Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 10-07-18 20:08 <=-

One might guess that Marcus Samuelsson or Heston Blumenthal
would have a better record avoiding dudly employees than your
local Wendy's or Howard Johnson's.

One would hope... of course, HoJo's doesn't even hire any more... ;0

There's one left, not to mention the hotels, one of
which I stayed in a couple years ago. But yeah, I
could have said Applebee's or something equally
appetizing.

OK.. I've not seen any HoJo's for ages... the one that used to be here
in Rochester has been gone for ages... decades, even...

So I did visit, and there was a pound of Cheddar that I
suggested she put in a paper bag rather than its plastic
Ziploc to "let it breeze a little," but that was six months
ago, and I discovered it in the back of the cheese drawer,
hard as a brick. It did make nice crunchies when grated and
cooked, though.

Not a total waste... good... ;)

If there's anything I'm good at, it's salvage.

True. :)

I really have to look suspiciously at people who don't
like chocolate, though.

In a case like this, I always looked at it as more for me.... ;)

There is that, but to me, chocolatophobia is a symptom
of an underlying deficiency of character.

Some people might think that of someone that doesn't like blue
cheese.... ;)

I'm not afraid of the flaws in my character but
do not count that as one of them.

[shrug] I doubt that she counts that as a flaw in her character,
either... besides, it's not chocolatophobia, just she doesn't like to
eat it... (G)

One hears with surprise and delight that the US and
Canada have agreed on some kind of trade deal - one that
pointedly leaves out Mexico and Central America, so we'll
have to see about that.

Actually, it was first agreed upon with Mexico, so now it is all
three... US, Mexico and Canada... just doesn't include any of Central America, as far as I know....

My mistake - the first reports (from Canada, actually)
emphasized the white-people aspect of it.

Ah... they'd be more interested in the fact that they'd finally come to agreement with the US.... I think Mexico and US came to agreement
about two weeks or so before the breakthrough with Canada...

Hate to say it, but China and India may be the new
indispensables. My friend Jack said a third of a
century ago that the salvation of the US economy
was going to be the rise of the purveyorship of
information and expertise, and we would have to cede
control of traditional tangible goods to others. He
held an optimistic view on this, but one might expect
him to, as he was a member of the intellectual
establishment, having ties to USAID, Harvard, and the
Ford Foundation.

As you said above, we'll have to see about that.... and how it all plays out...

Certainly I won't be around to see the long-term
ramifications.

Most likely....

Turns out that it's a subsidiary of Campbell's.
Speaking of which, did Stewarts and MacDonalds
boycott the soup company because of its heritage?

Never know... perhaps some did... ;)

I'd be inclined to do so if I were an hereditary
enemy of the Campbells of Campbellton as well as
a sodium-sensitive.

I tend to just not buy it for the latter sorts of reasons...
ingredients... After all, it was Campbell's Healthy [whatever] chicken
soup that had apple juice in it... ;)

Never tried that one... the one RJ likes is Blackmaker Root Beer
Liqueur, he special-ordered it from Liquorama (I think that's on the
west coast) and had it sent here. He did give us a taste from it (I'd had some up at the Pond when he was there, but Richard never had) when
he came to retrieve it, but didn't leave us a bottle... ;(

What's :( about that? If it was that wonderful, you could
save a few pennies a day and then Amazon it. But I doubt
it's all THAT wonderful.

It may be that wonderful... I'm not just that into Amazon or other
internet buying... :) and I used a semicolon, not a colon, so it was partly in jest... ;) IIRC, he'd ordered a 4-pack, so he could have
spared one bottle... (G)

Not sure about a frowny wink, as it doesn't have
much parallel in real life. Anyhow, it's difficult
for me to see such details.

Sorry... anyway, I use the frowny wink somewhat as a representative of a
fake pout... ;)

True. All finished now.... I may have satisfied the urge for now...

What's next up?

Dunno.... :) Something might present... ;)
Edited to add... so, the tag below came up as the first random choice...
how did it know I was sorta thinking of marachino cherries as the
possible next indulgence....?! (G)

OK, but then I'd start seriously doubting your sanity.

It was those all-natural ones I brought to one picnic, anyway... ;)

... Unnatural, weirdly industrial, horror food.

Those machines, it's frightening how they get into your
head. Sort of creepily bringing to mind the Ophiocordyceps
fungi that take over insects and other invertebrates.

Hopefully not quite that creepy...... ;0

ttyl neb

... Has my cooking improved or are you getting used to it?

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)