Demonetization just means that the government no
longer recognizes the currency (it's not current
any more), but there's nothing to prevent people
from using it anyhow as a barter tool or an
informal money.
Or to go into coin collector's collections.
There are two now. Don't know where the other
went. The coin collector's value is said to
be 7 cents each. I'll sell them to you for
half that. [jk]
The odd one may shake out of something you've packed away.
They no doubt got put in with the US pennies
(same size, shape color). If they don't show
up, nobody's great loss, even if they get spent,
as they are pegged to US currency (unlike, say,
Canadian, where the cent (circulated and legal
tender but no longer minted) is worth US0.0075).
Panama had a terrible reputation during the
Noriega years and before but has sort of
bounced back recently.
Good to hear that.
It's good to see economies develop, but there
is a lot of opportunity for backsliding if the
government becomes destabilized.
Or if the government goes off the deep end as some countries seem to be
doing at present.
An opening that we shouldn't squeeze through.
Even in taglines.
out of $10, or 2%. I used to change bills for
quarters a lot, and every now and then I'd see
the attendant get this disgusted snarly look
and give someone 75c and tell them to go through
the employee gate (turning a 20c deficit into a
5c surplus).
Those are the times when tokens are the better option. Steve used to
If the cost of cheating was high enough to
justify the cost of minting tokens. And then
there were the systems (Connecticut turnpikes
as I recall) whose tokens were the same size
as small change from some other country
(Guatemala?), which information spread
quickly even before the Internet.
work filling soda machines on MCAS Cherry Point. He'd have to empty the
coin holders on them, bring the coins back to the office for counting.
If there was a foreign coin instead of the quarter that was supposed to
be used, he'd pitch in a quarter and bring the foreign coin home. I got
a number of odd ones that way. He also said that he sometimes found
slugs of various sorts; those he did not bring home.
I presume this didn't happen that frequently
(which is heartening), because otherwise you'd
have been out on the street in no time.
Problem was that from the time it got in the till
to the time it got to the bank, frequently it had
lost substantial value, making shopkeeping or indeed
any kind of money handling a terrible proposition.
Must have been loads of fun. (G)
Loads of despair, anyway.
Quite so, hard to buy food for the family with prices that kept
increasing so rapidly.
Disaster at every link in the chain.
Scottissue these days.
Usually so.
That stuff doesn't even work for its advertised
purpose.
It's not worth the money you have to pay for it.
Cottonelle, a pretty decent product, is
offered by the same company.
There are dense fiber containers that are cheap,
sturdy, and biodegradable.
And, usually microwave-able.
In every way superior to the nonbiodegradables
except in price, and that would be fixed by
economies of scale if the scheme caught on as
it should.
So the chances of it catching on are..........?
Pretty small. Conservation is an alarmingly
low priority in this world and particularly
in the US.
By the way, on this trip he bought a big bottle
of bloody Mary mix instead. Guess who's making
horseradish meatloaf soon?
Sounds interesting/sort of different.
It ended up being pretty decent.
I'll have to take your word on it since I wasn't there to sample it.
Essentially that's all one can do on the echo.
Almost all evidence is secondhand.
True, tho some things have been replicated at picnics or other
gatherings.
We're thinking about having the picnic here this year, early
September > time frame.
Let us know when that firms up.
As of now, let's plan on it.
Good. Thanks.
I made a chocolate custard at Lilli's. No mint.
It was freehand, the way I usually do things.
The New York Times's food section for 2/12
was a series of fakeable dishes compiled by Sam
Sifton and his team, the point and the title being
that " You Don't Need a Recipe."Well, duh.
About the way Icook for a lot of things.
Pretty sensible all around.
Dressings are another category for which a recipe
is generally unnecessary:
Not usually, but some guidelines can be helpful.
To make a dressing, you have to be a spendthrift with
the oil, a miser with the vinegar, a judge with the
salt, and a madman with the pepper - old saying
sometimes attributed to Brillat-Savarin.
French dressing
categories: salad, alternative
yield: 1 batch
1/4 c hemp seed oil
1/4 c water
3 Tb red wine vinegar
2 Tb tomato paste
2 Tb ketchup
2 Tb brown sugar
1/2 ts each paprika
1/2 ts salt
Blend in a blender until smooth and
emulsified. M says add 1/2 ts garlic
puree or 1/3 ts garlic powder.
hempfarm.co.nz - inspired by The Food Network
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