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Default bouillabaisse for one

jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/17/2013 8:14 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:33:57 -0500, Earl > wrote:
>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 12/15/2013 1:50 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>>>> On 12/15/2013 1:26 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On 12/15/2013 12:47 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:45:25 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:27:17 -0500, jmcquown
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> True, but as I mentioned to Dave, picking the meat out of mussel
>>>>>>>>>> shells
>>>>>>>>> >from a bowl of soup also sounds terribly messy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So then you've never actually eaten mussels... eating mussels is
>>>>>>>>> no more messy than eating shrimp or chicken... in fact eating
>>>>>>>>> mussles
>>>>>>>>> is not messy at all, the shells pop open and the meat practically
>>>>>>>>> falls out on its own... you don't need to touch them other
>>>>>>>>> than with
>>>>>>>>> your fork... you do use silverware?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Uh, you still have to pry them away from the adductor, which
>>>>>>>> usually
>>>>>>>> requires some stable leverage by holding the shell lightly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All I was saying is I don't like the idea of picking shellfish
>>>>>>> out of
>>>>>>> hot soup to get to the meat from the bivalve.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So pick the meat out before serving if it icks you out to do at
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> dinner table.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, sure. I'm not really a fish soup fan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mussels are not obligatory in Bouillabaisse or Italian Cioppino. I've
>>>>> had both without the shellfish. You are really missing out if you
>>>>> don't
>>>>> like fish soups by which I also mean the different varieties of Clam
>>>>> Chowder and soups from Mexico and Thailand. I have to admit that
>>>>> shell
>>>>> fish and crustaceans are "fish" to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I love clam chowder but I've only made it once. (Seems to me I got
>>>> the recipe from gloriap years ago.) I had some wonderful NE style
>>>> clam chowder at The Naked Fish when I was on a business trip in
>>>> Waltham, MA. Good stuff! But that's about the extent of my interest
>>>> in "fish soup".
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> Waitresses take business trips?

>>
>> Sometimes they meet a pinky ring.
>>

> (I have no idea what that means, Sheldon.)
>
> Since "Earl" thinks he knows so much about me, let's ask: in what
> years was I a waitress? I've never denied being a waitress or working
> in restaurants. I've even mentioned how old I was at the time. I'm
> not sure about the point of this stalking. How old was I at the
> time? Come on, spit out the details of my life! You can't. Because
> you don't really know. It's just another silly attempt at trolling.
> By the friend of a lame ass from Zephyrhills.
>
> Jill

Your resume is longer than Lindsay Lohan's rap sheet.