Could be, or the power of suggestion. People see the ad, then it

comes > to mind when they're in the store and "hey, this was the stuff
I saw

advertised, think I'll give it a try" sort of purchase.

These are if not one and the same closely related.

Close cousins. Sometimes it's a print ad, sometimes a billboard or television. Sometimes, just a mention of it by someone will get a person

Luckily, I'm relatively impervious to such inputs.

to try something new. After reading about balsamic vinegar on the echo
for some time, I bought a bottle. That was used up; the vinegar has been
a staple in my pantry ever since.

Heh, we do some good at times.

I know I've seen small bits of the last. Have also seen about the

same > amount of "The African Queen", another famous Bogart movie.
I'm pretty sure I've not even seen tiny bits of that film.

My folks were watching it on black and white tv one time when I was in
my teens. I saw bits, but not enough to interest me.

No, until now I had no idea about anything about the
movie so Wikipediaed it while Lilli is coughing away.
Another dumb movie, as far as I can tell.

There must have been some sort of standards for telephone wire, switches, etc that was required. Another option would have been for

the > companies to work out some sort of replacement purchase of the "standard > stuff" when merging, then pass the cost on to the
customers.
How'd they figure this out - call each other?

Smoke signals. (G)

I'm guessing that the big city boys dictated the
standards, and if the little guys didn't get in
line, too bad for them. I'm also guessing that this
may have happened really early in the game.

Don't know if that would do it. Probably lone wolf types would set

up > rudimentary systems to get communications re-esablished and not want to > tie into a national system.
And what good could come of that, I wonder.

Probably nothing in this day and age, unless he came up with something extraordinary that people latched on to in big numbers.

Not much, as I waste a reasonable amount on others
as well, and probably some other money drain took
over from that one.

That's the way it oes sometimes. We bought a fair amount of Dove
chocolates while in HI but stopped when we came back to the main land.
We bought a fair amount of the Moser Roth bars at Aldi for a while but
even that has dropped off to almost none.

Well, one could do that for the picnic. I've picked up
a pound for various friends, some for the picnic.

So out of curiosity I did a quick check on ASU alumni in the
majors, and 13 of them appeared in big-league games in 2019.
I didn't recognize any of the names. I didn't bother to check
on U of A alumni but figure the numbers are comparable.

I'd recognise more U of A names than ASU.

I looked at only one of them because of limited time
and interest.

Depends on your definition of "good". You can make a cake

from a box > ML> mix > that might be better than some made from
scratch but overall, I > ML> think > the latter beats the former.

Yeah, but everything depends on your definition
of good.

Very true.

With the emphasis on everything.

Top notch ingredients?

Ingredients, procedures, situation. Everything counts.

We know we'll be going thru Canada on the drive to Alaska--passport

card > will work there but I don't think we could have just renewed
the cards. > Better to be prepared tho, just in case we want to take a trip overseas.
You can do them separately - or together at a small discount.

We figured that we might just as well go for both.

Fair enough. That's what I did, but with the passport
kerfuffle they're out of synch. I'll live without the
card (which is not strictly necessary) and rely on the
book for a while.

anniversaries in the same general time frame so they'd get together

and > go out for supper. Turned out that the principal liked a very
rare steak > so they used to tease that he just wanted the cow to walk thru a warm > room before being slaughtered.
For me, even the warm room would not be necessary!

About what I thought.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

Title: Aioli Platter
Categories: Appetizers
Yield: 12 servings

1 Double batch Aioli sauce 1 lb Carrots, cut into 2"
pieces
6 sm Artichokes, trimmed, boiled, 3 lb Cauliflower, in florets
And chokes removed 1 lb Chick peas, cooked
7 lb Cod, poached 3 lg Red or green peppers, sliced
1 lb Carpaccio (thinly sliced 1 pt Cherry tomatoes
and pounded raw beef tender 1 lb Zucchini, sliced
loin 1 lb Small potatoes, cooked
1/2 lb Snow peas, trimmed, blanced 6 Eggs, sliced in half(cooked)
and refreshed in cold water 4 tb Capers
1/2 lb Green beans, same as above 1/2 c Chopped parsley

1. Spoon some of the aioli sauce into the center of each artichoke.

2. Place an aioli-filled artichoke in the middle of each plate, and
arrange the cod, carpaccio, prepared vegetables, and eggs around it in a
spoke-like fashion, making sure each plate has some of all. Sprinkle with
parsley and capers.

Makes 12 servings

Source: The Silver Palate Cookbook
=======================================================================

AIOLI SAUCE

8-10 garlic cloves, peeled 2 egg yolks, room temp salt
and
freshly ground pepper juice of 1 lemon 1 t Dijon mustard 1
1/2
c oil (half olive,
half peanut) at room temp
1. Puree garlic in a food processor or blender. Whisk the egg yolks in a
small bowl until light and smooth, and add to the garlic. Add salt and
pepper to taste, lemon juice, and mustard, and process to a smooth paste.

2. With the machine still running, add the oil, very slowly, into the
mixture in a constant, steady stream, blending constantly. Con- tinue the
blending until you obtain a thick, shiny, firm sauce. Transfer to a
storage
container, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to use.

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Hi Michael,

the stuff > ML> I saw

advertised, think I'll give it a try" sort of purchase.

These are if not one and the same closely related.

Close cousins. Sometimes it's a print ad, sometimes a billboard or television. Sometimes, just a mention of it by someone will get a

Luckily, I'm relatively impervious to such inputs.

Depends on what it is but my interest has been piqued a few times.

to try something new. After reading about balsamic vinegar on the

echo > for some time, I bought a bottle. That was used up; the vinegar
has been > a staple in my pantry ever since.

Heh, we do some good at times.

We also tried durian but have yet to go out and buy any. (G)

I know I've seen small bits of the last. Have also seen about

the > ML> same > amount of "The African Queen", another famous Bogart movie. > ML> I'm pretty sure I've not even seen tiny bits of that
film.

My folks were watching it on black and white tv one time when I was

in > my teens. I saw bits, but not enough to interest me.

No, until now I had no idea about anything about the
movie so Wikipediaed it while Lilli is coughing away.
Another dumb movie, as far as I can tell.

Couldn't prove it by ne.

replacement purchase of the > ML> "standard > stuff" when merging,
then pass the cost on to the

customers.
How'd they figure this out - call each other?

Smoke signals. (G)

I'm guessing that the big city boys dictated the
standards, and if the little guys didn't get in
line, too bad for them. I'm also guessing that this
may have happened really early in the game.

Sounds logical.

Don't know if that would do it. Probably lone wolf types

would set > ML> up > rudimentary systems to get communications re-esablished and not > ML> want to > tie into a national system.

And what good could come of that, I wonder.

Probably nothing in this day and age, unless he came up with

something > extraordinary that people latched on to in big numbers.

Not much, as I waste a reasonable amount on others
as well, and probably some other money drain took
over from that one.

That's the way it oes sometimes. We bought a fair amount of Dove chocolates while in HI but stopped when we came back to the main

land. > We bought a fair amount of the Moser Roth bars at Aldi for a
while but > even that has dropped off to almost none.

Well, one could do that for the picnic. I've picked up
a pound for various friends, some for the picnic.

Sounds good. We've ppicked up the Boston butt for smoking but not really
much of anything else yet.

So out of curiosity I did a quick check on ASU alumni in the majors, and 13 of them appeared in big-league games in 2019.
I didn't recognize any of the names. I didn't bother to check
on U of A alumni but figure the numbers are comparable.

I'd recognise more U of A names than ASU.

I looked at only one of them because of limited time
and interest.

I know, and it's not really worth our time pursuing.

Depends on your definition of "good". You can make a

cake > ML> from a box > ML> mix > that might be better than some
made from > ML> scratch but overall, I > ML> think > the latter
beats the former. > ML> > ML> Yeah, but everything depends on your definition

of good.

Very true.

With the emphasis on everything.

Top notch ingredients?

Ingredients, procedures, situation. Everything counts.

Usually so. (G)

We know we'll be going thru Canada on the drive to

Alaska--passport > ML> card > will work there but I don't think we
could have just renewed > ML> the cards. > Better to be prepared tho, just in case we want to take a > ML> trip overseas.

You can do them separately - or together at a small discount.

We figured that we might just as well go for both.

Fair enough. That's what I did, but with the passport
kerfuffle they're out of synch. I'll live without the
card (which is not strictly necessary) and rely on the
book for a while.

Better to have the book and not the card than the card and not the book
the way you travel.


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