Well squid is about as tasty as neoprene, but I remember my grandmother's
sliced tongue. Absolutely delicious, a bit revolting to prepare, like eels.
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Douglas Quebbeman may have mentioned
these words:
> > I'll bet you're presbyotic
(far-sighted)
>
> Nit pick time. I think you mean presbyopic. presbyotic would be
> someone who can only hear things far away.
Hmmm... from my High School biology & health classes, I seem to recall that
myopia is nearsightedness, *hyperopia* was farsightedness, and I thought
that presbyopia was either someone who can see near & far but not in
between, or someone that could not see near or far, but what was in between
was in focus... but that was a long time ago... and the health field
changes faster than the computer field... (I was amazed seeing back 80-90
years ago that over 50% of the folks that died in my town were diagnosed
with "consumption"... I wonder what consumed them? Maybe squirrels??? ;-)
> > Plus, isn't the fiddle on their
stomach? Should I ask the spider
> > to "present, front and center" so i can check?
>
> Definitely on the back, hence the common name fiddleback spider.
Makes me *very* happy to be in Northern Michigan - other than a rumor every
10 years or so of a rattlesnake being seen, hardly anything poisonous other
than wasps & bumblebees is able to survive up here... :-)
Oh, and my grandma was born/raised in the foothills of Kentucky -- if it
didn't crawl away fast enough, it was dinner. I've eaten squirrel that my
brother & I shot (small red squirrels) - it's *very* tasty, but you'd best
have a *lot* of them! I've also had muskrat, beaver, raccoon, squid, deer
(venison - my dad just shot one this morning!! Yum!), bear, moose, buffalo,
elk, wild boar.... usw.
And yes, cow's tongue is very good also, when prepared correctly, but I
never did acquire a taste for the pickled pork hocks... I don't "pretend"
what I like, because I like most everything.
Yes, it's offtopic, but I just thought I'd include that for those here who
are squeamish... ;^>
"Merch"
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an *older* .sig.
(circa 1997!) Why does Hershey's put nutritional information on
their candy bar wrappers when there's no nutritional value within?
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid