On 2/26/2016 6:50 AM, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>
>>
>> Ever thought that it is your taste buds wearing out? After all you are
>> getting on a bit, Sherry. :-P
>>
>
> :)  You know, I can almost get myself convinced of that--right up until
> I encounter some product that actually tastes right.
>
> Oh, here's another one:  Tomatoes.

[snip]

Well you live and learn. I didn't know that dogs ate tomatoes. I grew up 
with three boxers and they would look at you as if you were mad. If you 
gave them a salad. But then I am a townie and wouldn't know a tomato 
plant from a medicinal hemp plant even if I tripped over one. :-)



>
> But, as much as she liked those home-grown tomatoes, Amelia Will Not,
> Under Any Circumstances, eat a supermarket tomato.  Home-grown tomatoes,
> fine.  Farmer's market tomatoes, fine.  Supermarket tomatoes, nuh-uh,
> not so much.
>

I can't say that I blame her.

> Did I mention that she's a DOG?

No I don't think that you did
<Pinteresque pause>

More than a couple of times. :-)

>
>>
>> That was nicely written and describes exactly how I felt. When I moved
>> to an area where all of the butchers were halal. That's what chicken
>> tasted like when it was a treat. :-)
>>
>
> Thank you!  (Blushes modestly.)  Yes, I've often heard that the best
> meats come from kosher butcher shops (which, I imagine, is pretty much
> the same thing, politics aside).  Sadly, I seem to be in the wrong part
> of the universe for that sort of place.
>

One of the advantages of living in the big city. The food may not be 
fresh but it is cooked in so many different styles.

>>
>>>
>>> * Black pepper, garlic powder, cumin, and paprika.  And, of course,
>>> love.
>>>
>>
>> And of course the ingredient you will be keeping back. ;-)
>>
>
> Well, you COULD add a dash of onion powder if you like.  And perhaps a
> tiny bit of cayenne.  And some--oh, look!  A shiny thing!
>

My secret ingredient is chilli. Fresh, dried or powder.

>>
>> I and a few others still have a few years on you, young lady. :-)
>>
>
> OMG, I've stumbled into a nest of geezers!  ;)
>
>> It is good to see you dropping in again.
>>
>
> Thanks!  FSM willing

FSM? You're not a Pastafarian by any chance?


> and the crick don't rise (and the Internet
> connection fails to fail, and the house doesn't blow away to Oz, and so
> forth), I can hang around a bit.
>

Thanks, Mrs Dives. ;-)


> --Sherry "One Giant Mass of Wrinkles" Shaw
>
>


-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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