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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] acquired tastes;
  • Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:10:39 -0800 (PST)

For years, once per year, the local markets have sold large boxes of pork
spareribs, from Denmark, at an excellent price. I do not like the taste. I
don't have a clue the difference; I have talked to butchers who say a
percentage of customers are like my household, not preferring them.......

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--- On Thu, 12/11/08, Rebecca Lewinski <rebas_own AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rebecca Lewinski <rebas_own AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] acquired tastes; was: apologies
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 10:10 AM
> 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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