The one I'm most familiar with (in its role of flavoring
alcohols) is also called buffalo grass.

That's the one. Hierochloe odorata. As I mentioned in the previous
post I now possess an as yet unopened bottle of Zubroka. You
probably know this already but the sweetness comes from coumarin.

Which also lends that vanillalike scent. It's looked
suspiciously at in the US because of supposed liver
toxicity.

Title: Herring with Juniper Berries
15 Juniper berries (dried)
10 Allspice berries

Another potentially peculiar flavor mix

Both are good but I've never had them together. Suckers and ciscoes
often get pickled in a manner similar to herring. Ciscoes are in the whitefish family but are sometimes called "fresh water herring".

So we were walking down the street and found a brasserie
that was offering maatjes, and I was torn. Good sense got
the better of me and again I passed up this treat.

Title: Pickled Sucker

I was a pickled sucker once.

... Heck, if it fried, sweet, smoked or greasy, I'll eat it.

Deep fried bacon
categories: starter
servings: 4 to 8

1 lb pasture raised bacon
3 beaten eggs
3 Tb pure maple syrup
1/2 c tapioca flour
1 c panko crumbs
- or crushed pork rinds to make it paleo
heavy cast-iron fry pan
lots of bacon fat

Preheat oven 350F.

In three separate shallow bowls or plates, add
tapioca flour to one, combined beaten eggs and syrup
to the second, and panko to the third.

Coat bacon one piece at a time, dipping in the bowls
in the order listed.

Add 3 Tb bacon fat to a medium fry pan over medium heat.
Place the dredged bacon in the hot fry pan and fry just
until lightly golden. Flip the bacon and repeat.

Once both sides of the bacon are lightly golden place on
a baking sheet and bake until dark and crispy, 20 min.
Continue steps until all the bacon is done.

Serve up with a couple eggs and a side of syrup.

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When was the last time you saw a
crank phone? I've seen some, over 50 years ago, but
I don't recall having used one.

I've used them. Our very first phone was the crank style. It was
replaced by a rotary phone when the local phone company was
swallowed up by Bell in the 1950s while I was in public school. I
still remember the old number: two long rings and two shorts. My

I remember getting a dial phone but don't recall
anything before that. Our fancy rotary phone
carried the number Whitehall 2 5427.

buddy who was on the same party line was 5 shorts. Because there
were over a dozen parties on our line, my calls were very infrequent
and restricted to one minute by my parents.

A lot of different ring patterns, then - enough to
make a musically-minded person go crazy.
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