pepper question ~ OT stuff

[Guest guest]

Poor linda... we are going to have you living in a

poorhouse before long with all the little extras we

encourage you to buy. Well, at least your pepper

mill works good. i definitely need a new one.

i think i bought a bad quality mill because it was

cheap, and the old axiom that you get what you

pay for seems to hold true for kitchen gadgets.

 

Now as far as white pepper goes, i just never bothered

with it, even in cream soups and such. i like to see those

black flecks floating in each bite. Invisible white pepper

just seems so dishonest to me. *lol*

 

And yes, those Eskimos and Inuit folks sure have

a very zen approach to life. The other day i had rented

an old Disney movie titled 'Never Cry Wolf'. It is one

of my long time favorite films. It is about a guy who

signs up to go to the wilds of the Great North to

investigate the caribou population in regards to the

wolves. At the end of the movie is a beautiful Inuit

song quoted [you will love it, i am certain]:

 

I think over again my small adventures,

My Fears,

Those small ones that seemed so big.

For all the vital things

I had to get and to teach.

And yet there is only one great thing,

The only thing,

To live to see the great day that dawns

And the light that fills the world.

~ Old Inuit Song

 

Isn't that lovely? Brings tears to my eyes...

 

~ pt ~

 

See ye not, courtesy is the true alchemy,

Turning to gold all it touches and tries?

~ George Meredith (1828-1909)

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, " linda " <lindai81 wrote:

>

> Now I have to go spend more money and go find colorful and varied

peppercorns. Thanks a lot. My salt and pepper mill work, but I don't think the

Celtic salt would work in it due to the moisture content. Thanks for the help. I

like just the coarser ground pepper for cooking and have used the mill on the

table. I seem to be the only one around here into pepper. I ran out of white

pepper many years ago and never replaced it, but think I will now since I have

to go pepper hunting as sometimes it is distracting in a soy cream soup. Looks

like bugs fell into the soup. Oh, yes, the Eskimo must have been a Buddhist

Eskimo.

> linda

[Guest guest]

You are " going " to have me living in the poorhouse? Going? Ha! You had a secret

agenda didn't you and you have succeeded. Pepper is so expensive. I never

noticed that before. It was always a staple that I just bought and never gave it

a second thought. The white pepper is because my daughter hates pepper and using

the white pepper she never even notices. And if any one tells her of my

sneakiness I will be serving them up to Attila the Hun for brunch. Dishonest?

No, mothernessly. (stands for necessity of motherhood)

 

I love the movie " Never Cry Wolf " (Farley Mowat) and have watched it many times.

Think I have to again. You are the bane of my life. Always having to go spend

money due to you and now the movies. I love my bathroom, but I might give it up

to go do what he did or I might just go crazy or turn into a wise woman. His

book is so popular that it is still on the shelves. But wolves are a favorite of

mine if you have seen my needlework you would guess that too. It is a beautiful

Inuit song. Also very, very Buddhist, but then Buddhist and Native American

leaders see in each other the same way of seeing the world and have formed

alliances with each other. Fears and worries (which are simply fears) sure do

get in the way of seeing what is right in front of our eyes. And this week fear

overwhelmed me. And then lifted.

linda

" Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it. "

Mohandas Gandhi

 

linda's Growing Stitchery Projects: womyn47

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~ PT ~

Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:18 AM

Re: pepper question ~ OT stuff

 

 

Poor linda... we are going to have you living in a

poorhouse before long with all the little extras we

encourage you to buy. Well, at least your pepper

mill works good. i definitely need a new one.

i think i bought a bad quality mill because it was

cheap, and the old axiom that you get what you

pay for seems to hold true for kitchen gadgets.

 

Now as far as white pepper goes, i just never bothered

with it, even in cream soups and such. i like to see those

black flecks floating in each bite. Invisible white pepper

just seems so dishonest to me. *lol*

 

And yes, those Eskimos and Inuit folks sure have

a very zen approach to life. The other day i had rented

an old Disney movie titled 'Never Cry Wolf'. It is one

of my long time favorite films. It is about a guy who

signs up to go to the wilds of the Great North to

investigate the caribou population in regards to the

wolves. At the end of the movie is a beautiful Inuit

song quoted [you will love it, i am certain]:

 

I think over again my small adventures,

My Fears,

Those small ones that seemed so big.

For all the vital things

I had to get and to teach.

And yet there is only one great thing,

The only thing,

To live to see the great day that dawns

And the light that fills the world.

~ Old Inuit Song

 

Isn't that lovely? Brings tears to my eyes...

 

~ pt ~

 

See ye not, courtesy is the true alchemy,

Turning to gold all it touches and tries?

~ George Meredith (1828-1909)

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, " linda " <lindai81 wrote:

>

> Now I have to go spend more money and go find colorful and varied

peppercorns. Thanks a lot. My salt and pepper mill work, but I don't think the

Celtic salt would work in it due to the moisture content. Thanks for the help.

I

like just the coarser ground pepper for cooking and have used the mill on the

table. I seem to be the only one around here into pepper. I ran out of white

pepper many years ago and never replaced it, but think I will now since I have

to go pepper hunting as sometimes it is distracting in a soy cream soup. Looks

like bugs fell into the soup. Oh, yes, the Eskimo must have been a Buddhist

Eskimo.

> linda