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On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:54:04 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 03:13:07 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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>> > On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 12:00:14 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
>> >
>> >> Why do people always say, "juniper berries taste like gin?". It
>> >> should be, "Gin tastes like juniper berries".
>> >
>> > Because more people have tasted gin than have tasted juniper berries.

>>
>> Touche' :-) I didn't see that coming.
>>
>> It was 20 years between my first tasting gin, and then juniper
>> berries.

>
>I tried gin (straight) once in 1971. Tasted like what
>insecticide might taste like. Never had any since.
>
>I have some "Hickory Juniper Bacon."
>Doesn't sound appealing to me but I've had it
>before and it's good. Tastes like bacon.


Just like bacon? No foam suppressant?