On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:37:20 -0500, pltrgyst wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:25:24 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell
> > wrote:
>
>>Four friends go on a hunting trip. Three take an afternoon hunt while
>>the fourth cooks beans at camp. At dinner that night, one hunter blurts
>>out "Yow, these beans are salty!" Startled by the cook's expression, he
>>saves himself by saying "But that's just the way I like 'em".
>
> Sounds like a simplified version of Bruce U. "Utah" Phillips' (the Golden Voice
> of the Great Southwest) extended tale of the old wagon train days, when anyone
> who bitched about the food instantly became the cook.
>
> The punch line had some tough guy spitting out a mouthfull and exclaiming:
>
> "Blechhh! Tastes like moose turd pie!........ Good, though."
>
> -- Larry

i immediately thought of the very same thing.

your pal,
blake