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On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 11:47:37 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9:31:16 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 1:42:31 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 7:59:07 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 11:17:39 AM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > > On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 12:59:50 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4:51:03 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 11:35:12 AM UTC-10, Cindy
> > > > > > > Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4:16:27 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 10:17:42 AM UTC-10, Ophelia
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > > > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 3:36:59 AM UTC-10,
> > > > > > > > > > Ophelia
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > "Bruce" wrote in message
> > > > > > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:05:58 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >"Jeßus" wrote in message
> > > > > > > > > > > .. .
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 20:34:33 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >>https://i.postimg.cc/htKhqY7v/Masala-Para-YUM.jpg
> > > > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > > > >>My Indian housemate did some grocery shopping today
> > > > > > > > > > > >>at
> > > > > > > > > > > >>the Indian food
> > > > > > > > > > > >>store and bought some Indian junk food! Spicy crispy
> > > > > > > > > > > >>wheat chips! YUM!
> > > > > > > > > > > >>Bet
> > > > > > > > > > > >>you can't eat just one!
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >Bet I couldn't stomach even one. NO THANKS.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >==
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > We don't like even a little bit of spice
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Were you always like that, also when you had absconded
> > > > > > > > > > > to distant
> > > > > > > > > > > lands?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > ===
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I never had any spice growing up and even
> > > > > > > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > > > > I lived in India I
> > > > > > > > > > > was very lucky because our cook never used any. Heh
> > > > > > > > > > > he
> > > > > > > > > > > knew better)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > When I lived in Malta, I learned to love Italian
> > > > > > > > > > > cooking, but
> > > > > > > > > > > fortunately
> > > > > > > > > > > I don't remember any spice.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I made an American style meat pie with no spice last
> > > > > > > > > > night. It was breakfast
> > > > > > > > > > this morning and made with hamburger and canned cream of
> > > > > > > > > > mushroom soup. I
> > > > > > > > > > didn't add any salt because the soup was plenty salty.
> > > > > > > > > > No
> > > > > > > > > > black pepper
> > > > > > > > > > either. It was topped with an egg, milk, and cheese,
> > > > > > > > > > mix.
> > > > > > > > > > It was pretty good
> > > > > > > > > > but kind of boring.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...G7kglG-WublRF9
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > ===
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > That neither sounds nor look boring!!! I must admit I
> > > > > > > > > > wouldn't use canned
> > > > > > > > > > soup, but so what? That is just me
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I don't cook with canned soup either but we had a box of
> > > > > > > > > cream of mushroom soup and my goal was a American style
> > > > > > > > > dish. You can't get more American than canned soup! When I
> > > > > > > > > was cooking the hamburger, the temptation was great to
> > > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > > add some flour to the pan and make a roux but I decided
> > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > it was going to be balls to the walls and full speed
> > > > > > > > > ahead.
> > > > > > > > > My wife and I enjoyed the pie but I'll probably never make
> > > > > > > > > anything with canned soup again.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The "Memories with Recipes" book is a good sampler of
> > > > > > > > > American style cooking.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It's a sampler of American cooking of the past. I'll stick
> > > > > > > > with the
> > > > > > > > lighter, fresher, bolder flavors of the present.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Your view of American cooking is analogous to boiling
> > > > > > > > Hawaiian
> > > > > > > > cooking
> > > > > > > > down to "Add pineapple to it and it's Hawaiian".
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > That is absolutely correct and that was absolutely my
> > > > > > > intention.
> > > > > > > My kids can do modern American cooking. Stuff like
> > > > > > > Mediterranean
> > > > > > > pasta salad. I'm not interested in cooking that way.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yet you are interested in cooking that bland shit from the 1950s
> > > > > > and calling
> > > > > > it "American style"?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > > > >
> > > > > What the heck is wrong with trying to recreate an old timey
> > > > > recipe?
> > > > > Ain't yoose interested in food and culture?
> > > >
> > > > Interested in learning about it, yes. I ate enough of that shit in
> > > > the
> > > > 1960s. I don't need to eat it now.
> > > >
> > > > > No, of course not, the only thing you're interested in is eating
> > > > > but
> > > > > I want to also learn how people were back in the old days. Rest
> > > > > assured that I'm not interested in this kind of cooking as a
> > > > > general
> > > > > practice - not that it's any of your business.
> > > >
> > > > You made it my business by posting it to Usenet.
> > > >
> > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > > You only believe that because you've been pulling that shit on Usenet
> > > for far too long. Try living in the real world for a change. Congrats
> > > on
> > > being a part of the Eternal September mob.
> >
> > How long have you been on Usenet?
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> Why do you want to know? Quid pro quo.
>
> ===
>
> I think you can see how long people have been on usenet. Can you see
> when I started???

On this newsgroup, my guess is that it would be around early January 2002.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec....o/YoFbQvg778AJ

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LOL wow!!! Do you know, I remember that)) I was in the UK food group
before I came here. Several posters got so nasty a lot of us left and it
died. I don't suppose I need to point out someone who did that?