Re: Re: Haggis and other gross food

kitty, you're a rascal. do you remember the alan arkin movie "simon" in which adolph green played the leader of a television cult? their mantra was--Mmm-Mmm-Good.

wonderful movie. "listen up, you people, there will be no more music in elevators..."


At 02:23 PM 12/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
Mmm-Mmm-Good!


> [Original Message]
> From: jim singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 12/15/2002 10:55:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Haggis and other gross food
>
> i remember that one, too. and i always though it the best campbell's
until
> they brought out that tomato one that had chunks of tomato in it.
>
>
> At 12:14 PM 12/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Campbell's Pepper Pot (tripe) soup was my mother's favorite.  I believe
> >it's gone for good now.  Back in the early 70s she had trouble finding it
> >and contacted Campbell's.  They sent her 2 cases of it.
> >Kitty
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: jim singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Date: 12/15/2002 10:13:07 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Haggis and other gross food
> > >
> > > i'm usually up to try anything once--as long as i have some sort of
> > > assurance that it hasn't killed too many diners recently. i had lamb
> >fries
> > > in a reasonably good restaurant in lexington, kentucky, once. my
though
> >was
> > > "not bad, not good, no substitute for a lamb chop." the worst things
i've
> > > every gotten myself into were calves' brains [in a good french
> >restaurant,
> > > yet] and some kind of crab dish in a korean restaurant. i nearly lost
it
> > > both times.
> > >
> > > i've become a real fan of tripe soup, incidentally. the menudo of most
> > > mexican restaurants is excellent. and, they swear, a cure for a
hangover.
> > > what i find interesting about that association, is that the turks also
> >make
> > > a rather good tripe soup that they claim is a cure for a hangover.
> > >
> > >
> > > At 08:40 AM 12/15/02 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >In the mountain west generally, they are called Rocky Mountain
oysters.
> > > >There is a restaurant in a tiny town called Severance CO that
> >specializes in
> > > >RM oysters and people used to drive long distances to go there, more
I
> >think
> > > >for the novelty than the food.  I thought everything they served
tasted
> >like
> > > >it was deep fried in the same vat and you couldn't tell one type of
meat
> > > >from another.  In other restaurants where they are cooked with more
care,
> > > >Rocky Mountain oysters are quite good.  I'm told that at some
brandings
> >the
> > > >RM oysters are collected and cooked up later, but that has never
> >happened at
> > > >any branding I went to.  I have never seen calf fries offered on a
menu.
> > > >
> > > >Linda in Wyoming
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > They're also called calf fries too, so don't get fooled on that
> >either.
> > > >In Colorado, I'm told they're called Rocky Mountain oysters.    UGH!
> > > > > My earlier question still applies...
> > > >
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