Re: Starving people refuse to eat food aid

[John F. Eldredge]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:43:18 -0800, cryptoguy wrote:

> On Nov 17, 11:27 am, Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2...@charter.net> wrote:
>> Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> > In article <0060de4f$0$16937$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates
>> >  <warren.oa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> In article <hdpfop0...@drn.newsguy.com>, R H Draney
>> >> <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>
>> >>> Peanut butter needs no refrigeration?...would you like to take the
>> >>> next half-dozen or so jars off my hands when they go rancid?...r
>> >> I guess it doesn't stay around long enough to go rancid in our
>> >> house; I'm not sure if Kraft Peanut Butter would _ever_ go rancid.
>> >> We don't even  put it in the 'fridge in the deepest hottest summer.
>>
>> >> Jeez, I go away for 2 days, and suddenly there's 231 articles about
>> >> cracklins and peanut butter.
>>
>> >> Warren "so can we talk about Marmite?" Oates.
>>
>> > Sure we can.  I've never tasted it, but I have absorbed the warning
>> > (should some ever come my way) that you spread just a *little* of it
>> > on the bread.  Like Patum Peperium aka Gentlemen's Relish, I suppose.
>> >  That is very tasty.
>>
>> A little Marmite goes a long way. I bought a kilogram (two jars) of
>> Marmite in Scotland nine years ago, and I still have half of one jar. I
>> love it, even glopped on; but a couple of pieces of Marmite toast every
>> month or so is my usual pattern.
>>
>> BTW, when the British couple who turned me on to Marmite saw how I
>> liked it right off the bat, they were nonplussed. Apparently Yanks
>> aren't supposed to react that way.
>
> Like Australians and their Vegemite.
>
> pt

I have developed a liking for Thai fish sauce, which I suspect is not
that common a taste among Anglos.

--
John F. Eldredge -- jo...@jfeldredge.com
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than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

[Lon]

John F. Eldredge wrote:

>
> I have developed a liking for Thai fish sauce, which I suspect is not
> that common a taste among Anglos.
>

The Thai language has 1237 words for fish sauce.