v for frequency?

There are parts of the '60s and '70s I try to forget. Dr. John is one of them.

My mother would solemnly swear she never used anything but butter for Christmas cookies but I distinctly remember her kneading the dye into a bag of margarine.

It's good to keep some real heavy cream around for sauces and stuff. I can whip it up, in a beaker with my immersion blender, in about a minute.

See? People are different.

We like farmers' markets for good stuff. And the Farm Box weekly delivery.

Safeway tends to have good stuff for a while and then replace it with a house brand. Try to find World's Best Mac and Cheese, which Safeway used to have.

And you have to go somewhere else for a really good bagel dog.

Safeway bakes awful bread, but their bagels and donuts are good.

Audells is good. Our little Canyon Market makes a great sweet Italian sausage... just a lump, like hamburger, without a casing.

Dang, I'm hungry again.

I married a cajun girl once. She made crawfish etoufee, about the best thing you can ever eat. Gumbo can be great too. I cooked pain perdu for breakfast today, another cajun fave.

The gulf seafood - shrimp, oysters, fish - are the best, as long as you've had your hepatitis shots.

One thing I really miss is the fried oyster sandwiches. You just can't get one here. There's a fake British pub in Pacifica that has fish+chips, but you can substitute fried oysters for the fish.

Google Pacifica Drone

The pub is half a block from the cliffs so might survive another 5 or

No problemo. After all it has been proven dementia is not a disqualification for a sitting US president, at least twice. Reagan was a little better at compensating.

I have a friend who had chronic gut problems and bladder infections, the aftermath of MS. The cure was getting her New Orleans CDM Coffee and Chicory for breakfast. The chicory has some good bioeme effects.

Oakland CA? They know their customer base.

Maybe so, but it's very tasty.

I loved 10 Cane too, but they quit making it. Tragic.

One rum+coke radically improves my skiing, but most any rum works for that.

We no longer have Safeway. When Albertson's bought the chain they had to divest themselves of the Safeway stores in Missoula which became Fresh Markets which were recently bought by Yokes. The changes were minimal as far as I can tell.

We had a Lucky's Market that lasted two years. Tidyman's was another option but losing a $6.3 million sexual discrimination suit put the chain out of business.

Tough market. When I used to travel I was amazed at how much cheaper food was in LA, Phoenix, Seattle or other major markets.

søndag den 23. april 2023 kl. 01.39.02 UTC+2 skrev John Larkin:

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never been a fan of rum and coke

You don't like surstromming?

Sugar. Caffeine. Alcohol.

You wrote nothing.

That's stupid. Send too much then take it back. It's like our government giving money to the poor but taxing them aswell.

I don't do that kind of cooking. I prefer sauces like chermoula or chimichurri: light, bright, acidic, and herbal.

Yep. But you seem to have blinders on when it comes to ordinary people and crappy food.

Unlikely. I don't like mac and cheese. Never have.

Ah. Thanks for inducing me to learn what a bagel dog is.

I'm a terrible snob about bread. I buy it here:

Bulk sausage. We have a butcher shop that does a nice hot Italian sausage.

It's almost breakfast time as I write this.

How sad. I met him personally. A very genuinely nice man.

I like some variety. As Saki once said : "Canada is all right, just not for the *whole* weekend"

I feel the same about picked fish. I really enjoy it two or three times a year. Thats enough.

I suppose it invokes tanned men on yachts. Maybe the boy is the cabin boy. They had short wave bands which I suppose sailors need for weather reports when they sail round the horn or whatever.

Roger the cabin boy was always an antidote for the Horn.