Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-06-18 12:57 <=-

In my whole existence I've only encountered one
person who openly self-identified as Scotch-Irish.
Most give themselves some other label.

I've run into those who are proud of that heritage... including a friend
of mine at church... who'll use that heritage as an explanation for all sorts of what could be cosidered oddities in her life...

Not in my experience. Perhaps your circles are
more upfront about their Scottish Protestantism.

That, actually, is quite likely... ;) When we lived in PA, our church
took a monthly turn providing an afternoon service at the Orangeman's
Home... ;) And I grew up in the same Presbyterian denomination of which
I still am a member... :) However, I don't consider myself of
Scots-Irish or Scotch-Irish (and this term apparently is proper, as I
own a 2-vol book called _Irish_and_Scotch-Irish_Ancestral_Research_
published by the Genealological Publishing Company) descent/heritage...
I have plenty of Scots ancestry, and a little Irish... but the only
Scots I have that passed through Ireland were there less than a
generation and as far as I've found never considered themselves to be at
all Irish, just Scottish... :)

The potatoes might taste better; they've been bred to nothingness.

They're not called G-D- apples for nothing.

This discussion reminds me that the French word for potato is "pomme de terre"... or "earth apple"... ;)

In many countries. German: Kartoffel (from Latin terrae
tuber) or Erdapfel, Dutch aardappel - all having something
to do with some kind of subterranean fruit.

The Dutch is closer... ;) And then, the tomato was known as a "love
apple" and considered poisonous... ;)

You've probably seen what I posted a day or so ago.... I sat down with
Lydia the last night we were camping, and we discussed remunerations to
come up with a final number... As to time... so far I've not done too
much detailed planning... I figure that some things can even be decided
on the fly, especially any extra activities...

Now maybe an e-mail to all possibles with the
details? As a spur for us to do a definitive RSVP.

I don't think I'm nearly at that stage yet... as far as I'm concerned,
the activities, other than necessary shopping, might as well be sitting
around at Lydia's talking and visiting... if others have more active
ideas, I'm open to them...

I have heard from Sean, and have replied to him in email... as his bbs
is temporarily down due to a fiasco with his parents' ISP...

Nice. I see you've heard from Shawn as well.

Yup... still just a maybe... ;) I noticed somewhere (not in Cooking)
that Nick Andre might be coming down from Canada... haven't heard
anything directly from him, nor do I know how real the intent might
be... ;)

Interesting. Keep me posted regarding potential
reliance on my resources - otherwise I'll use
them for something else.

Will do... so far there doesn't seem to be a need.... :)

As it didn't hurt the meaning when you left out
the word, the may not have been necessary at all.

Yup... (G) At least in this company, where it might be easily extrapolated... ;)

Sometimes it's easier to, sometimes not.

Depending on context... (G)

Context can be very.

Yes.

Title: Cauliflower and Roquefort Soup
Categories: Soups, Cheese, Vegetables, hate it, what were they thinking

Clearly, they were looking to use the cauliflower before it went bad,
and had Roquefort on hand to also use up... ;) And certainly didn't consult with you.... (G)

No, my word probably doesn't carry much weight
with the Duke of Roquefort or any of his toadies.

Or even aficianados thereof... :)

No friends of mine, I'm sure.

Oh, I don't know... I rather like all sorts of bleu cheese, always
have... ;) But I'd not force it on you.... ;)

Toad In The Hole
8 vegetarian sausages
M's P.S. - if you use regular sausages, you get regular toad-in-the-hole.

Which I think I'd probably prefer... ;)

Most people with palates and without the moral
high ground thing going.

Indeed. :)

ttyl neb

... Not a real tagline, but an incredible soy substitute...

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