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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 10:20:47 +0000
Organization: A little, after lunch
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On 01/12/2024 17:32, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 30/11/2024 20:54, D wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 30 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> Well pie it with bacon mushroom and a white wine white sauce. Or 
>>>> curry the bugger.
>>>> Or buy a chicken from someone who keeps them around the back yard 
>>>> eating worms and stuff. THEY have taste
>>>
>>> After christmas, this is exactly the experiment I am embarking upon. 
>>> The wife will buy a chicken from a free range farm, and we'll see how 
>>> it compares. My bet is it will be better, but not good enough to get 
>>> me to enjoy chicken breast.
>>>
>> I would concur with that. Chicken is cheap protein. Expecting it to be 
>> more is nuts. All reptiles - and birds evolved from reptiles - 'tastes 
>> like chicken'.
> 
> I read that in terms of protein, breeding snakes is the Donald Trump of 
> protein when it comes to price! A free business idea for this group 
> could be to start a snake breeding farm and sell chicken:ish, protein at 
> very good prices!
> 
> Then there's also insect protein. I do not know how it compared with 
> snake protein.
> 
In S Africa Locusts and crickets were known as 'pParkhurst prawns'

Edible if you wanted.


>>
>> Free range costs more and tastes a little better, but for the same 
>> money you could find a better bird to eat.
> 
> Duck should be possible to obtain here. I like duck!
> 
>>> The pie idea is good though!
>>
>> Europe is full of ideas for making shit food taste better.
>> Porcini mushrooms (ceps) taste meatier than meat.
> 
> Amen!
> 
>> Spices add some sort of interest as do herbs, and garlic.
>>
>> However some foods are so shit that nothing works.
> 
> There is another method where you make the shit taste shittier, and 
> thereby the shit cancels out resulting in a less shittier final result!


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who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will say, 
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