[Sca-cooks] A Culinary Groaner...

[S CLEMENGER]

Oh, man....that's a good one....
--Maire, simultaneously groaning and giggling....
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  From: Laura C. Minnick<mailto:lcm at jeffnet.org> 
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  Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:17 AM
  Subject: [Sca-cooks] A Culinary Groaner...



  >Variety is the Very Spice
  >
  >Famed British botanist Lord Ramsbottom successfully hybridized a
  >cumin plant with a strain of coriander. The result was a cultivar
  >that had a very unusual and highly desirable seed. The plant, when
  >exhibited at local shows, won many awards. Lord Ramsbottom was so
  >thrilled with his new hybrid that he showed the award-winning herb at
  >the Royal Horticultural Society Exhibition at Kew Gardens in London.
  >
  >One of the visitors to the exhibition was the owner of several
  >greengrocer stores around London. His name was Abe Shapiro and he had
  >found prosperity in England after emigrating from Minsk and working
  >long and hard. Abe's knowledge of the market for herbs and spices was
  >legendary and he was asked how he thought the newly developed strain
  >would do in the marketplace.
  >
  >He responded, "Vell, I t'ink it's a vunderful ting, dis new herb. So
  >unusual. I can't belief dat mine eyes haff seen the cory, and der
  >cumin of da Lord."