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Subject: Re: Boiled Green Peanuts
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On 11/4/2024 2:26 PM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
> 
>> On 11/4/2024 2:55 AM, D wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 22:48:14 +0000, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/2/2024 7:40 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know a thing about those critters in Hawaii. If I saw one, 
>>>>>> I'd
>>>>>> move in the opposite direction. I can still remember a picture I saw
>>>>>> when I was a kid, it was a bunch of terrified swimmers being 
>>>>>> chased by a
>>>>>> pack of barracuda. That picture struck me in a peculiar way. You 
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> say that it was not in a good way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you ever see Jacksons or Veiled chameleons in your part of Hawai'i?
>>>>> We now have one of each as pets in screened enclosures, but I'm told
>>>>> that both are invasive species in parts of the islands.
>>>>
>>>> The chameleons have been in Hawaii for 20/30 years. They are 
>>>> fascinating
>>>> animals but really are too tough to keep. We've had several but it 
>>>> never
>>>> ended up well for the chameleons. Good luck with yours!
>>>>
>>>> If you keep your eyes open, you're always going to see some new 
>>>> invasive
>>>> animals popping up around here. There's not much that can be done about
>>>> that. If we start seeing snakes, I'm leaving!
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IULBtezvoys
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lMhPHZNOqU
>>>>
>>>
>>> Don't you worry! Snakes are cute and have a great personality! (If 
>>> you don't go too close or poke them with a stick)
>>>
>>> When I stay at my house in spain, from time to time there are snakes 
>>> basking in the sun. I sometimes try to see how close I can get 
>>> without them slithering away or becoming aggressive.
>>>
>>> There are also porpoises, very friendly as well, but very, very shy.
>>
>> Ha, so you get Spain and Parma ham when the seasons chill then, how 
>> exceptional!
> 
> Oh you bet! In spain, in the local super market there is a small heaven 
> on earth in the form of their meat counter! Behind it, for several 
> years, there has been an old woman, and every time I come there she 
> shines like the sun, because she knows that she'll sell 50-100 USD worth 
> of ham, sausages and other goodies!
> 
> I usually buy low quality ham for my wife with a lower fat content, and 
> when I say "low quality" that is stuff that would cost 100s of USD per 
> kg in sweden or the baltics, _if_ you even can find it there.
> 
> Then I buy some high fat content jamon iberico, and it just melts in 
> your mouth.
> 
> I do a lunch where I fry some bread in garlic, add a thin layer of 
> freshly, mashed tomatoes on top, a it of pepper (no salt), and on top a 
> thin slice of that wonderful ham! The ham has the salt, so no salt 
> necessary. Oh, I add a small pinch of sugar to my crushed tomatoes.
> 
> This dish is simple, but due to the high quality of the ingredients it 
> is amazing!

I might toss basil leaf on to boot, but you have purity in a sammich 
right there.

Any echoes of post-Franco to be heard these days?

https://youtu.be/OxsLdIbnd0s

It would seem timely.