Brian Christiansen wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:03:13 -0500, ~patches~
> > wrote:
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>>Seamus wrote:
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>>>~patches~ wrote:
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>>>>LurfysMa wrote:
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>>>>. Our neighbour brought me a duck last night so
>>>>I'm making duck stock along with duck soup.
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>>>
>>>Duck Soup ? Hail Freedonia !
>>>
>>
>>This is not likely the duck soup you are thinking of. This is a wild
>>duck soup with veggies, herbs and wild rice. Since he only brought one
>>duck with the promise of more to come, I decided to make soup instead of
>>freezing it. The soup is quite good and goes well with native fry bread.
>
>
> I am pretty sure that he was making a joke about
> the Marx brothers movie "Duck Soup," where Rufus T
> Firefly (Groucho) is president of a country called
> Freedonia
>
> Brian Christiansen
>
Oh, the Marx brothers is a little before my time & I never watched any
of their re-runs either. Still it is a good soup.