From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V13 #18 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, January 21 2004 Volume 13 : Number 018 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: ...and a bag of chips? [Miles Goosens ] fried, salty, greasy, yum ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] Regional junkfood ["Rex.Broome" ] Re: fried, salty, greasy, yum ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Re: Regional junkfood [Christopher Gross ] Re: Caucus [Capuchin ] Re: fried, salty, greasy, yum [Tom Clark ] Re: Caucus [Miles Goosens ] RE: Regional junkfood [Catherine Simpson ] re: million [Eb ] Fwd: mikerowesoft.com [Steve Talkowski ] Re: List is barely alive, so.... [Scott Hunter McCleary ] Re: ...and a bag of chips?/card games [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Digna] RE: REAP [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: List is barely alive, so.... [Eb ] REAP ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: ...and a bag of chips?/card games ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: Regional junkfood ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: REAP [Ken Weingold ] fasnachts and medieval movies [Jill Brand ] Re: fried, salty, greasy, yum ["Fortissimo" ] Re: Caucus ["Fortissimo" ] RE: medieval movies ["Brian Hoare" ] Medieval Movies ["Brian Hoare" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:56:53 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: ...and a bag of chips? At 02:58 PM 1/19/2004 -0800, Rex.Broome wrote: >I'll toss my hat into the ring with Snyder's of Berlin's Barbecue Potato >Chips, before which all other barbecue chips tremble in the sad knowledge of >their own mediocrity. When back in WV, I power through bag after bag, Slight return: yesterday evening when I got home, I asked Melissa (who grew up 15 miles away from me) if she'd heard of Snyder's of Berlin. She said yes, but not because she knew them from "back home" -- rather, she has a co-worker from the Philly area who loads up on bags during family visits and then brings them to work. Primary Middle Tennessee salty snacks off-brand: Golden Flake. later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:48:21 -0600 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: fried, salty, greasy, yum I'll eat potato chips, but I think they're not quite up to snuff. They're too small and insubstantial. I grew up with people who fry entire turkeys (born and raised in New Orleans) and have invented such lovely things at the turducken, alligator-stuffed porkchops, and peanut-butter pie. One of the greatest meals of my life occurred when I attended the Dixie Brewery debut of their Blackened Voodoo beer. I attended on the coattails of a friend on a press pass. They had free taps of the beer and endless trays of fried alligator. What happiness and inebriation that was. Imagine the joy I found when I discovered the cuisine of the Mexican-Americans in my current home town, San Antonio. Behold the wondrous perfection of the chicharrone, or deep-fried pork skin. Many of the local neighborhood groceries make them fresh and keep them under heat lamps right next to the cash register. There ain't nothing like a chicharrone taco, with fresh avocado and pico de gallo, either. Pair it with a goblet of michelada -- beer mixed with tomato juice, lime juice, and Tabasco, served over ice, and you've got yourself quite a meal. Let's not forget tripas, which are fried goat intestines, too. And cabrito, or roasted goat. A favorite in Monterey, Mexico. Many neighborhoods in southern Louisiana sell wonderful cracklins, which are the same as chicharrones, but are cooked to be more crisp and drenched in cayenne pepper. There is no finer food for drinking beer, except for maybe edamame. Dang, I'm craving some unagi and a bottle of Yebisu like mad right now. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:09:11 -0800 From: "Rex.Broome" Subject: Regional junkfood Miles: >>Subregional note: Snyder's of any location is unknown to me, southern- >>part-of-the-state guy. The Hanover and Berlin in the titles of the respective Snyders are both in Pennsylvania, but their reach extends well into Maryland and my native WV Thumb. Snyder's of Hanover actually makes it all the way to Californa... they make those hard sourdough pretzels which are among the few items in the snack aisle in a box... the large brown one. They're really quite good. Those honey mustard thingies exist here, too. JeFFrey: >>Not chips - but it seems as good a time as any to bring up the bizarre >>fact that in parts of the country, Hostess Ding Dongs are known as >>"KingDons." Puritan areas, perhaps, concerned because of what else "ding dong" might make their children contemplate? Nissin's instant ramen is Top Ramen in California but Oodles of Noodles on the East (read: Non-Pacific Rim) Coast. A few years back little Oodles logos appears under the larger Top Ramen banner in the west, and vice versa in the wast. Dunno what it is in the flyover states... anyone? Jon: >>Allright, in the past 12 months this list has discussed in depth beer, >>wine, and now junk food. >>What's next, cigarettes? American Spirit Lights. Seem not to exist back east, either. Now, who on the list has the best dope connection? Not much for cards, because my wife is too much of a shark to keep up with. Get her playing hearts with her family, and your best option is to head for the state line and stay there until it blows over. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:19:03 -0800 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: Re: fried, salty, greasy, yum At 12:48 PM 1/20/2004 -0600, Gene Hopstetter, Jr. wrote: >Let's not forget tripas, which are fried goat intestines, too. And cabrito, >or roasted goat. A favorite in Monterey, Mexico. I tried tripas tacos recently, from a cart in Tijuana. I liked them, but I probably wouldn't recommend them to a lot of people. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:23:22 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: Regional junkfood On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Rex.Broome wrote: > Nissin's instant ramen is Top Ramen in California but Oodles of > Noodles on the East (read: Non-Pacific Rim) Coast. A few years back > little Oodles logos appears under the larger Top Ramen banner in the > west, and vice versa in the wast. and > American Spirit Lights. Seem not to exist back east, either. Hmmm.... My memory may be failing, but I could swear I've seen and purchased both American Spirit Lights (for a friend) and Nissin Top Ramen here in the deepest darkest east. I developed a serious fondness for Utz hard pretzels while in college, and fortunately they're available in the DC area too. (And speaking of things Pennsylvanian, Rolling Rock is quite popular around here too. It allows those of us who avoid Budweiser to still get a cheap beer in DC bars.) When I was a kid in southern New Jersey, ISTR that there was a company, called Charlie's Chips I think, who would deliver pretzels and potato chips. I think you bought a subscription, got a gallon sized tub for each flavor, and the Charlie's Chips guy would come around every once in a while to refill the tubs. My family didn't subscribe, but others in my neighborhood did. Can anyone else confirm this, or is this another one of those false recovered memory dealies? - --Chris (who could probably answer his own question by Googling "Charlie's Chips," but where's the fun in that?) ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:40:47 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Caucus On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, steve wrote: > On Jan 20, 2004, at 4:45 AM, Capuchin wrote: > > I'm sad for Kucinich, but not at all surprised given the state of the > > so-called opposition party. > > Still clueless after 3 years of Bush. I think Matt said it very well, but I'll just make my little note. You can go ahead and vote for somebody that acts like Bush, but in a different body and maybe with different rationale, but you're going to get the same insane policies. (Remember what Clinton did to the forests, abortion rights, and medicare, to name a few... the slope down to bush was already well oiled.) Republican President: Today: "We will go to war immediately... let's just confer with Congress." Tomorrow: "We have conferred with Congress and believe we will give them four months to clean up their act and when they don't, we go to war!" 4 months later: "I wish I could say I am surprised, but we are now going to war." Democratic President: Today: "We will do what we can to avoid armed conflict... but Congress will have their say." Tomorrow: "After conferring with leaders in the House and Senate, it was determined that we will work with these people to see if we can't improve the situation over the next four months." 4 months later: "It grieves me to announce that we must go to war." Different spin, same consequences. So long as government is, as they say, the shadow cast on society by business, the Democrats will continue to simply be the Seemingly Reluctant Republicans. I urge you to reread Matt's comments on Tony Blair. J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:01:30 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: fried, salty, greasy, yum on 1/20/04 10:48 AM, Gene Hopstetter, Jr. at gene@hopstetter.com wrote: > One of the greatest meals of my life occurred when I attended the Dixie > Brewery debut of their Blackened Voodoo beer. I attended on the coattails > of a friend on a press pass. They had free taps of the beer and endless > trays of fried alligator. What happiness and inebriation that was. Great thread topic. I've always maintained a list of "Greatest Meals Ever". Wanna hear it? This I how it goes... My first GME was in 1989 when my wife and I were treated to drinks and dinner at Windows On The World at The World Trade Center. Spectacular view, stellar meal, great elevator ride. RIP. Then in 1998 we went to Fleur D'Lys in San Francisco. A five star joint where the owner and chef made a special six course vegetarian meal for us that would allow any carnivore to die happy. The only thing that's outdone those two was dinner at Miss Edith's in Cahuita, Costa Rica. Cahuita is a tiny town on the Caribbean coast where one could easily get lost in a life of Rastafarianism and surfing. Miss Edith serves dinner in her house to tourists, and for us she made a sumptuous Creole baked root vegetable dish. The tropical ambiance and warm hospitality put this meal far above the other two. Thanks for listening. - -tc Some photos of Cahuita here: http://homepage.mac.com/tclark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:14:39 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: Caucus Jeme, I second everything you just said re: the Dems and Republicans. Or is that thirding Matt? :-) Anyway, one comment... >(Remember what Clinton did to the forests, >abortion rights, and medicare, to name a few... the slope down to bush was >already well oiled.) Yup. A couple of weeks ago I was hearing some conservative flack on, I think, the BBC World Service, and he was defending the Patriot Act, fingerprinting of foreign nationals, etc. However, he was defending them against charges of "evil GOP members want to destroy civil rights" by correctly pointing out that most of the post-9/11 measures had already been proposed by Janet Reno and others in the Clinton Administration, especially in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing. Not a comforting thought, is it? It's analogous to how a lot of the foreign policy stuff we associate with Reagan actually began during the later days of the Carter Administration. Zbigniew, so much to answer for... However, the GOP apologist didn't care to point out that the only reason that the Clinton Administration didn't get those pernicious measures passed through Congress was because of these same Republicans, who voted against the Clinton versions of these ideas, saying that they'd abridge civil rights and violate the Constitution. :-) Of course, the claptrap about "protecting our liberties" was just that, since the real reason was that they didn't want Clinton to steal the GOP's agenda once again. But you give the Republicans credit for being a much more capable opposition party vs. Clinton than the Dems have been under Bush II -- at this point, a little Democratic opposition, whether as pure partisan gamesmanship or out of true conviction, would be very much appreciated. check the guy's track record, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:07:10 -0800 From: Catherine Simpson Subject: RE: Regional junkfood >>When I was a kid in southern New Jersey, ISTR that there was a company, >>called Charlie's Chips I think, who would deliver pretzels and potato >>chips. I think you bought a subscription, got a gallon sized tub for each >>flavor, and the Charlie's Chips guy would come around every once in a >>while to refill the tubs. My family didn't subscribe, but others in my >>neighborhood did. Can anyone else confirm this, or is this another one of >>those false recovered memory dealies? It's actually called Charles Chips (rather than Charlie's) and yes, you would subscribe to get the flavor (or flavors) you wanted delivered right to your door each month in big-ass metal canisters. My mother, who is a SERIOUS chip addict, went through 2 canisters a month! I'm not a real chip fan (they only exist as a vehicle for good dip as far as I'm concerned), but I recall them being about the best chips I'd ever eaten. I'm pretty sure I've seen some Charles Chips trucks around town since I moved to SoCal 6 years ago, so I guess they're still around. Catherine ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:24:53 -0800 From: Eb Subject: re: million I read that Salon article, saying only 20 albums sold a million copies before 1969. It would be interesting to see the list. I don't know how easy it is to substantiate that claim, since Platinum albums weren't awarded until 1976. But I'll say this much: the search engine at the RIAA website lists about 360 albums which went Gold before 1969. Which really means between 1958 and 1969, because that's when Gold certifications began. Is that tally really so dismal? The first 10 platinum albums, according to the site: Eagles/Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Dylan/Desire Frampton Comes Alive! Zeppelin/Presence Wings at the Speed of Sound Beatles/Rock & Roll Music Stones/Black and Blue Aerosmith/Rocks George Benson/Breezin' (whatever happened to that guy?) The Brothers Johnson/Look Out for #1 Woo. Obviously, some of these albums endured, and others...didn't. ;) I'll toss in the other silly list I computed, which I found kinda interesting. These are the only albums I own which sold Gold or better in the States, *without ever making it into Billboard's top 100*. A pretty short list, proportionally speaking. Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme also qualify, but since they were disqualified from the pop chart.... The Sundays/Blind (peak position: #103) The Sex Pistols/Never Mind the Bollocks... (peak position: #106) [Platinum] Primus/Sailing the Seas of Cheese (#116) [Platinum] Lyle Lovett/Pontiac (#117) The Beatles/Past Masters: Volume Two (#121) [Platinum] The Clash/The Clash (#126) Sarah McLachlan/Touch (#132) Soundtrack/The Mission (#132) The Beatles/Past Masters: Volume One (#149) [Platinum] Jeff Buckley/Grace (#149) Ministry/A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (#163) Cat Stevens/Mona Bone Jakon (#164) Ministry/The Land of Rape and Honey (#164) Sarah McLachlan/Solace (#167) R.E.M./Murmur (#178) Smashing Pumpkins/Gish (#195) [Platinum] Liz Phair/Exile in Guyville (#196) Van Morrison/Astral Weeks (DID NOT CHART!) The Beatles/Beatles for Sale (did not chart) [Platinum] The Beatles/Please Please Me (did not chart) [Platinum] The Beatles/With the Beatles (did not chart) The Beach Boys/Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys (did not chart) They all sold Gold, except where indicated. I suppose you can categorize most of these flukes as "early albums by acts who later became much more popular." Then, there are the Beatles releases, which didn't come out in the States until the CD age. But there also seem to be some genuine slow-but-steady sellers such as Never Mind the Bollocks, "The Mission," Exile in Guyville and Astral Weeks. Woo. Eb (these food threads are driving me nuts ;)) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:07:35 -0500 From: Steve Talkowski Subject: Fwd: mikerowesoft.com From another list i'm subbed to... Begin forwarded message: > On the remote offpchance that there's still someone out there who's not > yet convinced that Microsoft aren't a bunch of half-witted arseholes. > (and just in case the rest of you need a good laugh) > >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1127295,00.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:20:01 -0500 From: Scott Hunter McCleary Subject: Re: List is barely alive, so.... The only one that really stands out to me is The Bears/Rise and Shite, er, Shine. I was always under the impression that there were about 12 of us who owned copies (it's not a bad album, but hasn't aged well with me at all). I don't know about label support -- sitting here looking at the back of the CD case, it looks like they were pretty far down the MCI foodchain. What cut off this thing got any airplay? I picked it up because of Belew -- probably got a mention in Electronic Muscian or someplace -- he's playing one of the customized Mustangs/Wonder Beasts on the disc, is he not? My theory about the Dean mp3 is that he's stepped into the state governor/professional wrestler nexus. What surprised me about the Drudge coverage was the headline for a lot of the day: "Dean Goes Nuts." Scott (whose Nova Scotian friend Gayle sounds EXACTLY like Jane Siberry) - -- ========= When Air National Guard absentee George W. Bush dressed up in Cruise's "Top Gun" costume and used the USS Abraham Lincoln as a giant, nuclear-powered strap-on, that was as brazen an exhibition of cross-dressing as there's ever been. -- Mark Simpson SH McCleary Prodigal Dog Communications PO Box 6163 Arlington, VA 22206 shmac@prodigaldog.com www.prodigaldog.com www.1480kHz.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:43:51 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: REAP >Gephardt's Presidential run. not to mention former supposedly strong contender Clark. (Here in NZ, we'd only heard about Clark, Dean, and Mosely-Braun, and the latter was only mentioned because she used to be ambassador here. Who the hell is Kerry?*) James *note, this is largely rhetorical. No long drawn out discussion of US politics is necessary. Please. James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:54:59 -0600 From: "Iosso, Ken" Subject: RE: REAP Who's the president of New Zealand anyway? Johny Wilkinson? Or no, he's the President of Britain, I think and they have a prime minister, too, a big US supporter - um, Paul Martin. Damn, this is confusing... Ken Iosso - -----Original Message----- From: grutness@surf4nix.com [mailto:grutness@surf4nix.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:44 PM To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Re: REAP >Gephardt's Presidential run. not to mention former supposedly strong contender Clark. (Here in NZ, we'd only heard about Clark, Dean, and Mosely-Braun, and the latter was only mentioned because she used to be ambassador here. Who the hell is Kerry?*) James *note, this is largely rhetorical. No long drawn out discussion of US politics is necessary. Please. James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:59:14 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: ...and a bag of chips?/card games though it makes little sense for me to comment on the snackfood thread (little of the American stuff gets here, and none of the NZ stuff gets there), I must add that the evillest taste in Crisps (erm, that's chips to you) is O'Ryan's Salt & Vinegar with added cracked pepper. Bluebird used to do an amazing seafood and Lemon flavour, but from the speed it went off the marked I guess I was the only person who liked it. >MMM ... salt and vinegar crisp sandwiches ... > > Stewart Stewart, you want to try getting a bun, filling it with S&V crisps and pepperoni salami. I know them as "Explodaphone butties", because your mouth feels like it's about to explode, and your ears ring. Wonderful. >Ah, new thread: any >> card players on the list? What kinds of card games do you play? > >Used to play euchre (yooker?) with a bunch of friends in Taiwanese >bars. Great game. used to play a bit of gin rummy and 500, but most likely now to play "Up and down the river" or "Scum", both of which are a load of fun, or a game using a special pack (like Guillotine or Family Business) James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:00:04 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: RE: REAP >Who's the president of New Zealand anyway? Johny Wilkinson? Or no, he's >the President of Britain, I think and they have a prime minister, too, a big >US supporter - um, Paul Martin. Damn, this is confusing... Peter Jackson James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:14:15 -0800 From: Eb Subject: Re: List is barely alive, so.... >The only one that really stands out to me is The Bears/Rise and >Shite, er, Shine. I was always under the impression that there were >about 12 of us who owned copies (it's not a bad album, but hasn't >aged well with me at all). I think it's pretty bad -- even the first Bears album (which *didn't* chart) was better, and I wasn't a big fan of that one either. My copy is a secondhand cassette, which cost me $2. ;) >My theory about the Dean mp3 is that he's stepped into the state >governor/professional wrestler nexus. What surprised me about the >Drudge coverage was the headline for a lot of the day: "Dean Goes >Nuts." Did you read the article he linked? I think this "unbalanced hothead" label may have legs.... http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200401200904.asp Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:09:20 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: REAP Jerry Nachman. Max _________________________________________________________________ High-speed usersbe more efficient online with the new MSN Premium Internet Software. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:18:20 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: ...and a bag of chips?/card games James Dignan wrote: > > Stewart, you want to try getting a bun, filling it with S&V crisps and > pepperoni salami. I know them as "Explodaphone butties" Shame I can't abide salami. I suspect it of containing pork. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:23:29 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: ...and a bag of chips?/card games On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > James Dignan wrote: > > Stewart, you want to try getting a bun, filling it with S&V crisps and > > pepperoni salami. I know them as "Explodaphone butties" > > Shame I can't abide salami. I suspect it of containing pork. Isn't proper salami horse? J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:23:04 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Regional junkfood Rex.Broome wrote: > > Now, who on the list has the best dope connection? I think we should have the next fegmeet in Canada, is all I'm saying. > Get her playing hearts with her family, and your best option is to > head for the state line and stay there until it blows over. Yes, I married into a Hearts-mad family, too. It doesn't bring out the best in people. Cards weren't around much when I grew up, except for Patience or Pelmanism (zz). I'm growing to really like Crokinole, though. I'm having difficulty scaring up four folks to play, though. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:41:32 -0500 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: REAP On Tue, Jan 20, 2004, Maximilian Lang wrote: > Jerry Nachman. I just looked him up, but can we please start at least saying who these people are in the reaps? :) - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:51:18 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: fasnachts and medieval movies My friend Kate lives in Reading PA and couldn't believe that we didn't know what fasnachts were (I responded to her the same way that Sebastian did about Karneval and all that - except is it really allemanisch?), so last year she FedExed a dozen of them and some of that ucky syrup that one eats them with to my house in Boston. It cost her $17 to send them. It was fried baking-powder dough (definitely not yeast raised) and kind of greasy. My son loved them. He'll eat anything, though. As for medieval movies, Chris, how about The Name of the Rose? It's quite confusing, though; I think I knew what was going on because I had read the book. Then there is Brother Sun, Sister Moon about St. Francis of Assisi (sp?), which is very beautiful to look at. And there is Bergman's The Seventh Seal. Of course there is also Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but we won't go there. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:58:22 -0600 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: Re: fried, salty, greasy, yum On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:48:21 -0600, "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." said: > I'll eat potato chips, but I think they're not quite up to snuff. > They're > too small and insubstantial. I grew up with people who fry entire > turkeys > (born and raised in New Orleans) and have invented such lovely things at > the > turducken, alligator-stuffed porkchops, and peanut-butter pie. > Let's not forget tripas, which are fried goat intestines, too. And > cabrito, > or roasted goat. A favorite in Monterey, Mexico. I prefer kelp dip and bean lard mulch. - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: crumple zones:: :: harmful or fatal if swallowed :: :: small-craft warning :: ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:20:26 -0600 From: "Fortissimo" Subject: Re: Caucus On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:14:39 -0600, "Miles Goosens" said: > check the guy's track record, I call gratuitous Fall reference. If you thought of the Dem contenders as mere mouthpieces, puppets controlled by the hands of others, you might like this: - ------------------------------- ...Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com/ :: crumple zones:: :: harmful or fatal if swallowed :: :: small-craft warning :: ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:57:33 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: RE: medieval movies >From: Christopher Gross >Subject: medieval movies > >A friend of mine is taking a Medieval History class this semester, and >asked me to recommend a few good movies set in the Middle Ages to help get >her in the mood. I have some ideas of my own, but I'd like to hear what >you folks would suggest. I can think of many good films set in the middle ages, so I'm interested in seeing the other replies. I would suggest. Le Retour de Martin Guerre : Director: Daniel Vigne , feat. Girard Depardieu The Name of the Rose : Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud, feat. Sean Connery, Christian Slater. Brian _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:30:43 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: Medieval Movies I doubted after posting, whether Martin Guerre was set truly in medieval times. It turns out to be 1560 which is perhaps a little late. If you're interested check out http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/film/martinguerre.htm where the issue of why reviewers/viewers see it as medieval rather than Early Modern/Renaissance or whatever. And if you're in a clicking mood Arthur Lindley will tell you in detail and in a narrow column of text "Even more than other period films, medieval movies are always about the present." http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fir598/ALfr3a.htm Brian _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V13 #18 *******************************