On Thu 13 Aug 2009 01:44:46p, Dena told us...

> Happy Birthday !!
>
> "Felice" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Conspicuous Consumption Alert!
>>
>> Both daughters and the son-in-law took me out for a birthday dinner at
>> Mooo in Boston last night. Reading the menu, I jokingly remarked that I
>> wouldn't be ordering the "True 100% Kobe Beef Kagoshima Prefecture
>> Japan sirloin" at a hundred bucks for six ounces. SIL looked me in the
>> eye and said, "Why not? It's your birthday!" Ah! Call my bluff, will
>> ya?
>>
>> Well, I've had American-raised Kobe and now I've had Japanese-raised
>> Kobe, and let me tell you that the difference is worth the price (as
>> long as someone else is paying). I had the Japanese, Junior Daughter
>> had the American, and the others had basic steaks, and we did a group
>> taste-test. The JK won hands down, and we all agreed it was beyond
>> description. So the difference is not, as I had suspected, a load of
>> hype. If you ever have the chance, give it a try.
>>
>> What else? Stuffed potato halves, Panko-crusted onion rings, creamed
>> spinach and mushrooms -- basic steak accessories, but ones that know
>> someone -- and a whole lot of a yummy Cakebread white. (I LIKE white
>> with my beef, so there.) Dessert for Senior Daughter and me was a
>> butter pecan parfait, for the JD a brownie ice cream sandwich, and for
>> Himself a glass of port.
>>
>> I went to bed last night not really caring if I saw the morn.
>>
>> It's good to be me at 82.
>>
>> Felice

Many happy returns, Felice!!!



--
Wayne Boatwright
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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to
mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously,
and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind
his belly, will hardly mind anything else. Samuel Johnson