SC - distillation

[LrdRas@aol.com]

> Newbie here. ::Waves to everyone::

Hi.  I'm not far ahead of you.

> Verjuice and Cardoon?  And how does one go about asking for a half a
> cup of blood at the supermarket?  LOL This sounds like a Kodak
> moment.......

Verjuice, IIRC, is a sour grape juice.  I've seen mention that it can
substituted for by adding lemon juice to grape juice.

Cardoon I know not.  Possibly an alternate spelling of cardamom?

As for the blood ... that's one of the advantages of killing your own
feast.  The mutton I recently served held a special interest for me.
I met it on the hoof, in the field.  I looked in its eyes and saw the
life I was about to take, which (unless you grew up on a farm) tends
to rattle you a bit.  The sheep's owner and I killed, skinned and
butchered it.  Except for the mercifully quick dispatching by .22, it
felt very period.  It has a very satisfying "from scratch" appeal.
IMHO _far_ too many people never consider the origins of meat past the
styrofoam and plastic wrap.  I'm ranting.  I'll stop.

Anyway, killing beats yourself is a great way to get blood
(unavoidable, in fact).  You could also visit your local
slaughterhouse.

> Iu'liana

Two sheep next time,
____________________________________________________________
Iyad ibn Bisharo, Shire of Easaraigh, Kingdom of Meridies
Chip Allen, Cookeville, TN
jallen at multipro.com


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