Cryptoengineer <***@gmail.com> wrote in
news:***@216.166.97.131:
> Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <***@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:***@69.16.179.43:
>
>> Peter Trei <***@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:d3909106-2662-4b22-9b09-***@googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 11:40:03 AM UTC-5, Gutless
>>> Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>>>> Cryptoengineer <***@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:***@216.166.97.131:
>>>>
>>>> > Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <***@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> > in news:***@69.16.179.42:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Robert Bannister <***@clubtelco.com> wrote in
>>>> >> news:***@mid.individual.net:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> On 5/3/17 2:09 pm, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>>>> >>>> Titus G <***@nowhere.com> wrote in
>>>> >>>> news:o9g5ge$lo3$***@dont-email.me:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>> On 01/03/17 17:53, Don Bruder wrote:
>>>> >>>>>> In article <o958rk$t1t$***@dont-email.me>, Dimensional
>>>> >>>>>> Traveler <***@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>> On 2/28/2017 4:17 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>>> In article
>>>> >>>>>>>> <ed99a412-1a18-4794-b449-***@googlegroups.co
>>>> >>>>>>>> m> , Kevrob <***@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>>>> Something that came to mind, when glancing at a
>>>> >>>>>>>>> spam thread title:
>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>> "Don't get too near that leak. You wouldn't want to
>>>> >>>>>>>>> wind up in the other universe, would you?" -
>>>> >>>>>>>>> Vonnegut
>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>> I spent a good deal of my childhood (and later)
>>>> >>>>>>>>> aching to be in "the other universe."
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>> As in, anywhere but here?
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>> Jo Walton posted once that she would say to a
>>>> >>>>>>>> depressed friend, "Would it make any difference if
>>>> >>>>>>>> you emigrated to New Zealand?"
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>> Does the friend like sheep?
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> Or perhaps more important, "HOW MUCH does the friend
>>>> >>>>>> like sheep"...
>>>> >>>>>> :-P
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Since Brentrance and since Clinton imposed tariffs, our
>>>> >>>>> sheep population has plummeted. My carpet, my bedding,
>>>> >>>>> etc, etc and most of my clothes that used to be are no
>>>> >>>>> longer woollen. Whereas once chicken was an expensive
>>>> >>>>> occasional luxury due to scarcity and export quality
>>>> >>>>> lamb plentiful and cheap, the opposite applies China
>>>> >>>>> now buys our milk powder and concentrated dairying
>>>> >>>>> replacing sheep farming has turned much of this
>>>> >>>>> snakeless sheepish Garden of Eden into a cesspool of
>>>> >>>>> cow shit.
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>> Perhaps you should move to Iceland. I don't know if
>>>> >>>> they've ever exported sheep products, but lamb is a
>>>> >>>> staple meat, and wool is very common. As you drive
>>>> >>>> around the country, there are two things you will see
>>>> >>>> every few miles: waterfalls, and sheep. (I did not see
>>>> >>>> any sheep going *over* waterfalls, but it wouldn't
>>>> >>>> surprise me if it was a regular occurance, just from
>>>> >>>> sheer numbers of both.)
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Sounds like the sort of place where just one goat would
>>>> >>> get you a really bad name.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >> I think I'm missing a reference there, so I'll mention
>>>> >> lobster pizze, to distrat you. (It was delicious.) Or
>>>> >> kÊstur hákarl (which would distract anyone with a
>>>> >> working sense of smell).
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > BTDT. What astonished me was seeing the stuff for sale in
>>>> > convenience stores, ala beef jerky.
>>>>
>>>> I missed that. Well, I didn't miss it in the least, but I
>>>> never noticed it. Perhaps because I wasn't looking.
>>>> >
>>>> > I did try it, probably waaay overpriced, with a shot of
>>>> > brennvin on the side.
>>>> >
>>>> > The brennvin was needed.
>>>> >
>>>> Did you try whale jerky, too? I've read that it's very
>>>> nutrious and packs a lot of energy, but as I didn't do any
>>>> glacier hiking, I didn't feel the need. (And while it's legal
>>>> to take *out* of Iceland, it'l illegal to take *into* any
>>>> other country except Japan.)
>>>
>>> Nope. I would have if it had been offered though.
>>>
>>> We went to one restaurant which served 'traditional Icelandic
>>> fare', and my younger daughter ordered 'foal'. She did know
>>> what it was, but when it actually arrived, she squicked out.
>>> I'd foreseen this as a possible outcome, so had ordered a
>>> steak for myself. An offer to trade plates was gratefully
>>> accepted. It was tasty.
>>>
>> That's be horse? When my parents were there, before I was born,
>> my mother got horse meat from the butcher shop once, because
>> she didn't speak a word of icelandic. So she'd point at what
>> looked good. Apparently, the correct way to prepare horse meat
>> is to pound it with a hammer for a day or two, then boil it for
>> a few days more. Otherwise, it's like eating shoe leather.
>>
>> My mom learned some icelandic after that.
>>
>
> The difference between foal and horse is similar to that between
> beef and veal. One is much tenderer than the other.
>
Makes sense. I don't recall seeing either anyplace I ate, but I
didn't go to a lot of "nice" restaurants, being more intereted in
getting to the next waterfall.
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