On Mon 15 May 2006 07:30:01p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it L, not -L?

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> On 15-May-2006, Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Speaking of "marbles"... My grandfather never had glass marbles to
>> play with as a child. He had a leather pouch full of various colored
>> "marbles" made from real marble. He would let me play with them when I
>> was a kid.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Wayne Boatwright
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> I still have a bunch of my father's marbles (circa 1925); rather than
> marble or glass, these are made from fired clay. They were originally
> painted in bright colors, but have lost most if not all their paint over
> the years.

Isn't it wonderful having a family momento like that? Those sound cool!

> Of course, all this talk of marble has made me realize - I have never
> baked a marbled rye. I think I'll go look for a recipe; maybe even take
> a trip down memory lane with the clay marbles with the marbled rye
> rises.

I've always liked the way marble rye looks, but any that I've ever bought has
always been much too dry. Rye is one of my favorite breads.

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Wayne Boatwright
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"How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?"

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