Canning/Preservatioon (was Re: SC - Re: Easy period soups?)

[Nicholas Sasso]

On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> "Laura C. Minnick" wrote:
> > 
> > Anyway, while we were going over the bit in the text about the head in
> > the pot of basil, I could not contain myself- raised my hand and said
> > (in Italian) "A testo a pesto?"
> > (Ok- it's funnier in Italian.) Everyone broke up and the professor (a
> > friend of mine) threw her pen at me.
> 
> Funnier because it's a rhyming play on words, I suppose. Roughly, a head
> to pesto, as in the French "a tete a tete", head-to-head.

Bingo, Master A! Somebody give the man a cigar!
 
> On the other hand, I don't see why the brothers should be blamed for
> looking out for their sister's welfare, wanting her to get ahead in the world.

She _got_ a head, and they took it away!
(Bad Master! Bad pun- no biscuit!)
   
> Adamantius (bet you didn't think I could run so fast!)

Not fast enough- I'm mean. Just ask my kids!

'Lainie
(grumpy after spending most of last night in ER with a 14-year-old who
slipped cutting a pie at a party and nearly sliced a finger off...)