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Lin Yutang - fasten your seat belt! Memo - get ready to rumble

I'm hoping Doña Cata is still serving pozole on weekends (is that correct)? Memo - po-zo-le, ay,ay,ay,ay...

Slivered and cooked nopal cactus paddles on their own have that hint-of-saliva quality similar to okra. But they accompany meats really well. Although they're cultivated in the US and Mexico, I'm sure you can find them locally - try some of the markets on Commercial Drive. (On Vancouver Island, Thrifty's usually carries them. Of course you'll need to de-prick them before slicing!) Memo - the succulent, won't pay the rent

Northwest Palate currently has a contest to name the Vancouver Cocktail! Memo - martinis are like breasts; one isn't enough and three are too many

But can it be nuked? Memo - so many corked wines, so little time

According to someone posting on Waiterforum, two Vancouver restaurants place first and fifth in the top five of Enroute's Best New Restaurants for 2006: Nu (1st) and Rare (5th). Memo - spill the beans, tuppence a bag

Check out their fresh oysters. In Victoria their small Cortes Island-types sell for a great deal - $8.95 a dozen! Memo - sometimes a shelfish person

The Pheasant scallopine with Holstein ham, Riesling sauce, spaetzle, morels had me - for the first time - enjoying Fall. Memo - winter, spring, summer or fall, all you gotta do is call

From what I can remember, there were also some thinly-veiled references to Ling and a Muslim chef baking some pistachio/honey pastries. Memo - Ling went the strings of my heart

Is it just me, or is Waiterforum turning into a clone of eG? I was reading some food-porn snippets - under Urban Diner thread - last night. This morning it appears they've been "snipped". Memo - the first cut is the deepest

Since I tend to smoke from my mouth and sing from my ass - I'd take nwyles's advice any day! You can't go wrong with HSG (infinitely better than MSG). Memo - smoke (sometimes) get in my eyes

This year we did Osso Buco - the perfect comfort food for Fall. Memo - thanks for the shanks, little veals

Where on Vancouver Island are you located ? There are a number of options. Memo - in the curry with the fringe on top

Good question - since you're talking about gonads (of the sea urchin - prettily referred to as roe). I didn't know there was a harvesting season. I do know there is a size restriction - 55 mm diameter - the legal size limit for harvesting in B.C. (It takes your average urchin about three to four years to reach this size.) And the restriction supposedly allows the spikey little ones to spawn at least once before they end up on your sashimi plate. Memo - roe, roe, roe your boat

The photo is by Jean LeVac of the CanWest News Service - and clearly looks like he or the prop artist/stylist plonked a still-chilled trout on a plate with some slices of juiceless lemons. Memo - yum-yum my tum-tum this weekendum

By all accounts, this is one G-spot I can't wait to hit. Gastown, it's a gassy town There's no two ways round that Where the summers are warm, And the people are cool And the chicks know where it's at Memo - Gassy Jack Fan Club Alumni

Wow - al pastor (literally - shepherd’s-style) tacos! This is Mexico's take on Middle-Eastern spit-grilled meat - introduced by immigrants from Lebanon.

I actually won a small contest in naming this restaurant ← Was there a prize - or just a surprise - for winning the contest? Memo - it's hard to win in the first place when you've got plenty to show

I heard they were planning to call it O Canada - but were told there wasn't room for another Canadian restaurant in the area. Memo - where still the mighty moose wanders at will

When Connor Butler was chef at Pearl on the Rock, Mia Stainsby wrote that he had - "acquired a candy floss machine on eBay for 50 bucks and well, I'm not so sure it was the best use of cotton candy but he wrapped it around thyme as a garnish". My sincere apologies to all concerned. Memo - can't go back to CONstantinople, now it's IstanBULL, not CONstaninople

We all know when things sound too good to be true, they usually are. (When was the last time you got an update on that highly-photogenic German girl locked in the root cellar, or the Albanian family who walk like chimps, or the Italian family-with-dubious-income murdered in Mexico?) Remember: Con is the root of Connor. Just in case, however, I did make an on-line reservation. I'm looking forward to trying the Cigarette of Avocado. Memo, I see Dogen, Connor and Tupelo - flying home to me

Mercado El Sureno en la Impulsión Comercial tiene una gran selección de los artículos mexicanos para la despensa. Mags también a de **** más. Fresco! ______________________________________________ El Sureno Market on Commercial Drive has a great selection of Mexican items for the pantry. ***** mags a plus. Fresh! ______________________________________________ Memo, hello / hola

While I feel for your pain - and the post-wisdow situation you find yourself in - I think, first off, a dictionary might help. I have hungry, too. Do you have a blender for savory-soup/stew smoothies? Failing that, I recommend BOOZE! Memo, shut the wisdow, close the blinds, drink the liquid for hungry have eyes

But Memo, for a real treat you should see the supersized sushi we've been importing from Spain. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/08/13/...ain306253.shtml ←

Not at the markets - but I've got a healthy four-foot-high mass of it growing in my garden. If you're ever on the Island - I can give you a root of it. (Or a handful of sprigs). Memo, to be a sage is kinda mint (don't-ya think?)