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[Rebecca Lewinski <rebas_own AT hotmail.com>]

you guys overwhelmed my inbox over the last week, so I deleted most 
everything and started fresh!  But I did catch Leslie's pig story and how the 
old boy tasted.  Maybe someone here knows what to feed a pig to make it 
tasty?  They can be nassssty.
 
Traveling years ago through Italy, the spouse bought what he considered a 
treat - prosciutto made with wild boar meat (hunting is very popular there).  
Couldn't beat the setting, it was one of those achingly romantic little 
walled towns, and of all things, the public square we had chosen to picnic in 
was the setting for a fashion shoot for wedding apparrel.  Spouse lovingly 
poured out some wine, then slathered some sort of soft cheese on crispbread, 
decking it with some of the prosciutto which he declared to be the best he'd 
ever tasted.  I took the proffered treat, smiled into his eyes, chomped down 
on the snack...
...and it was everything I could do not to spit it back out.  Damn meat was 
as close to licking a smelly armpit as I ever wish to get.  Absolutely pure 
noxious b.o. in taste.
 
Good thing there was a whole bottle of wine to go through, it took a few 
glasses to wash the taste out.  Spouse was seriously disappointed in me (not 
the first or the last time), but then again he did get to have the whole slab 
of meat to himself.
 
off to go bring what's left of my tomatoes in and move my potted galangal 
into the garage (can't get galangal around here unless you grow it--I have a 
potted kaffir lime tree too. We like Thai flavors in our food).  I had hoped 
to goose the tomatoes along under their plastic tent through Christmas, but 
even with water jugs placed under the tent, I don't think I can keep them 
from cold damage.  The temp's set to drop into the low 20s over the next few 
days, along with some pretty brisk winds.  
 
In case I don't get back online for awhile, happy Solstice (yay-longer days 
soon) and happy holidays to all
 
-Rebecca in the great Northwest
 
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