blake murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:40:28 -0400, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Stu wrote:
>>> On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:42:44 -0400, blake murphy >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:15:51 -0500, Andy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>>>> Nobody buys printed cookbooks anymore!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why spend $$$ when it's all online for free and peer-reviewied?
>>>>>> I very rarely buy them. I can get pretty much any recipe I need
>>>>> online.
>>>>>> Now the ones I do buy are usually bought because there are interesting
>>>>>> stories in them or they contain things I can't find online.
>>>>> Julie,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mom's cookbook shelf was a paperback Alice B. Toklas cookbook. What
>>>>> was so interesting about it was there was a recipe for marijuana
>>>>> brownies!
>>>>>
>>>>> We looked at Mom with a small measure of suspicion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>> i think your mom took thalidomide.
>>>>
>>>> blake
>>> Good catch, possibly why he's so slow.
>> Slow mentally? Is that an issue with thalidomide?
>
> it can be:
>
> <http://www.teratology.org/updates/60pg306.pdf>
>
> your pal,
> blake

I never knew that. The paper, which I just started reading is
very interesting--and sad.

--
Jean B.