it. > A couple of years later the timing was right to give it another try and > I really enjoyed it. Possibly, having read other books set
in the same > general time frame, it just "read right". I'd rather
read a book like > that than some of what passed as literature.
As you might guess, my tastes would run more toward
the academic side than the literature side.

I've noticed. Historic fiction is how I get the history in, with a good
story on the side. (G)

I'll grant that with historical fiction, the
author admits that there's fiction involved.
Academics are less forthcoming about that.
I started Eric Foner's Gateway to Freedom,
about the Underground Railroad, a thrilling
story, and there were moments when I asked myself
why did he find that out, and that sort of
spoiled it for me.

I wasn't either but we still had to eat what was on our plates. My

mom > used to use a WWII saying, "Eat what you can and can what you
can" but
And not chuck what you would?

I'd chuck a number of things if I could have.

I wonder what woodchuck chuck tastes like.

prosodic if it were How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck chuck if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
Trochaic tetrameter, I think it's called.

A wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck, if a
wood chuck could chuck wood.

Doesn't scan.

that didn't involve what she'd put on our plates. She did do a lot

of > canning however, from the gardens Dad put in every year as a way
to save > on the family's winter vegetable purchases.
What did your garden grow? Peas and greens and
lima beans and tomatoes all in a row?

Sweet corn, leaf lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beets, yellow (wax) beans, rhubarb and chives (which we knew as "onion grass") were the staples
when I was growing up. After I left home, Dad experimented with brussels

That's plenty. You could lose the wax beans.

sprouts and a few other things--I don't recall all. He finally stopped
in a garden the year he broke his hip--but put one in the next year.
The amount he'd plant and Mom would put up were about the same as when
all of us kids were home, plus they would buy potatoes (50 or more
pounds) and other things each fall. Enough to feed an army!

Better a quartermaster than a halfmaster.

I thought that would possibly be an okay dish,
sort of like the Sacerdotes I made at one of the
echo picnic - a soft squishy exterior and a hard
heart (some kind of potato fritter with a tamari
almond inside)(it was a joke).

We missed that picnic.

Hemmingford.

One takes the bitter with the sweet. Or, if one
is Weller, the bitters with the sweet. Or, if
you're me, the bedroom with the suite.

Or, none of the above.

You know what they say about whisky, it's better
with the peat.

For some folks; others have different opinions.

Yes, I did. It would be interesting to compare notes but this isn't

the > place for it.
It would be sort of off topic but not so that it
would be moderatable. If you hadn't noticed,
quilting and music are not on topic either.

True, but thought that medicinal use of suchlike was not to be
discussed.

You get to self-police. I am disinclined to fuss.
A quick reminder if you open yourself to snide
commentary .

It's pretty certain that in that city they haven't
gotten to the 20th century yet in many respects.
That was not a misprint.

IOW, not my first place to consider for travel any time soon.

It's one of those destintions like Nigeria or North
Korea or Mount Cleese, where you go to be able to say
been there, done that.

In this instance tho, the T-shirt isn't worth the bother.

Lilli won a t-shirt for answering a trivia question
on our trip to the DMZ (which got us to set foot over the
border to the North at the treaty house).

Hopefully the old has passed down wisdom to the young before passing away.

You learn by example - the chicks see their mother
devoured by the fox, and then they go off and do it
themselves when they've grown up. As I said, I don't
give wisdom much credit.

Depends on who/what showing wht sort of wisdom.

Who's to be arbiter? I don't trust any of it.

OK, I thought we were talking white flour and sugar as give aways.

Oh, that was a reference to a joke that, even if it
does revolve around food, is offtopic by reason of
being racist and religionist. Pity, it's kind of
funny and is very short, plus it's usually told by
people who are lampooned by it.

OK, so subject dropped.

Lots of lovely subjects to drop.

We keep it loosely covered in a glass jar (glass top to the

jar as > ML> well) > and try to use it on a regular basis.

Yeah, the barrier against having alien spores fall
in seems to be important.

Don't want your sourdough to turn on you. Steve used ours the other

day > to make cinnamon rolls with raisins and pecans in the filling.
Now it's > back in the fridge, awaiting the next great baking venture. Better that the sourdough turn on you than your dog.

True, but we don't have a dog any more. (G)

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Hi Michael,

other books set > ML> in the same > general time frame, it just "read right". I'd rather > ML> read a book like > that than some of what
passed as literature.

As you might guess, my tastes would run more toward
the academic side than the literature side.

I've noticed. Historic fiction is how I get the history in, with a

good > story on the side. (G)

I'll grant that with historical fiction, the
author admits that there's fiction involved.

It's usually "based on reality" tho you have to take it with a grain or
two of salt, sometimes more.

Academics are less forthcoming about that.
I started Eric Foner's Gateway to Freedom,
about the Underground Railroad, a thrilling

Worth looking into? I'd get it on my Nook most likely as that takes up
less space; just a virtual bookshelving. (G)

story, and there were moments when I asked myself
why did he find that out, and that sort of
spoiled it for me.

Can't win them all.

And not chuck what you would?

I'd chuck a number of things if I could have.

I wonder what woodchuck chuck tastes like.

IIRC, I think it's a rather fatty meat.

prosodic if it were How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck chuck if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
Trochaic tetrameter, I think it's called.

A wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck,

if a > wood chuck could chuck wood.

Doesn't scan.

But that's what I learned as a follow on to the original wood chuck
(ground hog) quote.

that didn't involve what she'd put on our plates. She did do

a lot > ML> of > canning however, from the gardens Dad put in every
year as a way > ML> to save > on the family's winter vegetable
purchases.

What did your garden grow? Peas and greens and
lima beans and tomatoes all in a row?

Sweet corn, leaf lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beets, yellow (wax)

beans, > rhubarb and chives (which we knew as "onion grass") were the staples

when I was growing up. After I left home, Dad experimented with

brussels

That's plenty. You could lose the wax beans.

Probably so but they were a staple for Dad's garden. Only times I had
green beans as a kid were when I was eating away from home; the yellow
ones were our "standard" bean.

sprouts and a few other things--I don't recall all. He finally

stopped > in a garden the year he broke his hip--but put one in the
next year.

The amount he'd plant and Mom would put up were about the same as

when > all of us kids were home, plus they would buy potatoes (50 or
more

pounds) and other things each fall. Enough to feed an army!

Better a quartermaster than a halfmaster.

Probably so. I know my youngest sister would take canned goods home with
her whenever she came to visit my folks. I think that was part of the
reason Dad put so much in the garden for a while.

I thought that would possibly be an okay dish,
sort of like the Sacerdotes I made at one of the
echo picnic - a soft squishy exterior and a hard
heart (some kind of potato fritter with a tamari
almond inside)(it was a joke).

We missed that picnic.

Hemmingford.

Our first picnic was in 2007 at the Shipp's--the year after we moved to
GA from HI.

One takes the bitter with the sweet. Or, if one
is Weller, the bitters with the sweet. Or, if
you're me, the bedroom with the suite.

Or, none of the above.

You know what they say about whisky, it's better
with the peat.

For some folks; others have different opinions.

Yes, I did. It would be interesting to compare notes but this

isn't > ML> the > place for it.

It would be sort of off topic but not so that it
would be moderatable. If you hadn't noticed,
quilting and music are not on topic either.

True, but thought that medicinal use of suchlike was not to be discussed.

You get to self-police. I am disinclined to fuss.
A quick reminder if you open yourself to snide
commentary .

Sounds fair. As of yesterdy, the orders are to discontinue the honey.
The hole still has some filling to do but it will come, in time.

gotten to the 20th century yet in many respects.
That was not a misprint.

IOW, not my first place to consider for travel any time soon.

It's one of those destintions like Nigeria or North
Korea or Mount Cleese, where you go to be able to say
been there, done that.

In this instance tho, the T-shirt isn't worth the bother.

Lilli won a t-shirt for answering a trivia question
on our trip to the DMZ (which got us to set foot over the
border to the North at the treaty house).

I don't think Steve ever got up there while he was stationed in Korea.
He was in Yong San, just outside of Seoul, but did do some travel within
the country.

Hopefully the old has passed down wisdom to the young before

passing > ML> > away.

You learn by example - the chicks see their mother
devoured by the fox, and then they go off and do it
themselves when they've grown up. As I said, I don't
give wisdom much credit.

Depends on who/what showing what sort of wisdom.

Who's to be arbiter? I don't trust any of it.

Probably not worth the time and effort.

We keep it loosely covered in a glass jar (glass top

to the > ML> jar as > ML> well) > and try to use it on a regular
basis.

Yeah, the barrier against having alien spores fall
in seems to be important.

Don't want your sourdough to turn on you. Steve used ours the

other > ML> day > to make cinnamon rolls with raisins and pecans in
the filling. > ML> Now it's > back in the fridge, awaiting the next
great baking venture. > ML> Better that the sourdough turn on you
than your dog.

True, but we don't have a dog any more. (G)

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Michael Loo on 06-06-19 14:33 <=-

And not chuck what you would?

I'd chuck a number of things if I could have.

I wonder what woodchuck chuck tastes like.

IIRC, I think it's a rather fatty meat.

prosodic if it were How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck chuck if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
Trochaic tetrameter, I think it's called.

A wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck,
if a wood chuck could chuck wood.

Doesn't scan.

But that's what I learned as a follow on to the original wood chuck (ground hog) quote.

What I learned was: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a
woodchuck could chuck wood...? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he
could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood....
That at least scans... (G)

As of yesterday, the orders are to discontinue the honey.
The hole still has some filling to do but it will come, in time.

And it's thought that the honey isn't needed for that last bit of
healing...?

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

Quoting Ruth Haffly to Michael Loo on 06-06-19 14:33 <=-

And not chuck what you would?

I'd chuck a number of things if I could have.

I wonder what woodchuck chuck tastes like.

IIRC, I think it's a rather fatty meat.

prosodic if it were How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck chuck if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
Trochaic tetrameter, I think it's called.

A wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck,
if a wood chuck could chuck wood.

Doesn't scan.

But that's what I learned as a follow on to the original wood chuck (ground hog) quote.

What I learned was: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a
woodchuck could chuck wood...? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood
he could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood....
That at least scans... (G)

Or, we could just chuck the whole discussion as pointless.

As of yesterday, the orders are to discontinue the honey.
The hole still has some filling to do but it will come, in time.

And it's thought that the honey isn't needed for that last bit of healing...?

No, because it's pretty much internal now. The honey wouldn't be able to
get to where it would be the most useful.

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-11-19 20:18 <=-

As of yesterday, the orders are to discontinue the honey. The
hole still has some filling to do but it will come, in time.

And it's thought that the honey isn't needed for that last
bit of healing...?

No, because it's pretty much internal now. The honey wouldn't be able
to get to where it would be the most useful.

Ok, that makes sense... :)

ttyl neb

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