xkcd: Every Data Table
https://xkcd.com/2502/

True dat.

So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
does not even resemble reality.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table

Lynn

In article <sf93ia$20e$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>xkcd: Every Data Table
> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>
>True dat.
>
>So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>does not even resemble reality.
>
>Explained at:
> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table

After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.

--
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Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >xkcd: Every Data Table
> > https://xkcd.com/2502/
> >
> >True dat.
> >
> >So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
> >does not even resemble reality.
> >
> >Explained at:
> > https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.

Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
more appropriate to the events described.

On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...

On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>
>>> True dat.
>>>
>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>
>>> Explained at:
>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>
> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
> more appropriate to the events described.
>
> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>
Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)

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On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> > On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
> >> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> xkcd: Every Data Table
> >>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
> >>>
> >>> True dat.
> >>>
> >>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
> >>> does not even resemble reality.
> >>>
> >>> Explained at:
> >>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
> >> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
> >
[q

double dagger or diesis ‡

> > Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
> > more appropriate to the events described.
> >
> > On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
> >
> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>
> --

...at least until the MREs holdout.

--
Kevin R

On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>
>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>
>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>
>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>
> [q
>
>
> double dagger or diesis ‡
>
>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>
>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>
>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>
>
> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>
As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.

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On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:41:00 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>
>> [q
>>
>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>
>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>
>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>
>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>
>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>
>As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.

Bird's nest soup -- who the hell was desperate enough to climb a cliff
and boil the bird-spit from a swallow's nest to eat?

Escargot, though, aren't particularly strange. I like escargot. It's
not just the French who eat them, either; in Catalonia they're called
caracoles and cooked in the shell.

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On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:41:00 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>
>> [q
>>
>>
>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>
>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>
>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>
>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>
>>
>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>
>As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.

Compared to what our troops ate in WWII and Vietnam, MREs are luxury.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:38:20 -0700, Lawrence Watt-Evans
<misenchantedpress@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:41:00 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
><dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>>On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>
>>> [q
>>>
>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>
>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>
>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>
>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>
>>As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>>worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>>like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>
>Bird's nest soup -- who the hell was desperate enough to climb a cliff
>and boil the bird-spit from a swallow's nest to eat?
>
>Escargot, though, aren't particularly strange. I like escargot. It's
>not just the French who eat them, either; in Catalonia they're called
>caracoles and cooked in the shell.

I went through a phase with them. These days they're no more
appealing than garlic-flavored chewing gum.

On 2021-08-15, Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> wrote:

> Escargot, though, aren't particularly strange. I like escargot. It's
> not just the French who eat them, either; in Catalonia they're called
> caracoles and cooked in the shell.

Also east of France:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badische_Schneckensuppe

--
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On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >xkcd: Every Data Table
> > https://xkcd.com/2502/
> >
> >True dat.
> >
> >So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
> >does not even resemble reality.
> >
> >Explained at:
> > https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>
> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.

Since more people are tripping over that,
I'll mention that the reader-managed "explain"
page for the comic does actually say that, and
also what further options are. And if it did not,
then... well, all of us would, anyway.

Or you might print the lines in italics...
or in gothic with a black border.

In article <sfbjja$bfo$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>
>> [q
>>
>>
>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>
>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>
>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>
>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>
>>
>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>
>As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>
I've eaten escargot, once. They were yummy. But anything
simmered in enough garlic butter would taste good.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 8/15/2021 4:03 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <sfbjja$bfo$1@dont-email.me>,
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>
>>> [q
>>>
>>>
>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>
>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>
>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>
>> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>>
> I've eaten escargot, once. They were yummy. But anything
> simmered in enough garlic butter would taste good.
>
But how bad is your situation when you are not only eating snails, you
are doing it often enough to become creative in how you cook them?

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On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 18:40:31 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 8/15/2021 4:03 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <sfbjja$bfo$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>>
>>>> [q
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>>
>>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>>
>>> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>>> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>>> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>>>
>> I've eaten escargot, once. They were yummy. But anything
>> simmered in enough garlic butter would taste good.
>>
>But how bad is your situation when you are not only eating snails, you
>are doing it often enough to become creative in how you cook them?

Given that escargot are considered to be luxury items, I would think
you would be doing pretty well in order for that to happen.

On 2021-08-14 11:55 a.m., Lynn McGuire wrote:
> xkcd: Every Data Table
>    https://xkcd.com/2502/
>
> True dat.
>
> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
> does not even resemble reality.

And you know that it was "totally massaged"...

....how, exactly?

In article <sfcfmc$iqd$2@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>On 8/15/2021 4:03 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <sfbjja$bfo$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional
>Traveler wrote:
>>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>>
>>>> [q
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>>
>>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>>
>>> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>>> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>>> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>>>
>> I've eaten escargot, once. They were yummy. But anything
>> simmered in enough garlic butter would taste good.
>>
>But how bad is your situation when you are not only eating snails, you
>are doing it often enough to become creative in how you cook them?

M.F.K. Fischer told a story of traveling through the French
countryside (between the World Wars, IIRC) and observing French
peasants harvesting wine grapes. They also set fires in the tall
grass; when those burn out it was time for lunch, and they picked
up the now-cooked snails and pulled them out of their shells, and
squeezed the juice from bunches of withered grapes into their
mouths.

"Roasted snails and raw wine! They crossed themselves before
they ate."

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Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

In article <83kjhgdpjmlo0lu46csekj5shsk9dn5nh8@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 18:40:31 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
><dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>>On 8/15/2021 4:03 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <sfbjja$bfo$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional
>Traveler wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged
>climate that
>>>>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>>>
>>>>> [q
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>>>
>>>> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>>>> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>>>> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>>>>
>>> I've eaten escargot, once. They were yummy. But anything
>>> simmered in enough garlic butter would taste good.
>>>
>>But how bad is your situation when you are not only eating snails, you
>>are doing it often enough to become creative in how you cook them?
>
>Given that escargot are considered to be luxury items, I would think
>you would be doing pretty well in order for that to happen.

See my post upthread, quoting M.F.K. Fischer on roasted snails
and raw wine. What the heck, they were free.

--
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Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:13:50 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber
<naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

>On 2021-08-15, Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Escargot, though, aren't particularly strange. I like escargot. It's
>> not just the French who eat them, either; in Catalonia they're called
>> caracoles and cooked in the shell.
>
>Also east of France:
>https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badische_Schneckensuppe

Didn't know that! Thanks.

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> writes:
>On 8/15/2021 4:03 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <sfbjja$bfo$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>>
>>>> [q
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>>
>>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>>
>>> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>>> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>>> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>>>
>> I've eaten escargot, once. They were yummy. But anything
>> simmered in enough garlic butter would taste good.
>>
>But how bad is your situation when you are not only eating snails, you
>are doing it often enough to become creative in how you cook them?

Pre grocery store, one ate what one could. Head cheese anyone?

Some of the most nurishing parts of the animal (viscera) are
discarded nowadays.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:41:00 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler
>> wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>, Lynn McGuire
>>>>> <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate
>>>>>> that does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>
>> [q
>>
>>
>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>
>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be more appropriate to
>>>> the events described.
>>>>
>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>
>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>
>>>
>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>
> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.

I have had MREs a few times,one of my cousins would bring some on my
dad's hunting trips, and some of them were alright but I think the big
problem is that they mostly did not taste like food.

On 8/15/2021 12:41 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional
>> Traveler wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged
>>>>>> climate that
>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>
>> [q
>>
>>
>>   double dagger or diesis ‡
>>
>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>
>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>
>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>
>>
>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>
> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.

Pig's feet. Boil for a few hours to start.
https://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com/pigs-feet-recipe.html

" Begin by giving the pigs feet a good washing. For the purpose of
presentation, remove any unsightly hair that you observe. Yes, pigs grow
hair on the toes and feet just like humans. A disposable razor will
remove the hair.
Place all the ingredients in a large boiling pot and cover with
water. Bring water to a boil over medium-high heat and then reduce heat
to a simmer. Cover the pot with a lid and allow pigs feet to cook until
tender, about 3 hours. While your meat is cooking stir constantly and
skim away any foam that develops."

Lynn

On 8/15/2021 2:53 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:41:00 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table
>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate that
>>>>>>> does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>
>>> [q
>>>
>>>
>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>
>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be
>>>>> more appropriate to the events described.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>
>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>
>> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>
> Compared to what our troops ate in WWII and Vietnam, MREs are luxury.

My brother-in-law was a missionary in outer areas of New Guinea for four
years back in the 1970s. The natives used the WWII C rations and K
rations cans for landfill. If the villages ever ran out of food, they
would go dig them up. He said the taste was ... interesting.

Lynn

On 8/16/2021 1:58 PM, Magewolf wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:41:00 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>
>> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
>>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>, Lynn McGuire
>>>>>> <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table https://xkcd.com/2502/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> True dat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate
>>>>>>> that does not even resemble reality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
>>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
>>>>>
>>> [q
>>>
>>>
>>> double dagger or diesis ‡
>>>
>>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be more appropriate to
>>>>> the events described.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
>>>>>
>>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
>>>
>> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
>> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
>> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
>
> I have had MREs a few times,one of my cousins would bring some on my
> dad's hunting trips, and some of them were alright but I think the big
> problem is that they mostly did not taste like food.

Today's MREs are pretty good. My former USMC son lived on them for
months in Iraq. They even have platoon level MREs for feeding twenty
Marines in the field. The scrambled eggs are terrible though.

The big problem with MREs is they are low on fiber. The prevailing
theory on that among the Marines is that constipated soldiers fight
harder and meaner.

Lynn

On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 12:21:46 AM UTC-4, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:13:50 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber
> <na...@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>
> >On 2021-08-15, Lawrence Watt-Evans <misencha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Escargot, though, aren't particularly strange. I like escargot. It's
> >> not just the French who eat them, either; in Catalonia they're called
> >> caracoles and cooked in the shell.
> >
> >Also east of France:
> >https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badische_Schneckensuppe
> Didn't know that! Thanks.

....and north. I used to eat at the named restaurant.

http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/wallfish.htm

pt

On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 3:21:16 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 8/16/2021 1:58 PM, Magewolf wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:41:00 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> >
> >> On 8/15/2021 6:45 AM, Kevrob wrote:
> >>> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 10:33:36 PM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> On 8/14/2021 6:02 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>> On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 01:15:04 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >>>>>> In article <sf93ia$20e$1...@dont-email.me>, Lynn McGuire
> >>>>>> <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> xkcd: Every Data Table https://xkcd.com/2502/
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> True dat.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> So much better than his xkcd 2500 that had totally massaged climate
> >>>>>>> that does not even resemble reality.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Explained at:
> >>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2502:_Every_Data_Table
> >>>>>> After the dagger comes the double-hilted dagger.
> >>>>>
> >>> [q
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> double dagger or diesis ‡
> >>>
> >>>>> Not the lead pipe? Or the monkey wrench may be more appropriate to
> >>>>> the events described.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On the bright side, the table does exist after 2021...
> >>>>>
> >>>> Anal retentive record keeping survivalists.... :)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> ..at least until the MREs holdout.
> >>>
> >> As bad as MREs are reported to be I have to believe they are still
> >> worlds better than what some of our ancestors ate to think up recipes
> >> like escargot and some of the ... stranger stuff I've heard of.
> >
> > I have had MREs a few times,one of my cousins would bring some on my
> > dad's hunting trips, and some of them were alright but I think the big
> > problem is that they mostly did not taste like food.
> Today's MREs are pretty good. My former USMC son lived on them for
> months in Iraq. They even have platoon level MREs for feeding twenty
> Marines in the field. The scrambled eggs are terrible though.
>
> The big problem with MREs is they are low on fiber. The prevailing
> theory on that among the Marines is that constipated soldiers fight
> harder and meaner.

The crayon wrappers are insufficient?

pt