The Moose Factory (virtual Bar & Grill)

[MsD 0]

@Fred_Ginger:  I knew I would ruin someone's dinner.  It would probably surprise you to know some of the things that the older farm people would eat.

BTW, sorry to hear about Ginger.'); height=15 alt=Insert smilie src=https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/15.gif width=15 border=0>

 

@Leech10:  It's funny, there are things we would do as kids which we wouldn't dream of doing as adults.

 

@Compromise:  If you have ever had liver then you will have somewhat of an idea what heart tastes like.  It just doesn't have near the amount of bitterness to it as liver does.

 

@N_O_Body:  So is this book based on actuall events that happened?  It would be an exellent read if it is.  There has been so much printed about Vlad Teppis' (the Impaler) (I probably spelled Teppis' wrong) and so much has been exaggerated that it is hard to distinguish truth from fiction.

[vidioman 21]

Date: 12/10/2005 7:35:57 PM
Author: N_O_Body
@vid: Are you suggesting that Steven has performed an orchidectomy on you? I doubt it. Besides aren't you a little young to make that declaration?

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NO, it was where the bad man touched me...

I have both testicles, and they're hanging in there!

Anyway, enough of that, I have really spicy potato chips!

I'm happy!

PAGE 77!!

[zmveliger 16]

@N_O_Body: democracy is probably too ashamed to show itself... Nonetheless, the rich senators who voted to send poor people in Irak would have another opinion if his own son was to be sent there. Ironically, GWB escaped Vietnam because he was a pilot in ANG dispite the fact that he failed is pilot exam...

@MsD: regarding fine gastronomy, you're surprising me! The nothing should go to waste concept applies in Africa too for obvious reasons... Eating beef is especially thrilling since it can be the best or worst meal around, depending which chunk you hit. The best when it's a tender part of a muscle, the worst when you have a piece of the stomach (which is a rather large organ in a cow). When the beef is fried and serve on top of rice, those pieces are easy to spot and avoid (the whole familiy is eating in the same large bowl BTW; you can leave them to others). When there's a sauce... So when yout teeth can co through something crunchy rubber, emergency precedures applies: smallowing the whole thing ASAP...

 

Regarding ruining diner, I'm immunized to that. In addition to a few African meals (most are delightful BTW), my biology classes did a good job. Dissection once a week on sometimes not very fresh carcasses and movies on human worm parasites just before lunch was something we were used to.

 

Is Truckin_Papa gone on a run?

 

Well, I'm done for now. Bye!

Rodger.

[hym 358]

Date: 12/10/2005 11:11:56 PM Author: MsD

@Fred_Ginger:  I knew I would ruin someone's dinner.  It would probably surprise you to know some of the things that the older farm people would eat.

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Can't ruin my appetite.  There's is virtually nothing you can say that would ruin my mealtime.

[vidioman 21]

Date: 12/10/2005 11:41:27 PM
Author: hym

Date: 12/10/2005 11:11:56 PM Author: MsD

@Fred_Ginger:  I knew I would ruin someone's dinner.  It would probably surprise you to know some of the things that the older farm people would eat.

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Can't ruin my appetite. There's is virtually nothing you can say that would ruin my mealtime.

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Haggis... I was going to post a picture, but it is foul! My god, people EAT that?!?!

[MsD 0]

@zmveliger:  Well I have never had stomach but I have had cows tounge, I used to love that.  I'm sure you've tried that before.  I got one that you may not have tried though.  My Mother used to save some of the pig's blood when we burtchered and would make blood pudding out of it.  Don't ask how she would do it.  I have never made it myself and I can't remember the ingreadiants she used, but I do remember eating it.

 

Yes, Truckin_Papa is on a run.  He left Monday, going to L.A. Then he pickup out in L.A. somewhere and was taking it to Fort Worth.  He was susposed to pick up another load in Dallas and bring it home.  If that is still on he should be in town tomorrow night sometime.

[your_adress_here 11]

Date: 12/11/2005 12:18:14 AM
Author: MsD

@zmveliger: Well I have never had stomach but I have had cows tounge, I used to love that. I'm sure you've tried that before. I got one that you may not have tried though. My Mother used to save some of the pig's blood when we burtchered and would make blood pudding out of it. Don't ask how she would do it. I have never made it myself and I can't remember the ingreadiants she used, but I do remember eating it.

Yes, Truckin_Papa is on a run. He left Monday, going to L.A. Then he pickup out in L.A. somewhere and was taking it to Fort Worth. He was susposed to pick up another load in Dallas and bring it home. If that is still on he should be in town tomorrow night sometime.

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Now that's just sick

[zmveliger 16]

@MsD: yes, I probably tried beef tongue (and many other parts) without my knowledge in Africa. Frog's legs in Quebec province are really appreciated and it's a gourmet meal. Regarding blood pudding, does it look like a slice from really big sausage? If it's yes and the taste spicy, then I already tried (and not really appreciated) it and boudin is the French name.

In the fish category, we used to eat everything in my small village in Senegal. There's a species of small fish they're grounding to get fish meatballs. Since the grounding machine is archaic and not totally effective, some surprises do happen! One night, I was having diner in the dark (there's no electricity). Someone passed with an oil lamp and right before me, in that sudden flash of light, I had a meatball observing me! In fact, the eye didn't get ground and happened to be on the ball's surface... In fact, one of the few meat I don't eat at all is hot dog sausage. Well, it's not really meat and it's full of carcinogenic stuff.

 

BTW, I just revisited the ST Christmas wish list. I had absolutely no intention to make you cry but if it happened, well, I'm not really sorry since it wasn't in a harmful way! I happy that my wish is on its way to be realized.

 

Regarding Truckin_Papa's seat, my chair warming device is already in action. I hope N_O_Body will get cold Guinness or something like that for him.

[MsD 0]

@your_adress_here:  Which was sick?  The pudding, the tounge or both???

Sorry BTW.

 

@zmveliger:  I guess it would depend on what you put in it.  It was a little spicy and my mother just put in a bowl so it didn't look like it came from a sausage.

 

Frog legs yum yum, I like cooking them in the frying pan so I can watch them jump around as they cook.

 

Fish eyes, so so, some people consider them to be a delicacy.  I used to date a guy who was a chef for a local resturant and he fixed me some.

 

How about.............,  No never mind that might take us to a subject that the moderators wouldn't appreciate.

 

Good Night.

[hym 358]

Date: 12/10/2005 11:50:28 PM Author: vidioman

Date: 12/10/2005 11:41:27 PM Author: hym

Date: 12/10/2005 11:11:56 PM Author: MsD

@Fred_Ginger:  I knew I would ruin someone's dinner.  It would probably surprise you to know some of the things that the older farm people would eat.

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Can't ruin my appetite.  There's is virtually nothing you can say that would ruin my mealtime.

quote> Haggis... I was going to post a picture, but it is foul! My god, people EAT that?!?!

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Looks like the body of an armadillo.  And no, you haven't ruined my appetite.

 

BTW, I'm always hungry.

[vidioman 21]

When the new landlord (son of the old landlord) was cleaning upstairs, the (somehow) got cleaning stuff into the smoke alarm, but nothing happened (then) so they jsut left it. now, 5am, every 5 or so minutes, it beeps for about 2 seconds and stops, then does that again in about 5-10 minutes. I've gone up maybe 10 times in the past 4 hours to see if the place was actually on fire. since it's the morning, everyone is asleep, so there isnt much we can do about it...

It just went off again.

[the_new_simman 5]

*Opens door and slowly walks in*

Umm..hey everyone. I guess I'll join in.

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 12/10/2005 11:37:54 PM Author: zmveliger

@N_O_Body: democracy is probably too ashamed to show itself... Nonetheless, the rich senators who voted to send poor people in Irak would have another opinion if his own son was to be sent there. Ironically, GWB escaped Vietnam because he was a pilot in ANG dispite the fact that he failed is pilot exam...

 

While GWB was in the ANG, he either signed up or was asked (or something) to fly in Vietnam.  As my dad explained it (and he does have some sort of experience with the Air Force) GWB didn't fail his pilot exam.  What happened was that he didn't meet the minimum amount of air time necessary to become a combat pilot.  Hence, GWB didn't go to Vietnam because the Air Force refused to send him.

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While I'm in here, could I get a nice tall hot chocolate with some marshmallows on top.  It's finally starting to get cold where I live.

[Fred_Ginger 1]

@N_O_Body:  The doggies had just turned 14 when Ginger passed away.  They are small dogs (1/4 Bichon Frisee, 1/4 Shih Tzu & 1/2 some kind of Terrier/mix) She weighed 16 lbs, then had surgery to take out cancer in her stomach, but couldn't eat or drink for a week (we never did figure out why) by the time she got back for doggie hospital she only weighed 12 lbs. (that was in 2001).  She never gained any weight after that, Fred weighs 20 lbs now because he is on steroids as he has cancer in his nose.  His normal weight was about 19 lbs.  So they fit on the chaise quite well.  We don't know how bad Fred's cancer is because the only way to find out is a CT Scan which cost around 5 grand - which as as a retiree I just can't afford.  The only treatment is radiation which is very costly not only financially but also Health wise (the radiation would damage the bones in his face/nose & the survival rate is only about 20%).  The steroids are a stop-gap measure so we take one day at a time. 

 

@MsD:  Actually I went ahead and had my pizza as I was famished.  I don't think reading about something like that affects me - it would be very different to see it though (or smell it)!  My late husband use to eat tongue occasionally, I would just ignore him when he did (I also made him cover it with aluminum foil so I couldn't see it in the fridge)!  He grew up in Ohio and hunted for food as a child with his father so he told me some of the things he would eat.  All I can say is thank goodness for grocery stores (even if I hate to shop!).

 

Thank you both for your sympathy re my Princess (btw, I'm not the only one who called her Princess - they also referred to her as Princess at her vet/groomers - we all also blamed her when ever I was late for her appointments), since you are both animal lovers you know how much they mean to us.  I firmly believe that she is in heaven with my husband sitting beside him in his chair watching TV as was their usual habit.  She always was a daddy's girl! 

 

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@ brancra: Yeucch! Yep, here's your toast with GA. Please note the plastic fly on the edge of the glass and the maraschino cherry in the bottom.
@MsD: Sorry, Saberhagen is a fiction writer. His first book about Dracula was The Holmes/Dracula File. All fantasy. Blood pudding is on my never again list. However, cows stomoach is sometimes called tripe. Fish eyes? Well, I like caviare which is raw fish eggs. I can't imagine that the eyes would be any different, really.

@ vidioman: Bad man? No one we know, I trust? Haggis? Liver and lights (lungs) cooked in an oatmeal porridge and served in a sheep's stomach like a big sausage casing. Not my cup of tea, either. Re: smoke alarm. Intermittent beeping usually indicates a weak battery. Maybe he shorted it out.

@zmveliger: Well, we didn't send anyone to Iraq, officially. However, some of our guys were embedded in some of the American units that went. There was a lot of press at the time. Actually, pure democracy like Switzerland, won't work in such large countries. Representative democracy is OK, but every constituency should have recall powers. Eating out the same dish is a good way to transmit Hepatitis A. I know this is an African custom, but if simple public heath things such as even a bread trencher are not done, what hope is there for these people? That is, if there is any bread? About the fish balls. Seeing eyes staring at you is not unusual out there. Do they every eat a whole sheep? The eyes are delecacies.

@hym: Yep, you young fellas are always hungry. My son was a bottomless pit when he was a teen.

@the_new_simman: Welcome. Watch out for the general conversation, it may wreck your appetite. Special today is Frogs' Legs in garlic-tomato sauce. Want some?

@ Voar Tok: Hot chocolate half-litre mug served. The mini-marshmallows are on the bar in the blue bowl. Help yourself.

@Fred_Ginger: I am really sorry to hear that Fred is not well. I hope he is not suffering in any way. I guess his prognosis is not good, and you will lose him fairly soon. As a doggie person, let me recommend you don't allow yourself to wait too long before getting another dog. I recommend Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. Wonderful little Group 1 dogs that make excellent companions. Mine is asleep at my feet as I type this.

[Bookworm 1]

Hmm... what? Sorry... I've been eating... oh well. I could use some hot chocolote too, and a large bowl of mint chocolote chip ice cream, and a brownie. Do you have any good toppings for such things?

[MsD 0]

@vidioman:  Is your smoke alarm fixed now??  Those things can be real annoying sometimes.

@the_new_simman:  Welcome to the Factory!!!

 

@Fred_Ginger:  I'm glad I didn't spoil your appetite.  Most of the time it is just the idea of what you are eating that makes it difficult.

 

@N_O_Body:  Its to bad that that book is fictional.  I am sure it will still be an interesting read.  Most of the time I am reading a book that has to do with History, preferably strange history.  I will switch to fiction from time to time though.

[Fred_Ginger 1]

@the_new_simman:  Hi, sit down, have something to eat and drink and join in the conversations.

@N_O_Body:  Actually, the Vet says she has a dog that has been on steroids for the same thing for the past three years so it just depends on how bad it is.  It really worries me when he starts sneezing as his nose starts to bleed.  If a crime scene team did one of those luminosity test at my house they would find blood everywhere (and  in my car), At the first sign of sneezing I pop a Benedrill in him.   I also have a medicine I can squirt in his nose if the bleeding will not stop.  And the Vet is always willing to see him, so we're not to bad off.  As to another pet - I think I want a pet free zone for a while/then again...

 

@MsD:  I once ate some liver accidentally and almost threw up,  it's not so much the taste (I love liverwurst) but the texture  .

I refuse to read nonfiction anymore (although as soon as my sister brings me Bill Clinton's autobiography I'll be reading that).  Had too many years reading rules and regulations (retired Civil Servant - USAF) so I stick with fiction.  I admire you for being able to read nonfiction - most  stuff that comes out just doesn't interest me, besides, some of the fiction I have read provides interesting facts to further the story ( a woman named Elizabeth Lowell has a whole series about a family that is involved with gems and minerals and she writes about the particular gem or minerals traits and history as part of the stories i.e. Pearl Cove is about the pearl business including ways to fake pearls and to fake their color). 

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@Bookworm: Food service completes. Note there are pitchers of warm chocolate sauce, warm caramel sauce, a bowl of whipped cream and some real chocolate and butterscotch sprinkles. To that extent, why not just make yourself as sick as you like?

@ MsD: I have had too much fact in my life. Escapism is what I seek. If you want some good historical fiction on the What If? line, try Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove. It's what happens if the Nazis win.

@Fred_Ginger: Well, as long as you can keep him going comfortably, I would do so. You know, getting a puppy often rejuvenates an older dog. Even older males get maternal feelings. By the way, don't you think Bill Clinton's autobiography is likely to be fiction? I sure do. If it was written by Hilary, I guess it would be a horror story.

[zmveliger 16]

Hi everyone! I'll take a stout but I'm looking for something else than Guinness. What's your suggestion N_O_Body?

@MsD: about.......  I can figure it out the mystery part. LOL!!!!!!!!!

 

@Voar Tok: well, I don't want to start another touchy topics, I'm already involved in a few ones here... Especially that IMO, the guy doesn't deserve it (I'm talking about W, not you obviously!). I agree that he passed his exam since he got the absolute numerical minimum on the qualifying test (=25). Strange is the fact that despite a waiting list of 100,000 men trying to get into the Guard, a list of 150 pilot applicants who often had to wait 18 months to be considered for flight school in Texas unit, he got in really fast. Some friends (Barnes, Rose...) made it possible. It's not a secret that the probability to see that particular F-102 unit in the sky of Vietnam was almost zero. That's the reason why many rich and powerful families send their sons in it (Bentsen, Connally... and several members of the Dallas Cowboys!). So that's a very brief snapshot of a story that is very interesting... and disgusting. I keep trying to be open-minded and put tremendous efforts to understand perspectives radically different than mine, which helped me a lot in other countries I lived in.  But when it comes to W...

 

@N_O_Body: strangely, hepatitis A is quite rare in my village (I don't like speaking to the past form since I'm still with them in another way). Sharing the same bowl can transmit it but habits are adapted... There are invisible borders in the bowl: you eat the triangle in front of you. Hand washing is systematic and exhaustive. Soap is not alone: there's a little bit of bleach in the water we use for hand washing. I'm far more confident with that system than eating some prepared food in grocery store or visiting some restaurants...

 

Yes, I ate bread almost each morning. We had a local mix with millet inside. Its taste wasn't the best I ever tasted but with a piece (look like a 12 sub bread), your stomach is full until lunch (which is usually around 1:30 PM). At Tabaski, we cut the throat of a sheep. For some reasons, the whole head is usually not used. There's a magical/religious thing with it but I think that these believes are based on very concrete facts that happened a long time ago. Oral tradition is a colorful medium, a kind of allegory, but it's integrating knowledge transmitted through the ages and since brain of mammals is a potential risk for human health, that could be the reason why those believes exist.

 

Regarding war, it's becoming a business even for soldiers. Mercenaries' nationality is money so as long as Sam is giving it, they can be born in Canada, Sweden, France, India, Morocco, Senegal... What an impersonal way to impose the wish of some on other people...

 

BTW, by talking politics we're breaking a forum rule. If some of you want me to stop, just tell me. I'm trying to do it in a respectful manner and I think that's something both interesting and important. Since I'm not a fan of weather discussion, that might change my habits however.

 

Bye!

[vidioman 21]

He took it out. not sure what was wrong. We're replacing the alarms anyway. The one down here is broken too, when we were tasting it in October the lid snapped off and it went nuts, so we took it out. The only alarm is the smoke/carbon monoxide detector beside the furnace, and there is a door seperating that part from the two apartments.

I felt like crummy today, so I slept the whole thing, and here I am, awake at 2. No, it's 4.30. Wow. How did I get 2? weird..

I agree with Voar, hot chocolate is delicious.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

You taste smoke alarms?

 

 

Weird.

[vidioman 21]

Date: 12/12/2005 4:37:41 AM
Author: Shadow_Assassin

You taste smoke alarms?

Weird.

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I meant test.

[Fred_Ginger 1]

@N_O_Body:  Fred doesn't play well with others, he would snap at Ginger for some of the most insignificant things and snaps at my sister's dog  whenever I doggie sit if she gets to near me or his food (hmmm, not sure I like being in the same category as his food).

Lol, yes I'm sure Bill's autobiography will be partially fictionalized.  As to Hillary's version, it would be interesting to have a completely candid conversation with her!  I'm only reading Bill's because it is free, I wouldn't buy it, but since I'm getting it on loan I'll read it.  I tend to read most anything that's put in front of me and have only not finished reading a couple of books (William Burroughs 'Naked Lunch' was one, a rambling druggies nightmare - ugh!) so I try not to pick up things which I Know I will not like (Stephen King comes to mind - his stories gives me the creeps and not the good kind of creeps).

Is 'Ruled Britannia' depressing?  Always looking for something new to read but need nice and light.   

[gggg 9]

Truckin_Papa never sow my post.

ohh well....

 

 

gimme some of that stinky green goop.

[Bookworm 1]

*throws away whipped cream*
*sprinkles all other toppings gererously over ice cream and brownie*
Mmm... I needed that. But, I can't stand whipped cream... oh well.

[Truckin_Papa 0]

Been on the road for a while and I am leaving again tomorrow morning.  I had to come in and say hey to everyone before I head out.

Bear please.

 

gggg:  I just saw your post tonight.  Sorry it took so long, I really need to get me a laptop to take with me in the truck.  I like the guy in beard with the cigar.  That is just too funny.  I know I have seen something on this site about an aviator service.  I'll have to go hunting for it.

 

zmveliger:  What's up old man (no insult intended; that's just me)?  LOL  That dog in the drivers seat is halarious.  I'm woundern' if I could combine that one with the old man gggg gave me?

 

MsD:  Oh My God!!!!  You and your nasty ass food.  I've always said you were nasty and this proves it.  ICK

[timotheus4 39]

Yes it was my birthday. Thank you to all the well-wishers!

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@ZMVeliger: How about a St. Ambrose? It is good to see that the villages you went to had picked up some good public health measures. As for war, it has always provided a good living for the willing. I think mercenaries are just a step above terrorists, though.

@ vidioman: Here, enjoy a hot chocolate on the house. You are probably feeling crummy because of your current stress levels. Sleep is a lot of help.

@ Fred_Ginger: So, you'll have to wait for Fred to depart to the rainbow bridge. Sorry to hear that, but I guess he has become a crotchety old curmugeon. If you are looking for something upbeat Ruled Britannia is not it. If you want a happy ending, sort of, by the same author, try The Holmes/Dracula File. Saberhagen proves he can write in the Arthur Conan Doyle style. For good light escapism is recommend the slightly futuristic police-procedural x in Death series by J.D.Robb (a.k.a. Nora Roberts). Not too much sex, and relatively riveting police stuff with twisted psychology in both the hero and the heroine. Starts with Naked in Death.

@gggg: Stinky green goop? You need to be more specific for the autosystem to understand that.

@Truckin_Papa: On the off chance that that was a spelling goof, here is a Guiness. It is guid for you. If you really want bear meat, I think there is a polar bear carcase in the freeazer.

@ timotheus4: And a very merry unbirthday to you, to you/a very merry unbirthday to you, to you. What'll you have to celebrate?

[vidioman 21]

Date: 12/12/2005 9:03:44 PM
Author: N_O_Body
@ vidioman: Here, enjoy a hot chocolate on the house. You are probably feeling crummy because of your current stress levels. Sleep is a lot of help.

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It sure is. Now I'm crummy and aware of it!

I'm starting to hate winter.. *sips hot chocolate*

hmmmmmm..... I'm hungry again.. ........

I think I might start going to school again. Amazing how easy it is to just fall out of schedule and muck everything up. At least I have a supportive family!

...why don't you add some of that St. Ambroise to this hot chocolate.. no one will know