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From: erilar on 17 Jun 2010 08:32 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-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 17 Jun 2010 08:33 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. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 17 Jun 2010 08:35 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-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: Tim C. on 17 Jun 2010 10:56 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 17 Jun 2010 13:38
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. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |