Re: Farmer's Auction.
Mogga
<water...@spamcop.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 01 May 2008 21:00:55 +0100, JAF wrote:
>
><snip ferrets>
>
>Ferrets are great - I only met one briefly - a stray who wandered onto my
>patio, but was instantly a fan. Somewhere between a rat (also lovely) and a
>cat (purrfection). I'd get another one so she has company - and apparently
Having been bitten by both rat and cat in the last couple of months I
don't want to know anything inbetween. They have sharp teeth I assume.
>they like to play, and that's something that I'd like to see. A spayed male
>being the ideal option. I wish that my tenancy agreement allowed me to have
>pets.
>
>Apt random sig - a piece of Fluxus art - this was the whole of the piece.
>
>
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John of Aix
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 21:20:07 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
> <water...@spamcop.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 01 May 2008 21:00:55 +0100, JAF wrote:
>>
>> <snip ferrets>
>>
>> Ferrets are great - I only met one briefly - a stray who wandered
>> onto my patio, but was instantly a fan. Somewhere between a rat
>> (also lovely) and a cat (purrfection). I'd get another one so she
>> has company - and apparently
>
> Having been bitten by both rat and cat in the last couple of months I
> don't want to know anything inbetween. They have sharp teeth I assume.
Oh yuss. Ask a rabbit's opinion if you don't believe me.
Otherwise I agree with JAF et al, it's a beautiful animal.
John of Aix
> On Thu, 01 May 2008 22:38:38 +0100, Mogga
> <d...@nospamohpleasenospammogga.com> wrote:
>
>>> Ferrets are great - I only met one briefly - a stray who wandered
>>> onto my patio, but was instantly a fan. Somewhere between a rat
>>> (also lovely) and a cat (purrfection). I'd get another one so she
>>> has company - and apparently
>>
>> Having been bitten by both rat and cat in the last couple of months I
>> don't want to know anything inbetween. They have sharp teeth I
>> assume.
>
> reckon my little finger is about equivalent to a rabbit's leg
Cheaper too. Try it cooked in a little white wine and plenty of garlic
then. Bon appetit.
Alex Buell
magically appears in front of JAF:
> Anyway, she's a beautiful 'silver' (white, with black guard hairs).
> I was gong to call it Pan, after Lyra's daemon, Pantalaimon, but as
> it's a female, I'll call her Lyra.
I thought her daemon was a pine martet?
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mogga
<water...@spamcop.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 01 May 2008 22:38:38 +0100, Mogga wrote:
>
>> Having been bitten by both rat and cat in the last couple of months I
>> don't want to know anything inbetween. They have sharp teeth I assume.
>
>You aren't by any chance a vole, are you?
That'd be one explanation I suppose.
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mogga
<water...@spamcop.org> wrote:
>Hmm - a new market - flavoured nail varnish. Or even flavoured false nails
>- snack without being obvious.
Viz tips would suggest selotaping crisps to your fingers. (Avoid
monster munch)
Willy Eckerslyke
>
> I went to Stennet's old-fashioned open air market at Brigg today.
Ooh, I haven't been to one of those in years. Dunno if it's the same
down your way, but around here they were a great spectator sport as
farmers competed with each other to bid ludicrous amounts for tat that
they could have bought brand new for half as much. And all accompanied
by tutting and head-shaking from other farmers who then go on to do the
same themselves.
Alex Buell
magically appears in front of August West:
> JAF <anarchSP...@ntlworld.com> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 2 May 2008 08:30:44 +0100, Alex Buell
> > <alex....@munted.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, 01 May 2008 21:00:55 +0100, I waved a wand and this message
> >>magically appears in front of JAF:
> >>
> >>> Anyway, she's a beautiful 'silver' (white, with black guard
> >>> hairs). I was gong to call it Pan, after Lyra's daemon,
> >>> Pantalaimon, but as it's a female, I'll call her Lyra.
> >>
> >>I thought her daemon was a pine martet?
> >
> > Yebbut, what can yo do?
>
> Spatchcock it?
But you'll make Lyra cry, and that just won't do at all!
Eleanor Blair
>On Thu, 01 May 2008 21:00:55 +0100, I waved a wand and this message
>magically appears in front of JAF:
>
>> Anyway, she's a beautiful 'silver' (white, with black guard hairs).
>> I was gong to call it Pan, after Lyra's daemon, Pantalaimon, but as
>> it's a female, I'll call her Lyra.
>
>I thought her daemon was a pine martet?
Actually skimming the first few chapters we first see him as a moth, and
then as an ermine. So related to both pine martens and ferrets. It's
close enough.
Willy Eckerslyke
> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
>> Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>>> Carnivores generally aren't very nice to eat.
>> Do boars count as omnivores?
>
> Yes. And I did say "generally".
Probably best only to apply that to mammals too.
Richard Tobin
>Carnivores generally aren't very nice to eat.
"Vegetables aren't food. They're what food eats."
-- Richard
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Alex Buell
magically appears in front of Eleanor Blair:
In the Amber Spyglass Pantalaimon finally settles as a very cute little
pine martet.
Willy Eckerslyke
> Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>
>> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Do boars count as omnivores?
>> Yes. And I did say "generally".
>
Loads. They're quite popular with chips.
Fevric J Glandules
> Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>
>> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Do boars count as omnivores?
>>
>> Yes. And I did say "generally".
>
> Are there any carnivores that are good to eat?
Yes. Many fish, to start with. E.g. tuna.
A poke of the google suggests that alligator is quite yummy.
In some countries, they eat cute little doggy-woggies.
If you include omnivores - pigs.
http://www.mwillett.org/mind/eat-me.htm
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Willy Eckerslyke
> On Fri, 02 May 2008 12:15:44 +0100, August West wrote:
>
>> Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do boars count as omnivores?
>>> Yes. And I did say "generally".
>> Are there any carnivores that are good to eat?
>
> Yes. Many fish, to start with. E.g. tuna.
The humble cod is a hard little bastard too. It's a dog eat dog world
down there.
> If you include omnivores - pigs.
And chickens and ducks.
Amethyst Deceiver
anarchSP...@ntlworld.com says...
> Anyroadup, I was looking for a ferret (or two). There was only one in the
> sale this week (last week there were four, apparently), and there was no way
> I was going all the way to Brigg and coming home empty handed. Well,
> ferrets usually sell for a couple of quid, but I was determined it was going
> to be mine. There's something quite satisfying and smug-making about taking
> part in an auction knowing that you're going to win, because you just know
> you're going to outbid everyone there. I had two competitors, which soon
> dropped to one. I could see him struggling while I just confidently nodded
> at the auctioneer, without any hesitation at all. A kind of moderate
> Schadenfreude.
There's a chap round our way I sometimes see on a Sunday morning walking
his ferret. It's quite entertaining to watch.
--
I know most things; you are surprisingly well-informed; he is a know-it-
all
Barbara Bailey, aue
Fevric J Glandules
> I said *carnivores* are generally not good to eat.
Yes, hence the "If".
Alex Buell
magically appears in front of Marc Wilson:
> >In the Amber Spyglass Pantalaimon finally settles as a very cute
> >little pine martet.
>
> Pine marteN.
Yes, sorry, much better to be a marten than a martinet!
Alex Buell
appears in front of Huge:
> >> Probably best only to apply that to mammals too.
> >
> > Mmm, pike!
>
> Yuck. Tasteless & full of bones.
Trout? or Salmon? Both yummy but full of bones...
Steve Firth
> > And chickens and ducks.
>
> I said *carnivores* are generally not good to eat.
Are worms and invertebrates not carne?
Steve Firth
> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
> > Willy Eckerslyke <oss108...@bangor.ac.uk> writes:
> >
> >> Huge wrote:
> >>> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
> >>>> Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
> >>
> >>>>> Carnivores generally aren't very nice to eat.
> >>>> Do boars count as omnivores?
> >>>
> >>> Yes. And I did say "generally".
> >>
> >> Probably best only to apply that to mammals too.
> >
> > Mmm, pike!
>
> Yuck. Tasteless & full of bones.
Pike? One of my favourite types of fish. You need to get vary large
ones, not the tiddlers sold by some fishmongers.
Fevric J Glandules
> Each to his own, I guess. Fish seems to be strange like that: I find cod
> to be tasteless, and can't understand the English enthusiasm for it.
Popular in Spain, too.
Fevric J Glandules
> Makes a fabulous fish curry - sauté some onions until soft, add a small can
> of chopped plum tomatoes, curry powder (preferably home made - I love the
> smell of asafoetida in the morning), and a cod fillet. Cook until cooked.
> Serve with rice. Gorgeous.
Hungry now.
Fevric J Glandules
> Apparently your average aquatic arthropod (is that the right word?)
> is closely related to your average insect. This being the case we are
> shortly to launch a new chain of ethnic restaurants, eschewing
> eco-unfriendly prawns and the like, specialising in Bee Chop Suey
> and Locust Chow Mein.
I had a roast beetle once. Not unpleasant. You know those
sweets with a crisp shell and a gooey interior? A savoury
version of one of them.
I think I've mentioned this before.
Fevric J Glandules
> A verb, I think, most often used in the phrase "Noles voles" - "with
> or without voles".
Are voles the new badgers?
Sam Nelson
water...@spamcop.org says...
> On Fri, 02 May 2008 17:14:32 +0100, August West wrote:
>
> >
> >> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mmm, pike!
> >>
> >> Yuck. Tasteless & full of bones.
> >
> > to be tasteless, and can't understand the English enthusiasm for it.
>
> of chopped plum tomatoes, curry powder (preferably home made - I love the
> smell of asafoetida in the morning), and a cod fillet. Cook until cooked.
> Serve with rice. Gorgeous.
Cod is a carrier of flavour, like chicken. Its own taste is pretty
bland; it's what you add to it that makes it. Mind, that's one good
reason for avoiding cod&chips.
--
SAm.
Number Two
"Sam Nelson" <s...@ssrl.org.uk> wrote
Cod is a carrier of flavour, like chicken. Its own taste is pretty
bland; it's what you add to it that makes it. Mind, that's one good
reason for avoiding cod&chips.
Here's another:
http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/2005/8/19/179734.html
Alex Buell
magically appears in front of Sn!pe:
> > Yes, sorry, much better to be a marten than a martinet!
>
> You just keep your swagger stick to yourself.
Why, are you afraid of a good old fashioned tellin' off?
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Buddha Rhubarb Butter
says...> > JAF <anarchSP...@ntlworld.com> writes:
> >
> >> On Fri, 2 May 2008 08:30:44 +0100, Alex Buell <alex....@munted.org.uk>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 01 May 2008 21:00:55 +0100, I waved a wand and this message
> >>>magically appears in front of JAF:
> >>>
> >>>> Anyway, she's a beautiful 'silver' (white, with black guard hairs).
> >>>> I was gong to call it Pan, after Lyra's daemon, Pantalaimon, but as
> >>>> it's a female, I'll call her Lyra.
> >>>
> >>>I thought her daemon was a pine martet?
> >>
> >> Yebbut, what can yo do?
> >
> > Spatchcock it?
>
> Carnivores generally aren't very nice to eat.
>
One of the best arguments against vegetarianism IMO.
--
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
Buddha Rhubarb Butter
> Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>
> > On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yuck. Tasteless & full of bones.
>
> Each to his own, I guess. Fish seems to be strange like that: I find cod
> to be tasteless, and can't understand the English enthusiasm for it.
>
Most English people have never eaten any fish worth eating. It's like all
the people who think Nescafe instant is coffee and Gold Blend is proper
coffee, or who think that Cadbury's make chocolate. I grew up close
enough to Grimsby to know that haddock is for eating and cod is for
feeding to cats or Southerners.
Buddha Rhubarb Butter
says...
> On 2008-05-02, August West <aug...@kororaa.com> wrote:
> >
> > Mmm, pike!
>
> Yuck. Tasteless & full of bones.
>
A sort of piscine Kate Moss?
Steve Firth
> Most English people have never eaten any fish worth eating. It's like all
> the people who think Nescafe instant is coffee and Gold Blend is proper
> coffee, or who think that Cadbury's make chocolate. I grew up close
> enough to Grimsby to know that haddock is for eating and cod is for
> feeding to cats or Southerners.
I collected some skate from the Camber yesterday, and some Baramundi
from a local fish farm just to see if they are Ok to eat. Skate wings
with black butter. Mmmmmm.
Not sure what to do with the Baramundi, very well fleshed fish so I
think I'll treat it like carp.
Sam Nelson
water...@spamcop.org says...
> On Fri, 2 May 2008 19:46:55 +0100, Sam Nelson wrote:
> <snip>
> > Cod is a carrier of flavour, like chicken. Its own taste is pretty
> > bland; it's what you add to it that makes it. Mind, that's one good
> > reason for avoiding cod&chips.
>
I guess. Still relatively little flavour compared to the average game
bird.
> (12) A local farmer once gave my parents a chicken that he'd accidentally
> killed by dropping a bail of hay on it. It was a bit bent, and had to be
> plucked and gutted, but it was gorgeous. Sadly he never dropped a bail of
> hay on a cod.
I mostly buy my chicken these days from a place where you could probably
point at the one you wanted to eat, while it was still running around,
and then pick it up from the counter later. I'm not quite that fussy.
--
SAm.
Fevric J Glandules
> I mostly buy my chicken these days from a place where you could probably
> point at the one you wanted to eat, while it was still running around,
> and then pick it up from the counter later. I'm not quite that fussy.
Many years ago, in a land far far away, we were staying in a hotel
that had a bunch of chickens running around in the yard. About an
hour before dinner one of the staff came out and scattered some
grain on the ground. All the chickens ran over and started pecking
at it. After a short survey, the waiter / receptionist / chef's
assistant / night porter grabbed a good 'un and went off with it.
TBH I can't remember whether that evening's chicken dish was
any good or not. But we knew the meat was fresh.