"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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> Cindy Fuller wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Damsel > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Some of you long-timers may remember back a few years ago when I went to
>>>the store, bought a single button mushroom, sliced it and sauteed it in
>>>butter, ate it, and lived to tell the story. I still avoid mushrooms,
>>>but
>>>they're not as horrible as I'd thought they'd be.
>>>
>>>Fast forward to earlier this evening. We went to one of those Chinese
>>>buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US. They
>>>had
>>>mussels with cheese, served in a little dish made directly by God
>>>Himself.
>>>I have no idea what kind of cheese they used. Looked like Parmesan to
>>>me,
>>>but who knows?
>>>Anyway, I took one, and I ate it. Tasted a lot like a clam to me at
>>>first,
>>>then the flavor got fishier as time went on. Altogether, it wasn't a
>>>hideous experience. I'd probably grab a couple the next time we go
>>>there.
>>>
>>>I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got
>>>it
>>>to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
>>>gynecologists look at all day.
>>
>> Geoduck clams have the same effect on some men I know (well, at least
>> one).
>
> make that two! They may be very good but just lookin' at 'em gives me the
> willies.
How many?
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