OT Mario Nebbits, again : was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Cracked Barley

[Olwen the Odd]

>Also sprach Olwen the Odd:
>
>>What's a Mario Nebbits?  Some kind of cracker?
>>Olwen, the ignorant
>
>Someone (I could be wrong, but the name Liadnan of Sparrowhaven comes
>to mind, rightly or wrongly -- in which case I apologize) had
>subscribed to the cooks' list via a work account (a bank, I think),
>and then gone to Pennsic or on some other trip, leaving an automatic
>e-mail reply function in effect. The gist was that this person was
>away from her desk, and would be for a while, and if anybody had a
>problem they should contact Mario Nebbits, the sysadmin. So, for each
>post that arrived at the person's account, the cook's list got a
>separate auto-reply telling us to contact Mario Nebbits. Posts in
>which people complained about the Mario Nebbits auto-reply generated
>still more auto-replies. So, at one point, a couple of years ago, we
>had an unusually high traffic on the cooks' list during Pennsic
>(usually, of course, it's low), mostly posts either from, to, or
>about Mario Nebbits. Whom none of us had ever met, seen, or spoken
>to. But eventually there was some speculation on this list about
>Mario Nebbits' mama, appearance, sexual proclivities, personal
>hygiene, and method of eating asparagus.
>
>Some people will do anything to keep a list going during Pennsic ;-).
>And then, of course, we could always discuss Twinkies, again.
>
>Adamantius

Ah.  Well, thanks for clearing that up for me!

As far as what you folks may want to talk about, might I suggest how to make
a nice marzipan pizza?  I have begun doing weird things with marzipan to try
and recreate the nasty greasy cheese thing.  Any suggestions?  Glycerine
seems to work pretty well, anyone ever tried baking a marzipan/glycerine
combo?  I'm afraid to.  But I will.  Also, anyone have any say about using
shortbread vs. marzipan for the crust?  This is on someone's wish list of
things for me to do.  I dispise pizza and gag ever time I think about it, so
this should be quite a challenge for me on a more personal level.  I shall
have to be in the presence of one for hours to get this colour/texture thing
down right.
Olwen

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