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In article <10bp1ga$20bq6$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:45:04 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759457933-4746@newsgrouper.org>, user4746
@newsgrouper.org.invalid says...
The passion fruit is not something that's found in stores.
? Passion fruit are pretty common in UK supermarkets.
Delicious.
Maybe there's no umami in them, so they don't sell them in Hawaii?
Or in mainland USA, where Leo lives?
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
On 2025-10-04, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <10bp1ga$20bq6$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:45:04 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759457933-4746@newsgrouper.org>, user4746
@newsgrouper.org.invalid says...
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-10-02, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Passion fruit tastes like a clean, healthy, vagina hence the name. That's just
my theory.
https://davinehawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Lilikoi-Inside-e1592008906391.jpg
Kinda looks like a yellow pomegranate that's rotted inside. I don't >>>>>> believe I've ever seen one. That or a durian. I gotta start shopping >>>>>> different stores!
The passion fruit is not something that's found in stores.
? Passion fruit are pretty common in UK supermarkets.
Delicious.
Maybe there's no umami in them, so they don't sell them in Hawaii?
Or in mainland USA, where Leo lives?
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
It's about demand. If grocers don't see a demand for passion fruit,
it won't appear in the grocery store.
I can get quite a bit of exotica here, because a college town
has an international population.
On 10/4/2025 10:40 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-10-04, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:Maybe you should put an ad on Craigslist offering to rent rooms as "International Student Housing!" <snork>
In article <10bp1ga$20bq6$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:45:04 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759457933-4746@newsgrouper.org>, user4746
@newsgrouper.org.invalid says...
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-10-02, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Passion fruit tastes like a clean, healthy, vagina hence the name. That's just
my theory.
https://davinehawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Lilikoi-Inside-e1592008906391.jpg
Kinda looks like a yellow pomegranate that's rotted inside. I don't >>>>>>> believe I've ever seen one. That or a durian. I gotta start shopping >>>>>>> different stores!
The passion fruit is not something that's found in stores.
? Passion fruit are pretty common in UK supermarkets.
Delicious.
Maybe there's no umami in them, so they don't sell them in Hawaii?
Or in mainland USA, where Leo lives?
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
It's about demand. If grocers don't see a demand for passion fruit,
it won't appear in the grocery store.
I can get quite a bit of exotica here, because a college town
has an international population.
On 2025-10-04, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
On 2025-10-04 5:23 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-10-04, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:Would you notice under the chili flavour?
On 2025-10-04 3:41 a.m., Graham wrote:
On 2025-10-03 10:26 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Sat, 04 Oct 2025 04:05:55 GMT, dsi1Currently featured in the NYT as the best cookie ever.
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:45:04 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>There is no umami in passion fruit. I just made some umami cookies. >>>>>>> I'm not into
?-a-a Passion fruit-a are pretty common in UK supermarkets.
Delicious.
Maybe there's no umami in them, so they don't sell them in Hawaii? >>>>>>>>
baking cookies but sometimes, I'll give it a go. The cookies have >>>>>>> gochujan swirled
over the top. It's tasty alright.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tGE3fbgHugDqkLjJ7
Gochujan is that Korean paste that always seems to be full of
additives? If 'cookie' is a diminutive, can I call the items you made >>>>>> cooks? I'd like to try my hand at making cookies too, but the problem >>>>>> is I'd eat 80% of them.
Ingredients
Yield:About 8 large cookies
-+cup (8 tablespoons)/115 grams unsalted butter, very soft
2packed tablespoons dark brown sugar
1heaping tablespoon gochujang
1cup/200 grams granulated sugar
1large egg, at room temperature
-+teaspoon coarse kosher salt or -+ teaspoon kosher salt (such as >>>> Diamond Crystal)
-+teaspoon ground cinnamon
1teaspoon vanilla extract
-+teaspoon baking soda
1-+cups/185 grams all-purpose flour
Preparation
Step 1
In a small bowl, stir together 1 tablespoon butter, the brown sugar >>>> and gochujang until smooth. Set aside for later, at room temperature.
Step 2
In a large bowl, by hand, whisk together the remaining 7
tablespoons butter, the granulated sugar, egg, salt, cinnamon and
vanilla until smooth, about 1 minute. Switch to a flexible spatula and >>>> stir in the baking soda. Add the flour and gently stir to combine. Place >>>> this large bowl in the refrigerator until the dough is less sticky but >>>> still soft and pliable, 15 to 20 minutes.
Step 3
While the dough is chilling, heat the oven to 350 degrees and line >>>> 2 large sheet pans with parchment.
Step 4
Remove the dough from the refrigerator. In 3 to 4 separately spaced >>>> out blobs, spoon the gochujang mixture over the cookie dough. Moving in >>>> long circular strokes, swirl the gochujang mixture into the cookie dough >>>> so you have streaks of orange-red rippled throughout the beige. Be sure >>>> not to overmix at this stage, as you want wide, distinct strips of
gochujang.
I wonder whether browning the butter for the swirl would make
it even better.
Perhaps not. I suppose one could brown all the butter for the
recipe, but then you'd have to compensate for the lost water.
On 10/4/2025 10:40 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-10-04, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:Maybe you should put an ad on Craigslist offering to rent rooms as "International Student Housing!" <snork>
In article <10bp1ga$20bq6$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:45:04 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759457933-4746@newsgrouper.org>, user4746
@newsgrouper.org.invalid says...
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-10-02, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Passion fruit tastes like a clean, healthy, vagina hence the
name. That's just
my theory.
https://davinehawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Lilikoi-Inside-e1592008906391.jpg
Kinda looks like a yellow pomegranate that's rotted inside. I don't >>>>>>> believe I've ever seen one. That or a durian. I gotta start shopping >>>>>>> different stores!
The passion fruit is not something that's found in stores.
?aa Passion fruita are pretty common in UK supermarkets.
Delicious.
Maybe there's no umami in them, so they don't sell them in Hawaii?
aa Or ina mainland USA,a where Leo lives?
aa I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
aa Maybe its because ofa US tariffs
It's about demand.a If grocers don't see a demand for passion fruit,
it won't appear in the grocery store.
I can get quite a bit of exotica here, because a college town
has an international population.
Jill
On 2025-10-04 10:40 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-10-04, Dave Smith wrote:
One of the reactions to the tariffs [...]
is costing them billions in lost business.
The number of Canadian tourists travelling
to the US has fallen and keeps falling.
Also, some Canadians (especially those of
exotic family names &c) are afraid of
ending up in prison somewhere in Congo.
There is definitely some of that going on.-a Some states and some tourist centres are pleading for Canadians to come and visit. I just saw an
offer for a 35% for Canadian visitors. That is a hefty offer for a place that lives to gouge visitors.
On the flip side, there seems to be a lot more Americans visiting us. I
had noted over the years that there seemed to be fewer and few cars with
US plates on our highways. This year there has been a big increase.
On 10/4/2025 7:29 AM, Janet wrote:
The passion fruit is not something that's found in stores.
? Passion fruit are pretty common in UK supermarkets.
Delicious.
Maybe there's no umami in them, so they don't sell them in Hawaii?
Or in mainland USA, where Leo lives?
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
Go back a generation or two, pre-internet especially. Big as the US landwise, it is very regional ethnically. When people came from other counties, they tended to settle where others from their country were
already there.
If you went into a grocery store in a Polish, German, or Irish
neighborhood, you would not find soy sauce of kimchi.No reason to have
foods like that.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=30d2e10d4d694b3eb4dc4d2e58dbb5a5
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes. No thanks.
On 10/4/2025 3:58 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes. No thanks.
You never had the good ones. Neither have I since my grandmother passed >away.
Going back some decades, a couple of times a year we'd go to my >grandmother's and my mother and Aunt Dorothy would make them for family >dinner. It was great, they were delicious and a nice time.
The commercial stuff, especially the frozen ones have the same name, but >nothing else. They are horrid hunks of stuffed dough.
On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 16:32:35 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 10/4/2025 3:58 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes. No thanks.
You never had the good ones. Neither have I since my grandmother passed
away.
Isn't it just a bit of dough with filling? How could that always be
bad? It will be as good as the cooking skill of the person who
prepares it.
Going back some decades, a couple of times a year we'd go to my
grandmother's and my mother and Aunt Dorothy would make them for family
dinner. It was great, they were delicious and a nice time.
The commercial stuff, especially the frozen ones have the same name, but
nothing else. They are horrid hunks of stuffed dough.
There you go. Grandmother vs. food industry: 10-0.
On 10/4/2025 3:58 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes. No thanks.
You never had the good ones. Neither have I since my grandmother passed away.
Going back some decades, a couple of times a year we'd go to my grandmother's and my mother and Aunt Dorothy would make them for family dinner. It was great, they were delicious and a nice time.
The commercial stuff, especially the frozen ones have the same name, but nothing else. They are horrid hunks of stuffed dough.
On 10/4/2025 3:58 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes.-a No thanks.
You never had the good ones.-a Neither have I since my grandmother passed away.
Going back some decades, a couple of times a year we'd go to my grandmother's and my mother and Aunt Dorothy would make them for family dinner.-a It was great, they were delicious and a nice time.
The commercial stuff, especially the frozen ones have the same name, but nothing else.-a They are horrid hunks of stuffed dough.
On 2025-10-04, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 10/4/2025 10:40 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-10-04, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:Maybe you should put an ad on Craigslist offering to rent rooms as
In article <10bp1ga$20bq6$2@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...
On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:45:04 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759457933-4746@newsgrouper.org>, user4746
@newsgrouper.org.invalid says...
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-10-02, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Passion fruit tastes like a clean, healthy, vagina hence the name. That's just
my theory.
https://davinehawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Lilikoi-Inside-e1592008906391.jpg
Kinda looks like a yellow pomegranate that's rotted inside. I don't >>>>>>>> believe I've ever seen one. That or a durian. I gotta start shopping >>>>>>>> different stores!
The passion fruit is not something that's found in stores.
? Passion fruit are pretty common in UK supermarkets.
Delicious.
Maybe there's no umami in them, so they don't sell them in Hawaii?
Or in mainland USA, where Leo lives?
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
It's about demand. If grocers don't see a demand for passion fruit,
it won't appear in the grocery store.
I can get quite a bit of exotica here, because a college town
has an international population.
"International Student Housing!" <snork>
Perhaps when my husband is dead, I can rent out the workshop.
On 2025-10-04 9:49 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-10-04 10:40 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:Perhaps looking to emigrate:-)
On 2025-10-04, Dave Smith wrote:
One of the reactions to the tariffs [...]
is costing them billions in lost business.
The number of Canadian tourists travelling
to the US has fallen and keeps falling.
Also, some Canadians (especially those of
exotic family names &c) are afraid of
ending up in prison somewhere in Congo.
There is definitely some of that going on.-a Some states and some
tourist centres are pleading for Canadians to come and visit. I just
saw an offer for a 35% for Canadian visitors. That is a hefty offer
for a place that lives to gouge visitors.
On the flip side, there seems to be a lot more Americans visiting us.
I had noted over the years that there seemed to be fewer and few cars
with US plates on our highways. This year there has been a big increase.
On 10/4/2025 3:58 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes.a No thanks.
You never had the good ones.a Neither have I since my grandmother passed away.
Going back some decades, a couple of times a year we'd go to my grandmother's and my mother and Aunt Dorothy would make them for family dinner.a It was great, they were delicious and a nice time.
The commercial stuff, especially the frozen ones have the same name, but nothing else.a They are horrid hunks of stuffed dough.
Graham wrote on 10/4/2025 12:59 PM:
On 2025-10-04 9:49 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
Perhaps looking to emigrate:-)
There is definitely some of that going on.|e-a Some states and some
tourist centres are pleading for Canadians to come and visit. I just
saw an offer for a 35% for Canadian visitors. That is a hefty offer
for a place that lives to gouge visitors.
On the flip side, there seems to be a lot more Americans visiting us.
I had noted over the years that there seemed to be fewer and few cars
with US plates on our highways. This year there has been a big increase. >>>
I'm not surprised. Right now, about half of all americans would like to >escape the current authoritarian regime.
But many don't have the funds, nor the skills to navigate the
bureaucracies of these two extremely picky legalistic countries.
We don't trust either one. It's gone that far.
Ed P wrote on 10/4/2025 3:32 PM:
On 10/4/2025 3:58 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes.-a No thanks.
You never had the good ones.-a Neither have I since my grandmother
passed away.
Going back some decades, a couple of times a year we'd go to my
grandmother's and my mother and Aunt Dorothy would make them for
family dinner.-a It was great, they were delicious and a nice time.
The commercial stuff, especially the frozen ones have the same name,
but nothing else.-a They are horrid hunks of stuffed dough.
Polish grub is always better than anything else.-a I don't know why
grocery stores sell other foods.
On 10/4/2025 3:58 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Pierogies are available in restaurants as well as supermarket
freezes.-a No thanks.
You never had the good ones.-a Neither have I since my grandmother passed away.
Going back some decades, a couple of times a year we'd go to my grandmother's and my mother and Aunt Dorothy would make them for family dinner.-a It was great, they were delicious and a nice time.
The commercial stuff, especially the frozen ones have the same name, but nothing else.-a They are horrid hunks of stuffed dough.
On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 18:38:18 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Graham wrote on 10/4/2025 12:59 PM:
On 2025-10-04 9:49 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
Perhaps looking to emigrate:-)
There is definitely some of that going on.|e-a Some states and some
tourist centres are pleading for Canadians to come and visit. I just
saw an offer for a 35% for Canadian visitors. That is a hefty offer
for a place that lives to gouge visitors.
On the flip side, there seems to be a lot more Americans visiting us. >>>> I had noted over the years that there seemed to be fewer and few cars >>>> with US plates on our highways. This year there has been a big increase. >>>>
I'm not surprised. Right now, about half of all americans would like to >>escape the current authoritarian regime.
But many don't have the funds, nor the skills to navigate the >>bureaucracies of these two extremely picky legalistic countries.
We don't trust either one. It's gone that far.
I can understand that maybe 20% of Americans are so dense and
ill-informed that they'll continue to support Trump no matter what.
You have that crowd in every country. What I don't understand is how
nearly 50% of a population can be that thick:
<https://www.realclearpolling.com/>
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:people like to eat.
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:against it?
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Janet UK
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 18:38:18 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Graham wrote on 10/4/2025 12:59 PM:
On 2025-10-04 9:49 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
Perhaps looking to emigrate:-)
There is definitely some of that going on.|e-a Some states and some >>>>> tourist centres are pleading for Canadians to come and visit. I just >>>>> saw an offer for a 35% for Canadian visitors. That is a hefty offer >>>>> for a place that lives to gouge visitors.
On the flip side, there seems to be a lot more Americans visiting us. >>>>> I had noted over the years that there seemed to be fewer and few cars >>>>> with US plates on our highways. This year there has been a big increase. >>>>>
I'm not surprised. Right now, about half of all americans would like to >>>escape the current authoritarian regime.
But many don't have the funds, nor the skills to navigate the >>>bureaucracies of these two extremely picky legalistic countries.
We don't trust either one. It's gone that far.
I can understand that maybe 20% of Americans are so dense and
ill-informed that they'll continue to support Trump no matter what.
You have that crowd in every country. What I don't understand is how
nearly 50% of a population can be that thick: >><https://www.realclearpolling.com/>
Because they can't tell the difference between liberals and communists. >Because they think he "closed the border".
Because he gives them licence to show their racism.
Because the stock market is up.
Any or all of those reasons, plus whatever I was unable to think of
on the spot.
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are against it?
In article <10btq9e$3d0v7$1@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
@invalid.com says...
against it?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are
At least you have tried (some) tropical fruits and are
making a choice based on that experience.
But it's a shame if there really are whole neighbourhoods
where the supermarket doesn't stock passion fruit because
most locals prefer pierogies. (Which are frozen and taste
nothing like the ones in Poland).
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
But it's a shame if there really are whole neighbourhoods
where the supermarket doesn't stock passion fruit because
most locals prefer pierogies. (Which are frozen and taste
nothing like the ones in Poland).
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 10:19:37 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 18:38:18 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Graham wrote on 10/4/2025 12:59 PM:
On 2025-10-04 9:49 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
Perhaps looking to emigrate:-)
There is definitely some of that going on.|e-a Some states and some >>>>>> tourist centres are pleading for Canadians to come and visit. I just >>>>>> saw an offer for a 35% for Canadian visitors. That is a hefty offer >>>>>> for a place that lives to gouge visitors.
On the flip side, there seems to be a lot more Americans visiting us. >>>>>> I had noted over the years that there seemed to be fewer and few cars >>>>>> with US plates on our highways. This year there has been a big increase. >>>>>>
I'm not surprised. Right now, about half of all americans would like to >>>>escape the current authoritarian regime.
But many don't have the funds, nor the skills to navigate the >>>>bureaucracies of these two extremely picky legalistic countries.
We don't trust either one. It's gone that far.
I can understand that maybe 20% of Americans are so dense and
ill-informed that they'll continue to support Trump no matter what.
You have that crowd in every country. What I don't understand is how
nearly 50% of a population can be that thick: >>><https://www.realclearpolling.com/>
Because they can't tell the difference between liberals and communists. >>Because they think he "closed the border".
Because he gives them licence to show their racism.
Because the stock market is up.
Any or all of those reasons, plus whatever I was unable to think of
on the spot.
To me that explains the 20% of the population that's so dumb it's a
miracle they're house trained. I just don't understand how 50% can be
that dumb.
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:02:38 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are against it?
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from passion fruit.
On 10/5/2025 12:33 PM, Janet wrote:
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Janet UK
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop >trolling.
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 10:19:37 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton >><chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
Because they can't tell the difference between liberals and communists. >>>Because they think he "closed the border".
Because he gives them licence to show their racism.
Because the stock market is up.
Any or all of those reasons, plus whatever I was unable to think of
on the spot.
To me that explains the 20% of the population that's so dumb it's a
miracle they're house trained. I just don't understand how 50% can be
that dumb.
Not everybody who voted for Trump is really a Trump supporter.
Some of them have simply voted Republican all their lives and
continue to do so. Some of them really hated Kamala Harris,
even besides the fact that she's a mixed-race woman.
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:02:38 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton >><chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are against it?
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from
passion fruit.
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:02:38 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are against it?
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from
passion fruit.
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
To me that explains the 20% of the population that's so dumb it's a
miracle they're house trained. I just don't understand how 50% can be
that dumb.
Not everybody who voted for Trump is really a Trump supporter.
Some of them have simply voted Republican all their lives and
continue to do so. Some of them really hated Kamala Harris,
even besides the fact that she's a mixed-race woman.
Not everybody who voted for Trump is really a Trump supporter.
Some of them have simply voted Republican all their lives and
continue to do so. Some of them really hated Kamala Harris,
even besides the fact that she's a mixed-race woman.
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
But it's a shame if there really are whole neighbourhoods
where the supermarket doesn't stock passion fruit because
most locals prefer pierogies. (Which are frozen and taste
nothing like the ones in Poland).
Cost is a factor. Not everybody can afford $6.99 for four
passion fruit, but they can afford $2.99 for a 3-pound
bag of apples (on sale). That's what they're going for
at the grocery store where I shop, which is kind of
Walmart-esque.
Supermarkets have to stock what will sell, or they'll
go out of business.
I'm a pierogi snob. We have a local restaurant operated
by two immigrants from Poland; 50 miles away is an area
with 100,000 or so people of Polish descent. It's not
difficult to get good Polish food in that area.
It's a great shame that I was a picky eater when I was a child.
My step-grandfather's step-mother was from Poland. I'm sure her food
would have been delicious, had I been in a position to appreciate it.
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Absolutely. I'd love to see a centrist party. Centrist
by U.S. standards, anyway.
On 10/5/2025 1:31 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
But it's a shame if there really are whole neighbourhoods
where the supermarket doesn't stock passion fruit because
most locals prefer pierogies. (Which are frozen and taste
nothing like the ones in Poland).
Cost is a factor. Not everybody can afford $6.99 for four
passion fruit, but they can afford $2.99 for a 3-pound
bag of apples (on sale). That's what they're going for
at the grocery store where I shop, which is kind of
Walmart-esque.
Supermarkets have to stock what will sell, or they'll
go out of business.
I'm a pierogi snob. We have a local restaurant operated
by two immigrants from Poland; 50 miles away is an area
with 100,000 or so people of Polish descent. It's not
difficult to get good Polish food in that area.
It's a great shame that I was a picky eater when I was a child.
My step-grandfather's step-mother was from Poland. I'm sure her food
would have been delicious, had I been in a position to appreciate it.
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Absolutely. I'd love to see a centrist party. Centrist
by U.S. standards, anyway.
Yes! I'd consider joining. I've always been registered non-partisan.
On 10/5/2025 12:33 PM, Janet wrote:
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Janet UK
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food.a Stop trolling.
Jill
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
But it's a shame if there really are whole neighbourhoods
where the supermarket doesn't stock passion fruit because
most locals prefer pierogies. (Which are frozen and taste
nothing like the ones in Poland).
Cost is a factor. Not everybody can afford $6.99 for four
passion fruit, but they can afford $2.99 for a 3-pound
bag of apples (on sale). That's what they're going for
at the grocery store where I shop, which is kind of
Walmart-esque.
Supermarkets have to stock what will sell, or they'll
go out of business.
I'm a pierogi snob. We have a local restaurant operated
by two immigrants from Poland; 50 miles away is an area
with 100,000 or so people of Polish descent. It's not
difficult to get good Polish food in that area.
It's a great shame that I was a picky eater when I was a child.
My step-grandfather's step-mother was from Poland. I'm sure her food
would have been delicious, had I been in a position to appreciate it.
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Absolutely. I'd love to see a centrist party. Centrist
by U.S. standards, anyway.
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:02:38 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are against it?
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from passion fruit.
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
On 10/5/2025 12:33 PM, Janet wrote:
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Janet UK
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop trolling.
In article <68e2a53d$2$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>, >j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
On 10/5/2025 12:33 PM, Janet wrote:
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Janet UK
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop
trolling.
The context is choice, range, availability.
Your cat, boss, halloween decorations and fancy dress
have fuck-all to do with food but I'm far too polite to
accuse you of mindless wittering.
In article <68e2a53d$2$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
On 10/5/2025 12:33 PM, Janet wrote:
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Janet UK
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop
trolling.
The context is choice, range, availability.
Your cat, boss, halloween decorations and fancy dress
have fuck-all to do with food but I'm far too polite to
accuse you of mindless wittering.
Janet UK
In article <10bua66$3jo9n$3@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
Lots of food I love to eat sounds as if it should
taste terrible (durian,raw oysters,oxtail,squid, kippers,
haggis,truffle).
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:10:38 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 10/5/2025 1:31 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Absolutely. I'd love to see a centrist party. Centrist
by U.S. standards, anyway.
Yes! I'd consider joining. I've always been registered non-partisan.
On a (western) world scale, the Democrats are centrists.
But that whole woke thing has complicated matters. You can be
economically centrist, like the Democrats, but very woke at the same
time. Does that make you left-wing? I'm left-wing and for equality in
all possible ways, but I don't see myself as woke.
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:44:29 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <68e2a53d$2$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
On 10/5/2025 12:33 PM, Janet wrote:
Do you think America might benefit from more choice in
politics?
Janet UK
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop
trolling.
The context is choice, range, availability.
Your cat, boss, halloween decorations and fancy dress
have fuck-all to do with food but I'm far too polite to
accuse you of mindless wittering.
I always wonder why McBiddy doesn't go to Facebook. She could become a moderator there.
On 2025-10-05 3:35 p.m., Janet wrote:
In article <10bua66$3jo9n$3@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
aaaa Lots of food I love to eat sounds as if it should
taste terrible (durian,raw oysters,oxtail,squid, kippers,
haggis,truffle).
I had a bad exposure to kippers. I was sick and could not eat them at
the time. I might be ready to try them again. I love squid and octopus.
My son would not eat oxtails because he thought the tail was too close
to the ass. I have spent time on farms. There is no more shit on a cows
tail than there is on most of the rest of their bodies.
On 2025-10-05 3:35 p.m., Janet wrote:
In article <10bua66$3jo9n$3@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
Lots of food I love to eat sounds as if it should
taste terrible (durian,raw oysters,oxtail,squid, kippers,
haggis,truffle).
I had a bad exposure to kippers. I was sick and could not eat them at
the time. I might be ready to try them again.
On 10/5/2025 3:22 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:10:38 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 10/5/2025 1:31 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Absolutely. I'd love to see a centrist party. Centrist
by U.S. standards, anyway.
Yes! I'd consider joining. I've always been registered non-partisan.
On a (western) world scale, the Democrats are centrists.
But that whole woke thing has complicated matters. You can be
economically centrist, like the Democrats, but very woke at the same
time. Does that make you left-wing? I'm left-wing and for equality in
all possible ways, but I don't see myself as woke.
Breaks down rather simply here now. You are either MAGA or a far left >liberal. Don't take my word for it, ask any MAGA cult member.
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 2:53 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:44:29 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <68e2a53d$2$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop
trolling.
The context is choice, range, availability.
Your cat, boss, halloween decorations and fancy dress
have fuck-all to do with food but I'm far too polite to
accuse you of mindless wittering.
I always wonder why McBiddy doesn't go to Facebook. She could become a
moderator there.
What the hell have you got against facebook?
Dave Smith wrote on 10/5/2025 3:16 PM:
On 2025-10-05 3:35 p.m., Janet wrote:
In article <10bua66$3jo9n$3@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
-a-a-a-a Lots of food I love to eat sounds as if it should
taste terrible (durian,raw oysters,oxtail,squid, kippers,
haggis,truffle).
I had a bad exposure to kippers. I was sick and could not eat them at
the time. I might be ready to try them again. I love squid and octopus.
My son would not eat oxtails because he thought the tail was too close
to the ass. I have spent time on farms. There is no more shit on a cows
tail than there is on most of the rest of their bodies.
Damn Dave, you must have lifted quite a few cow's tails and examined
their assholes. Did you also check their udders?
On 2025-10-05 11:33 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:Think red currants.
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:02:38 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2025-10-05, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <1759607924-4742@newsgrouper.org>,
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net says...
people like to eat.
Janet <nobody@home.com> posted:
I'm often surprised at the somewhat limited range of
foods some rfc posters report being able to buy in USA.
Maybe its because of US tariffs
Janet
There's no limited range of foods that rfc posters are able to
buy. People buy what they like, what they were raised eating,
their favorite foods.>...> It simply comes down to what
If they've never seen food for sale, or tasted it, (as
rfc posters have just mentioned re passion fruit) how do
they know if they like it or not?
Well, I know I don't like tropical fruit. None of the ones
I've tasted have been enjoyable. Except bananas, which I
prefer a tad underripe.
Why should I taste passionfruit when the odds are against it?
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from
passion fruit.
I have to say, the description of the taste of passion fruit is
not compelling.
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:29:33 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 2:53 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:44:29 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <68e2a53d$2$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop
trolling.
The context is choice, range, availability.
Your cat, boss, halloween decorations and fancy dress
have fuck-all to do with food but I'm far too polite to
accuse you of mindless wittering.
I always wonder why McBiddy doesn't go to Facebook. She could become a
moderator there.
What the hell have you got against facebook?
Not much, why?
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from passion fruit.
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 4:08 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:29:33 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 2:53 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:44:29 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <68e2a53d$2$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop >>>>>> trolling.
The context is choice, range, availability.
Your cat, boss, halloween decorations and fancy dress
have fuck-all to do with food but I'm far too polite to
accuse you of mindless wittering.
I always wonder why McBiddy doesn't go to Facebook. She could become a >>>> moderator there.
What the hell have you got against facebook?
Not much, why?
Then why do you advocate Queen McCrone going to facebook? It seems
you're trying to punish them for something.
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 18:25:34 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 4:08 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:29:33 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 2:53 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:44:29 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <68e2a53d$2$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
j_mcquown@comcast.net says...
Politics have absolutely *nothing* to do with tastes in food. Stop >>>>>>> trolling.
The context is choice, range, availability.
Your cat, boss, halloween decorations and fancy dress
have fuck-all to do with food but I'm far too polite to
accuse you of mindless wittering.
I always wonder why McBiddy doesn't go to Facebook. She could become a >>>>> moderator there.
What the hell have you got against facebook?
Not much, why?
Then why do you advocate Queen McCrone going to facebook? It seems
you're trying to punish them for something.
She could do her moderating there and hopefully stop ordering people
around here. And she might soon be moderating a Facebook group of one (herself).
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Lilikoi drink is popular in Hawaii. People in Las Vegas are lucky because they >can try some at Zippy's. It doesn't really taste like passion fruit but that's >probably a good thing.
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from
passion fruit.
They're also lucky because they can taste things like
Aloha Shoyu, Portuguese bean soup, chili, saimin, etc., etc. My guess is the >people on the mainland will love Aloha Shoyu.
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 8:18 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 18:25:34 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 4:08 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:29:33 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
What the hell have you got against facebook?
Not much, why?
Then why do you advocate Queen McCrone going to facebook? It seems
you're trying to punish them for something.
She could do her moderating there and hopefully stop ordering people
around here. And she might soon be moderating a Facebook group of one
(herself).
A proud regent like her Majesty would die without us minions to order >around.
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:29:05 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 8:18 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 18:25:34 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 4:08 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:29:33 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> >>>>> wrote:
What the hell have you got against facebook?
Not much, why?
Then why do you advocate Queen McCrone going to facebook? It seems
you're trying to punish them for something.
She could do her moderating there and hopefully stop ordering people
around here. And she might soon be moderating a Facebook group of one
(herself).
A proud regent like her Majesty would die without us minions to order
around.
That's true. Except nobody follows her orders here, except maybe
Michael. She's his Usenet mother.
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:16:27 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
Lilikoi drink is popular in Hawaii. People in Las Vegas are lucky because they
Live a little. You might get a positive surprise. And if not, you'll
know for the rest of your life that you need to stay far, far way from
passion fruit.
can try some at Zippy's. It doesn't really taste like passion fruit but that's
probably a good thing.
Why?
They're also lucky because they can taste things like
Aloha Shoyu, Portuguese bean soup, chili, saimin, etc., etc. My guess is the
people on the mainland will love Aloha Shoyu.
Why? It's fake soy sauce. They're better off buying Kikkoman.
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 8:37 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 20:29:05 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 8:18 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 18:25:34 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 4:08 PM:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2025 15:29:33 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> >>>>>> wrote:
What the hell have you got against facebook?
Not much, why?
Then why do you advocate Queen McCrone going to facebook? It seems
you're trying to punish them for something.
She could do her moderating there and hopefully stop ordering people
around here. And she might soon be moderating a Facebook group of one
(herself).
A proud regent like her Majesty would die without us minions to order
around.
That's true. Except nobody follows her orders here, except maybe
Michael. She's his Usenet mother.
You forgot about poor Carol.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:16:27 GMT, dsi1You got that wrong. Aloha Shoyu is better suited to American tastes.
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Lilikoi drink is popular in Hawaii. People in Las Vegas are lucky because they
can try some at Zippy's. It doesn't really taste like passion fruit but that's
probably a good thing.
Why?
They're also lucky because they can taste things like
Aloha Shoyu, Portuguese bean soup, chili, saimin, etc., etc. My guess is the
people on the mainland will love Aloha Shoyu.
Why? It's fake soy sauce. They're better off buying Kikkoman.
It's not
like Japanese/Kikkoman Shoyu - that's a very good thing. Milder and smoother is
always a good thing. The Kikkoman Shoyu made in America is milder than Japan >Kikkoman, but it still misses the mark on American tastes. Zippy's in Las Vegas
is probably good news for Aloha Shoyu.
People on rfc think that hydrolyzed Filipino soy sauce is the best.
As it goes, there's nothing wrong with "fake" soy sauce. You just have pre-conceived
notions about soy sauce. That's not surprising - you have pre-conceived notions about
the world.
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:04:03 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:16:27 GMT, dsi1You got that wrong. Aloha Shoyu is better suited to American tastes.
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Lilikoi drink is popular in Hawaii. People in Las Vegas are lucky because they
can try some at Zippy's. It doesn't really taste like passion fruit but that's
probably a good thing.
Why?
They're also lucky because they can taste things like
Aloha Shoyu, Portuguese bean soup, chili, saimin, etc., etc. My guess is the
people on the mainland will love Aloha Shoyu.
Why? It's fake soy sauce. They're better off buying Kikkoman.
Just like McDonalds hamburgers?
It's not
like Japanese/Kikkoman Shoyu - that's a very good thing. Milder and smoother is
always a good thing. The Kikkoman Shoyu made in America is milder than Japan >> Kikkoman, but it still misses the mark on American tastes. Zippy's in Las Vegas
is probably good news for Aloha Shoyu.
So the Zippy chain uses chemically hurried soy sauce and a passion
fruit drink that doesn't taste like passion fruit? Damn, those
Hawaiians are lucky!
People on rfc think that hydrolyzed Filipino soy sauce is the best.
"People"? :)
As it goes, there's nothing wrong with "fake" soy sauce. You just have pre-conceived
notions about soy sauce. That's not surprising - you have pre-conceived notions about
the world.
You have cheap taste buds, bud. Enjoy!
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:04:03 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:16:27 GMT, dsi1You got that wrong. Aloha Shoyu is better suited to American tastes.
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Lilikoi drink is popular in Hawaii. People in Las Vegas are lucky because they
can try some at Zippy's. It doesn't really taste like passion fruit but that's
probably a good thing.
Why?
They're also lucky because they can taste things like
Aloha Shoyu, Portuguese bean soup, chili, saimin, etc., etc. My guess is the
people on the mainland will love Aloha Shoyu.
Why? It's fake soy sauce. They're better off buying Kikkoman.
Just like McDonalds hamburgers?
It's not
like Japanese/Kikkoman Shoyu - that's a very good thing. Milder and smoother is
always a good thing. The Kikkoman Shoyu made in America is milder than Japan >Kikkoman, but it still misses the mark on American tastes. Zippy's in Las Vegas
is probably good news for Aloha Shoyu.
So the Zippy chain uses chemically hurried soy sauce and a passion
fruit drink that doesn't taste like passion fruit? Damn, those
Hawaiians are lucky!
People on rfc think that hydrolyzed Filipino soy sauce is the best.
"People"? :)
As it goes, there's nothing wrong with "fake" soy sauce. You just have pre-conceived
notions about soy sauce. That's not surprising - you have pre-conceived notions about
the world.
You have cheap taste buds, bud. Enjoy!
Bruce wrote on 10/5/2025 9:21 PM:
You have cheap taste buds, bud. Enjoy!
Uncle Tojo has always had a hard-on for aloha brand soy sauce, and he
always will.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:04:03 GMT, dsi1The difference between you and me is that I speak from experience. You preach at
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:16:27 GMT, dsi1You got that wrong. Aloha Shoyu is better suited to American tastes.
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Lilikoi drink is popular in Hawaii. People in Las Vegas are lucky because they
can try some at Zippy's. It doesn't really taste like passion fruit but that's
probably a good thing.
Why?
They're also lucky because they can taste things like
Aloha Shoyu, Portuguese bean soup, chili, saimin, etc., etc. My guess is the
people on the mainland will love Aloha Shoyu.
Why? It's fake soy sauce. They're better off buying Kikkoman.
Just like McDonalds hamburgers?
It's not
like Japanese/Kikkoman Shoyu - that's a very good thing. Milder and smoother is
always a good thing. The Kikkoman Shoyu made in America is milder than Japan
Kikkoman, but it still misses the mark on American tastes. Zippy's in Las Vegas
is probably good news for Aloha Shoyu.
So the Zippy chain uses chemically hurried soy sauce and a passion
fruit drink that doesn't taste like passion fruit? Damn, those
Hawaiians are lucky!
People on rfc think that hydrolyzed Filipino soy sauce is the best.
"People"? :)
As it goes, there's nothing wrong with "fake" soy sauce. You just have pre-conceived
notions about soy sauce. That's not surprising - you have pre-conceived notions about
the world.
You have cheap taste buds, bud. Enjoy!
the pulpit of self-righteous notions. In your world, taste buds are not even a >requirement, all that's needed is some firmly held beliefs. Like any other >religious zealot, your faith is strong. Enjoy!
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You have cheap taste buds, bud.
On 2025-10-06, dsi1 wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
You have cheap taste buds, bud.
Like any other religious zealot,
your faith is strong.
He's a cult leader with no followers.
