scary, eh?

You got that right! I had to flush out my system with green tea when I got home. It is amazing how prevalent white bread is in the 90s....

Hey, guys, have any of you ever read through an Afrikaner cookbook? It's a scream! See, my father was an Afrikaner (yeah, I'm half a Boer, and if anyone blabbers that out on the philosophy conference, I shall never show my face again), and the one thing he was good for, was the knowledge of the language. Anyway, there is this famous Afrikaner cookbook, called 'Kook en geniet' - Cook and Enjoy it. On page 10 (and I have it before me) they have sample menus for a healthy, balanced diet. Here's one of the suggestions . . . and keep in mind this is for a single day. Breakfeast: Pawpaw with lemon Dried meat Scrambled egg Bacon Fried mushrooms cheese omelette Main meal: Roast beef or lamb Roast potatoes Buttered beetroots Buttered green beans or Baked brinjal Leeks with butter Cream carrots Supper: Vegetable soup Stuffed tomatoes on lettuce leaves Wholewheat bread with butter and jam Cottage pie or Meat patties Dried meat Jeesh, and they wonder why they all die before the age of forty!!! Oh, and there are recipies which start with something like: Take one ox . . .

I eat my brinjal raw, thank you. But page 11 has my favorite menu.

Which consists of?

rice and meatballs with a pinch of ree-head that's a peculiarly tasty Australian spice that's usually exported out of Brisbane i wish we could talk sometime

Ree-head is the worst spice in existence. Did you know its core consists of exactly forty eight pips? Yeah, I counted them for myself! They should ban it! It's so . . . so . . . oh, just foul! You want to talk? I wanted to talk to you yesterday, but you weren't listening, so SWEAT, Texas Ranger!

I guess the Afrikaners are not big on vegetarianism? Pawpaws are native to the East coast of the US as well and are quite tasty--they are really making a comeback here. Ree-head? Pips? What language are you speaking??

You don't know ree-head? It's a kind of chilly, but I don't think you get it in America - don't know where Jim knows it from. It's orange, with a funny sort of shape and inside are exactly fourty eight pips. But if you should ever come across it, STAY AWAY! It's the worst spice in the world. Really quite venomous. Oh, and no, you're right. The Afrikaners aren't big on vegetarianism at all. I grew up eating meat for breakfeast, lunch, supper and inbetween, but have pretty much come off it since coming here. I sometimes still crave good meat - hence the meatball week - but only sometimes. I much prefer exotic fruits now - I eat myself sick on them, especially when I suffer from insomnia . . . with dire consequences at times. Tummy aches etc. Pawpaw is one of my favourites. I love that bittersweet taste and all the water in it.

pawpaws...euuwww icky-icky-bad

What? Really? I love slimy things. What's your favourite fruit then, Wer'

blackberries, pears, tangerines, watermelons

mangoes??

oh, stop, you're making me hungry! Especially watermelons. And I like spitting the pips at the girls - we have regular pip-wars!

just yours Stace... I also like cherries and pineapples

Woo WOOOOO! caught me off gaurd with that one REW! (but thanks!)

really, you, off guard, what's preoccupying your lust gland these days?

is lust a gladular secretion?!?!

yours, at times, has made me glad... (ooops, you meant glandular)

*laugh*

http://www.veg.org/veg/

hmm strange codes popping up on my screen . . . virtual necrophilliac blushing, I suppose ...

sorry, Riette, should have also said that that site bills itself as, and I quote: The Vegetarian Pages is intended to be an independent, definitive Internet guide for vegetarians, vegans and others. The Vegetarian Pages hosts many valuable resources too! they're at http://www.veg.org/veg/

ugh! Won't see me there. Sounds far too healthy!

Cool! I'll scheck it out.

Oh dear, you're one of those guys who live on lettuce and water? I find that very scary.

no, he eats at the restaurant, also

lettuce?

I bookmarked that site, wer, thanks for the resource.

you're welcome

i'm goin' there right now and I'm takin' all my books.

You have space in that head of yours for the knowledge that comes from books as well?! Impressed, Texas!

"No Schmaltz," a Yiddish cooking video with English subtitles, features instructions to create nine Jewish vegetarian dishes such as eggless matzo balls and "chickenless" soup. The 30-minute video costs $27. For more info, call The Vegetarian Resource Group at (410) 366-8343.

Interesting! Wer always finds the weirdest stuff.

Hey, I gotta be good for something...

I like vegetarian food well enough that I could go out to eat with a vegetarian and enjoy what i was eating, but I would not want to limit myself to vegetables entirely.

I like vegetables too, and adore fruit more than chocolate, but sometimes the bloody instinct just takes over, and then I need something chewy, juicy, mmmmmoooo-y. And there tofu and soya just don't do the job for me.

Chocolate covered cherries?

Sounds stupendous! Where can one get those????

In this country, every candy shop carries them. If you can't find any, give me a surface address and I'll ship some over. They aren"t very perishable unless they get hot, and that's not likely at this time of year. In addition Lammes' Candies, here in Austin, is one of the best candy makers in the country.

DEAL! But first you must tell me what to send you in return? Cheese with sexy holes in? No, no, seriously.

Cheese or chocolate. I really don't know what else they make in switzerland besides highly expensive machined items. and watch works. Actually you could make one heck of a fondue out of swiss cheese and white chocolate.

And, of course the cheese with the sexy holes sounds good too.

My organic co-op order was (*gulp*) $130 today.

Ouch! what did you get?

WOW, Autumn!! Hope it's worth it! Will send you a piece of chocolate and a piece of cheese for the road, Tim! And I'll make sure the cheese has a large hole or two for those lonely, lonely nights.... Should I address it for some highway between Texas and New Jersey?

I live in the same house as terry. 9011 Quail Creek Dr. Austin, TX 78758. But remember, this is part of a deal. I need an address to send the chocolate covered cherries to. I try to stay out of Jersey. There aren't many places I can turn around there. the last time I got lost in Jersey, I ended up turning around in the parking lot of a swimming pool.

Hope you at least took the opportunity to take a swim!!! My address is: Ri�tte Walton Klosbachstrasse 72 CH-8032 Z�rich Switzerland

Unfortunately I could not go for a swim. It was a hot day and a blacktop parking lot. If I had stopped for any length of time I'd have sunk in. Remember my wheels carry between 2000 and 3000 kilos each. the tire contact patch is only @ 25cm square.

Good God! That can happen??? Yes, of course it could - all that weight concentrated on such a tiny surface. Has it ever happened to you?

Not with the tires, but I've had the landing gear fall through several times, when the trailer was dropped. Loads of fun. Takes about 2 hrs and a lot of hard work to get it out. then you have two holes to fill in.

Don't forget to send the tape, Ree! It's ready?

Yep, and I dread to think what's going to go through your head when you see it! ha-ha! Ah well, it was good fun. I'll send it the end of the week, so hopefully you'll get it within the next 2 weeks. You know what Terry? I've got it all figured out with President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky - it was all a huge misunderstanding on her part! She probably walked into the dining room one morning, and found him upset over the burnt eggs. Then she probably asked him if there was anything she could do, and he said, 'Sack the cook!'. And she, being NOT the cleverest woman alive, took it for 'Suck the cock!'. Accurate theory?

I think you may have something there. And, perhaps a future as a political commentator.

Why, thank you, sir. It IS rather a shocking insight I have, isn't it?

Truely enlightening. Terrrriffic story line for a documentary on PBS.

Move over, Eleanor Clift.

Boca burger meat, bilberry juice, amazake, whole wheat pasta, broccoli/zucchini pasta, brown rice, couscous, etc. etc. It just all seems to add up. And I forgot to order the peanut butter, which would have been an extra $18 right there. But I'll be creative with it all.

18 Dollars for Peanut BUtter? how much peanut butter?

Jesus, Autumn! $18 for peanut butter! That's like paying a male prostitute $10 000 for a quickie. Now, the male prostitute might have a golden willie - what is your peanut butter's excuse?

Maybe she's getting a 5 pound bucket.

Should still be less than 10 dollars.

Maybe it's designer pb.

Money says it's the nuts...

Knowing the way some of these health food companies operate, I probably should not be surprised at the price. I take several herbs on a regular basis. I buy them in bulk at wally world. If i bought them at a health food store, they would cost 5 times as much.

Well, as long as Autumns enjoys those golden peanuts of her's.....

I don't know. I've always been kind of spooked by a woman that goes for the nuts

Specially one who wants to crush them up and make a paste of them.

ha-ha! And I've been having such lovely dreams lately....

About what??

Eating golden peanuts...

OOOH! Sounds good to me. As long as they remain whole.

You mean I have to suck them??

That would be the preferred method. Licking also works.

Licking won't get me anywhere... After all, they are meant to be swallowed...

OH BOY RIETTE!! If that don't give new meaning to, "Deep Throat", I don't know what will.

I WAS talking about golden peanuts, remember! What were YOU talking about??

Major Gen McAuliffe's response to the German demand for surrender at the battle of the bulge.

Oh, so it WAS merely a gun in your pocket! And I thought you were happy to see me...

Riette, of course, I'm always happy to see you!! Maj Gen McAuliffe's Response: "NUTS".

Dare I ask who Maj Gen Mc Auliffe is?

He was the commander of the 101st Airborne division in dec 1944.

And Popeye's girlfriend? Get it? Mc Aullife? Blugh! Bad joke, I know.

Good eye Riette! I missed that until you pointed it out.

I would have missed it too, but I decided to get on the net with my binoculars today - still trying to spot you, but so far nothing.

Riette, check your six!!

My six? What are you talking about, young man?

Behind you, Riette, Behind you.

But I see only four!

Now, you've got me, Riette! Think of a clock face with the 12 right in front of you and you standing in the center.

Oh my Lord! And I thought you meant the moles on my back!!!

And just how would I know about the moles on your back, Riette? are there some pictures floating around that I don't know about?

ha-ha! I hope not!!! I thought you were taking a wild guess!

Well now, Riette, we all know who is the wild one here.

Not me! You know how good I can be if I want to....

Riette, I don't think that I've seen that side of you, but I look forward to it.

Okay, I promise to be sweet as sugar, and soft as .... margarine (since this is the vegetarian conference, and all).

Riette, how about soft as cornsilk.

ha-ha!! Soft as a bed of trampled tomatoes.

OOOH, that's Good, Riette!