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To: Janice Shell who wrote (4175)	4/24/1998 12:59:00 PM
From: Mr.Manners	Respond to of 12754

Jan Ice, you are undoubtedly a chef beyond all compare.. let me collect my spear and get the monkey out of the tree, find some coca leaves to chew on and I will be ready

To: Janice Shell who wrote (4175)	4/24/1998 2:46:00 PM
From: Larry Voyles	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12754

Dull, dull, dull. You people and your so-called "recipes". If you've ever had somebody cook tripe and/or chitlins (Yankees call them Chitterlings) in your kitchen and you could STILL eat afterwards, then you can eat anything. There's no smell that compares. If you Yankees don't know what either of those fine dishes are, I'll leave it as an exercise for you to find out. There will be a quiz later. Chitlins are an essential ingredient in cracklin' cornbread. I've eaten Road Waffle Venison with no second thoughts. Especially since I'm the one who ran it down with a 454 4-barrel. I enjoyed every bite, considering how much damage Bambi did to my front end. The head wasn't quite suitable for mounting (missing parts), but those venison steaks sure were tender. I've never had it myself, but I understand that Flattened Armadillo can also be quite tasty. I hear that Lee is quite the Roadkill Connoisseur. Lee, do you have a good recipe for microwaved Squished Squirrel?

To: Janice Shell who wrote (4175)	4/26/1998 9:41:00 PM
From: Druss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12754

Chu Mei Ash's greatest love? The great short Chu Mei Ash was noted for not just his market skills but his liaisons with some of the most lovely women of his time. There has been some debate however regarding his emotional involvement with them. Chu Mei Ash's books give us no clues. However there exists a famous poem by Ka Sha which claims to chronicle his greatest love. Ka Sha was a poet of Chu Mei's era and lived the exemplary life of a Japanese poet. He was completely disreputable, never held any employment and slept in alleys, doorways, and under bridges. He seems to have been drunk his entire adult life. This indicates total dedication to his art. In his noted poem "The Indigestible Love" he portrays the courtesan Jani Ici as Chu Mei Ash's greatest love of his life. They supposedly fell deeply and eternally in love. However Jani Ici had been raised during a several year long famine in her village and developed a fondness for the normally shunned foods that were eaten to get them through this time of hardship. The two were broken apart by the complete difference in their diets. We have sparse historical records of the two of them together and it provides some basis for the poem's claims. A restaurant chain (the first in recorded history) was being started by the noted chef Le Cu Pah called Le's Etaris. The chain was instantly successful and Chu Mei Ash and his lovely companion decided to go to one. Supposedly Chi Mei allowed Jani to order at least her part of the meal well ahead of time. The meal by all accounts was a complete disaster. Jani Ici devoured a goodly portion of the local insect life and some animal parts avoided normally by even the mentally ill. The stricken patrons witnessing this meal cleared the restaurant as did a number of the restaurant staff. Chu Mei Ash merely ate his first course of his meal (a rice dish after he made sure it was indeed just rice) and gallantly stayed with his consort as she cleared the premises. The two lovers were separated soon after this incident and the only statement ever recorded on the breakup was when Chu Mei Ash's friend Tak Se asked him about Jani and Chu Mei said, "That woman will eat anything but food." This has been taken as confirmation of the poem by Ka Sha by Japanese historians that the two separated because of gastronomic differences and had been great lovers. However some modern Western historians have pointed out that Le's Etari chain was to collapse shortly after this episode as rumors flew that Jani Ici's meal has consisted of fare normally served at the restaurants. They point to the records of a massive short dropped on the restaurant chain by Chu Mei Ash right before the meal was eaten. Japanese researchers continue to insist the romantic version is correct and that Westerners do not understand the Japanese mind and further their interpretation ruins the premise for a lovely poem.