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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:48:54 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
wrote:

>I've had pimento cheese. I like that but it has additional ingredients in
>it.

I make a really good one. I am thinking of making some for the
cook-in...this stuff can be very addictive, if it is made right.

Christine

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Zilbandy wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:46:32 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>> In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage of
>> humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
>> harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
>> animal for food?
>
> Yep, eating all that radioactive food is going to keep you alive long
> enough for the radiation to kill you. Now, if anyone has a "low
> radiation" diet plan for your typical nuclear holocaust, I'd like to
> get a copy of it. :)
>

Okay. I've been going through this thread looking for this, and I
finally found it!

In the event of nuclear holocaust, I won't be living *on* the land, much
less off it, for many years.

<heh'yuh, I'll be in the root cellah... which takes us back to the
canning vs freezing thread from a while back ;) >

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In article >,
"The Joneses" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
> >
> > In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage of
> > humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
> > harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
> > animal for food?
> > Frogs? Fish? Rabbits? Deer? Etc.?
> > How many people really know where food comes from (other than grossery
> > stores) so could survive off of the land?
> > How many people can hunt and gather like our ancestors did for thousands
> > of years?
> > This would make a really cool survey. :-)
> > Peace, Om
> >
> >
>
> Since most of us have pets, would you friccasee your cat if you were
> fixin' to starve? Hard to think about.

I'd live off my body fat first.
There is also quite a bit to eat in this area. I have some box traps so
I'd trap local wildlife to FEED my cats.

> I have enough calories in jam form to last a couple years.. And enough
> herbals in text and preserved to stay alive awhile anyway.
> Neat book series was _Island in the Sea of Time_ by S.M. Stirling.
> Explored what happened when Nantucket Island and a Coast Guard ship were
> tripped back to 1300 bc. Lots of very coincidental things happened to help
> them survive, but very eye opening on just how hard it is to "live off the
> land." Edrena

So what percentage of the population do you think would starve to death?
I have enough shotgun rounds to defend my food supply for awhile anyway.
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In article <ONIAi.59$cI5.42@trnddc04>,
"Paul M. Cook" > wrote:

> > I'd guestimate less than 25%, at least in American cities.
> > I've personally known humans that could not change a light bulb, plunge
> > a toilet, or roast a ham steak. (I kid you not!)
> >
> > Dad is watching me type this and laughing, saying that I'm being
> > generous in my estimate...
>
>
> All true but not new. I think it was Einstein that said the difference
> between the universe and human ignorance is that the universe has limits.
> Or something along those lines.
>
> Paul

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In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> >> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
> >>
> >> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
> >> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
> >> Twain.
> >
> > Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?
> >
> > The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.
> >
> > --Bryan
>
> You're absolutely correct. But, that was a mistake. Om's linguistic horror
> show is intentional, to draw attention. What a charter life underwriter has
> to do with dirty vegetables is beyond me.

Using an apostrophe in place of the e was perfectly acceptable. Even my
spell checker did not sneeze over it.

Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
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In article .com>,
Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:

> On Aug 27, 4:41 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > In article . com>,
> > Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Aug 27, 3:46 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> >
> > > > Dad is watching me type this and laughing, saying that I'm being
> > > > generous in my estimate...
> >
> > > Funny, but when I told my wife about the chili/Velveeta, chili/cream
> > > cheese, Rotel/Velveeta, Rotel/American "cheese" she thought that
> > > people were just posting that stuff to be funny, or to aggravate folks
> > > like me. I told her that I didn't think so. My wife is a non-cooking
> > > person, and even she thought that Rotel and Velveeta being a
> > > reasonable excuse for a chip dip was laughable.
> >
> > > > --
> > > > Peace, Om
> >
> > > --Bryan
> >
> > You don't live in the South...
>
> St. Louis is almost the South. People make that Velveeta/Rotel crap
> everywhere, don't they? I bet there's about as much Velveeta/Rotel
> dip consumed per capita in Minnesota as in Mississippi.
> >
> > but now you are showing YOUR ignorance.
>
> No, I'm showing my assh0lishness maybe, but are you going to defend
> serving Velveeta/Rotel in a crock pot?

Actually, I never make it. I think it's gross. ;-)
I like the cream cheese variation however. It's quite tasty.

> >
> > I presume you are incapable of living off of the land since you changed
> > the subject?
>
> I might have trouble catching animals, but once I got my hands on
> them, I could easily dispatch and process them. I might have trouble
> climbing a tree to get at a bird's nest, but I think that I could
> fight off the parent birds pretty successfully. I've eaten speared
> bottom-feeder fish nearly raw when I was drunk and hungry.

Details please? Sounds like good reading.

>
> I might have a bit of trouble surviving "off of the land" if I didn't
> have access to a gun with bullets, fishing hooks and monofilament
> line, etc. I'd probably end up so hungry that Velveeta/Rotel in a
> crock pot would sound pretty appealing.

<lol>

So stock up on ammo before the price goes any higher and learn to
reload. ;-)

> Fortunately, that's unlikely to occur. Instead, I'm going camping
> this weekend with a bunch of other food snobs. I can assure you that
> there won't be any process cheese or jarred mayo at our little
> campsite on a beautiful Ozark creek, over a mile from pavement. My
> younger nephew is making the mayo Wednesday, and we're leaving
> Thursday noonish. We're going to have grass fed sirloins, grilled
> over hickory wood for dinner. I really do need to do a little photo
> essay, post the pix on the web, and put the links on this NG. Only
> the food of course.

Please do... but, no fresh caught fish on a camping trip? Perish the
thought!

>
> --Bryan
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In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2007-08-27, Omelet > wrote:
> >
> > I've always found it fascinating that the majority of people that do
> > spelling flames screw up their own language use. ;-)
> >
> > It's funny as hell.
>
> Yep. BTW, Hell should be capitalized. :P
>
> nb

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In article
>,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article . com>,
> Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
>
>
> > Funny, but when I told my wife about the chili/Velveeta, chili/cream
> > cheese, Rotel/Velveeta, Rotel/American "cheese" she thought that
> > people were just posting that stuff to be funny, or to aggravate folks
> > like me. I told her that I didn't think so. My wife is a non-cooking
> > person, and even she thought that Rotel and Velveeta being a
> > reasonable excuse for a chip dip was laughable.
>
>
> Well, it tastes good. Not my #1 choice, but edible.

Considering the fact that chips are a faux' food in the first place. <g>
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In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> > Since most of us have pets, would you friccasee your cat if you were
> > fixin' to starve? Hard to think about.
>
> My cat? Hell no! A neighbors dog, or the neighbor in a real PNH
> scenario, absolutely.

Damn.

That one nearly cost me a keyboard. ;-D

I can empathize.
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In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> aem wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 27, 2:46 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > > ....
> > > In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage of
> > > humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
> > > harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
> > > animal for food? [snip all the repetitions of the thought]
> >
> > It's true that contemporary urban dwellers are further from and less
> > knowledgeable about food sources than used to be the case before the
> > industrial revolution. So what? I don't see this as a big deal at
> > all. Human beings are adaptable. That's how they learned the skills
> > you seem to be bemoaning the loss of, and that's how they learned how
> > to efficiently provide food in usable form to millions of city
> > dwellers. In the event of some humongous but survivable disaster
> > they'll learn how to adapt to whatever the new conditions are.
> > Probably. Or die.
>
> The most recent examples of survivable disasters didn't show much
> progress on that relearning survival thing. I suppose it wasn't long
> enough before outside help arrived in each case to really see if those
> skills would return to most people.
>
> I expect a true global disaster scenario would see a significant
> thinning of the herd, which would probably be a good thing since that
> might leave enough resources to sustain the remaining population.

My thoughts too.

What percentage would you calculate?
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In article >,
Abe > wrote:

> >In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage of
> >humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
> >harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
> >animal for food?
> >
> >Frogs? Fish? Rabbits? Deer? Etc.?
> >
> >How many people can hunt and gather like our ancestors did for thousands
> >of years?
> >
> I know how to do the dressing of slaughtered animals in theory. Doing
> it for real would be nasty, but in a survival situation, hey, you
> gotta do what you gotta do.

I've done it. But I grew up with it so it's do-able.
I don't enjoy it.

>
> As for trapping critters and living off the land, I've stored away
> alot of information from 2 TV shows.

No power to review those. EMP blasts destroy stuff like that. :-)
You need books.

>
> Survivorman
> http://www.survivorman.ca/
>
> and to a lesser extent because it's all staged
>
> Man vs. Wild
> http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/ma...manvswild.html

Winter is harder, granted.


>
> Hope I never have to put it to use. I will tell you though that I now
> carry a flint on my keychain.
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In article . com>,
Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:

> I'm just glad that over the weekend I will be eating well, in an
> idyllically beautiful place, with nice people. You'll get photos.

We look forward to them. :-)

And I don't watch Sandra Lee.

Who is she?
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In article <qDKAi.31$J65.5@trndny08>,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> I know where food comes from. I have a garden and as a kid I used to go
> around the yard picking dandelions for soup. I collect old cookbooks so I
> have the instructions for dressing my own critters. Not that I would want
> to do it. I'd rather open a can of something than have to do that. I
> wouldn't have done too well in the old days.

But could you survive?
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In article . com>,
Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:

> As recently as 5
> or 6 years ago, I've found myself at a restaurant in a fist tier
> suburb of StL where they served only margarine.

I'd go without before eating margarine anymore <ick>.
Even _I_ have better taste than that!
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Bobo Bonobo® wrote

>> I presume you are incapable of living off of the land since you
>> changed the subject?

> I might have trouble catching animals, but once I got my hands on
> them, I could easily dispatch and process them. I might have
trouble
> climbing a tree to get at a bird's nest, but I think that I could
> fight off the parent birds pretty successfully. I've eaten speared
> bottom-feeder fish nearly raw when I was drunk and hungry.

So you'd need a good stock of booze? Same for me: gimme da booze and I
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In article .net>,
sandi > wrote:

> > How many people can hunt and gather like our ancestors did for
> > thousands of years?
>
> Changing the subject bit but on a reality theme..
> have you heard about the upcoming, new reality show
> 'Kid Nation'?
>
> http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...&btnG=Search+N
> ews

No, but I rarely watch TV any more either. ;-)
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In article >,
"Dee Dee" > wrote:

> >> > I can tell you that nobody in the Northeast even knows what Rotel is,
> >> > so
> >> > no, they don't make that crap everywhere.
> >>
> >> They don't sell Rotel there? Canned tomatoes with green chilies?
>
> Is Rotel the same thing as canned tomatoes with green chilies? If so, I've
> seen a Walmart can of tomatoes and green chilies in Winchester, VA. It is
> their brand, something like: Great Value? I can't recall what section it is
> in -- not exactly the Mexican section, nor the tomatoes section - perhaps
> the canned chilis section? It is probably a 7 oz. can. with a picture of
> exactly what is inside.
>
> Dee Dee

Probably generic Ro-tel.
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In article .com>,
Terry > wrote:

> > I presume you are incapable of living off of the land since you changed
> > the subject?
>
> What land? Much of the population lives on a quarter acre.
> Planting corn and hunting rabbits in the back yard sound right to you?

There is still plenty of "wild" land around.
You just have to know what is edible of the local Flora, and know how to
cook the local Fauna.
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In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> Dee Dee wrote:
> >
> > >> > I can tell you that nobody in the Northeast even knows what Rotel is,
> > >> > so
> > >> > no, they don't make that crap everywhere.
> > >>
> > >> They don't sell Rotel there? Canned tomatoes with green chilies?
> >
> > Is Rotel the same thing as canned tomatoes with green chilies? If so, I've
> > seen a Walmart can of tomatoes and green chilies in Winchester, VA. It is
> > their brand, something like: Great Value? I can't recall what section it is
> > in -- not exactly the Mexican section, nor the tomatoes section - perhaps
> > the canned chilis section? It is probably a 7 oz. can. with a picture of
> > exactly what is inside.
> >
> > Dee Dee
>
> If it's MalWart house brand, the picture on the can is what you wish was
> actually inside...

<cough>

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In article . com>,
Terry > wrote:

> > What land? Much of the population lives on a quarter acre.
> > Planting corn and hunting rabbits in the back yard sound right to you?
>
> I didn't get to add that most would be fighting for other's
> provisions.

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In article >,
Zilbandy > wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:46:32 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage of
> >humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
> >harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
> >animal for food?
>
> Yep, eating all that radioactive food is going to keep you alive long
> enough for the radiation to kill you. Now, if anyone has a "low
> radiation" diet plan for your typical nuclear holocaust, I'd like to
> get a copy of it. :)

Not all of us live close enough to proposed "ground zero" for that to be
an issue, even considering wind drift.
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In article >, sf wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:46:32 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
> >people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>
>
> Dirty leeks? I missed the thread. I know leeks are famous for
> "grit", but I've missed that bullet somehow.

It was a rather long thread, and is still going on.
Look for the thread "Leeks".
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In article >,
Pennyaline > wrote:

> Zilbandy wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:46:32 -0500, Omelet >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage of
> >> humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
> >> harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
> >> animal for food?
> >
> > Yep, eating all that radioactive food is going to keep you alive long
> > enough for the radiation to kill you. Now, if anyone has a "low
> > radiation" diet plan for your typical nuclear holocaust, I'd like to
> > get a copy of it. :)
> >
>
> Okay. I've been going through this thread looking for this, and I
> finally found it!
>
> In the event of nuclear holocaust, I won't be living *on* the land, much
> less off it, for many years.
>
> <heh'yuh, I'll be in the root cellah... which takes us back to the
> canning vs freezing thread from a while back ;) >

Just keep the cyanide pills handy. <G>
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In article >,
"Vilco" > wrote:

> Bobo Bonobo® wrote
>
> >> I presume you are incapable of living off of the land since you
> >> changed the subject?
>
> > I might have trouble catching animals, but once I got my hands on
> > them, I could easily dispatch and process them. I might have
> trouble
> > climbing a tree to get at a bird's nest, but I think that I could
> > fight off the parent birds pretty successfully. I've eaten speared
> > bottom-feeder fish nearly raw when I was drunk and hungry.
>
> So you'd need a good stock of booze? Same for me: gimme da booze and I
> can outlive the whole darn Paleolithic.

Booze would be good barter material.
So would cigarettes and other herbal drugs.
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:03:19 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>> Yep, eating all that radioactive food is going to keep you alive long
>> enough for the radiation to kill you. Now, if anyone has a "low
>> radiation" diet plan for your typical nuclear holocaust, I'd like to
>> get a copy of it. :)
>
>Not all of us live close enough to proposed "ground zero" for that to be
>an issue, even considering wind drift.

We have two big items in town that probably move us up on the probable
list of nuclear targets. One is a Raytheon Missile Systems
manufacturing plant on the southern boundary of Tucson City Limits and
the other is the Davis Monthan Air Force Base "Boneyard" of spare
aircraft parts. I believe this is the largest repository of old
military aircraft in the world.
http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp

I'm gonna be eating radioactive rattlesnakes and jack rabbits. Ummm,
good. :) At least all the old Titan II Missile Bases that were located
around Tucson during the Cold War are now gone. LOL
http://www.strategic-air-command.com...le_complex.htm

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In article >,
Zilbandy > wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:03:19 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >> Yep, eating all that radioactive food is going to keep you alive long
> >> enough for the radiation to kill you. Now, if anyone has a "low
> >> radiation" diet plan for your typical nuclear holocaust, I'd like to
> >> get a copy of it. :)
> >
> >Not all of us live close enough to proposed "ground zero" for that to be
> >an issue, even considering wind drift.
>
> We have two big items in town that probably move us up on the probable
> list of nuclear targets. One is a Raytheon Missile Systems
> manufacturing plant on the southern boundary of Tucson City Limits and
> the other is the Davis Monthan Air Force Base "Boneyard" of spare
> aircraft parts. I believe this is the largest repository of old
> military aircraft in the world.
> http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp

Wow.

>
> I'm gonna be eating radioactive rattlesnakes and jack rabbits. Ummm,
> good. :) At least all the old Titan II Missile Bases that were located
> around Tucson during the Cold War are now gone. LOL
> http://www.strategic-air-command.com...sile_complex.h
> tm

Might end up being a moot point for me (even as much of a fighter as I
am) as I live between a capitol city (Austin) and a military base (San
Antonio).

I guess it'd depend on the megatonnage. <sigh>
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> "Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> > On Aug 27, 3:51 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>> >>
>> >> ...
>> >>
>> >> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
>> >> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder how many don't know how to spell clue, and don't realize how
>> >> pointless affectation wreck the beauty of language, unless you're Mark
>> >> Twain.
>> >
>> > Shouldn't either affectation or wreck be plural?
>> >
>> > The sentence you wrote wasn't a very beautiful use of language.
>> >
>> > --Bryan
>>
>> You're absolutely correct. But, that was a mistake. Om's linguistic
>> horror
>> show is intentional, to draw attention. What a charter life underwriter
>> has
>> to do with dirty vegetables is beyond me.
>
> Using an apostrophe in place of the e was perfectly acceptable. Even my
> spell checker did not sneeze over it.
>
> Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!

No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by example.
Your writing contains things children should not see. They need to be
employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and speak well, you are
as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream cone on the sidewalk.

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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Pete C." > wrote:
>
>> Dee Dee wrote:
>> >
>> > >> > I can tell you that nobody in the Northeast even knows what Rotel
>> > >> > is,
>> > >> > so
>> > >> > no, they don't make that crap everywhere.
>> > >>
>> > >> They don't sell Rotel there? Canned tomatoes with green chilies?
>> >
>> > Is Rotel the same thing as canned tomatoes with green chilies? If so,
>> > I've
>> > seen a Walmart can of tomatoes and green chilies in Winchester, VA. It
>> > is
>> > their brand, something like: Great Value? I can't recall what section
>> > it is
>> > in -- not exactly the Mexican section, nor the tomatoes section -
>> > perhaps
>> > the canned chilis section? It is probably a 7 oz. can. with a picture
>> > of
>> > exactly what is inside.
>> >
>> > Dee Dee
>>
>> If it's MalWart house brand, the picture on the can is what you wish was
>> actually inside...
>
> <cough>
>
> ;-)
> --
> Peace, Om

You're right -- they coughed their way out the door last week (that's the
reason I remember them so well) when I noticed the due date. They got
tossed with the 4 gigantic cans of Red Pack and another brand that I'd had
too long to care about that brand any more because I've gone to finer things
:-))
Dee Dee

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"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:48:54 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
> wrote:
>
>>I've had pimento cheese. I like that but it has additional ingredients in
>>it.
>
> I make a really good one. I am thinking of making some for the
> cook-in...this stuff can be very addictive, if it is made right.
>
> Christine

Here's what I do -- put a goodly piece of aged cheddar in the food
processor, open a glass jar of whole roasted red peppers (washed off), add &
pulse, then add as much mayo as I can that will stand the taste test. Lick
the food processor bowl.

Anyone do it any different-ly?
Dee Dee

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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> Yep, eating all that radioactive food is going to keep you alive long
>> enough for the radiation to kill you. Now, if anyone has a "low
>> radiation" diet plan for your typical nuclear holocaust, I'd like to
>> get a copy of it. :)
>
> Not all of us live close enough to proposed "ground zero" for that to be
> an issue, even considering wind drift.
> --
> Peace, Om

Where is the 'proposed' ground zero? I wanna know.
Dee Dee

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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article . com>,
> Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
>
>> I'm just glad that over the weekend I will be eating well, in an
>> idyllically beautiful place, with nice people. You'll get photos.
>
> We look forward to them. :-)
>
> And I don't watch Sandra Lee.
>
> Who is she?
> --
> Peace, Om
>
Haven't you seen her -- she likes to grill beside the lake. I didn't
notice, but did her attire match on that particular show -- a burning
question.

If anyone saw Ruhlman and Bourdain last night -- I thought it might have
been better. Surfing in sewer water in winter on Lake Erie? And some awful
looking food, and more -- The only thing that made is remotely watchable was
Ruhlman's good looks. It's Bourdain's show, and he hogged it all.
Dee Dee

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In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> > Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
>
> No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by example.
> Your writing contains things children should not see. They need to be
> employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and speak well, you are
> as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream cone on the sidewalk.

Good. Let's see you go after "Krispy Kream" donuts and "Kwik wash"
laundromats.

Must suck to be so anal.

I used to be too. I'm a far happier person now that I got over it. ;-)
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> > Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
>>
>> No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by example.
>> Your writing contains things children should not see. They need to be
>> employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and speak well, you
>> are
>> as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream cone on the sidewalk.
>
> Good. Let's see you go after "Krispy Kream" donuts and "Kwik wash"
> laundromats.
>
> Must suck to be so anal.
>
> I used to be too. I'm a far happier person now that I got over it. ;-)
> --
> Peace, Om


I don't tilt at windmills. There's no way a corporation is going to change a
brand name to make me happy.

If you had a child, and her teacher kept slamming her writing because of
spelling errors, would you call the teacher and tell her she was being anal?

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In article >,
"Dee Dee" > wrote:

> "Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:48:54 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I've had pimento cheese. I like that but it has additional ingredients in
> >>it.
> >
> > I make a really good one. I am thinking of making some for the
> > cook-in...this stuff can be very addictive, if it is made right.
> >
> > Christine
>
> Here's what I do -- put a goodly piece of aged cheddar in the food
> processor, open a glass jar of whole roasted red peppers (washed off), add &
> pulse, then add as much mayo as I can that will stand the taste test. Lick
> the food processor bowl.
>
> Anyone do it any different-ly?
> Dee Dee

Soften 1 lb. of cream cheese.
Purchase a bag of fine grated mixed cheese if available (5 flavored
mexican mix) or finely grated cheddar jack.
8 oz. canned pimentos, drained.

Mix all ingredients together and form into two flattened logs on foil
covered cardboard.

Coat one with drained and minced stuffed green salad olives.
Coat the second one with minced black olives.

Chill.

Served with your choice of crackers.

(These are cheese logs, not dips).

For the ones I make for New Years that are caviar coated, I skip the
pimentos. ;-) I mix the caviar with whipped egg whites to get them to
stick to the log. I'm considering alternatives as it's only worked
marginally well.

They still got eaten tho'!

I'm contemplating recipes for shrimp logs.
--
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In article >,
"Dee Dee" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >> Yep, eating all that radioactive food is going to keep you alive long
> >> enough for the radiation to kill you. Now, if anyone has a "low
> >> radiation" diet plan for your typical nuclear holocaust, I'd like to
> >> get a copy of it. :)
> >
> > Not all of us live close enough to proposed "ground zero" for that to be
> > an issue, even considering wind drift.
> > --
> > Peace, Om
>
> Where is the 'proposed' ground zero? I wanna know.
> Dee Dee

Generally tactical targets.
Capitol cities and major military installations and bases.
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In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> I don't tilt at windmills.

Oh.

The Irony... <lol>

Thanks for the morning belly laugh!
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>> I don't tilt at windmills.
>
> Oh.
>
> The Irony... <lol>
>
> Thanks for the morning belly laugh!
> --
> Peace, Om


You pretended not to notice this question. Please answer it.

If you had a child, and her teacher kept slamming her writing because of
spelling errors, would you call the teacher and tell her she was being anal?

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Paco's Tacos wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> ...
> > Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> >>
> >> On Aug 27, 4:41 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> >> > In article . com>,
> >> > Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > On Aug 27, 3:46 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > > Dad is watching me type this and laughing, saying that I'm being
> >> > > > generous in my estimate...
> >> >
> >> > > Funny, but when I told my wife about the chili/Velveeta, chili/cream
> >> > > cheese, Rotel/Velveeta, Rotel/American "cheese" she thought that
> >> > > people were just posting that stuff to be funny, or to aggravate
> >> > > folks
> >> > > like me. I told her that I didn't think so. My wife is a
> >> > > non-cooking
> >> > > person, and even she thought that Rotel and Velveeta being a
> >> > > reasonable excuse for a chip dip was laughable.
> >> >
> >> > > > --
> >> > > > Peace, Om
> >> >
> >> > > --Bryan
> >> >
> >> > You don't live in the South...
> >>
> >> St. Louis is almost the South. People make that Velveeta/Rotel crap
> >> everywhere, don't they? I bet there's about as much Velveeta/Rotel
> >> dip consumed per capita in Minnesota as in Mississippi.
> >
> > I can tell you that nobody in the Northeast even knows what Rotel is, so
> > no, they don't make that crap everywhere.
>
> I live in the Northeast, and I know what Ro-Tel is. And one of the nearby
> supermarkets (one of two, that is) carries some of their products. Your
> over-education is showing, Pete.

How recently did you move there, and where from?

>
> That said, I've never purchased any Ro-Tel products. Can't say if ever
> purchased Velveeta, either.

Too bad there isn't a food census site with sales stats by region. I
expect sales of both of those products are pretty low in much of the
northeast.

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"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
> The Joneses wrote:
>>
>> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > The recent thread on dirty leeks made me think about just how many
>> > people have no clu' where food really comes from.
>> >
>> > In the event of a nuclear holocaust, what is the estimated percentage
>> > of
>> > humans that could even begin to survive? How many can consider
>> > harvesting a wild plant for food? How many people can dress out a fresh
>> > animal for food?
>> > Frogs? Fish? Rabbits? Deer? Etc.?
>> > How many people really know where food comes from (other than grossery
>> > stores) so could survive off of the land?
>> > How many people can hunt and gather like our ancestors did for
>> > thousands
>> > of years?
>> > This would make a really cool survey. :-)
>> > Peace, Om
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Since most of us have pets, would you friccasee your cat if you were
>> fixin' to starve? Hard to think about.
>
> My cat? Hell no! A neighbors dog, or the neighbor in a real PNH
> scenario, absolutely.

Oh, hey, now I'm with you . . . my neighbor, she's a little boney, but
stewed (as I'd like to see her) I think she'd be fine. On the other hand,
it could be dangerous to eat her. I know she's off her meds right now
because she's calling the cops all the time about peeping Toms and missing
plants but those meds build up in the meat and could cause the eater harm.
Good idea though.
Janet

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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:14:43 -0400, "Dee Dee" >
wrote:

>Where is the 'proposed' ground zero? I wanna know.

Since we are talking nuclear holocaust, I am guessing there will be
more than one ground zero. When I think of a nuclear holocaust, I
think of an old 1959 movie, On the Beach. (See link below)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/

The crux of this movie is that it doesn't really matter where ground
zero is/was... everyone dies in the end, anyway. :/

--
Zilbandy