On Jun 4, 3:57*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article >,
> *Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:14:15 -0700, arranged random
> > neurons and said:
>
> > >Here's what I e-mailed to Squeaks, she knows I'm posting it, actually
> > >she encouraged me to post it.
>
> > >"I'm glad I posted the recipe and started the flack. I'm sure there
> > >are a lot of posters that use "convenient" ingredients but are
> > >hesitant to post their recipes because of responses like the one I
> > >got.
>
> > >That's not how RFC should be, we are not an "elitist" group and the
> > >degrading of those who do use "convenient" ingredients is despicable
> > >in my eyes.
>
> [snip]
>
> > >Honestly, I feel sorry for him, he must be one miserably unhappy
> > >person."
>
> Sometimes the self-righteous are so caught up in it that they are
> perfectly happy. *I don't know in this case.

I do know, and I'd have to say yes Bryan is generally happy. A little,
no a LOT self involved, but happy. I guess.


> > <clap! clap! clap!> You didn't change a word from the email you sent
> > to me. Good on ya. Didn't do any good, of course, but then again we
> > didn't expect it would convert the dimwit from discourteous discourse
> > to courteous discourse. <sigh> What a maroon.
>
> It *is* sad, though. *I've known several who have left this group
> because of unnecessary rudeness.
>
> I remember one in particular. *They posted a recipe which included,
> among other things:
>
> [some amount] of butter or margarine
>
> Not surprisingly, Bryan jumped on them. *Never mind that they only use
> butter themselves and included the other since it was part of the
> recipe. *But Bryan demanded his pound of flesh.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>

I've said it before and I'll say it again: there is no changing Bryan.
When it comes to food he has for himself an extremely narrow range of
what he finds acceptable. I struggled with it for 30+ years until I
just recently realized that Bryan has what I call a hyper-acute sense
of smell and taste. We were standing outside at his community garden
patch and we was beguiling his wife's basil plants saying he could
smell them from there. I love basil but I had to walk over and get my
face into the plants to smell them. (Of course I have a blunted sense
of smell and taste.)

I have always said this too though, I have never had any food or drink
remotely gross which Bryan has prepared. Some which I felt needed more
flavor, but...

John Kuthe...