Topic 38 of 88: food obsessions
Tue, Nov 10, 1998 (10:44) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Are you obsessed with any food?
This may get linked to fitness.
78 responses total.
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Response 1 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Nov 10, 1998 (12:21) * 1 lines
Prickly pears and cherries.
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Response 2 of 78: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 10, 1998 (14:17) * 2 lines
Right now, cheese.
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Response 3 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 11, 1998 (02:43) * 1 lines
So you're only vegetarian, not vegan? When did you become a vegetarian and why, Terry?
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Response 4 of 78: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 11, 1998 (07:18) * 15 lines
To save the planet. And to get healthy.
I was a pretty strict veggie for about 20 years, no milk, eggs or dairy
products. No chicken or fish. And I used soy milk, tempe, tofu and
gluten a lot. I started out macrobiotic and then progressed to a more
diverse diet including fruit and natural foods. When I was with Louise,
we had a little health food store in Oregon called the Wonder Natural
Foods store (way before Whole Foods) and I started the Wonder Bee Pollen
Collective. You know what's good? A smoothie made from Hunza dried
apricots (soaked overnight in spring water), bee pollen, ginseng and
honey. Louise was a very good influence on my diet and she put a lot of
good spiritual energy into our food every time we had a meal.
Nowadays, I'm much looser and more relaxed about my diet. Not too strict
any more.
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Response 5 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 11, 1998 (12:19) * 1 lines
I am a true omnivore. With one notable exception, if it tastes good, and will make it through the digestive tract, without getting stuck, I'll eat it. The exception is human flesh. I never intend to try it.
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Response 6 of 78: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Nov 11, 1998 (16:00) * 1 lines
Why? Philosophical reasons?
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Response 7 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Nov 12, 1998 (11:26) * 6 lines
What do you mean WHY, Wer????
Terry: That sounds cool - I wish I were as decent as you about things. You don't seem to possess any kind of self-destructive mechanisms.
Tim: Same here! I eat ANYTHING (except the human flesh, of course!). I don't eat as much meat as when I'm back home, but at least once a week.
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Response 8 of 78: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Nov 13, 1998 (13:32) * 10 lines
Cost of a hamburger at a fast food restaurant:
United States: $2.56
Australia: $1.75
Belgium: $2.87
China: $1.20
Denmark: $3.39
France: $2.84
Japan: $2.08
Russia: $2.00
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Response 9 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sat, Nov 14, 1998 (17:26) * 2 lines
The reason that I don't eat human flesh is that, with what I already eat, I have to be careful who is around when I'm eating. If I started eating human flesh I'd really have to be careful who I was with at the time. A long time ago, I was told about the cravings that a pregnant woman can get. I figured that the food obviously wasn't dangerous, so, I tried some of the combinations, and went on from there. A couple of examples: Try a peanut butter and mayonaise sandwich with sliced pickles and ancho
ies. Rattlesnake stuffed with squirrel, breaded and fried, with a little chocolate syrup drizzled on top, and dusted with powdered sugar.
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Response 10 of 78: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Nov 14, 1998 (23:43) * 2 lines
Hmmm...haven't tried those combos, but I do like peanut butter
and mustard on hot dogs...
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Response 11 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sun, Nov 15, 1998 (01:45) * 1 lines
Had to try it. It is good, but add a little mayo, and use honey mustard.
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Response 12 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 16, 1998 (04:25) * 3 lines
°shivering in my shoes°
I like snake though - often have them barbecued in Africa. Pofadder and mamba are particularly good.
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Response 13 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 16, 1998 (08:07) * 1 lines
We have rattlesnake festivals here in Texas where you can buy and eat fried snake. Otherwise, you have to find a live one and prepare it yourself.
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Response 14 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 16, 1998 (11:40) * 1 lines
Do you also like snake?
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Response 15 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 16, 1998 (13:04) * 1 lines
Yes I do like snake, and this is the best time of year to catch them. the cold makes them so sluggish that they can't strike.
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Response 16 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (01:50) * 1 lines
I know - it's hilarious! But in Africa it's really hard to FIND them in winter, not least because the whole landscape starts to look like the back of an adder.
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Response 17 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (03:15) * 3 lines
Here, they are pretty much in the same places that they were in the summer.
This time of year you tend to suprise them before they surprise you.
What does the back of an adder look like? For that matter, what does an adder look like?
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Response 18 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (17:21) * 4 lines
An adder is a thickish, deceptively clumsy looking snake, with a big head, and little horns above the eyes. They don't move very fast, not like the mamba which not even the fastest adult could dream to outrun, but they bite faster than lightning, and when they don't look like they're going to bite. They dig themselves into the desert sand for maximum heat in summer, and the only way to see them, is to look out for the little horns sticking out, and a very vage s-shape in the sand. The colour is like a
ale sort of dessert sand, with darker and lighter, diamond-like shapes. Last, but not least, they are lethal, as are most snakes in Africa.
Most snakes in America are pretty lethal too, aren't they? Oh, and I wanted to ask: have you ever had snake salad? WONDERFUL STUFF!
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Response 19 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Nov 17, 1998 (19:26) * 2 lines
Never had snake salad. I will look forward to the opportunity. It sounds good. How is it made? Do you have a recipe? Only a few breeds of snake are poisonous here. By far the deadliest is the coral snake. The king snake, same size as a coral snake,(@25cm), marked with same colors in a different order, is harmless.
A favorite practical joke is to put a king snake in somebody's desk drawer. the usual reaction: move first, then look real close. The diamondback rattlesnake, which is the largest snake in North America, at 8 feet or so full grown, is the least poisonous snake around here. After being bitten you have a couple of days before you are in serious danger.
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Response 20 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (01:53) * 3 lines
OH, cool! Strange that such a big, horrible sounding snake is so relatively survivable! Our adders give you between 5 and 12 hours, but the mamba, a stunning, black or bright green snake, which grows up to 10 meters long, gives you 2 hours. Except its poison destroyes tissue - so if you should be lucky enough to have your respiratory systems spared, you still end up with huge patches of raw flesh all over your body, which don't heal, because the tissue is dead.... I've seen it, and it's pretty awful.
But let's talk about nicer things: SNAKE SALAD! I'm not entirely sure how my mum makes it, but the snake is obviously cooked, cut up into small pieces, and cooled. The salad is a mixture of the snake flesh, a mustardy, mayonaise-like sauce (that's the part I'm not at all sure of), and bits of lettuce, apple and gurkin. When you eat it, it must be really really cold - very refreshing in summertime.
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Response 21 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (02:05) * 1 lines
What is gurkin? I think I could make this if you could find out what the sauce is made of.
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Response 22 of 78: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (06:05) * 3 lines
gerkins are pickles
(I think)
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Response 23 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (06:22) * 1 lines
That makes sense. I think you are right,
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Response 24 of 78: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (10:44) * 8 lines
gherkin:
a) A tropical American vine, Cucumis anguria, bearing prickly, edible fruit.
b) The fruit of the Gherkin.
c) A small cucumber, the fruit of Cucumis sativas, especially one used for
pickling.
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Response 25 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (13:54) * 1 lines
Whatevva! Yes, it's a small, sour cucumber, a pickle. I'll ring Mum, and ask her about the sauce, I promise. Then you can make the salad, and report back.
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Response 26 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (16:55) * 1 lines
Will do, Thanks, My mouth is watering in anticipation. By the way, have you ever had conch salad?
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Response 27 of 78: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (17:07) * 15 lines
as a quick aside:
Salsa -- a Latin American dance, a spicy sauce, and now, according to the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, a vegetable.
Requests from schools in the West and Southwest prompted the USDA to grant
the new designation, making salsa reimbursable under the federal school
lunch program.
Salsa fares much better than ketchup did 17 years ago, though. The Reagan
administration's attempt to call ketchup a school lunch vegetable drew
plenty of protest. But salsa, with its mix of chopped tomatoes and veggies,
gets high marks from both school dietitians and students.
you may now continue with your regularly scheduled conservation...
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Response 28 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (02:08) * 3 lines
Wer, I BOUGHT that very same sauce in Germany last weekend! It looked like a good break from ketchup, and it really tastes great! PLUS: it gives me an excuse to go again!
Tim, what on earth is conch salad???
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Response 29 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Thu, Nov 19, 1998 (02:15) * 1 lines
It is a salad made with crunchy veggies and finely diced conch meat. Conch is a giant sea snail that lives in the Carribean Sea.
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Response 30 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:44) * 1 lines
Snail.....brrrr. Never had that, not sure I will. Isn't it awfully slimy when you eat it? I don't think I would like that very much.
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Response 31 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Fri, Nov 20, 1998 (01:53) * 1 lines
Actually, it is about as dry as chicken. It tastes nothing like chicken, but it is as dry.
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Response 32 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Nov 21, 1998 (01:26) * 1 lines
Really! How weird! How do you think they get rid of the slime?
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Response 33 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sat, Nov 21, 1998 (01:26) * 1 lines
These are sea snails. They are not all that slimy to begin with. Secondly, you are not eating the whole snail, only the foot, the muscle it uses to walk around
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Response 34 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sat, Nov 21, 1998 (01:26) * 2 lines
I'd assume that, when they clean the snail, they do something. I don't know what
and I've watched them do it.
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Response 35 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sun, Nov 22, 1998 (05:19) * 1 lines
They sell the fillets in the marketplace. They are not slimy at that point.
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Response 36 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (01:58) * 1 lines
THAT must be what Charlie Sheen does in his spare time!
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Response 37 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (02:11) * 2 lines
Polishes snails? HMMM Interesting occupation. One gets to hang around the docks
where the passenger ships come in? sign me up!!
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Response 38 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (08:08) * 3 lines
Sucks the slime off his own kind!
And we all know what you want to hand around the docks for, don't we?
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Response 39 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (12:19) * 2 lines
We probably have a pretty good idea. Are you familiar with passenger ships? When
I was in high school, I got to play passenger during lifeboat drill on the QEII.
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Response 40 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (01:47) * 4 lines
Oh, cool! You probably just wanted one of the pretty crew members to give you a mouth to mouth resuscitation anyway!
Just kidding.
Tell me what happened.
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Response 41 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Nov 24, 1998 (01:56) * 1 lines
The ship was docked in Nassau. I was hanging around it. One of the crew asked me if I'd like a ride in a lifeboat. I said yes, thinking he meant around the harbor. I found out he meant a ride down the side of the ship. I got a free lunch out of the deal so it wasn't all bad.
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Response 42 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (02:21) * 2 lines
I would love that, I'm sure! I love boatrides, but not on big ones, because you can't feel the water moving. On sailing boats or like that. In Lüderitz (a place along the coast of south west Africa) there lives this kind couple in their 50's. They sailed around the world twice in their life time, and I always go to them, and ask them for a ride in their boat. And they're only too glad to get out in the open sea again, and it's just wonderful. When the tide is high, and you stand right at the front o
the boat, clinging onto the railings, it's like flying every time the water hits the boat.
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Response 43 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (10:39) * 1 lines
Oh Wow! Riette, I love to sail. I'm going to see if I can come up with a sailboat to go sailing with you.
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Response 44 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (11:49) * 1 lines
NO! ARE YOU SERIOUS??? That would be magical! There's nothing I would like more! But only if it isn't too much trouble, really. IMAGINE!
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Response 45 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Nov 25, 1998 (13:34) * 2 lines
We have a couple of huge lakes and sailboat dealers abound. It shouldn't be hard
I'll work on it.
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Response 46 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (02:23) * 1 lines
Just don't BUY the boat, for heaven's sake! We could hire one together.
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Response 47 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (02:58) * 3 lines
Riette, I was thinking of talking the dealer into letting us take the boat out.
If we play our cards right, we might get to watch sunset on Lake Travis from
the deck of the boat.
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Response 48 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (11:14) * 1 lines
You honestly think you're going to find a dealer who is going to let two people like US take his boat out for a little spin? I'm sceptical! But if you managed it, I will offer you very humble apologies.
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Response 49 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (18:02) * 1 lines
Riette, stranger things have happened. At that time of the year, competition is fierce among boat dealers.
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Response 50 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (02:04) * 1 lines
Alright, I shall remain positive, and if it doesn't happen, we'll hire a little rowing boat, and pretend it has a sail.
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Response 51 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (02:08) * 1 lines
Riette, I can guarantee that it won't be that bad.
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Response 52 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (16:20) * 1 lines
I don't really care how bad it is. I don't like comfort all that much anyway. As long as it's fun.
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Response 53 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Fri, Nov 27, 1998 (16:34) * 1 lines
Riette, It will be a lot of fun, a very good time.
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Response 54 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:42) * 1 lines
That's all that matters! I was going to say that at anyway you'd have your comfortable bed to return to afterwards, but you don't! ha-ha!
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Response 55 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (01:51) * 1 lines
Riette, It's Comfortable, anyway.
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Response 56 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (02:17) * 1 lines
I would not know!
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Response 57 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Sun, Nov 29, 1998 (02:26) * 1 lines
Not unless you've been here by proxy, Riette.
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Response 58 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:17) * 1 lines
How does THAT work?
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Response 59 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:22) * 1 lines
You appoint someone to come in your stead Riette.
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Response 60 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:22) * 3 lines
Okay, if that's what you want.
°Sobbing broken heartedly°
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Response 61 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 30, 1998 (02:22) * 1 lines
Riette, That is definitely NOT what I want, and you know it!!
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Response 62 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Dec 1, 1998 (01:52) * 1 lines
Hello, Riette, How are you this morning. I sent you email just now.
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Response 63 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Dec 1, 1998 (14:06) * 1 lines
I got it, thanks. Did you get mine?
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Response 64 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Dec 1, 1998 (22:04) * 1 lines
Yes, Riette, I just got it. Or I just read it.
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Response 65 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Dec 2, 1998 (01:55) * 1 lines
What did you think of my recipe? Want me to try and help you make it when I'm over?
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Response 66 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Dec 2, 1998 (02:03) * 1 lines
Riette: I'd love It. But there was no recipe in the email.
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Response 67 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Dec 2, 1998 (12:15) * 1 lines
There wasn't? I'll have to try again. Where will we find the snake, do you think?
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Response 68 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Wed, Dec 2, 1998 (13:27) * 1 lines
Riette, we'll go to the rattlesnake jubilee in Lometa.
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Response 69 of 78: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Dec 3, 1998 (01:21) * 1 lines
And steal one? Don't you think the snake will get just a little pi$$ed off with us?
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Response 70 of 78: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Thu, Dec 3, 1998 (01:44) * 1 lines
Riette, they sell snakes at the jubilee.
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Response 71 of 78: (sprin5) * Fri, Oct 13, 2000 (08:14) * 1 lines
frozen pizza
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Response 72 of 78: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Oct 14, 2000 (08:07) * 3 lines
chocolate, chocolate, chocolate
coffee, coffee, coffee
*sigh*
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Response 73 of 78: stacey (stacey) * Mon, Oct 28, 2002 (15:16) * 3 lines
Lately...
Frozen eggrolls with Raspberry chipotle sauce
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Response 74 of 78: Autumn (autumn) * Wed, Oct 30, 2002 (16:54) * 1 lines
I think I'm gonna be sick...
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Response 75 of 78: stacey (stacey) * Wed, Oct 30, 2002 (17:02) * 2 lines
*grin*
I think I'm in early labor...
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Response 76 of 78: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Dec 13, 2002 (18:14) * 1 lines
When I am in Kentucky I am starving for avocadoes. In California I am hungry for shrimp. Go figure. No excuses except that my palate has been spoiled.
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Response 77 of 78: Autumn (autumn) * Fri, Dec 13, 2002 (22:41) * 1 lines
I have avocado every day, and I can't believe that the stores in KY don't carry them, Marcia! We ate CA avocadoes in Costa Rica, for heaven's sake. I'm just hungry all the time these days.
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Response 78 of 78: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec 14, 2002 (14:51) * 3 lines
I know someone carries them because I got avocadoes in salads. I think if we had gone to something other than Krogers, I might have found them. Upon my return I will ask ladies who work with Don for suggestions.
Last night we had shrimp with charconnay sauce and it was heavenly. I am hungry again yet have a Tupperware party my son "won" the honor of hosting late this afternoon. Bah Humbug. At least the house is decorated in and out. Weather is terrible, though. High winds and RAIN!!!
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