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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1065 on: March 26, 2013, 11:13:26 AM »
Not sure what hassenpfeffer is, something spicy I assume. German is not a language I'm very fluent in.

The rest of that shit, I wouldn't eat if you paid me QV (no offense intended)
Even if cooked by her maj, an animal's stomach scrapings, will ALWAYS be an animal's stomach scrapings :P

Crawfish though..never had any. I'd bite though, I assume they are just similar to really BIG crevettes in taste. Got myself a whole, ready to eat cooked crab the other day, that was good, although was a right fiddly sod to crack open (don't eat it often enough to need a cracking implement, a pair of pliers, a haemostat, and a small hammer do just fine.
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1066 on: March 26, 2013, 01:24:45 PM »
Not sure what hassenpfeffer is, something spicy I assume. German is not a language I'm very fluent in.

The rest of that shit, I wouldn't eat if you paid me QV (no offense intended)
Even if cooked by her maj, an animal's stomach scrapings, will ALWAYS be an animal's stomach scrapings :P

Crawfish though..never had any. I'd bite though, I assume they are just similar to really BIG crevettes in taste. Got myself a whole, ready to eat cooked crab the other day, that was good, although was a right fiddly sod to crack open (don't eat it often enough to need a cracking implement, a pair of pliers, a haemostat, and a small hammer do just fine.

Hasenpfeffer is a traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare, cut into stewing-meat sized pieces and braised with onions and wine in a marinade thickened with the animal's blood. Hase is German for hare and Pfeffer is German for pepper, although here it refers generically to the spices and seasonings in the dish, as with the German ginger cookies Pfeffernüsse. Seasonings typically include (besides pepper): salt, onions, garlic, lemon, thyme, rosemary, allspice, juniper berries, cloves, and bay leaf. In the North American pioneer era, German immigrants frequently cooked squirrel in the same manner. - Mom made hers with rabbit and marinated it in vinegar sans blood.  The rest of the seasonings sound about right.

Crayfish - In Southern Louisiana they are called crawdads and are boiled in a hotly seasoned broth (lots of cayenne pepper) with corn on the cob, small potatoes, chunks of rope-type sausage, hot dogs, etc. thrown into the mix.  They are served at room temperature on sheets of newspaper with cold beer.  It's very informal.  And people eat a few pounds of crayfish at a time, not like the Scandinavians.  They probably come about 15 - 20 per pound and are usually sold live by the 50 pound sack.  Crayfish are comparatively cheap here.  I imagine they have a different flavor that the Nordic ones since the wild ones grow in the swamps (a lot of ours come from crawfish farms now), while the Nordic ones grow in clearer waters.
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1067 on: March 26, 2013, 02:46:36 PM »
The sky is purple, and the finger prick didn't hurt.....

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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1068 on: March 27, 2013, 02:43:11 PM »
There's a beautiful orange moon (full?/not sure) hanging quite low in the evening sky here at the moment. Nice.
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1069 on: March 27, 2013, 03:51:14 PM »
Today is going to be awesome. Sure...it's already the afternoon, but I just had dreams about shakespearian plays and magical wars involving the sword of King Arthur, vampires, fairies, evil witches, and pistachios. How can awesomeness not follow a dream-state like that?
Can't you guys even just imagine it?

Forget practicality, or your experience....can you just....imagine?

It's there. It always was.

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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1070 on: March 28, 2013, 04:22:10 PM »
Today is going to be awesome. Sure...it's already the afternoon, but I just had dreams about shakespearian plays and magical wars involving the sword of King Arthur, vampires, fairies, evil witches, and pistachios. How can awesomeness not follow a dream-state like that?

...i always intend to have dreams like that!
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1071 on: March 28, 2013, 04:29:23 PM »
The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.

  He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you!   :nerdy:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1072 on: March 28, 2013, 04:39:55 PM »
The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.

  He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you!   :nerdy:

This is a first for him. And how do I know that?
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1073 on: March 28, 2013, 04:42:06 PM »
The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.

  He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you!   :nerdy:

This is a first for him. And how do I know that?

  Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer?  :orly:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1074 on: March 28, 2013, 04:43:48 PM »
It's sunday?

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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1075 on: March 28, 2013, 04:45:11 PM »
It's sunday?

  Cool, three days of work went by without my even noticing!  :autism:
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1076 on: March 28, 2013, 04:46:58 PM »
The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.

  He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you!   :nerdy:

This is a first for him. And how do I know that?

  Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer?  :orly:

Because we've all tried that on occasion.

The office teen is not a waste, though. I think he is talented.
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1077 on: March 28, 2013, 04:47:28 PM »
It's sunday?

I don't think so. Check teh interwebz.
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1078 on: March 28, 2013, 04:48:20 PM »
The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.

  He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you!   :nerdy:

This is a first for him. And how do I know that?

  Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer?  :orly:

Because we've all tried that on occasion.

The office teen is not a waste, though. I think he is talented.

  So this is *not* the 12-year-old, but someone better?  8)
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Re: Random observations from your day
« Reply #1079 on: March 28, 2013, 04:50:10 PM »
The office teenager checked his mail on a Sunday. Wow.

  He is modeling the kind of dedication he expects from all of you!   :nerdy:

This is a first for him. And how do I know that?

  Because you regularly e-mail him on Sundays and receive no answer?  :orly:

Because we've all tried that on occasion.

The office teen is not a waste, though. I think he is talented.

  So this is *not* the 12-year-old, but someone better?  8)

This guy is half my age, acts like a teenager and is very, very promising. The 12-yo is none of those things.
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