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Monday, November 23, 2009
The Spirit of Hope
In keeping with the spirit of hope offered by the ensuing holiday season, I offer up this little gem!
PMT, et al, LMFAO. In re: your attached labels. Am down with at least three. Not a Satanist in any sense, because I refuse to recognize fictictious evil creatures, the extant ones are quite enough for moi. Also, by at least one definition, I am an antinomian; an offense which has gotten some very fine people burned in times past. As to the others, to each his/her own.
WH, About that lamb: I truly appreciate the generosity which you have extended. Yet, I have no idea where I would put a whole lamb. Furthermore, I wouldn't dream of having you drive all the way here to deliver one. However, I am tempted to drive up there as my car is just about ready after more than six months in various shops. That's a long, story!
CA, Likewise, if I had Sciabica just down the road, I wouldn't bother traveling any further for my olive oil. I learned this from the French who refuse to travel all of fifty kilometers to pay more for a wine that is no better than that of their local winery. Lucky you! Incidentally, Sciabica came in second on America's Test Kitchen's list of California olive oils. Their first choice was, ultimately, a Spanish oil but the California Olive Ranch's 'Arbequina' was second followed by Sciabica's 'Sciabica's Sevillano Variety Fall 2008 Harvest'.
Did I mention that my four bottles of Olio Nuovo arrived. It is very special stuff. It's a shame to heat it and I have discovered that it is so volatile (that very volatility is what makes it so good for you) that I have until spring to use it. It looks like Rich and I are going to be drizzling it over lots of artisanal bread, salad, vegetables, rice and pasta for the next few months.
WM, I would love to hear from you. Why have you not been painting? Did you finish that mural project with your daughter?
I am glad you girls survived the summer fires out there and I am just glad that Larry survived. As for me, I am hanging in there.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving feast if you are having one. If not, I hope it's because you are philosophically opposed to the tradition .. rather than being too indisposed to be able to partake of it.
Bon Apétit!
P.S. Did I mention previously that I am in the market for dwarves, hunchbacks, tattooed-women and freaks of all sorts? Let me know if you have a line on any of these types.
PMT, What I actually had in mind was shipping a lamb to you, or possibly half a lamb. Most of the Australian/New Zealand lamb that comes into this country goes to the abbatoir at about 150-160 pounds, yields a carcass weight of 80-85 pounds and those pork chop-sized rib and loin chops American consumers are used to seeing in supermarkets. We kill our lambs at 110-115 pounds, with a 60 pound carcass weight and correspondingly smaller portions. This is the traditional "spring lamb", so called because of it's time of birth. Our lambs are finished at the age of 8-10 months, which makes them both tender and tasty. Depending on the style of cut (how much deboning, for example), this results in approximately 45-50 actual pounds in the freezer. The cost for this FOB the farm is $300 for a whole lamb, $160 for a half, plus delivery or shipping. People I know who do this (I have not, previously) pack the lamb in a thick styrofoam shipping carton with dry ice and overnight by either UPS or FedEx. A topic for further discussion, and best done in January, in any case.
I am curious about your fixation recently on freaks, i. e. Dwarves, hunchbacks, etc. What has this to do with your interest in other "deviant" behaviors? My view of deviance is that it includes many commonly practiced but rarely publicly admitted acts, many of which are so common that if the truth were known about the numbers of people involved, they would no longer fit the category. What say you? And you, suddenly busy California friends?
3 comments:
PMT, et al,
LMFAO.
In re: your attached labels.
Am down with at least three.
Not a Satanist in any sense, because I refuse to recognize fictictious evil creatures, the extant ones are quite enough for moi.
Also, by at least one definition, I am an antinomian; an offense which has gotten some very fine people burned in times past.
As to the others, to each his/her own.
WH,
About that lamb: I truly appreciate the generosity which you have extended. Yet, I have no idea where I would put a whole lamb. Furthermore, I wouldn't dream of having you drive all the way here to deliver one. However, I am tempted to drive up there as my car is just about ready after more than six months in various shops. That's a long, story!
CA,
Likewise, if I had Sciabica just down the road, I wouldn't bother traveling any further for my olive oil. I learned this from the French who refuse to travel all of fifty kilometers to pay more for a wine that is no better than that of their local winery. Lucky you!
Incidentally, Sciabica came in second on America's Test Kitchen's list of California olive oils. Their first choice was, ultimately, a Spanish oil but the California Olive Ranch's 'Arbequina' was second followed by Sciabica's 'Sciabica's Sevillano Variety Fall 2008 Harvest'.
Did I mention that my four bottles of Olio Nuovo arrived. It is very special stuff. It's a shame to heat it and I have discovered that it is so volatile (that very volatility is what makes it so good for you) that I have until spring to use it. It looks like Rich and I are going to be drizzling it over lots of artisanal bread, salad, vegetables, rice and pasta for the next few months.
WM,
I would love to hear from you. Why have you not been painting? Did you finish that mural project with your daughter?
I am glad you girls survived the summer fires out there and I am just glad that Larry survived. As for me, I am hanging in there.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving feast if you are having one. If not, I hope it's because you are philosophically opposed to the tradition .. rather than being too indisposed to be able to partake of it.
Bon Apétit!
P.S. Did I mention previously that I am in the market for dwarves, hunchbacks, tattooed-women and freaks of all sorts? Let me know if you have a line on any of these types.
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PMT,
What I actually had in mind was shipping a lamb to you, or possibly half a lamb. Most of the Australian/New Zealand lamb that comes into this country goes to the abbatoir at about 150-160 pounds, yields a carcass weight of 80-85 pounds and those pork chop-sized rib and loin chops American consumers are used to seeing in supermarkets. We kill our lambs at 110-115 pounds, with a 60 pound carcass weight and correspondingly smaller portions. This is the traditional "spring lamb", so called because of it's time of birth. Our lambs are finished at the age of 8-10 months, which makes them both tender and tasty. Depending on the style of cut (how much deboning, for example), this results in approximately 45-50 actual pounds in the freezer. The cost for this FOB the farm
is $300 for a whole lamb, $160 for a half, plus delivery or shipping. People I know who do this (I have not, previously) pack the lamb in a thick styrofoam shipping carton with dry ice and overnight by either UPS or FedEx.
A topic for further discussion, and best done in January, in any case.
I am curious about your fixation recently on freaks, i. e.
Dwarves, hunchbacks, etc. What has this to do with your interest in other "deviant" behaviors?
My view of deviance is that it includes many commonly practiced but rarely publicly admitted acts, many of which are so common that if the truth were known about the numbers of people involved, they would no longer fit the category. What say you?
And you, suddenly busy California friends?
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