I've never had the opportunity to eat a swan, so you might well know
better than I. On the other hand, we have direct testimony on the
taste of tern, another fish-munches.

I suspect swine are preferable to swan in
most ways anyhow.

The Blind Robins were as bad as you'd
expect, but pork brains (un milk gravy
no less) were far from horrible though
among the most unhealthful of all
possible foods.

It still sounds rather disgusting, but then I've eaten Cheetos
voluntarily so....

I was saved from that terrible fate a week or
so ago - I was at a bus station on my way to
Jamestown and hadn't eaten lately, and there
was this vending machine offering such delights
as Herr's Buffalo blue cheese flavored curls.
Nowadays, the calorie content has to be displayed
prominently on or near the product, and the best
value for money on that criterion was Crunchy
Cheetos, $1.35 for 330 Calories. So I put in my
money and hit the button, and out popped a little
bag of Doritos Cool Ranch (260 Calories), which
was disappointing but not awful to the taste buds
- lots of MSG and other cool ranchy stuff. That
started me on a several-day binge of unhealthful
things that have put me in a sorry edematous
condition that requires extra doses of Lasix.

Sad thing about the dinner party I attended the
other day - it descended into a show-and-tell
of remedies non-pharmaceutical, OTC, and
prescription for sleeplessness. That after a
gummy pasta sauced with overcooked clams in
undercooked wine followed by a monster porterhouse
roast cooked to well-done.

I'm not sure which is worse. I've actually had the bowel movement conversation before, once, but no food was in sight. How to know
you're old.

Oh, yes, the bowel movement conversation. That's
a regular thing these days.

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Title: Prune Pudding
Categories: Desserts, 1941
Servings: 8

1 c Dry bread crumbs
1 c Flour
1 c Ground suet
1 c Sugar
1 c Thick prune pulp
3 ts Baking-powder
3 Eggs, well beaten
3/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Cloves
1 c Milk

Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking-powder, salt, and spices.
Prepare
prune pulp by rubbing cooked prunes through sieve. Combine prune pulp,
crumbs, suet, sugar, milk, and eggs. Add dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
Pour into well-oiled 1 pound cans. Cover. Steam 2 hours. Serve hot with
hard sauce or with caramel sauce. 8 servings.

Grace Viall Gray, Glen Ellyn, IL.

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I've never had the opportunity to eat a swan, so you might well

know

better than I. On the other hand, we have direct testimony on

the

taste of tern, another fish-munches.

I suspect swine are preferable to swan in
most ways anyhow.

Swine are preferable to most birds, come to it.

It still sounds rather disgusting, but then I've eaten Cheetos
voluntarily so....

I was saved from that terrible fate a week or
so ago - I was at a bus station on my way to
Jamestown and hadn't eaten lately, and there
was this vending machine offering such delights
as Herr's Buffalo blue cheese flavored curls.
Nowadays, the calorie content has to be displayed
prominently on or near the product, and the best
value for money on that criterion was Crunchy
Cheetos, $1.35 for 330 Calories. So I put in my
money and hit the button, and out popped a little
bag of Doritos Cool Ranch (260 Calories), which
was disappointing but not awful to the taste buds
- lots of MSG and other cool ranchy stuff. That
started me on a several-day binge of unhealthful
things that have put me in a sorry edematous
condition that requires extra doses of Lasix.

Uck, all the way around. I ate those Doritos once and wouldn't do it
twice.

Sad thing about the dinner party I attended the
other day - it descended into a show-and-tell
of remedies non-pharmaceutical, OTC, and
prescription for sleeplessness. That after a
gummy pasta sauced with overcooked clams in
undercooked wine followed by a monster porterhouse
roast cooked to well-done.

I'm not sure which is worse. I've actually had the bowel

movement

conversation before, once, but no food was in sight. How to know
you're old.

Oh, yes, the bowel movement conversation. That's
a regular thing these days.

(*rimshot*)

Title: Prune Pudding

Prune Whip is a family tradition for Christmas in Mom's family. The
tradition is some love it and some people won't even try it. Call it
dried plum souffle and it may fly better. My grandmother picked it
up working for a Jewish family in New York prior to WWI. It was a
Passover recipe until she used it for Christmas.

I found this copy on Allrecipes attributed to someone else, but it's
the same one in the 1950s Betty Crocker.

Prune Whip
Rated as 3.75 out of 5 Stars
Prep20 m
Cook30 m
Ready In50 m
Recipe By:Meade Ferguson

"An old-fashioned classic, this one sure brings back the memories."
Ingredients
1 1/3 cups pitted prunes
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Directions
In a medium saucepan, simmer the prunes in water until soft, drain
and puree. Combine the puree in a saucepan with the sugar and heat
until the sugar dissolves. Add the lemon juice and vanilla.
Beat the egg whites until frothy, add the cream of tarter, and beat
until stiff. Fold the prune puree into the egg whites.
Pour into a buttered and sugared 2 quart baking dish and bake in a
preheated 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) oven until nicely browned.
Refrigerate and serve chilled with whipping cream.

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