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Mm! Herring for breakfast. A penguin's favorite holiday! (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Somebody's been watching "Wrong Trousers" on Comedy Central?? ++Lar (responding to as many sillicisms as I can in .fun is a reason my post totals are so high) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Probably. OTOH, I realized that if I had been posting on lugnet since it started, in the same frequency I had been posting between Dec. 1999 and mid-July 2000, I'd have more posts than even you do. <gasp> -Shiri (lucky fifth blabbermouth) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, I really did breakfast on herring. Yum! Last night I ate sardines before I figured out there was herring in the jar. That's why there was herring leftover to eat today. Yum! I bet there is still one more herring chunk down among the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Erik & All, (...) jar. (...) Boy, I don't think I ever have seen someone so dedicated to herring. I had the usual waffles, leftover pizza from last night (Yum.... leftover Cottage Inn Pizza...), ten or so Pepsi One's, and a Bill Knapps meal. The (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Show me leftover pizza, and I would drop the whole penguin act! On the other hand: I was in Nova Scotia, and was offered smoked salmon as a pizza topping. That was *so* good! Not so good: I have never seen so many brussels sprouts served as in this (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Erik, (...) a (...) past (...) of (...) Now that is something to get sickened over! (...) anywhere (...) Hmm... I think they close up shop around 10 or 11PM EST. I can check if they deliver over there for you, but I am sure the delivery charge is (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Fish for breakfast? Oh my!..:-) I love fish but... I think we have completely different habits (cultural?) for breakfast. Selçuk (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The sardines are extinct locally. Grunion (though the little nikes can be a bit chewy). Bruce (obscure joke intended for SoCalians) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Erik's penchant is... how shall I say it... well, atypical. Now MY favorite breakfast would be Brie cheese (must contain at least 62 percent fat) and chocolate (I'm not picky here-- Hershey's will do). Unfortunately I can't have them often or (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, is Brie becoming more popular? Are you seeing it more grocery stores? I did not know it had that much fat in it. Makes sense though. I like brie... They kept me away from the herring for DAYS. All through the holiday season. Every time I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I don't know if it is or not. They seem to carry it in a lot of supermarkets, but I never buy it there because you never know how long it's been sitting there and so either it takes on the taste of plastic wrapping or it isn't as runny around (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hey all! I hope you have some herring in 2002! I've got mine right here, with pumpernickel! Happy New Year! -Erik (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:Gp8uKE.IK8@lugnet.com... (...) Never had it. But upon hearing herring I got a sudden urge to cut down the miiiiightiest tree in the forest. -Tim (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cut down a tree with a herring?? It can't be done! Anyway, no herring under my tree this year-- only a ten pound chocolate bar (well there was more, but I had no trouble eating the rest). I feel like an ape discovering a monolith-- what do you (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There is something about ten pounds of chocolate that calls for big drum sounds and trumpets! (...) This is the point where you hear the word "Brie", Maggie. (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes! I always thought something like this would be my dream gift, especially after suffering through years of gifts featuring the feline motif (call me a stick in the mud, but I don't wear clothes with pictures of cats on them). Now it seems (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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It's that time of year when I post of herring. Ekastor! On my second trip to the supermarket in Wisconsin with my niece to buy last minute items, I picked up a jar of herring. The selection was very poor, I was accused of being some kind of (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You didn't get what you searched for? Must have been a red herring. Or maybe when you asked for more they didn't understand because they were hard of herring? If I just triggered a fishy-pun-fest, I'm gonna make like a grunion and run... (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Bruce, no need to get flipperant and caviar about poor Eric's tail. Eric-- no worries, it was just a fluke. -John (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Herring heaven! Grandma served "Ma Baensch Imported Herring Tidbits in Wine Sauce." Made in Milwaukee from Atlantic herring, this is the best stuff I've tasted! I am one happy fish eater this Christmas. After last holiday's disaster with the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Two jars of each flavor is tempting. But what if it arrives on a sunny day and sits baking on the porch all afternoon? Or (more likely) what if it is delivered by someone other than our normal UPS guy who cannot negotiate his or her way around (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Where little fishies go when they are let out of school? (...) I am starting to believe you actually like the noxious stuff, this has been going on too long for it to be a gag. Well, gag actually IS what I think of when I think of herring, but (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Yes, I really do like herring. I will even eat it much more than once a year if offered. I will eat it with plain toothpicks, with green stuffed olives, on a cracker, on buttered toast, piled on potato slices, marinated in mustard, served with (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Guacamole! Do you make a taco layer dip? I like sliced avocado and tomato on turkey with seven-grain bread. Guess who is cooking dinner tonight. Tostitos scoops are neat. When I saw them this weekend I started to think of how to build with them. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Serendipity! Avocados are on sale now for 59 cents each at a local market! The opportunity I've been waiting for! (...) Don't know if there is anything taco about it. No ground beef or taco seasoning or anything like that (although I make taco (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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