobody was challenged, investigated,
    or disciplined for this all, on either side.
    An interesting culture...
    I tried to find some justification for the behaviors
    of both the rich patrons and the in-the-trenches
    musicians and found only for the latter. There's no
    justification ever for sexual conduct without informed
    consent. The rules of consent might want to be
    revisited at some point, but not here and now.

    There's no justification for the powerful taking advantage of others...

    The taste will vary based on the liquid used to dilute
    and the origin of the fat used to make up creaminiess.
    Exactly.
    I myself have filled milk in recipes meant for my own
    consumption to cut down on the number of lactase pills
    I needed to use.
    And that makes sense in your case....
    The latest yummy, possibly reported on here before,
    is chocolate milk or hot chocolate made with nondairy
    creamer. If I add enough cocoa, it can be quite okay.

    Chocolate (especally dark) can cover quite a lot.... :)

    Real milk has taste variations, too, largely from the
    feed used by the dairy but also (some say) from the
    breed of the cows.
    That is true.... and also from when the cow is freshening... We usually taste all those variations, too...
    I don't ... any more.

    Since you aren't drinking the milk....

    turned out to have sucralose in them... I opened a bottle and was
    shocked by a sweet taste... The Wegmans sweetened ones say so on the
    main label, which these didn't... I'd run out of the supply I'd brought
    That is somewhat strange. Was the terminology at all
    different from what you are used to, and the ingredients
    list, what did it say?
    The front label just said (x) flavored sparkling water, and the brand...
    I used to get the sweetened ones for MJ, but I don't remember now
    whether or not the sweetened aspect was mentioned on the label... I
    thought it was, though... I only checked the ingredients list after the fact, and the sucralose was listed there, along with all sorts of other stuff....
    appointment I couldn't reschedule.... forgot to take the sweetened
    waters back into town with me today, in the hopes of getting my money back....
    Poop. Would you know anyone who could use them? Or you
    could save them for the picnic for an experiment.
    The next trip into town, I did take them back, and they did give me my
    money back, even on the opened bottle.... so don't need to rehome
    them... If you want the experiment for the picnic, I could buy a bottle
    for the purpose... (G)
    No need.

    I somehow expected that response... (G) Just for my information, I
    checked out the labels on the Wegmans sweetened sparkling water.... I
    used to get them for MJ, and thought I'd remembered some significant
    difference in labeling... At first, I didn't even find them, but turned
    out they'd been moved to a less prominent spot... I was correct, the
    sweetened (artificially) water was labeled as Diet on the front label...
    and it turns out that aspartame is the sweetener there.... :) In the
    meantime, Wegmans introduced 3 new flavors for the unsweetened line...
    and all three have met with approval in our household... (which at the
    moment also includes the kid)... mango lime, lemon lime and ginger...

    By the way, I just tasted Zevia tonic water,
    Put it this way, perhaps those who can't tell or
    don't mind the difference are to be envied.

    I hear you... :)

    Referring back to Kreisler and Heifetz, Itzhak
    Perlman says that
    he became the opposite of Kreisler, who would play
    as if saying, "Here's a beautiful tune", whereas
    Heifetz would demand, "You! Listen to this!"
    I suppose both ways have their place.... I generally prefer the former, though....
    It's hard to get both, and since the advent of
    recordings, the latter, or at least styles that
    gravitate toward the latter, have become prevalent.

    There should be somewhat of a middle ground, though, I'd hope... :)

    and Peabody, among other places. Ronny was a cellist whom
    I used to work with but who decided not to go on in music
    - he ended up a professor at the K-School and is head of
    some kind of institute at Harvard.
    Does he (Ronny) still play for his own enjoyment...?

    So far as I know, but I haven't seen him in years.

    Ah... One could hope, though... :)

    ... All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then
    doesn't hurt
    Chocolate is less fickle, as well.
    Generally... ;)
    Well, there is milk chocolate.

    Is that fickle, though, on the part of the chocolate or of the
    eater... (G)

    ttyl neb

    ... CALCULUS: the agony and dx/dt

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