On Oct 30, 11:27*pm, "Paco" > wrote:
> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> > On Oct 30, 7:59 pm, Bryan > wrote:
> >> On Oct 30, 6:59 pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
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> >> > On Oct 30, 6:51 pm, Bryan > wrote:
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> >> > > On Oct 30, 6:31 pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
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> >> > > > On Oct 30, 6:21 pm, Bryan > wrote:
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> >> > > > > On Oct 30, 6:16 pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
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> >> > > > > > On Oct 30, 4:36 pm, "Felice" > wrote:
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> >> > > > > > > "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> >> > > > > > > >I fried up 5 strips of Straub's bacon to render the fat to
> >> > > > > > > >brown 3
> >> > > > > > > > large red chopped onions and 4 or 5 large cloves of garlic
> >> > > > > > > > (pressed)
> >> > > > > > > > to put in my batch of "baked" beans I'm making, and I've
> >> > > > > > > > eaten 4 of
> >> > > > > > > > the 5 strips so far.
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> >> > > > > > > > That 5th strip of doomed! :-) MmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
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> >> > > > > > > > Bacon! YUM! :-)
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> >> > > > > > > But that's OK, John. Hadn't you convinced yourself by the
> >> > > > > > > third strip that
> >> > > > > > > the fat was sufficient to flavor the beans?
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> >> > > > > > > Felice
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> >> > > > > > Oh, I knew none of this bacon would end up in the beans. It's
> >> > > > > > just too
> >> > > > > > good all by itself, and it's my reward for cooking up the batch
> >> > > > > > of
> >> > > > > > beans. Cooks get the goodies! :-)
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> >> > > > > I had almost a pound (precooked weight) of bacon with a bunch of
> >> > > > > tomatoes I picked to beat the frost. *It was Hunter brand, and
> >> > > > > not the
> >> > > > > best, but still wonderful. *My pre-breakfast was a couple of
> >> > > > > scrambled
> >> > > > > eggs.
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> >> > > > > > John Kuthe...
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> >> > > > > --Bryan
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> >> > > > Like I said you gotta try a LB of Sraub's bacon. I'll buy a LB and
> >> > > > bring it over if we make B(A?)LTs this time rather than diverting
> >> > > > to
> >> > > > brats like happened last time.
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> >> > > > Let me know.
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> >> > > If my Juliet tomatoes, which are covered with plastic, produce some
> >> > > more great stuff, I'll take you up on that. *I don't know why thoseu
> >> > > are billed as early season. *They are astoundingly vigorous
> >> > > indeterminate vines that produce like crazy in late Summer until
> >> > > frost, but I never get much from them until late July. *Hey, you're
> >> > > coming to my 50th B-day party, right?
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> >> > Yeah, right after I visit Williams-Sonoma in Plaza Frontenac to see
> >> > Nigella Lawson and get her to sign a copy of her new book "Nigella
> >> > Kitchen":
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> >> >http://www.stltoday.com/entertainmen...s/off-the-menu....
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> >> > I sure with I had a Chocolate Covered Cherry to give her. Maybe I
> >> > should make up a small batch and make her a special off-season
> >> > Christmas Gift just because I can! But I don't think any stores have
> >> > fresh cherries this time of year. They get Chilean cherries in for
> >> > Christmas, that's how I get them then. I will have to investigate.
> >> > Maybe Straub's might have them! I would love to give Nigella some of
> >> > my Chocolate Covered Cherries because I know she would love them.
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> >> While your Chocolate Covered Cherries truly are spectacular, they've
> >> never given me the kind of feelings that I know you'd like Ms. Lawson
> >> to have for you
> >> Of course I'm pretty far to the hetero side of the continuum.
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> > Not for me, for the Chocolate Covered Cherries! I have a female
> > boating friend who calls them "orgasms" and I love making them for her
> > for that reason, She loves them the same way I love them. And I think
> > Nigella would too. And if it would lead to more between me and
> > Nigella, all the better! In my wildest fantasies I imagine Nigella and
> > I falling in love after she tries one of my Chocolate Covered Cherries
> > and we live happily ever after. But I doubt that would ever happen.
> > But I do have the very real opportunity to make and give her some, and
> > I know she would be very impressed with them. And that would be good
> > enough for me!
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> > Let's see: ride down to Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate for some dark
> > chocolate, scope out where I can get some fresh cherries, I have the
> > Cherry Kijafa and Chambord and all the other ingredients except for
> > grocery store stuff, the weather's cool enough to make this
> > happen...:-) I think it may happen!
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> > If it does, I'll save you some for your birthday! :-)
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> > John Kuthe...
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> Oh, for God's sake.
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> Get the hint?

Gee. We both use gmail. That's too much of a coincidence. Or is it
that we both use our real names, Steve?

--Bryan