On 2/15/2021 9:22 AM, Wilson wrote:
> On 2/14/2021 2:20 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On 7/28/2019 8:44 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
>>> On Sat, 27 Jul 2019 20:54:41 -0700 (PDT), "....................."
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Actually, Ken, I am amazed that you are still on here and responded right
>>>> away to my new post...because it has been almost twenty years since
>>>> anybody posted on this thread!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm subscribed to 17 newsgroups, including this one. Well over half of
>>> them, including this one, are almost completely inactive, and several
>>> others are almost completely inactive. There's no downside to keeping
>>> their subscriptions active, so I do, just in case something of
>>> interest turns up.
>>>
>>> How quickly I respond to a post in any newsgroup depends on when it
>>> was posted and when I check the newsgroups. If it turns out to be
>>> right away, it'sÂ* just a coincidence.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's now two years later and I still haven't seen any other posts.
>>
>> Are you still here? Anyone else? Anyone (besides me) still eating sushi?
>>
>> Just in case anyone else is here, I'll try to start a thread.
>>
>> What kind of sushi do you eat? Just maki (rolls)? Nigiri? Or both? Or
>> chirashi (although that seems to be the least common in the USA)?
>>
>> Personally, I eat nigiri and gunkan maki almost exclusively, but to most
>> Americans, sushi seems to be exclusively maki these days. The one kind of
>> maki that I like and sometimes order is salmon skin temaki (hand roll).
>>
>> My favorite nigiri are (in no particular order)
>>
>> Maguro
>> Sake
>> Hamachi
>> Madai
>> Aji
>> Sawara
>> Saba
>> Mirugai
>> Amaebi (with the deep-fried heads served separately)
>> Tako
>> Ika
>> Uni (really gunkan maki, not nigiri)
>> Ikura (also gunkan maki)
>> Unagi
>> Hotategai
>>
>> I never order all of those at one meal. They're not always all available,
>> and besides, with two of each, it would be too much to eat and would cost
>> too much.
>>
>>
>>
> Hi, Ken. This group has calmed down a lot.


Yes, but more than a *lot*. It's had zero posts.


> Had a rash of trolls for a while.
> And so many young people don't know a thing about newsgroups.


Yes, most young people these days have never even heard of newsgroups.

I still participate in a bunch of newsgrops, a few of which are fairly
active.



I haven't had
> Sushi since mid 2020 due to COVID-19.
>
> On another note, I will be picking up a gallon, 9 lbs. @ $13/lb., of fresh,
> ocean scallops later on today. It's the last day of the season here in Wash.
> Cty., Maine.



Back when I lived in a suburb of NYC, I used to go to Maine every summer
for almost 30 years--mostly to Boothbay Harbor, where we sailed. I don't
remember ever being in Washington, but it's possible that I was.

It's now about 30 years since I was last in Maine.

> We got a quart last Friday, ate several that night raw and 3 more 'biscuits'
> for Sat. breakfast, raw with a bit of homemade Ponzu.
>
> Last night, I used my new Christmas toy and sous vide cooked some scallops
> and 2 chuck eye steaks for the wife and I. Best scallops I've ever had
> cooked. 30 mins. at 120°F. Then a quick bounce in a scorching pan with
> browned butter and a touch of Sherry. Steaks were 1.25" thick, so 1.5 hrs.
> at 122°F and then into a scorching dry frying pan on our wood stove for 1
> more minute per side.


Sound great!


> Take care and we'll see if you raised anyone else from the dead.


I hope so, but it's not very likely


--
Ken