Jack Campin - bogus addre

> The greatest gastronomic crime against humanity I experienced was
> at a reception at the American Embassy. Most of the stuff was ok,
> the canapés were generally in keeping with French tradition. One
> happened to attract me since it gave the appearance of being a bit
> of foie gras (or mousse of same) on a canapé."
> I quickly snatched one from the tray and ---gasp, cough and yipes,
> it was peanut butter!

I recommend the section of Curzio Malaparte's "The Skin"/"Le Pelle"
where he describes the victorious Americans giving a banquet in an
ornately baroque hall in Naples featuring a main course of corn and
spam. It's one of the most brilliant pieces of writing about food
I've ever come across. (I posted it to Usenet once, but too early
for DejaNews/Google to have an archive of it).

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Hatunen

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:57:18 +0000, Jack Campin - bogus address
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> The greatest gastronomic crime against humanity I experienced was
>> at a reception at the American Embassy. Most of the stuff was ok,
>> the canap�s were generally in keeping with French tradition. One
>> happened to attract me since it gave the appearance of being a bit
>> of foie gras (or mousse of same) on a canap�."
>> I quickly snatched one from the tray and ---gasp, cough and yipes,
>> it was peanut butter!
>
>I recommend the section of Curzio Malaparte's "The Skin"/"Le Pelle"
>where he describes the victorious Americans giving a banquet in an
>ornately baroque hall in Naples featuring a main course of corn and
>spam. It's one of the most brilliant pieces of writing about food
>I've ever come across.

But is it true?

--
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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

VainGlorious

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:47:39 -0700, Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote:


>Europeans are always criticising Americans for not trying new
>things to eat, so eat some peanut butter (unless you have a
>peanut allergy). I practically lived on peanut butter and jelly
>sandwiches while between marriages.

Yea, I am a Merkin. And I really don't like peanut butter. As a kid, I
would eat it because it seemed to be what everyone else was eating. As
an adult, I've become aware of the vast quantities of fat and calories
in the stuff. I don't buy PB, I don't eat PB. I hate PB ice cream. It
isn't allergies. It's just gastronomic ennui.

- TR
- give me some of that new Guinness Marmite! Mmm-hmm!

Jean O'Boyle

"Earl Evleth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:C200FF00.D1B4C%[email protected]...
>
> The news in America is that some terrorists have put
> almonella into peanut butter.

Almonella?
How sad that you don't have anything more informative to write about that
you have to resort to this...It was never even insinuated that there was any
terrorist involvement...Guess if you can't find anything intelligent to
write about, you fabricate ...Just how mature is that? Maybe you will blame
someone else for posting this in your name?
For a group that supposedly discusses information about Europe, you seem to
be terribly preoccupied with the US.

--Jean

CalifBill

"VainGlorious" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:47:39 -0700, Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Europeans are always criticising Americans for not trying new
>>things to eat, so eat some peanut butter (unless you have a
>>peanut allergy). I practically lived on peanut butter and jelly
>>sandwiches while between marriages.
>
> Yea, I am a Merkin. And I really don't like peanut butter. As a kid, I
> would eat it because it seemed to be what everyone else was eating. As
> an adult, I've become aware of the vast quantities of fat and calories
> in the stuff. I don't buy PB, I don't eat PB. I hate PB ice cream. It
> isn't allergies. It's just gastronomic ennui.
>
> - TR
> - give me some of that new Guinness Marmite! Mmm-hmm!
>
>

I am old and I still love Peanut butter!

David Horne

Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:32:33 +0000, [email protected] (David
> Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> and apparently
> >> peanut butter can present a serious health risk to people
> >> allergic to peanuts.
> >
> >That's the funniest thing I've seen here all day...
>
> A definite "doh!"

Someone got it at least!

--
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(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Earl Evleth

On 20/02/07 20:16, in article [email protected],
"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:

> How old are you Earl?

75 and counting.

> I'll bet I'm older than you

perhaps

> and was brought up in Britain but,
> if I am not very enthusiastic about it, peanut butter is quite
> tolerable. My kids liked it, my

> British nieces and great nieces like it too!

I'd say it is OK for thin people but it has a high calorie content.

I don't think it can be classed with olive oil as that beneficial
to the diet. In the US it was something one gave kids, either in
the form of sandwiches (peanut butter and jam/jelly) either for lunch
or a small snack just after returning from school.

The stuff is sticky and sometimes people "diluted" it with lots of
butter.

****

From http://www.annecollins.com/calories/...nut-butter.htm

Bad News About Peanut Butter

Two tablespoons of Peanut Butter contains 190 calories and 16 grams of fat -
as much fat as in a Burger King hamburger. Peanut butter is a high-calorie
source of protein. Two tablespoons contains about 8 grams of protein/200
calories, the same protein as 1oz of roast turkey with only 50 calories!

Better News About Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter is high in fat, but most of it is monounsaturated, the same
"good fat" that's found in olive oil. Some studies show that a diet high in
monounsaturated fat may actually be good for the heart.

In fact, it may even be true that adding Peanut Butter to your weight loss
diet may help you lose weight, although the reasons for this are unclear.

Peanut Butter - A Weight Gain Warning

Peanut Butter remains a high calorie food. So irrespective of it's benefits,
you may not consume it in large quantities without upping your calories and
gaining weight.

****

Earl Evleth

On 20/02/07 20:48, in article [email protected], "Stephen
Ellenson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's not suggested to be terrorism, here's the FDA alert.

Curious, I thought every bad thing had a terrorist connection.

Earl Evleth

On 20/02/07 21:08, in article [email protected],
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> It may
>> be pretty much only American in appealing to taste buds.
>
> As "Marmite" to the British palate?


Britain was colonized by the Americans years ago, gastronomically
feedback actually

Earl Evleth

On 20/02/07 22:29, in article 1hturmu.17l4j1z6453uoN%[email protected],
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor *" <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> and apparently
>>>> peanut butter can present a serious health risk to people
>>>> allergic to peanuts.
>>>
>>>
>>> That's the funniest thing I've seen here all day...
>>
>> Funny, but all too true, apparently -
>
> Oh, dear...


Can anybody name anything that some people are not allergic to?

Earl Evleth

On 20/02/07 23:01, in article [email protected],
"Deeply Filled Mortician" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

> I've gotta agree. A mere single peanut is enough to kill, let alone
> post a serious risk!

Peanuts are OK with me, but coconut will cause a not fatal rash. Anybody
else out there allergic to coconut?

-Magda

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:26:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On 20/02/07 22:29, in article 1hturmu.17l4j1z6453uoN%[email protected],
... "David Horne, _the_ chancellor *" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >>> and apparently
... >>>> peanut butter can present a serious health risk to people
... >>>> allergic to peanuts.
... >>>
... >>>
... >>> That's the funniest thing I've seen here all day...
... >>
... >> Funny, but all too true, apparently -
... >
... > Oh, dear...
...
...
... Can anybody name anything that some people are not allergic to?

Air & water.

Earl Evleth

On 20/02/07 23:47, in article [email protected],
"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:39:44 +0100, Earl Evleth
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> The news in America is that some terrorists have put
>> S almonella into peanut butter.
>
> Nonsense. Nothing to do with terrorists.

They are all around us, according to Bush. I too feel their
presence. Everytime I take my dog out for a walk and look
up and down the street to make sure there are no terrorists
around. Sometimes, I have heard, they disguise themselves as
dog walkers. It they do this with dogs, why not peanut butter??

>> "The greatest gastronomic crime against humanity I experienced
>> was at a reception at the American Embassy. Most of the stuff was ok, the
>> canap�s were generally in keeping with French tradition. One happened to
>> attract me since it gave the appearance of being a bit of foie gras (or
>> mousse of same) on a canap�."
>>
>> I quickly snatched one from the tray and ---gasp, cough and yipes, it was
>> peanut butter!
>
> Good heavens!!

Good! It was very bad, very bad indeed. I was the victim of this crime,
I know.


>> I complained loudly creating a bit of a diplomatic incident. Peanut butter
>> is not part of God`s plan, but an intervention by Satan.
>
> Nonsense.. Peanut butter is God's gift to humanity.

I would judge God highly unreliable with regard to his gift giving. For
years, in fact, I prayed for a Porsche and God never delivered. I tried to
negotiate with Satan, but no go. I have yet to find a competing
supernatural power who will deliver. An unreliable bunch.

> It is
> unfortunate the rest pof the world fails to accept such a
> beneficent gift.

It is a very high calorie "gift", obviously a plant so we
would sin and then have to ask for forgiveness. The Big Guy
did the same thing with Sex.

Earl Evleth

On 21/02/07 9:34, in article [email protected],
"Magda" <[email protected]> wrote:

> ... Can anybody name anything that some people are not allergic to?
>
> Air & water.

Nice try, but W C Fields said about his water disapproval ("Fish f**k in
it")

-Magda

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:42:51 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On 21/02/07 9:34, in article [email protected],
... "Magda" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... > ... Can anybody name anything that some people are not allergic to?
... >
... > Air & water.
...
... Nice try, but W C Fields said about his water disapproval ("Fish f**k in
... it")

I didn't say people were not allergic to things that can be found in water...