Maximum Fit Magazine

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:58:44 -0400, Fudge wrote (in message < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ): When DW and I watched this report on BBC breakfast this morning, we wondered how much the parents were spending on ciggies, booze and other such essentials. Nail. Hit. Head. I worked as a supermarket cashier one summer when I was in college, and trashy breeders always seemed come up with money for booze and smokes, no matter what crap they were feeding to their filthy children. More handouts from CF tax money will just do more to enable this behavior. Money is fungible. Great word. Learn it, use it. Pay attention to what the implications are for public policy. It doesn't matter if you give them cash or vouchers in the end. The vouchers can always be traded for cash, or even if used directly, will free up cash for other things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungibility jason

Ethnic groceries are definitely the way to go if you want to eat cheap and well. Indians and Thais and Koreans and hell, even Italians know how to make the most of minimal foodstuffs. And Mexican.  There is a Viva market near me, and while they don't have everything, I can get some good deals.  Spices in the grocery store in a glass bottle cost $3-6.  At Viva, in a plastic envelope, they ar 99 cents to $2.  And they are *much* better.  I've had to cut some of my standard recipes by a third or more with these spices because they are so much more powerful. Remember the chili recipe a while back?  Well, that sent me looking for better cumin, and it found it at Viva.  The side-by-side taste comparison was shocking. So I just refill my existing spice bottles with the packets now.

Em who would love an opportunity to try squid! Is there a sushi place near you?  Ika is my favorite sushi.  I feel lucky because I live near a university town with an ethnic market and a farmer's market.  Squid, goat, lettuce, local cheese and all good things.  Course, I still have trouble getting some of the more specialty items:  Emu, ostritch, kangaroo, etc.

book contained (and yes Dim Sum was part of it). The other thing that gets me is that people get an idea in their heads that name of food=one specific type. This woman said, They brought out dim sum, but I don't like fish! I said, Didn't they have barbeque buns and dumplings? She said, Yes, but they had little fish! <Sigh I want to write in big letters on their foreheads: Sushi (and Japanese food in general) is not always raw fish. Dim Sum is more than chicken feet. Curry isn't always hot. Mexican food doesn't always come on a taco. Rabbit