"Michael Plant" > wrote in message
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> Alex digy.net4/5/06
>
>
>> ah,
>>
>> Calm down.
>> Comparing something that one knows many people enjoy with a pile of
>> rotting
>> wet laundry is bad manners.
>> I think she, actually, agreed.
>>
>> Sasha.
>
> Putting manners aside for the moment, Kombu is a thick leafed seaweed
> I've often used as a thickener in soups.A kelp. I love seaweeds of all
> kinds. Yum. Know nothing about this as a ferment, but why the hell not.
> How
> about "trasi" -- I *know* I spelled that wrong -- a Thai condiment for
> cooking made of thoroughly rotted shrimp. Nothing is more delicious.
> Double
> yum. As for tongue, it was a staple in my house growinig up, and might
> explain me, at least to some extent.
>
> Now about the pile of wet laundry blanketed in saurerkraut, that was kvas.
> You're thinking of the wrong thing. Kvas is Triple Yummy! OTW!! OTU!!!
>
> Michael
>

Seaweeds are very good and tasty. The contemporary problem with them, same
as with mollusks and crustaceans is, of course, pollution.
My friends in Abkhazia are patiently waiting for your onions.

Sasha.