[Sca-cooks] Procrastinating while the caffeine kicks in...

[Sue Clemenger]

_Iron_ Goddess of Mercy tea? Is that a caffeined up version of the
Goddess of Mercy tea I like? I agree, it's wonderful, subtle stuff....
What's sopresatta?
In some of the stuff I've read about various solid pastes and such made
from quinces, they are sometimes referred to as "cheeses."  I've got
references in English texts about it (although some of them are OOP).
That may be why your confections were being sold at the cheese counter.
--Maire (who battles sleep deprivation with Jolt cola--all that sugar,
and twice the caffeine <g>)

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>
> Hullo, the list!
>
> So here I am, waiting for the caffeine contained in the enormous thermal
> carafe of Iron Goddess of Mercy tea (a very subtle, whole-leaf green
> tea, not the kind that dissolves the enamel off your teeth, although
> this batch is rather strong) to enter my bloodstream and make a night of
> 12th-Night-related paperwork possible as it sings through my veins...

<snippage>

>
> And the mother of all amazing discoveries (for today, anyway)...
>
> 7-pound loaves of queso de membrillo being sold at the _cheese_ counter.
> This after tentatively promising my kingdom cotignac/quince marmalade
> for 12th Night, only to discover that quince season seems to have ended
> early and rather disappointingly around here. The few quinces I've seen
> have been all spotty, small and rather expensive. It turns out, though,
> that this commercial product contains quinces, sugar, and not much else,
> and isn't significantly more expensive than the weight of quinces I
> would need to produce the same weight in a home-made product, while
> simultaneously saving me the actual prep and production time, as well as
> the cost of the sugar needed. I can either slice it into slabs, or if
> overcome by an attack of free time I can heat it up and remold the stuff.
>
> Oh, and a 10% discount if I buy whole loaves...
>
> Could that be light I see at the end of the tunnel?
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
>
> "It was so blatant that Roger threw at him.  Clemens gets away with
> things that get other people thrown out of games.  As long as they
> let him get away with it, it's going  to continue." -- Joe Torre, 9/98
>
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