On Jan 27, 5:20 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> John Kane wrote:
> > On Jan 27, 9:25 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >> bd wrote:
> >>> not sure if this is off topic, but i got a good laugh.
>
> >>>http://dallas.craigslist.org/for/268765627.html
>
> >>> bdPretty silly... if no one will eat it why on earth did he buy all
> >>> that crap?
>
> > Have you never been on the receiving end of a cupboard cleaning from
> > someone's move?Yeah, but I got good stuff! Frozen foods: a couple of frozen lamb shanks
> in rosemary sauce. Mussels in butter sauce. Chicken with orange sauce.
> Scallops. The only odd thing I was given was a packet of instant mashed
> potatoes but they'll make a nice coating for baked chicken so I'm not too
> concerned.
I never did quite that well but some pork chops and IIRC a half bottle
of something like Creme de Menthe once. I did discover that in an
emergency the fake cheese in Kraft dinner is not a bad base for a
simple cheese dip.

> > I've 'inherited' some strange food-like items when a friend or
> > neighbour moved out of town and didn't want to bother packing the few
> > odds and ends in the kitchen cupboard.
>
> > Sometimes I've been lucky, sometimes not. I finally through out the
> > pickled herring in some kind of cream sauce but the sugary breakfast
> > cereal actually made a nice snacking item when reading.

> Alpha Bits?

I don't even know what they are? Some kind of dog food maybe?

I have no idea what the stuff I had was but it had some crunchy
stuff, some seeds or nuts and some sugar. It went fairly well with a
coffee or cup of tea.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada