From: erilar on
In article <i8ji165fg4f1f682vfo28b7sit5s8hffs8(a)4ax.com>,
Brian <drmorrisnospam(a)comcast.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:38:08 +0200, Martin <martin(a)invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >On 16/06/10 16:26, 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?
> >>
> >
> >We eat them wrapped in "raw" ham and with a white sauce here.
>
> What is raw ham? Fresh as opposed to cured?

Something like prosciutto but better 8-)

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From: erilar on
In article
<alpine.LSU.2.00.1006171115030.14657(a)cbfrvqba.ynzoengr.vans.vg>,
Giovanni Drogo <drogo(a)rn.bastiani.ta.invalid> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Brian wrote:
>
> > What is raw ham? Fresh as opposed to cured?
>
> From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham
>
> In Italy, ham is called prosciutto, and can be either cured (prosciutto
> crudo) or cooked (prosciutto cotto).
>
> "crudo" is "raw" (e.g. Parma, San Daniele etc.), as opposed to cooked.

OK, my comparison fails. My acquaintance with it i with "crudo", it
seems.

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From: erilar on
In article <87ud2aFpqqU2(a)mid.individual.net>,
Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote:

> erilar wrote:
> > In article <87s8oqFvb6U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > Oh, I didn't have it the same way every day, but that's my favorite.
> >
>
> I guess the ham helps to conceal the taste of the white asparagus.
> T.

No, it complements it, unappreciative one 8-)

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From: Tim C. on
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:53:19 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
<news:hvd2ea$e3u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org> :

> The treatment for suspected rabies is almost as bad as having it.

I remember from when I was bitten by a dog in Libya when I was 5. Not nice.
F#ing big needles.

--
Tim C.
Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with
hundreds and thousands.
Police say that he topped himself.
From: erilar on
In article <drache-A59C43.07230117062010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:

> In article
> <798346813298409383.688297andy-nosignal.org(a)news.individual.net>,
> Andy Davidson <andy(a)nosignal.org> wrote:
>
> > .....He says, reading with ipad/Newstap, on a train with no 3G signal
> > :-)
>
> When I'm in Germany I spend a lot of time on trains. Sounds like a
> useful app 8-)

P.S. I just added it but haven't finished jumping through the hoops.

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