• WIMP was:raw oyster risk

    From Dave Drum@1:229/452 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, August 05, 2018 11:21:30
    NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

    You can Google it in seconds...

    Maybe you can... :) My computer isn't really set up for that sort of
    thing...

    You don't have a browser of any sort? I was using interweb portals on
    a Commode-door C=64 8-bit confuser in the early 1970s. Then Amiga and PC-DOS .... all long before Netscape released the first popular web browser. There were drawbacks - like with the C=64 viewing 80 column material on a 40 column screen was a "special" experience.

    I've been using Lynx right along... but it's a text browser, doesn't do java at all, and, as I'm working in DOS (not exactly a multitasking environment, after all), not readily accessible to "google in
    seconds"... ;) When I want/need to access things like the Wegmans website to clip digital coupons or MyCare to deal with medical stuff, I borrow one of Richard's laptops complete with Win10 and the necessity
    of using pointing devices... at least that's got a touch screen, so I
    can do most of it that way... still not my favorite thing to be
    doing... and very much not a simple deal to access... ;)

    I began using the WIMP interface as soon as it became practical so to do.
    I can still do CLI stuff but I have to remember if I'm in an MS-DOS or
    *NIX based operating system. Meal Master and MMConv are monuments to the staying power of text based programs.

    Ok, that's pretty much what I did know... that there is a risk involved
    with them, but that's been there all along... this Health Alert made it
    sound like suddenly ALL oysters are contaminated.... It might have
    been something on FaceBook, for all I know... she's on there, I'm
    not... :)

    One of the more well-known rules about oysters says that they should be
    eaten only during months that have an "R," so from May to August, they
    should be off the menu. This guideline goes back hundreds of years and
    is rooted in lack of reliable refrigeration. Also with oyster's mating
    season.

    Like Alice's Restaurant "You can get anything you want ...." except, possibly, the truth. The next time I go on fa(r)cebook - home of much mis/disinformation and "fake" news - will be my maiden voyage. This (Phydeaux) and a couple e-mail lists are as close as I ever come to
    social media.

    I'm with you on that.... and I'm not even doing e-mail lists... just various bbs networks....

    My mailing lists are an F1 discussion group and the Chileheads list.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Wesley & Kathy's World-Famous Killer 4-Star Venison Chill
    Categories: Chilli, Pitts, Game
    Yield: 6 Servings

    3 lb Fine chopped venison *
    1 md Onion
    4 cl Garlic
    Salt
    1/4 c (or more) Chilli spice
    2 tb Olive oil
    1 tb Cumin
    12 oz Can Texas beer (or real
    - beer)
    1/2 c Water or beef broth
    1 tb Mexican oregano
    2 tb Masa or corn meal **
    1 ts Ground coriander

    * Venison should be cut From the neck or shoulder

    ** Dissolve masa in about 1/4 c Water (Masa is optional)

    Saute the meat in the oil until about 1/2 browned. Add
    onions and garlic and saute until onions are tender, but
    not brown. Add chilli spice, coriander, and cumin, and
    cook, stirring, for 4 - 5 minutes. Do not allow to burn.
    Add beer and water/broth and simmer, stirring frequently
    until meat is tender. (About 45 minutes - 1 hour) When
    meat is tender, stir in masa, dissolved in water or broth.
    Simmer, stirring frequently an additional 30 minutes or
    so. If possible, allow chilli to cool and sit for at least
    6 hours before re-heating and serving.

    From the Chile-Heads Recipe Collection

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    MMMMM

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