| Re: 14 July 1789 |
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| Dale Houstman (dmh7@citilink.com) |
2003/08/11 05:59 |
elag wrote:
> Paul Heslop wrote:
>
>>elag wrote:
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>>>Paul Heslop wrote:
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>>>>elag wrote:
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>>>>>>>Earl Grey, Darjeeling or Lapsang Souchong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>:O) Yeah, where did the tee bit come from? I hate Tee, or TEA... gimme
>>>>>>coffee (instant) which I have drunk since I was old enough to decide.
>>>>>
>>>>>Instant doesn't really compare to fresh beans though. I like a nice
>>>>>spicy Sumatra myself. A good espresso or Caffe Machiatto really hits
>>>>>the spot as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tonight I'm going to treat myself to some fresh mint leaves boiled up
>>>>>into a tisane.
>>>>
>>>>:O) I don't think my mam would have gone along with making fresh coffee
>>>>for an eight year old. We did have a coffee machine and my son has one
>>>>now, but it did something to my tummy, specially the smell. I have
>>>>always had an aversion to strong smells.
>>>
>>>A shame, fresh ground coffee is one of the nicest smells I can think
>>>of... you're not pregnant, are you?
>>
>>:O) I've had a tummy problem since all this weirdness took hold. I don't
>>know if it's linked
>>but it has stopped me eating a lot of stuff.
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> I sympathize... the great variety of food flavors scents colors and
> textures are such a great source of pleasure for me. I just got an
> ancient Roman cookbook, and I'm having a lot of fun playing around w/
> their range of flavors. They didn't have many of our favorite foods,
> like potatos, corn (maize), tomatos and peppers so it's an interesting
> change of pace. I'd expect that all the garum (fish sauce) that they
> used might put you off...
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I'd like a plate of larks' tongues and some mulled wine please. Give the
bill to Claudius, and have the servant run up the mountain to get some ice.
dmh
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