Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
>

>
> Crap! It's not nice to make me feel so jealous! Except for the Cel-Ray
> stuff. What's Cel-Ray? Sounds like some kind of medicinal tonic.

Almost. It is a soda pop with celery as the flavour. I like it cold in
the hot summer, and room temp when I have a have one of those sore
throats so puffy you are nauseated. I also like warm Vernors for that.
You have that in Canada, right?
come visit me and I'll feed you Cel-Ray from Pacific Importers
>

>
> Schmatteh? I'm a little afraid to ask...Any relation to schmuck?

It means "rags". Since I dress in sweat pants and a droopy shirt and
ragg socks most of the time, I am officially dressed in Schmatteh, or so
my more reeee-fined Jewish co-workers in NY told me.
> <rest snipped>
>
> Sigh! All that food and great company and hospitality! It's enough to make
> a girl weep with envy!

Its enough to make me reconsider motherhood, but baby just started
walking around the room in my Dr. Scholls about 10 minutes ago, and it
is darned cute.
blacksalt

It was wonderful. I am pooped. I am home. Margaret is generous to a
fault. I asked to keep the Magic Card she bought for me that was my bus
ticket for a week. Oh, the places it's been.

I told you about the cab thing at Zabar's? Today I arrived at LaGuardia
with 2-1/2 hours to spare, went to my gate and discovered a flight to
MSP departing in 20 minutes. They put me on it. It was one-third full.
I had a row to myself. I managed to get the 50# bag in the overhead.
It contained these things from Zabar's and Mme. Suran's: Halvah,
Russian Coffee Cake, Black and White Cookies. Cream Herring. Two
containers of Chopped Chicken Liver. Those olives. Trois Petits
Cochons Dry Sausage. A six pack of Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray stuff. (What
the hell was I thinking? Steve, I told Margaret you'd have your stuff
tomorrow. ) A box of imported Belgian Chocolates (the kind you must
refrigerate). (Nyaah, nyaah.) Chocolate rugelach. Saint Andre
Triple Cream Cheese from Fairway (not as good as the stuff Mimi served
me on Sunday). My sun-dried tomatoes from Zabar's. What did I forget,
Margaret? Rob's going to love the sausage!

My car driver offered me a free book on the Second Coming. It's not
often that one gets offered religion from a hired driver, I think. I
must have looked depraved.

I left some clothes to be mailed; there was no room in my two bags, one
of which was a big sucker that Margaret produced. The schmatteh undies
were schmattehed. "Hmm, I wonder what's in this bag. . . . Eeeew!
Schmatteh!"

It took us about twice as long to get home tonight (weather was crappy)
from the airport. Had I taken my scheduled flight, I'd still be on the
road. Rob is sick. I made him some Thai packaged Hot Sour Soup (and
threw in a few extra cruhed chili seeds) and sent him to bed.

Margaret rocks. She drinks a lot, but that's part of her charm. "-)
Margaret, I drank one TaB and two cans of Bloody Mary Mix on the plane.
The rugelach were in my bag in the overhead three rows up. Couldn't get
to them. Just as well.

"Goodnight, Gracie." I'm going to look at my digital pictures now.
Haven't done that yet.

-Barb
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com>
"If you're ever in a jam, here I am."

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:54:25 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>It was wonderful. I am pooped. I am home. Margaret is generous to a
>fault. I asked to keep the Magic Card she bought for me that was my bus
>ticket for a week. Oh, the places it's been.

<snip>

I got pooped just reading it all :> Glad you're home safe.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> It was wonderful. I am pooped. I am home. Margaret is generous to a
> fault. I asked to keep the Magic Card she bought for me that was my bus
> ticket for a week. Oh, the places it's been.
>
> I told you about the cab thing at Zabar's? Today I arrived at LaGuardia
> with 2-1/2 hours to spare, went to my gate and discovered a flight to
> MSP departing in 20 minutes. They put me on it. It was one-third full.
> I had a row to myself. I managed to get the 50# bag in the overhead.
> It contained these things from Zabar's and Mme. Suran's: Halvah,
> Russian Coffee Cake, Black and White Cookies
<other food snipped>

Crap! It's not nice to make me feel so jealous! Except for the Cel-Ray
stuff. What's Cel-Ray? Sounds like some kind of medicinal tonic. But
Russian Coffee Cake? Sounds rich and yummy--I'm not sure why. I don't even
know what Russian Coffee Cake is!

> My car driver offered me a free book on the Second Coming. It's not
> often that one gets offered religion from a hired driver, I think. I
> must have looked depraved.
>

He could probably smell all the food in your luggage. Gluttony is a sin,
doncha know! (It's my favourite one, too!)

> I left some clothes to be mailed; there was no room in my two bags, one
> of which was a big sucker that Margaret produced. The schmatteh undies
> were schmattehed. "Hmm, I wonder what's in this bag. . . . Eeeew!
> Schmatteh!"
>

Schmatteh? I'm a little afraid to ask...Any relation to schmuck?

<rest snipped>

Sigh! All that food and great company and hospitality! It's enough to make
a girl weep with envy!

rona
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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> It was wonderful. I am pooped. I am home. Margaret is generous to a
> fault. I asked to keep the Magic Card she bought for me that was my bus
> ticket for a week. Oh, the places it's been.

I'm so glad, I'm glad I'm glad I'm glad!

Damn, it was lotsa fun hangin with you and Margaret Saturday night. Yep,
was lotsa fun.

>
> I told you about the cab thing at Zabar's? Today I arrived at LaGuardia
> with 2-1/2 hours to spare, went to my gate and discovered a flight to
> MSP departing in 20 minutes. They put me on it. It was one-third full.
> I had a row to myself. I managed to get the 50# bag in the overhead.
> It contained these things from Zabar's and Mme. Suran's: Halvah,
> Russian Coffee Cake, Black and White Cookies. Cream Herring. Two
> containers of Chopped Chicken Liver. Those olives. Trois Petits
> Cochons Dry Sausage. A six pack of Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray stuff. (What
> the hell was I thinking? Steve, I told Margaret you'd have your stuff
> tomorrow. ) A box of imported Belgian Chocolates (the kind you must
> refrigerate). (Nyaah, nyaah.) Chocolate rugelach. Saint Andre
> Triple Cream Cheese from Fairway (not as good as the stuff Mimi served
> me on Sunday). My sun-dried tomatoes from Zabar's. What did I forget,
> Margaret? Rob's going to love the sausage!

Yeah, but I got a bunch of the Sülze; and some Hungarian salami that I gave
to my new friends on the Metro North on saturday night....or mighta been
sunday morning; they were a lotta fun.

>
> My car driver offered me a free book on the Second Coming. It's not
> often that one gets offered religion from a hired driver, I think. I
> must have looked depraved.

Yeah, I was gonna say something but something else said 'you'd better not'.

>
> I left some clothes to be mailed; there was no room in my two bags, one
> of which was a big sucker that Margaret produced. The schmatteh undies
> were schmattehed. "Hmm, I wonder what's in this bag. . . . Eeeew!
> Schmatteh!"

Pfui! Du bist ja der Struwelpeter! Miao Mioo!!

>
> It took us about twice as long to get home tonight (weather was crappy)
> from the airport. Had I taken my scheduled flight, I'd still be on the
> road. Rob is sick. I made him some Thai packaged Hot Sour Soup (and
> threw in a few extra cruhed chili seeds) and sent him to bed.
>
> Margaret rocks. She drinks a lot, but that's part of her charm. "-)
> Margaret, I drank one TaB and two cans of Bloody Mary Mix on the plane.
> The rugelach were in my bag in the overhead three rows up. Couldn't get
> to them. Just as well.
>

Sounds like a nice flight home; I'm glad, I'm glad I'm glad. I had so much
fun seeing you I can't describe it. So I won't.

> "Goodnight, Gracie." I'm going to look at my digital pictures now.
> Haven't done that yet.
>


Jack Amigo

In article >, "Rona
Yuthasastrakosol" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...

> > I left some clothes to be mailed; there was no room in my two bags,
> > one of which was a big sucker that Margaret produced. The
> > schmatteh undies were schmattehed. "Hmm, I wonder what's in this
> > bag. . . . Eeeew! Schmatteh!"

> Schmatteh? I'm a little afraid to ask...Any relation to schmuck?

My Secret-That's-No-Secret-Packing For A Trip Trick: I bring along my
schmatteh (ragged) undies. No laundry. Just toss 'em. Yer welcome.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com>
"If you're ever in a jam, here I am."

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:47:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>
>
>My Secret-That's-No-Secret-Packing For A Trip Trick: I bring along my
>schmatteh (ragged) undies. No laundry. Just toss 'em. Yer welcome.

Does this method work for lengthy European travel?

Boron

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:03:47 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:47:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>My Secret-That's-No-Secret-Packing For A Trip Trick: I bring along my
>>schmatteh (ragged) undies. No laundry. Just toss 'em. Yer welcome.
>
>Does this method work for lengthy European travel?
>
>Boron
>
You have to save your ragged underwear for several years prior to a
lengthy trip. So get busy wearing them out!

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:03:47 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:47:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>>My Secret-That's-No-Secret-Packing For A Trip Trick: I bring along my
>>schmatteh (ragged) undies. No laundry. Just toss 'em. Yer welcome.
>
>Does this method work for lengthy European travel?

Depends on how much raggedy underwear you have saved up.

I did something similar with socks on a socks-mandatory trip -- bought
a cheap 6-pack at Woolworth's (this was some time ago) and just wore
and tossed. IMHO, people tend to overpack. Someone I Know generally
drags 3 large pieces of luggage around for a long weekend, so as to
have the 'correct' outfit for any possibility. Incl. shoes. Since she
wasn't hit by a taxi, I doubt anyone in NYC was in a position to
criticize Barb's smallclothes. And look at what she was able to bring
back!

Hark! I heard Melba's Jammin' > say:

> It was wonderful. I am pooped. I am home. Margaret is generous to a
> fault. I asked to keep the Magic Card she bought for me that was my bus
> ticket for a week. Oh, the places it's been.

<snip>

Ooohhh, it sounds like you had a fantastic time! That's too cool. Hope
Rob gets to feeling better, though... :-)


--
j.j. ~ mom, gamer, novice cook ~
...fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in message >...
> My car driver offered me a free book on the Second Coming. It's not
> often that one gets offered religion from a hired driver, I think. I
> must have looked depraved.
>
> -Barb

Glutonny - one of the seven deadlies. Why did you let him look in your bags?

Greg Zywicki

"kalanamak" > wrote in message
...
> Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > Crap! It's not nice to make me feel so jealous! Except for the Cel-Ray
> > stuff. What's Cel-Ray? Sounds like some kind of medicinal tonic.
>
> Almost. It is a soda pop with celery as the flavour. I like it cold in
> the hot summer, and room temp when I have a have one of those sore
> throats so puffy you are nauseated. I also like warm Vernors for that.
> You have that in Canada, right?
> come visit me and I'll feed you Cel-Ray from Pacific Importers

All in due time :-). I'm due in Chicago at the beginning of March, then am
probably leaving at the end of March. I'm hoping for a stopover in the
Portland area for at least a few days or maybe a week. It would probably be
better to fly to Seattle, rent a car, and drive down to Portland and
stopover to see you on the way down (or way up?). WA state will let me
drive a WA-plate car with a Canadian driver's licence, but OR won't. Oh the
bureaucracy of it all!

We don't have Vernor's in Winnipeg. We do have Canada Dry and
Schwepp's--it's ginger ale, right? Ginger ale is one of my mother's
cure-alls, along with bananas. Are you feeling sick? Have some ginger
ale/bananas. Once when I was throwing up everything including water, she
offered me sardines after I had turned down ginger ale and bananas.

I like celery, but for some reason celery flavoured soft drinks seem a bit
odd to me. It sounds like it would be good mixed with tomato juice, but I
don't like tomato juice, either :-).

>
> Its enough to make me reconsider motherhood, but baby just started
> walking around the room in my Dr. Scholls about 10 minutes ago, and it
> is darned cute.
> blacksalt

Any more pictures? I haven't seen any in *ages*!

rona

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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...

>
> My Secret-That's-No-Secret-Packing For A Trip Trick: I bring along my
> schmatteh (ragged) undies. No laundry. Just toss 'em. Yer welcome.
> --
> -Barb
> <www.jamlady.eboard.com>
> "If you're ever in a jam, here I am."

Maybe I should do that my next trip with regular clothes, except donate them
to the Salvation Army or something. All my schmatteh underwear rides up my
butt, so they aren't comfortable enough wearing while travelling :-). (Was
that too much information?)

rona

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In article >, Frogleg
> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:03:47 -0500, Boron Elgar
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:47:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >>My Secret-That's-No-Secret-Packing For A Trip Trick: I bring along my
> >>schmatteh (ragged) undies. No laundry. Just toss 'em. Yer welcome.
> >
> >Does this method work for lengthy European travel?
>
> Depends on how much raggedy underwear you have saved up.
>
> I did something similar with socks on a socks-mandatory trip -- bought
> a cheap 6-pack at Woolworth's (this was some time ago) and just wore
> and tossed. IMHO, people tend to overpack. Someone I Know generally
> drags 3 large pieces of luggage around for a long weekend, so as to
> have the 'correct' outfit for any possibility. Incl. shoes. Since she
> wasn't hit by a taxi, I doubt anyone in NYC was in a position to
> criticize Barb's smallclothes. And look at what she was able to bring
> back!

That luggage thang? When Niece Jo and I traveled to Czechoslovakia when
it still was that, she allowed as how I should only pack what I could
tote, because SHE sure as hell wasn't carrying MY stuff. I got the
message. Most of the stuff I hauled back fit in the bags, too, because
she also taught me about ditching all packaging and wrapping things
(breakables, e.g.) in clothes. What a deal!
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com>
"If you're ever in a jam, here I am."

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> That luggage thang? When Niece Jo and I traveled to Czechoslovakia when
> it still was that, she allowed as how I should only pack what I could
> tote, because SHE sure as hell wasn't carrying MY stuff. I got the
> message. Most of the stuff I hauled back fit in the bags, too, because
> she also taught me about ditching all packaging and wrapping things
> (breakables, e.g.) in clothes. What a deal!

Oh yeah.. did that quite a few times over there after big shopping trips in
Prague. Wonderful crystal. Did you ever go into the old Russian Department
store there? It was almost surreal in its austerity, yet had some gems to be
found.
Goomba

Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:

>
> We don't have Vernor's in Winnipeg. We do have Canada Dry and
> Schwepp's--it's ginger ale, right?
>

Vernor's is ginger ale on steroids. Great stuff!

---jkb

--
"Bam!"
-- Bam-Bam Rubble

Jeff Bienstadt wrote:
>
> Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
>
> >
> > We don't have Vernor's in Winnipeg. We do have Canada Dry and
> > Schwepp's--it's ginger ale, right?
> >
>
> Vernor's is ginger ale on steroids. Great stuff!

Wow! Wish I'd thought of that! Vernor's is so
totally unlike other "regular" ginger ales that
I hardly think of it as ginger ale at all - just
Vernor's. I can't drink it all the time but every
once in a while I get a craving for it. A little
goes a long way.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Kate Connally wrote:

> Jeff Bienstadt wrote:
>>
>> Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > We don't have Vernor's in Winnipeg. We do have Canada Dry and
>> > Schwepp's--it's ginger ale, right?
>> >
>>
>> Vernor's is ginger ale on steroids. Great stuff!
>
> Wow! Wish I'd thought of that! Vernor's is so
> totally unlike other "regular" ginger ales that
> I hardly think of it as ginger ale at all - just
> Vernor's. I can't drink it all the time but every
> once in a while I get a craving for it. A little
> goes a long way.
>

It really does. A few years ago, a friend who had never heard of Vernor's
wanted to try some of mine. He almost choked when the glass got near his
nose :-)

---jkb

--
"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so."
-- Ford Prefect

In article >,
"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" > wrote:

> I like celery, but for some reason celery flavoured soft drinks seem a bit
> odd to me. It sounds like it would be good mixed with tomato juice, but I
> don't like tomato juice, either :-).

Cel-Ray has a very light sweet flavor. Think of a lemon-lime drink (like
7-Up or Sierra Mist) without the intense sweetness and with a light
celery undertone instead of citrus. It's sweet enough that I wouldn't
think of mixing it with tomato juice (and _I_ like tomato juice!).

Cel-Ray _is_ an acquired taste, which is why I think it's so hard to
find out here (it's not hard to find other Dr. Brown's flavors, but
Cel-Ray is darn near impossible). But I find it refreshing -- and
different.

If you ever come out again to Barb's and my neck of the woods, a can of
Cel-Ray will have your name on it so you can try it. I don't think
you'll have a problem driving here with a Canadian driver's license.
Based on the behavior I see on the roads, they'll let anyone drive here.
:-p

sd

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:37:03 -0800, Jeff Bienstadt
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
this:

>It really does. A few years ago, a friend who had never heard of Vernor's
>wanted to try some of mine. He almost choked when the glass got near his
>nose :-)
>
The DH *loves* Vernor's. I'm a 7 Up and ginger ale fan, so the one and
only time I tried his Vernor's, I felt like I'd swallowed medicine.
Bleah.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove "gotcha"

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:04:22 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:37:03 -0800, Jeff Bienstadt
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
>this:
>
>>It really does. A few years ago, a friend who had never heard of Vernor's
>>wanted to try some of mine. He almost choked when the glass got near his
>>nose :-)
>>
>The DH *loves* Vernor's. I'm a 7 Up and ginger ale fan, so the one and
>only time I tried his Vernor's, I felt like I'd swallowed medicine.
>Bleah.

It must be something a person either loves or loathes. I was raised
on the stuff...drank it over ice, had it hot with a slice of lemon if
I had a cold, made Boston Coolers with it (vanilla ice cream &
Vernor's)...I even had my college apt about 3 blocks from the Vernor's
factory! I LOVE the stuff.

Boron

"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
: On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:04:22 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
: > wrote:
:
: >On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:37:03 -0800, Jeff Bienstadt
: > arranged random neurons, so they looked
like
: >this:
: >
: >>It really does. A few years ago, a friend who had never
heard of Vernor's
: >>wanted to try some of mine. He almost choked when the glass
got near his
: >>nose :-)
: >>
: >The DH *loves* Vernor's. I'm a 7 Up and ginger ale fan, so the
one and
: >only time I tried his Vernor's, I felt like I'd swallowed
medicine.
: >Bleah.
:
: It must be something a person either loves or loathes. I was
raised
: on the stuff...drank it over ice, had it hot with a slice of
lemon if
: I had a cold, made Boston Coolers with it (vanilla ice cream &
: Vernor's)...I even had my college apt about 3 blocks from the
Vernor's
: factory! I LOVE the stuff.
:
: Boron
============

Yep, another fan of Vernor's here! I LOVE that stuff!!

Is it me or have the messed with the recipe though? It doesn't
seem to have the *bite* that it used to years ago...

I remember a few years back when I was dating my DH, Dad (my FIL)
asked if I'd like something to drink... he gave a few choices and
Vernor's was in the midst of them... "Vernor's please!!", I said.
Although he was quite glad that there was another Vernor's fan in
the family... he was a little disappointed that I wasn't trying
it for the first time. <G> People are fun to watch when they
try the big "V" for the first time.

--
Cyndi
<Remove a "b" to reply>

Travelin' with underwear....if one must! Use the most diaphanous
fabrics in bras, and bikini panties. Wash them at night while you
shower, and they will be dry by morning; or use your hair dryer to do a
quick dry. That way you only need a few sets that can be tucked in your
shoes when you are packing.
I sure miss the village as I knew it years ago! Have fun!

Just a Jeanie

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:37:03 -0800, Jeff Bienstadt
> > arranged random neurons, so they looked like
> this:
>
> >It really does. A few years ago, a friend who had never heard of
Vernor's
> >wanted to try some of mine. He almost choked when the glass got near his
> >nose :-)
> >
> The DH *loves* Vernor's. I'm a 7 Up and ginger ale fan, so the one and
> only time I tried his Vernor's, I felt like I'd swallowed medicine.
> Bleah.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

Vernor's is best with Rye whiskey. That's how I like it at least. It is also
good for making Pimms Cup.

Charlie

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:19:08 GMT, "Rick & Cyndi"
> wrote:

> <G> People are fun to watch when they
>try the big "V" for the first time.

I am ever so polite & will not do anything with that line.

Boron

I grew up drinking Vernors, too. The factory is/was in the city of
Detroit. Yes, I think they changed the recipe, too. Used to be when you
went to take a drink of it you just about couldn't breathe, all the
bubbles and stuff.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:21:11 -0500 (EST),
(Sharon Chilson) wrote:

>
>I grew up drinking Vernors, too. The factory is/was in the city of
>Detroit. Yes, I think they changed the recipe, too. Used to be when you
>went to take a drink of it you just about couldn't breathe, all the
>bubbles and stuff.

This is a page devoted to Vernor's...I do believe the MSU fight song
is playing in the background..."On the Banks of the Red Cedar..."

Boron

http://members.fortunecity.com/fordk...rs/vernors.htm

"sd" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
>
> Cel-Ray has a very light sweet flavor. Think of a lemon-lime drink (like
> 7-Up or Sierra Mist) without the intense sweetness and with a light
> celery undertone instead of citrus. It's sweet enough that I wouldn't
> think of mixing it with tomato juice (and _I_ like tomato juice!).
>

Sweet celery flavour? Interesting...but not necessarily in a good way ;-)!


> Cel-Ray _is_ an acquired taste, which is why I think it's so hard to
> find out here (it's not hard to find other Dr. Brown's flavors, but
> Cel-Ray is darn near impossible). But I find it refreshing -- and
> different.
>
> If you ever come out again to Barb's and my neck of the woods, a can of
> Cel-Ray will have your name on it so you can try it.

I'm definitely going back one day (I just can't stop thinking of Al's!) but
I wouldn't want to deprive you of a can of Cel-Ray! You might feel bad
about wasting a can if I don't like it, and then I'll feel bad! Once I gave
a friend a can of my precious root beer to try (I was in Japan at the time,
and root beer was very difficult to find in my area and was a little
expensive). She took one sip, decided she didn't like it, and poured it
down the sink! I was crushed! And I wanted to lick the sink so I could
savour a few of those precious drops of liquid gold (brown, I mean)...

>I don't think
> you'll have a problem driving here with a Canadian driver's license.
> Based on the behavior I see on the roads, they'll let anyone drive here.
> :-p
>

Hey! I'm a *good* driver! Very unlike other Manitobans--I even let people
into my lane (when they signal, of course. Otherwise tfb for them)! Except
I get lost a lot, and am afraid of those big freeways and highways (we have
little streets here :-)).

rona
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Jeff Bienstadt wrote:
>
> Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
>
> >
> > We don't have Vernor's in Winnipeg. We do have Canada Dry and
> > Schwepp's--it's ginger ale, right?
> >
>
> Vernor's is ginger ale on steroids. Great stuff!

????? Vernor's to me is a cross between seven up and gingerale.
If you want steroids, try Reed's Extra Ginger Beer, or Cock and Bull
Ginger Beer. Vernors is MILD to me.
blacksalt

"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" > writes:

>I wouldn't want to deprive you of a can of Cel-Ray! You might feel bad
>about wasting a can if I don't like it, and then I'll feel bad!

Dr.Brown's Cel-Ray in a can tastes nothing like the original bottled version...
and the recent bottled rendition, of about 20 years or so, is not nearly so go
as teh original, but the canned version sucks. A few weeks ago I was back on
Lung Guyland, Smithtown... for luch ordered a hot corned beef/rye at Ben's
Kosher Deli, with a kasha k'nish, and a Cel-Ray. The waitress brought me a
friggin' can... I had never seen canned Cel-Ray, but what the hey, I'll try it.
Gack, it's was awful... first thing I noticed was the color is not nearly the
same, too dark. And it was flat, hardly any carbonation. But mostly it was
the taste, which was nothing like the *bright crisp* celery flavor I had known
all my life. I will never again order canned Cel-Ray. The corned beef was
wonderful, as was the k'nish. The sour tomatoes and half sour pickles were
can't-stop-eating good... the cole slaw was so-so. I'll definitely go to Ben's
again, but next time I'll order a long neck Ballantine ale. At least I got the
zoftig waitress with Double D cleavage.




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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:29:51 GMT, "Charles Gifford"
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
this:

>Vernor's is best with Rye whiskey. That's how I like it at least. It is also
>good for making Pimms Cup.
>
Well, geez, Charlie - if you're gonna put booze in it, I'm sure my
atitude toward Vernor's would improve immeasurably!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove "gotcha"

In article >,
"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" > wrote:

> >I don't think
> > you'll have a problem driving here with a Canadian driver's license.
> > Based on the behavior I see on the roads, they'll let anyone drive here.
> > :-p
> >
>
> Hey! I'm a *good* driver! Very unlike other Manitobans--I even let people
> into my lane (when they signal, of course. Otherwise tfb for them)! Except
> I get lost a lot, and am afraid of those big freeways and highways (we have
> little streets here :-)).

Oh, I wasn't poking at _your_ driving habits ... or even those of others
with Canadian DLs. I was poking at the driving habits of all too many
Minnesotans (no offense, Barb or Rob -- I've never seen you drive). I
think it's easier to drive in New York or Boston or LA than here.

Hope to see you next time you get to Minneapolis/St. Paul!

sd

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:33:20 -0600, sd > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Rona Yuthasastrakosol" > wrote:
>
>> >I don't think
>> > you'll have a problem driving here with a Canadian driver's license.
>> > Based on the behavior I see on the roads, they'll let anyone drive here.
>> > :-p
>> >
>>
>> Hey! I'm a *good* driver! Very unlike other Manitobans--I even let people
>> into my lane (when they signal, of course. Otherwise tfb for them)! Except
>> I get lost a lot, and am afraid of those big freeways and highways (we have
>> little streets here :-)).
>
>Oh, I wasn't poking at _your_ driving habits ... or even those of others
>with Canadian DLs. I was poking at the driving habits of all too many
>Minnesotans (no offense, Barb or Rob -- I've never seen you drive). I
>think it's easier to drive in New York or Boston or LA than here.

The first time I was in the twin cities visiting the former poster
named Damsel, we were sitting at a light and it changed to green.
Horns started blowing and several cars ignored the red light. Damsel
told me about Minnesota drivers. <GASP!> It seems they can't see the
stop lights because they're in a rush to get home to make a hot dish
for supper.

The ironic part is when Dams and Crash were here, we took a cab in
downtown Chicago. They were scared shitless. I was LMAO. The
driver was more aggressive than most, but we were safer than driving
in the twin cities with people who can't see stop light colors.
These "people" went through the lights without even looking to the
sides.

Gar

Sharon wrote:

I grew up drinking Vernors, too. The factory is/was in the city of
>Detroit. Yes, I think they changed the recipe, too. Used to be when you
>went to take a drink of it you just about couldn't breathe, all the
>bubbles and stuff.
>
>
They don't age it for 4 years anymore : (.
After my Safeway got remodeled, they don't carry Vernors anymore : ( . I
don't drink too much pop now because it seems too sweet to me, but I'll drink a
Vernor's any day. My boyfriend used to play at a bar across from the Vernors
factory on Woodward. I think it was called Union Street. They also had a bar
in one of the Pointes where he used to play, too.

Another thing now missed is Faygobrau. Faygo was pop for sale in Michigan when
I was growing up. This pop had a nice high head and was very tasty. I don't
wanna hear about dirty comments about that.


rharps.com

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:29:51 GMT, "Charles Gifford"
> > arranged random neurons, so they looked like
> this:
>
> >Vernor's is best with Rye whiskey. That's how I like it at least. It is
also
> >good for making Pimms Cup.
> >
> Well, geez, Charlie - if you're gonna put booze in it, I'm sure my
> atitude toward Vernor's would improve immeasurably!
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Well sure! Try this on our now cold winter nights Terry:

PERFECT ENDING



Recipe by: Brian Polcyn, The Pike Street Restaurant, Pontiac, Michigan



8 oz. black coffee
3/4 oz. Baileys Irish Cream
1/2 oz. crème de cocoa
1/2 oz. crème de banana
sweetened whipped cream
1 cinnamon stick
dark alpine chocolate


Combine the coffee, Baileys, crème de cacao and crème de banana in a tall
glass. Add ice and top with sweetened whipped cream. Garnish with a cinnamon
stick and shaved chocolate.

"sd" > wrote in message
...

>
> Oh, I wasn't poking at _your_ driving habits ... or even those of others
> with Canadian DLs. I was poking at the driving habits of all too many
> Minnesotans (no offense, Barb or Rob -- I've never seen you drive). I
> think it's easier to drive in New York or Boston or LA than here.
>

It must be a Midwest/Prairie thing, 'cause Manitoban drivers suck, too!

> Hope to see you next time you get to Minneapolis/St. Paul!
>
> sd

I'm still sad that I missed El Burrito Mercado and I think of it often. I
was crushed when we finally got there (after getting quite lost) and saw the
sign that said "Closed for staff picnic." I almost went back the next
morning but decided to hit Al's again, instead :-).

rona

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"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
>
> Dr.Brown's Cel-Ray in a can tastes nothing like the original bottled
version...
> and the recent bottled rendition, of about 20 years or so, is not nearly
so go
> as teh original, but the canned version sucks.

It seems that canned versions are never as good as bottled versions (glass
bottled versions, anyway) of anything. I wonder if it's the processing...

>A few weeks ago I was back on
> Lung Guyland, Smithtown... for luch ordered a hot corned beef/rye at Ben's
> Kosher Deli, with a kasha k'nish, and a Cel-Ray. The waitress brought me
a
> friggin' can... I had never seen canned Cel-Ray, but what the hey, I'll
try it.
> Gack, it's was awful... first thing I noticed was the color is not nearly
the
> same, too dark. And it was flat, hardly any carbonation. But mostly it
was
> the taste, which was nothing like the *bright crisp* celery flavor I had
known
> all my life. I will never again order canned Cel-Ray. The corned beef
was
> wonderful, as was the k'nish. The sour tomatoes and half sour pickles
were
> can't-stop-eating good... the cole slaw was so-so. I'll definitely go to
Ben's
> again, but next time I'll order a long neck Ballantine ale. At least I
got the
> zoftig waitress with Double D cleavage.
>

I wouldn't appreciate the DD cleavage as much as you did, but give me a good
corned beef sandwich anytime! I've been thinking a lot about finding a good
corned beef sandwich in Winnipeg, but it's a tough assignment. There's just
doesn't seem to be a good deli here (lots of delis, but no really good one).
Maybe I should fly to Montreal and get a Montreal Smoked Meat,
instead...that'll satisfy me!

rona




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"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in message news:<0rwCb.379216$ao4.1266973@attbi_s51>...

> Is it me or have the messed with the recipe though? It doesn't
> seem to have the *bite* that it used to years ago...

Possible they have. Personally, I'm a great partisan of Blenheim
#3 Hot ginger ale. A bottle of that'll get your attention sure
enough.


Sam

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Sharon Chilson wrote:
>
> I grew up drinking Vernors, too. The factory is/was in the city of
> Detroit. Yes, I think they changed the recipe, too. Used to be when you
> went to take a drink of it you just about couldn't breathe, all the
> bubbles and stuff.

You may be right. I just bought some after all this
talk and it didn't seem as powerful as it used to be.
Still good though.
Kate

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Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Kate Connally wrote:
>
> Sharon Chilson wrote:
> >
> > I grew up drinking Vernors, too. The factory is/was in the city of
> > Detroit. Yes, I think they changed the recipe, too. Used to be when you
> > went to take a drink of it you just about couldn't breathe, all the
> > bubbles and stuff.
>
> You may be right. I just bought some after all this
> talk and it didn't seem as powerful as it used to be.
> Still good though.

What I found to be bizarre was going to a town outside of Detroit,
picking up soda for Thanksgiving, get some of this that, whatever,
okay, how about ginger ale. Looking, looking, looking, no ginger ale.
Excuse me, where can I find the ginger ale? Confused looks all
around. You know, Canada Dry? More blank looks. Schwepp's?

Blew my mind that such a common soda wouldn't be sold everywhere.

nancy (wonder what they think of that country song I'm gonna drink
Canada dry)