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From: erilar on 16 Jun 2010 10:24 In article <c0ec6cdd-4933-46e6-b6ed-5c8bc7a094f7(a)y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, george <gpolkowski(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > So you didn't visit Burg Katzenstein ( http://www.burgkatzenstein.de ) > on the East Swabian Alb, one of my favorites where you can also spend > the night and eat a medieval dinner, the best preserved of the Staufer- > age castles. When I first moved to Germany 6 years ago, it truly > looked medieval with its blackened walls (they had had a fairly recent > fire). Now after renovation and restoration work and painting, it has > partially lost that medieval feeling to me, but I always enjoy > visiting it and my sister-in-law lives a few kilometers away. It was more than 6 years ago when I was in that area, and didn't add that to my collection, but did add many ruins, many in Lautertal 8-) > > My favorite drive in Germany is along the idyllic Grosse Lauter River > of the Alb, with one of the highest concentrations of castle ruins in > Germany, most of which are visitable. And I find Hohenneuffen Castle > (fortress) in http://www.schloesser-magazin.de/en to be quite > impressive sitting atop the Alb and dominating the landscape for > miles. Oh, Hohenneuffen is VERY impressive! I have been there 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 16 Jun 2010 10:26 In article <87rnrcFn3bU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: > I never understood what the appeal was in > eating piles of gigantic white asparagus stalks. Not even with "raw ham" and drenched in butter? -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 16 Jun 2010 10:28 In article <hva2bo$qsm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Martin <martin(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > I hadn't thought to mention that we had been eating Dutch asparagus for > the last few weeks, some home grown, and also strawberries that weren't > produced in a greenhouse, again some are home grown. Oh, double yummy! We've at least reached the time of year when I can get locally-grown strawberries. I used to go picking myself, but now I buy them from a truck parked in a field along the highway nearby 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: Tom P on 16 Jun 2010 11:26 erilar wrote: > In article <87rnrcFn3bU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: > >> I never understood what the appeal was in >> eating piles of gigantic white asparagus stalks. > > Not even with "raw ham" and drenched in butter? > Sure, that's pretty good, but I don't need a whole plate full every day. T.
From: Giovanni Drogo on 16 Jun 2010 12:22
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, erilar wrote: >> eating piles of gigantic white asparagus stalks. > Not even with "raw ham" and drenched in butter? I am used to green asparagus here in Milan. The traditional way of eating them is with fried eggs and melted butter. The legend is that the milanese surprised Julius Caesar offering him such a dish. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nospam(a)mi.iasf.cnr.it is a newsreading account used by more persons to avoid unwanted spam. Any mail returning to this address will be rejected. Users can disclose their e-mail address in the article if they wish so. |