oh i guess i should have said hello first

[ferdelance]

i am not new to rums, but a newbie here, although some of my stuff has been posted here, by other's, i just couldn't help but to respond to the thread about Cuban rums and apartied. but hello anyway . i am not as vicious as some may claim. ,

[Jason Perlow]

Welcome to eGullet! What are you favorite rums?

[Bolivar Petit Corona]

It's about time, FdL! Welcome.

[ferdelance]

thanks two of my favorite rums are Ron Caney d'oro, santiago de Cuba, but i like many more than that, i really enjoy the dry gold rums that Cuba produce's they are like cognac for me, of course Mat 15 and Mat d'oro are up there but since they are no longer produced, i didn't want to get your hopes up.

[NeroW]

Fer-de-lance? Like the book?

[Bolivar Petit Corona]

I think it's more like th' snake.

[Kristian]

Welcome, Fer-de-Lance!

(My guess is that the name comes from a spaceship in a computer game, Elite, that changed my life in the 80's... Almost all the ships were named after snakes...)

[NeroW]

Fer-de-lance is Rex Stout's first Nero Wolfe novel as well.

[maggiethecat]

Fer-de-lance is Rex Stout's first Nero Wolfe novel as well. 

Was Nero's chef named Fritz, or was he the Orchid Guy?

BTW...I was hoping your alias was a reference to the great Nero.

Fer-de-Lance, welcome!

[Dave the Cook]

Welcome, ferdelance.

Fer-de-lance is Rex Stout's first Nero Wolfe novel as well.

Was Nero's chef named Fritz, or was he the Orchid Guy?

BTW...I was hoping your alias was a reference to the great Nero.

Fer-de-Lance, welcome!

Fritz was the chef, Theodore was the orchid guy.

(I should have known you'd be a fan, Maggie.)

[maggiethecat]

Fritz was the chef, Theodore was the orchid guy.

(I should have known you'd be a fan, Maggie.)

Well, back atcha, Dave. Ooooh That Archie. Still one of my literary studmuffins...as he was when I was twelve!

Remember the scrambled eggs? I sort of disagree with Nero on that one.

[Dave the Cook]

Remember the scrambled eggs?  I sort of disagree with Nero on that one.

You disagree:

- when Nero generously allows that no mere housewife could be expected to spend 45 minutes making them? King of the left-handed complement, wasn't he?

or

- that they should take 45 minutes in the first place?

I believe I may call you Lily from now on.

[maggiethecat]

I believe I may call you Lily from now on.

You may call me Lily any old time(my smilies aren't working, or I'd have the blushing one here!)

I disagree with the 45 minute thing...didn't Guerard make a big deal out of this too? So not worth it.

And Nero didn't hand out compliments to women much anyway.

[Dave the Cook]

I disagree with the 45 minute thing...didn't Guerard make a big deal out of this too?  So not worth it.

Yeah, also Nathalie Dupree (maybe she adapted -- it's her style). It was in trying her method that I realized that even renowned chefs can be full of it sometimes.

No, Nero wasn't much for the ladies. But that particular episode is amusing because he so obviously felt that he was being generous to housewives, and at the same time belittling their skill. One of Stout's more deft turns.

And so another biothread is hijacked. Sorry, ferdelance.