[Sca-cooks] Mistress Huette
Susan Fox
selene at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 29 14:17:23 PDT 2011
Mind if I forward this to Hroar? I think he would get a kick out of it.
Yours in service,
Selene
On 9/28/11 4:24 PM, Johnna Holloway wrote:
> Since hearing the news about Huette's health crisis, I have spent some
> time reading through various notes on and off list to each other over
> the past decade.
>
> I came across this saved post and decided to share it once again with
> this list.
>
> Huette wrote and posted the message below to the list back in March
> 2004.
>
> In addition I also came across this wiki entry which I thought people
> might like to see:
>
> http://wiki.caid-commons.org/index.php/Huette_Aliza_von_und_zu_Ährens_und_Mechthildberg
>
>
> in fond remembrance
>
> Johnnae
>
> From: Huette von Ahrens
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Me, was Eskimo ice cream
> Date: March 29, 2004 4:15:12 AM EST
>
> My favorite color is purple/lavender/lilac. My
> yard is filled with hundreds of iris and roses.
> I have a 30 year old apricot tree that
> consistantly over produces. And a pecan tree
> that used to over produce until the squirrels
> discovered it. I have a pet tortoise named
> Freddie, whom I have had since she was 1 month
> old, but since tortoises don't show their sex
> until they are between 10 and 12 years old, we
> got very used to calling her "him". Sigh. She is
> now 17 and can live to be 60. I never drink
> coffee and only drink tea in the iced form. [I
> know ... blasphemous]. My favorite beverage is
> root beer, preferably a craft brewed one or, if I
> have to have a commercial one, either IBC or
> Barq's. However, I am looking for a British soda
> called "Claret and lemon", but I can't recall the
> manufacturer. My favorite fruit flavoring is
> lime. When I was last in Oz, they had a
> Schweppes Bitter Lime that was to die for, but I
> have never been able to find it here. If
> ordering a mixed drink, it would be either a
> vodka gimlet or a saltless margarita. My
> favorite wines are German moselles. I eat way
> too much chocolate and prefer the
> dark/semi-sweet/bitter versions. And Selene's
> chocolate mousse is to die for. My favorite
> cookie is Pims, of which I agree with Lainie that
> orange is the One True Flavor, although the pear
> is very yummy. I think that the Ozzie Tim-Tams
> are not worth the hype. The four different kinds
> I have eaten were bland and tasteless. [I know
> ... blasphemous]. I have been looking for a
> sandwich cookie from my college years called
> Ginger Peachies, which I only found in vending
> machines. They were a ginger snap with a peach
> flavored cream filling. My favorite candy is
> Applets and Cotlets and all the other flavors
> they make. I adore mushrooms and avocados. My
> favorite cheese is Swiss/Ermantaler. My favorite
> meat is lamb, followed by duck, followed by prime
> rib. I have never met a cuisine that I didn't
> like, but with my capsicum pepper allergy, there
> are more and more that I can no longer eat. I
> adore sushi. My favorite actor is Basil
> Rathbone, followed closely by Alan Rickman,
> Rufus Sewell, and Johnny Depp. My favorite
> comedy group is the Goon Show, followed closely
> by Monty Python. My favorite movie is a tie
> between "The 3 & 4 Musketeers" and "The Court
> Jester", followed by "The Apple War" and "Start
> the Revolution Without Me." My favorite play is
> "The Foreigner" by Larry Shue, and anything by
> Feydeau, Shakespeare and Goldwyn of Britain. My
> favorite TV shows are "WKRP in Cincinnati", "Dark
> Shadows" and Jeopardy. I collect hand-wrought
> aluminum ware from the '40s and '50s, art glass
> paperweights, etchings and cheap touristy wooden
> Viking dolls. I cook, sew,
> emboider/needlepoint/do bargello, dance,
> calligraph, play period board games, and ride
> herd on half a dozen very talented apprentices.
>
> Is that enough? Or shall I go on?
>
> Huette
>
>
>
> --- Sue Clemenger <mooncat at in-tch.com> wrote:
>> Silly! Not like that! Stuff like Lainie liking
>> the color orange, and my
>> fondness for kitty-cats, and whether you eat
>> chocolate, and do you
>> prefer coffee or tea. Silly personal stuff.
>> Sometimes personal bits come across on the list
>> and sometimes they
>> don't, ya know? As "loud" as I am, sometimes, I
>> bet most folk don't know
>> (or care) about similar, minor details of my
>> life.
>> --maire
>
>
> =====
> Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they
> shall never cease to be amused.
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