Yes, I agree.  I'm can't get out of here to eat lunch today.  You guys are
killin' me!  Change the subject please!  How 'bout them Gators?  Big game
this weekend.  Did you know alligators are known to eat unionids and
freshwater gastropods (obligatory shell reference)?
 
Hugs,
 
Kurt
 
At 01:39 PM 9/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Stop already,
>I am drounding in my saliva. Fred in MN. How for can you
>get from the saltwaters?
>
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>> From: Andrew K. Rindsberg
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>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Cream of artichoke soup
>> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 1:27 PM
>>
>> Ah, no, Art! If San Francisco were utterly leveled by
>simultaneous fire,
>> quake, blight, and blast, and I were empowered to save
>but one building, it
>> would have to be a bakery! I have lived in New Orleans,
>where French bread
>> is a staple, and in New York, where the Italian bread is
>nonpareil. But
>> there's nothing like San Francisco's sourdough bread.
>Whenever I flew back
>> to Louisiana, I had to carry a loaf or face my mother's
>wrath.
>>
>> It was California where I first had raw green peas in a
>salad; likewise
>> broccoli. These are now common in salads across the land.
>I had my first
>> Dungeness crab there, and zucchini cake, and a host of
>Oriental and Mexican
>> vegetables that I miss sorely here in the Southeast. And
>Martinelli's
>> sparkling apple cider. And squid, and abalone. At Pismo
>Beach, I had a
>> sampler plate of fried clams of four or five species,
>including the famous
>> Pismo clam (Tivela stultorum). The jackknife clams were
>the tastiest, by
>> the way. Californians have a greater variety of good,
>fresh food than
>> anyone else in the U.S., because so many specialty crops
>are grown there.
>> There's a climatic zone for everything, and all the
>different ethnic groups
>> brought their own crops. Even a student could afford to
>buy five kinds of
>> lettuce for a salad, and the variety of fruit and berries
>in June was
>> phenomenal.
>>
>> <<SIGH>>
>>
>> Have a nice weekend, everybody.
>>
>> Andrew K. Rindsberg
>> Geological Survey of Alabama
>