Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

Subj: 646 rougan

Ah, you innocent northerners. A lot of our jerky now is
made out of chopped and formed meat.
It's increasingly difficult to get real jerky

Not in my part of the world!

maybe that's part of the increased appeal of
dehydrators, which allow you to make your own

Good beef jerky is really expensive so making one's own makes all
kinds of sense and wild game jerky must always be homemade.

Vickie Kerr / sold out her Miss Vicky's [to] Frito-Lay.

I was sorely disappointed

We simply never buy them anymore.

"foie dog," / priced at $12 / extortion of the highest order.

I too would have been suckered in by the promise of something
really special.

Subj: 647 shambolic was shambol

Swan is said to taste fine

It is after all a close relative to geese. Native Trumpeter swans
were badly over hunted in the 19th century to the point of near
extinction. They are recovering slowly but are still rare and
protected. They summer in my part of the world as do whooping
cranes and they are a sight to behold. Tundra swans are more common
but there is still no open season on them (except for a limited
season in a small number of midwestern flyover states). Introduced
Eurasian mute swans are becoming an invasive nuisance in some parts
of North America and maybe should be hunted to control their
numbers.

The Blind Robins were as bad as you'd expect

When Dave first mentioned them I had to look the term up as I was
not familiar with it. I found on line both packets of hideous
looking salted small herring with fins,tails and heads attached
(with beady little glassy eyeballs) and nicely and cleanly cut
salted, hard smoked herring fillets. The latter are very tasty,
albeit extremely salty. They will keep for a year on the shelf
without refrigeration as long as the air isn't overly humid. They go
great with beer after a long day working in the hot sun when the
body is calling out for a major salt hit. Having said that I advise
you to avoid them!

Subj: 648 diets

A paleo-keto diet is essentially just meat and fat and leafy
greens, with hard liquor allowed.

How can the Paleo people justify liquor which is just a few hundred
years old while avoiding beer and wine which is at least 12,000
years old?. I can see Keto people being OK with dry spirits but not
liqueurs.

Subj: 649 taking, taking a pass

In my wanderings I've met people who have figured out how to
indulge their urges via becoming an escort or guide or travel
agent. Or work for the airlines. Funny thing about my military
friends is that a lot of them don't want ever to go anyplace
again. You of course are different.

A high school friend of my became a flight attendant mainly for the
travel perks but after a few decades the appeal faded. Once he
learned that his pension was fully portable he bailed out on Air
Canada and did his last 5 years with B.C. Ferries as a bartender and
got to go home every night. When he retired he bought a mini-ranch
in the mountains, bought a horse, let his passport expire and hasn't
been on a plane ever since.


Cheers

Jim


... Why are Gluten free carrots premium priced?

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