[Sca-cooks] Re: *sigh*

Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Wed Sep 25 21:28:40 PDT 2002


Also sprach A F Murphy:
>And a friend sent me this... without even knowing that we had discussed,
>shall we say, alternative food products. Says he doesn't remember where
>he got it.
>
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>Thought you'd like this one!
>
>Re: Interesting Chinese Foods
>">WOTON in hot oil - $3.75
>Ah, yes, it's been a while since I've seen a Chinese restaurant offer
>this delicacy, brought to them by the Vikings when they sailed their
>longships up the Yellow River....
>I'm surprised they actually serve it, since (if I remember correctly)
>gods fall under the "Endangered Species Act" and it's illegal to
>import them for consumption....probably the restaurant uses imitation
>gods, made out of cornstarch and marzipan..."
>
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>Is that Olwen's next project?

My brother encountered something called "wanton soup" on a restaurant
menu in Annapolis a year or so ago. We speculated mightily on the
secret ingredients when he told me about it.

Adamantius

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