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You may also want to try sesame paste. dcarch

And country to country. we aren't all in the USA, you know. Most people aren't. I understand in UK they are encouraging people to kill all squirrels (gray?) from the USA. dcarch

Same here. I love me some rabbit with gravy. Re: chitlins. Gross. ------------------------" You like sausages? dcarch

I have actually visited a company that makes a strange metal, it is called "Memory metal". That metal has a memory. You can twist it and bend it out of shape, then if you heat it up, it will return to it's old shape. In other words, if a car is made from this metal, you can crash it, then all you need to do is heat it up and it will go back to it's old shape. Imagine a blade's edge is made with this metal. They gave me some samples to play with. I have the samples in my shop some place. dcarch

I would not eat suburban squirrels. In the suburbs, everyone sprays insecticides, herbicides ------ dcarch

In some buildings and locations, there is no way you can keep roaches and flies and fruit flies out. It doesn't matter how clean you are and how often you spray. dcarch

I'm concerned that the 8" blade may be a bit much for her. I know a 6" blade will work fine. Couldn't find a 6" model except for a utility knife. In that case, try the Wasabi Santoku These knives look to be sharpened on one side only. So, if anyone is left-handed, won't that be a problem? Not very good reviews. dcarch

I absolutely hate tomato cutting demonstrations. A meaningless test of knife sharpness. That and paper slicing. All knives can do those after they are first sharpened. I am just curious, if they have found a metal with that incredible property, there is no need to raise a few hundred thousand dollars to make kitchen knives. They can immediately make billions of $ selling to the industry to make machine tools, and to the military to make better gun barrels. Metallic glass? Glass is a liquid. Very elastic? Glass is not elastic. Never need sharpening? A scientist will never say never. Steel knife surfaces can harbor germs? That's a new one. I am not saying that Vmatter is not what they claim it to be, but the "infomercial" is not convincing. dcarch

I've lived in the Northeast my entire life and have never, ever seen squirrel on a menu or in a market. I've run over a bunch of them though. Pigeons everywhere (NYC). You can buy squab in many stores. dcarch

Isn't it true that the military was the first one to use meat glue? dcarch

For instance, seal eyeballs are the tastiest part and are prized by the Inuit as a delicacy. If the Italians can enjoy Casu marzu, why are the Inuits strange eating eyeballs? dcarch

For you perhaps. With the exception of the bile gland, I cannot think of an organ that cannot be made delicious. dcarch Red Bull is made from Bile...Taurine is ox Bile...yum, yikI am of course talking about the whole organ, not just the extract. When I was traveling in China, I saw a store selling snake bile bland for people to swallow raw. Very expensive folk medicine. dcarch

For you perhaps. With the exception of the bile gland, I cannot think of an organ that cannot be made delicious. dcarch

Isn't it also true, especially for the Chinese, that there is a common belief that eating an organ will improve the health of the same organ in your body? dcarch

I'm concerned that the 8" blade may be a bit much for her. I know a 6" blade will work fine. Couldn't find a 6" model except for a utility knife. You are guessing. May not be true. For some, buying a knife is like buying shoes, got to try it out. Take her to a store and let her pick one. dcarch

What a beauty! Based on the look of the gas jets' design, I can tell the heating will be very even. I suppose it has pilot lights? Turn on each burner and see if you get all blue fire from each burner. If the flame is yellow, the gas jet/air intake will need to be adjusted. dcarch BTW, Welcome to Brooklyn. I was visiting friends in Brooklyn yesterday.

Pop-ups have a very little chance to compete with established businesses in NYC. Large pop-ups cannot be in large spaces, building owners seldom allow any operation without insurance certificates. Tenants can be evicted if they are found doing business in an apartment building. No one would be crazy enough to think of doing something like that in a coop or condo. dcarch

They are subject to the health inspector (at least, where I live they are). I don't know about fire exit regulations in grocery stores. But are they basing their inspections on restaurant rules or food retail rules? Supermarkets are retail, restaurants are Places of Assembly, different fire exit Codes. dcarch

I see prepared food, food cooked on premise sold and served in supermarkets. I wonder if they have to comply with laws for restaurants re. food safety and fire exit regulations. dcarch

"-------- Don't plant green heirloom tomatoes - it is hard to tell when they are ripe. You have to squeeze them every day when they reach the "right" size to determine ripeness. Annoying.-----" It is not that difficult to tell GWR tomatoes if they are ripe. The problem is finding them under dense foliage, which is good, because birds and squirrels can't find them either. Taste-wise they are amazing. 85% of my plants are GWR tomatoes. dcarch

Street food world wide, bed & breakfast world wide, how many are regulated by law? and how many people have died eating in those places? In this country where we so treasure freedom, we are chained by more laws than any other country. dcarch

If you see the parking lot is full, leave. Not only that you will spend half of a day waiting, you are going to get that only one shopping cart with one stuck caster. dcarch

This is a great reason. Zen moment?! Have you seen shoppers with cart loads of expensive cuts of meat, and paying with Food Stamps? Have you been behind someone at the cash register sorting out a hundred coupons? dcarch

Here is one, hope to give you an extra smile for today.* dcarch *Moderators, cartoons posted by me are all my own work No copyright issues.

Yes, even 1/2 minute if you have a high power microwave. Another thing I suggest for everyone. Get one of those insect zappers that looks like tennis rackets, you can zap then in mid air. It will take care moths, flies, mosquitoes, etc. A lot of fun to use. Bang, they are vaporized in mid air. The zappers are very cheap. Sometimes $3.00 at Haborfreight. dcarch