About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
not horrible, but it wasn't very good.

M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.

My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.

On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>
> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>
> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>
>
When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
spiders and shit like that.
Gooks!

In article >,
says...


>
> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> > late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> > and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> > Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> > not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
> >
> > M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> > go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> > try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> > similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> > was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> > entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
> >
> > My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> > that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> > drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> > milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> > after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> > me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> > he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
> >
> >
> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
> spiders and shit like that.
> Gooks!

They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
sandwich".

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On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>
>>
>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>>>
>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>>>
>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>>>
>>>
>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
>> spiders and shit like that.
>> Gooks!
>
> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> sandwich".
>
Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
They taste like chicken.

In article >,
says...


>
> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> >>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> >>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> >>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> >>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
> >>>
> >>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> >>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> >>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> >>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> >>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> >>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
> >>>
> >>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> >>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> >>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> >>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> >>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> >>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> >>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
> >> spiders and shit like that.
> >> Gooks!
> >
> > They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> > sandwich".
> >
> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
> They taste like chicken.

They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.

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On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:10:34 -0500, Checkmate, DoW #1
> wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>
>
>>
>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for
>> a
>> > late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food
>> before
>> > and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>> > Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It
>> was
>> > not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>> >
>> > M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like
>> to
>> > go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>> > try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>> > similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>> > was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap.
>> Their
>> > entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>> >
>> > My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>> > that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>> > drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>> > milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three
>> hours
>> > after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He
>> told
>> > me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
>> > he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the
>> evening.
>> >
>> >
>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
>> spiders and shit like that.
>> Gooks!
>
> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> sandwich".
>

and a side of the e. coli fries.

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On 2/4/2016 9:26 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>
>>
>> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
>>>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
>>>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>>>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
>>>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>>>>>
>>>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
>>>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>>>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>>>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>>>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
>>>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>>>>>
>>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
>>>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
>>>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
>>>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
>>>> spiders and shit like that.
>>>> Gooks!
>>>
>>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>>> sandwich".
>>>
>> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
>> They taste like chicken.
>
> They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.
>

No, they don't. If you were there you wood know.

On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 2:03:04 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>
> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>
> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.

I have put egale brand condensed milk in french press coffee before.

On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:55:58 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 02:03:07 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>>
>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>
>Heaven forbid you should actually mention what you ate, this time nor
>last time you made this useless announcement.
>
>-sw

By now you must realize that Smith never mentions any details, which
makes him difficult to believe about anything he claims. Honest
people would have mentioned the name of the dishes, and given at least
a brief description and listed the major ingredients. Most likely it
was the Nam shit eating river catfish burger at a fast food joint with
a packet of long-time-nooky-GI gloppy gook hooker sauce of his dreams.
If Smith possessed even an ounce of resourcefulness he would have
posted the URL to the Canuck Gook Crystal Palace menu.
Tonight I have medium rare eye round with buttered green beans and
baked red skin spuds... second half of last night's dinner. Eye round
is all thinly sliced, made a half cup of creamy horseradish sauce to
go with. Just added a few more frozen green beans to the dish and
gave em a zap in the nucker. Red skinned spuds are very good baked...
last week the market in town had Green Giant 5 lb bags BOGO, separated
the biguns from the small ones... biguns are better baked.

In article >,
says...


>
> On 2/4/2016 9:26 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> says...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> >>>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> >>>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> >>>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> >>>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> >>>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> >>>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> >>>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> >>>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> >>>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> >>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> >>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> >>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> >>>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> >>>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> >>>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
> >>>> spiders and shit like that.
> >>>> Gooks!
> >>>
> >>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> >>> sandwich".
> >>>
> >> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
> >> They taste like chicken.
> >
> > They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.
> >
>
> No, they don't. If you were there you wood know.

I was there, and we didn't eat rats.

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At Jamestown that 1 winter they ate dogs, cats, rats and each other.

On 2/4/2016 11:41 PM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>
>>
>> On 2/4/2016 9:26 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
>>>>>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
>>>>>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>>>>>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
>>>>>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
>>>>>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>>>>>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>>>>>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>>>>>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
>>>>>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>>>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>>>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>>>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
>>>>>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
>>>>>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
>>>>>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
>>>>>> spiders and shit like that.
>>>>>> Gooks!
>>>>>
>>>>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>>>>> sandwich".
>>>>>
>>>> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
>>>> They taste like chicken.
>>>
>>> They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.
>>>
>>
>> No, they don't. If you were there you wood know.
>
> I was there, and we didn't eat rats.
>
no, we didn't eat them directly, but the *******s were everywhere.
Vietnamese ate whatever they could find and I've seen rats on a
contraption like you'd cook a whole package of hotdogs on. fur and
all. my pal says they were nutrias and I say mousemeat. Viets ate dog
before mousemeat...and the dogs knew it and treated the locals
accordingly. I took a bit once so I knew I COULD eat it if I HAD to
but I didn't so I DIDN'T. balut maybe...1000yr old eggs...I'd die
first. I'd use fish eyes to catch a whole fish...but I do understand
you eat what is available or you don't eat. I had a messhall and they
didn't. who was better off? who knows. time for breakfast...here
kitty kitty.

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On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:10:34 -0800, in alt.war.vietnam "Checkmate, DoW
#1" > wrote:

>They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>sandwich".

*Nobody* eats rats unless in the last stages of starvation. What you
probably saw were nutria; the first time I saw one, I thought it was a
rat.

Is the singular of "nutria" a "nutrium"?

Jones

On 2/5/2016 5:17 AM, The Milk of Human Kindness wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:10:34 -0800, in alt.war.vietnam "Checkmate, DoW
> #1" > wrote:
>
>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>> sandwich".
>
> *Nobody* eats rats unless in the last stages of starvation. What you
> probably saw were nutria; the first time I saw one, I thought it was a
> rat.
>
> Is the singular of "nutria" a "nutrium"?
>
> Jones
>
IDIOT!

On 2/4/2016 9:41 PM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>
>>
>> On 2/4/2016 9:26 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
>>>>>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
>>>>>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>>>>>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
>>>>>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
>>>>>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>>>>>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>>>>>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>>>>>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
>>>>>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>>>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>>>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>>>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
>>>>>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
>>>>>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
>>>>>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
>>>>>> spiders and shit like that.
>>>>>> Gooks!
>>>>>
>>>>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>>>>> sandwich".
>>>>>
>>>> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
>>>> They taste like chicken.
>>>
>>> They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.
>>>
>>
>> No, they don't. If you were there you wood know.
>
> I was there, and we didn't eat rats.
>

I didn't say you did.
Stay on focus.

In article >, says...


>
> On 2/4/2016 11:41 PM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On 2/4/2016 9:26 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> says...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> >>>>> In article >,
> >>>>> says...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>>>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> >>>>>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> >>>>>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> >>>>>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> >>>>>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> >>>>>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> >>>>>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> >>>>>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> >>>>>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> >>>>>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> >>>>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> >>>>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> >>>>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> >>>>>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> >>>>>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> >>>>>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
> >>>>>> spiders and shit like that.
> >>>>>> Gooks!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> >>>>> sandwich".
> >>>>>
> >>>> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
> >>>> They taste like chicken.
> >>>
> >>> They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.
> >>>
> >>
> >> No, they don't. If you were there you wood know.
> >
> > I was there, and we didn't eat rats.
> >
> no, we didn't eat them directly, but the *******s were everywhere.
> Vietnamese ate whatever they could find and I've seen rats on a
> contraption like you'd cook a whole package of hotdogs on. fur and
> all. my pal says they were nutrias and I say mousemeat. Viets ate dog
> before mousemeat...and the dogs knew it and treated the locals
> accordingly. I took a bit once so I knew I COULD eat it if I HAD to
> but I didn't so I DIDN'T. balut maybe...1000yr old eggs...I'd die
> first. I'd use fish eyes to catch a whole fish...but I do understand
> you eat what is available or you don't eat. I had a messhall and they
> didn't. who was better off? who knows. time for breakfast...here
> kitty kitty.

Balut is an egg with an almost fully grown embryo in it... usually duck
eggs. Filipinos love them. They also like anchovy sauce, which is made
from totally rotten fish, and smells absolutely horrid. I don't know
how they can eat it without dying of food poisoning. Then there's the
dried rotten fish. When they cook that shit, it'll stink up the entire
house for a week.

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In article >, ¡
says...


>
> On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:10:34 -0800, in alt.war.vietnam "Checkmate, DoW
> #1" > wrote:
>
> >They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> >sandwich".
>
> *Nobody* eats rats unless in the last stages of starvation. What you
> probably saw were nutria; the first time I saw one, I thought it was a
> rat.
>
> Is the singular of "nutria" a "nutrium"?
>
> Jones

Nutrias look like rats, only they're giant-sized rats. I don't know how
they got the name "nutria," because they don't look like they should
have anything to do with nutrition, unless you're a python.

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In article >,
The Milk of Human Kindness > wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:10:34 -0800, in alt.war.vietnam "Checkmate, DoW
> #1" > wrote:
>
> >They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> >sandwich".
>
> *Nobody* eats rats unless in the last stages of starvation. What you
> probably saw were nutria; the first time I saw one, I thought it was a
> rat.

nutria
foiled again


(must be foil
plastic is not an oxygen barrier)

arf meow arf - everything thing i know i learned
from the collective unconscience of odd bodkins
sacramento - political pigsty of the western world
or a babys arm holding an apple

On 2/5/2016 7:17 AM, The Milk of Human Kindness wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:10:34 -0800, in alt.war.vietnam "Checkmate, DoW
> #1" > wrote:
>
>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>> sandwich".
>
> *Nobody* eats rats unless in the last stages of starvation. What you
> probably saw were nutria; the first time I saw one, I thought it was a
> rat.
>
> Is the singular of "nutria" a "nutrium"?
>
> Jones
>
there were no grocery stores open in Kontum during the Easter
Offensive..most of the Vietnamese there were from the north unless SVN
soldiers. there were massive efforts to keep the rice flowing but the
locals were on their own for anything else. dogs were scarce...fooking
SVN ate our camp dogs. while nutria may have been in yer area the viets
and 'yards had the mouses. mebbe itty bitty nutria but these were less
than a pound and the adult nutria can be over 10lbs. mouse (polite for
RAT) I say <G>

¡jonesy were you on the local economy in Vung Tao in 72? I missed my
R&R but wound up in Thailand. damn my sorry luck. <G>

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¡Greedy > wrote:
>
>this post was 'cat-scanned' by Turd Blossom the Wonder Cat. if there's
>a mistake he musta been off in the litter box.

You have a male cat named Turd Blossom... gotta be a faggot feline
that's into anal... no wondering about it! LOL-LOL

Breast Milk of Human Kindness On Tap wrote:
>Checkmate wrote:
>
>>They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>>sandwich".
>
>*Nobody* eats rats unless in the last stages of starvation. What you
>probably saw were nutria; the first time I saw one, I thought it was a
>rat.

Nutrias are rodents, ie. rats... they have a face only a rat fink
mommy can love:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.co...ammals/nutria/

On 2/5/2016 1:04 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> ¡Greedy > wrote:
>>
(cross-posting snipped)

Why are you feeding the Trolls?!

Jill

I've eatten squirrels and if they didn't have furry tails they'd look like giant rats.

On 2/5/2016 9:06 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> In article >, says...
>
>
>>
>> On 2/4/2016 11:41 PM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/4/2016 9:26 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
>>>>>>> In article >,
>>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
>>>>>>>>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
>>>>>>>>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
>>>>>>>>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
>>>>>>>>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
>>>>>>>>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
>>>>>>>>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
>>>>>>>>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
>>>>>>>>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
>>>>>>>>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>>>>>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>>>>>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>>>>>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
>>>>>>>>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
>>>>>>>>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
>>>>>>>>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
>>>>>>>> spiders and shit like that.
>>>>>>>> Gooks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>>>>>>> sandwich".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
>>>>>> They taste like chicken.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, they don't. If you were there you wood know.
>>>
>>> I was there, and we didn't eat rats.
>>>
>> no, we didn't eat them directly, but the *******s were everywhere.
>> Vietnamese ate whatever they could find and I've seen rats on a
>> contraption like you'd cook a whole package of hotdogs on. fur and
>> all. my pal says they were nutrias and I say mousemeat. Viets ate dog
>> before mousemeat...and the dogs knew it and treated the locals
>> accordingly. I took a bit once so I knew I COULD eat it if I HAD to
>> but I didn't so I DIDN'T. balut maybe...1000yr old eggs...I'd die
>> first. I'd use fish eyes to catch a whole fish...but I do understand
>> you eat what is available or you don't eat. I had a messhall and they
>> didn't. who was better off? who knows. time for breakfast...here
>> kitty kitty.
>
> Balut is an egg with an almost fully grown embryo in it... usually duck
> eggs. Filipinos love them. They also like anchovy sauce, which is made
> from totally rotten fish, and smells absolutely horrid. I don't know
> how they can eat it without dying of food poisoning. Then there's the
> dried rotten fish. When they cook that shit, it'll stink up the entire
> house for a week.
>
bought duck eggs for my 'date' one lovely evening in Saigon....when she
started on em I started quacking like a duck and for a moment thought
she'd choked. amazing how they can judge the age of the embryo. the
Thais had a fish sauce as well but it was manageable I suppose it was
all like the kim-chee in Korea. ya's got to do something to give rice
some kinda taste. pee-yew

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On 2/5/2016 12:04 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> ¡Greedy > wrote:
>>
>> this post was 'cat-scanned' by Turd Blossom the Wonder Cat. if there's
>> a mistake he musta been off in the litter box.
>
> You have a male cat named Turd Blossom... gotta be a faggot feline
> that's into anal... no wondering about it! LOL-LOL
>
I got him about the time someone disclosed GWB's nickname for his buddy
Karl Rove. looking at Rove he does kinda resemble someone's sphincter.
TB ain't into anything but cat food as he got 'fixed' before he
'broke' anything.

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On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 9:03:04 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>
> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>
> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.

My son took me to a Vietnamese restaurant. The food was pretty good. You know it's real Vietnamese when there's chickens walking through the kitchen.

Lets face it. Vietnamese coffee probably isn't for Americans or old geezers. It's not for Americans because it takes too ding-dang long to brew a cup. It's not for old geezers because it's a wee bit too potent - but you already found that out.

Gong Hee Fat Choy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IGxH_cfl10

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 10:42:37 -0800 (PST), wrote:

>I've eatten squirrels and if they didn't have furry tails they'd look like giant rats.

Some humans do too.

--
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On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.

Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
because it gets habit-forming really quickly.

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:49:29 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>
> > My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> > that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> > drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> > milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
>
> Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
> because it gets habit-forming really quickly.
>
I have a Vietnamese coffee drip on my Amazon wish list and might even
buy it one of these days. Not sure why a French press wouldn't work
just as well, but they're under $10 - so it's not a huge investment.
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/vietnamese-iced-coffee


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On 2016-02-05 22:33:48 +0000, sf said:

> On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:49:29 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>>
>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
>>
>> Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
>> because it gets habit-forming really quickly.
>>
> I have a Vietnamese coffee drip on my Amazon wish list and might even
> buy it one of these days. Not sure why a French press wouldn't work
> just as well, but they're under $10 - so it's not a huge investment.
> http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/vietnamese-iced-coffee

After the repulsion phase, then the addiction phase, we got a couple of
them. Little Saigon is a couple of miles down the street from here so
they were quickly encountered in a kitchen supply store. We picked up
a can of condensed milk and it was great. That was about 15 years ago...

At least it didn't have a AC line, take up a square foot of counter
space and cost $200.

On 2016-02-05 3:49 PM, gtr wrote:
> On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>
>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
>
> Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
> because it gets habit-forming really quickly.

I was under the impression that it was condensed milk. I didn't know it
was sweetened condensed milk. I drink my coffee black. I don't mind a
bit of cream in it, or foamed milk in a latte, but I really prefer
coffee not to be sweetened. If I have it again I will be sure to do it
much earlier in the day. It is probably a good way to start the day.

On 2016-02-05 5:33 PM, sf wrote:

> I have a Vietnamese coffee drip on my Amazon wish list and might even
> buy it one of these days. Not sure why a French press wouldn't work
> just as well, but they're under $10 - so it's not a huge investment.
> http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/vietnamese-iced-coffee
>

This looks like the gizmo I had mine served with.
http://www.trung-nguyen-online.com/a...fee-filter.php

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 18:14:17 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2016-02-05 5:33 PM, sf wrote:
>
> > I have a Vietnamese coffee drip on my Amazon wish list and might even
> > buy it one of these days. Not sure why a French press wouldn't work
> > just as well, but they're under $10 - so it's not a huge investment.
> > http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/vietnamese-iced-coffee
> >
>
> This looks like the gizmo I had mine served with.
> http://www.trung-nguyen-online.com/a...fee-filter.php
>
Yes, that's what it is.

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On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 18:10:50 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2016-02-05 3:49 PM, gtr wrote:
> > On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
> >
> >> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> >> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> >> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> >> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
> >
> > Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
> > because it gets habit-forming really quickly.
>
> I was under the impression that it was condensed milk. I didn't know it
> was sweetened condensed milk. I drink my coffee black. I don't mind a
> bit of cream in it, or foamed milk in a latte, but I really prefer
> coffee not to be sweetened. If I have it again I will be sure to do it
> much earlier in the day. It is probably a good way to start the day.
>
>
You're confusing evaporated milk with condensed milk. They use
condensed milk, not evaporated. If it's not made with condensed milk,
then it's not Vietnamese coffee, it's just coffee.

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On 2/5/2016 1:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-02-05 3:49 PM, gtr wrote:
>> On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>>
>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
>>
>> Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
>> because it gets habit-forming really quickly.
>
> I was under the impression that it was condensed milk. I didn't know it
> was sweetened condensed milk. I drink my coffee black. I don't mind a
> bit of cream in it, or foamed milk in a latte, but I really prefer
> coffee not to be sweetened. If I have it again I will be sure to do it
> much earlier in the day. It is probably a good way to start the day.
>
>
>

"Sweetened condensed milk" is as redundant as "non-sweetened evaporated
milk." Condensed milk always contains enough sugar to make it a thick,
viscous, fluid. Evaporated milk has no sugar added. The US and Canada
does not have much of a history with condensed milk, probably because of
the relative ease of getting fresh milk and access to refrigeration.
OTOH, condensed milk would be pretty good survival food because it's
packed with calories.

On 2016-02-05 6:25 PM, sf wrote:

>> I was under the impression that it was condensed milk. I didn't know it
>> was sweetened condensed milk. I drink my coffee black. I don't mind a
>> bit of cream in it, or foamed milk in a latte, but I really prefer
>> coffee not to be sweetened. If I have it again I will be sure to do it
>> much earlier in the day. It is probably a good way to start the day.
>>
>>
> You're confusing evaporated milk with condensed milk. They use
> condensed milk, not evaporated. If it's not made with condensed milk,
> then it's not Vietnamese coffee, it's just coffee.
>
Sorry, but I am used to labels that say Sweetened Condensed milk.

On 2016-02-05 6:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 2/5/2016 1:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-02-05 3:49 PM, gtr wrote:
>>> On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>>>
>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
>>>
>>> Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
>>> because it gets habit-forming really quickly.
>>
>> I was under the impression that it was condensed milk. I didn't know it
>> was sweetened condensed milk. I drink my coffee black. I don't mind a
>> bit of cream in it, or foamed milk in a latte, but I really prefer
>> coffee not to be sweetened. If I have it again I will be sure to do it
>> much earlier in the day. It is probably a good way to start the day.
>>
>>
>>
>
> "Sweetened condensed milk" is as redundant as "non-sweetened evaporated
> milk." Condensed milk always contains enough sugar to make it a thick,
> viscous, fluid. Evaporated milk has no sugar added. The US and Canada
> does not have much of a history with condensed milk, probably because of
> the relative ease of getting fresh milk and access to refrigeration.

But who'd have thought that there would be such a high ratio of SCM to
coffee? I was sort of surprised when the waitress brought the glass with
the drop gizmo on top and there was so much SCM in it. It looked like
close to half a can.



> OTOH, condensed milk would be pretty good survival food because it's
> packed with calories.

Most times when I see an open can of SCM I think of a childhood
neighbour who had spend close to 4 years in a Japanese POW camp and
telling about getting Red Cross packages and how he savored the SCM,
pantomiming scraping the can with his finger to get every last little
bit of it.

On Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:14:36 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>Nutrias are rodents, ie. rats... they have a face only a rat fink
>mommy can love:

Well, rats are rodents; however, I don't think that all rodents are
rats.

I wouldn't care to eat one, anyway.

On 2/5/2016 2:25 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-02-05 6:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 2/5/2016 1:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2016-02-05 3:49 PM, gtr wrote:
>>>> On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>>>>
>>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
>>>>
>>>> Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
>>>> because it gets habit-forming really quickly.
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that it was condensed milk. I didn't know it
>>> was sweetened condensed milk. I drink my coffee black. I don't mind a
>>> bit of cream in it, or foamed milk in a latte, but I really prefer
>>> coffee not to be sweetened. If I have it again I will be sure to do it
>>> much earlier in the day. It is probably a good way to start the day.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> "Sweetened condensed milk" is as redundant as "non-sweetened evaporated
>> milk." Condensed milk always contains enough sugar to make it a thick,
>> viscous, fluid. Evaporated milk has no sugar added. The US and Canada
>> does not have much of a history with condensed milk, probably because of
>> the relative ease of getting fresh milk and access to refrigeration.
>
> But who'd have thought that there would be such a high ratio of SCM to
> coffee? I was sort of surprised when the waitress brought the glass with
> the drop gizmo on top and there was so much SCM in it. It looked like
> close to half a can.

I agree, they do put a lot of that stuff in their coffee. I don't know
how those lactose intolerant Asians can stomach it. I certainly can't.
OTOH, I've made toast with peanut butter and condensed milk on top. Damn
that's tasty!

>
>
>
>> OTOH, condensed milk would be pretty good survival food because it's
>> packed with calories.
>
> Most times when I see an open can of SCM I think of a childhood
> neighbour who had spend close to 4 years in a Japanese POW camp and
> telling about getting Red Cross packages and how he savored the SCM,
> pantomiming scraping the can with his finger to get every last little
> bit of it.
>

I can see how that would be highly prized.

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 13:26:50 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:
> >
>
> "Sweetened condensed milk" is as redundant as "non-sweetened evaporated
> milk."

Agree.

> Condensed milk always contains enough sugar to make it a thick,
> viscous, fluid. Evaporated milk has no sugar added. The US and Canada
> does not have much of a history with condensed milk, probably because of
> the relative ease of getting fresh milk and access to refrigeration.
> OTOH, condensed milk would be pretty good survival food because it's
> packed with calories.

I make an excellent tres leches flan that contains no sugar other than
the condensed milk.

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