JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
Venison is the meat of deer, which is a kosher species.
Sure, but shooting it with a rifle instead of cutting its throat
with a special sharp knife is not an approved slaughter method, so observant Jews do not eat wild game, just meat from farmed animals slaughtered "properly".
I have many Jewish friends - for most of them keeping Kosher means "don't
serve the Rabbi bacon". Except for my Friend Les' new bride - she keeps
a Kosher kitchen with 2 sets of dishes/pots & pans and enforces Kosher
in her kitchen to the point that Les has do do his chilli making in the
little mini-kitchen he has set up in the basement.
I asked Rabbi Mikal Datz about hunted venison. His reply was that if the
hunted animal was hung, bled and "field dressed" it would be OK to eat
for all but the pickiest Jews. Lack of a chalif notwithstanding. The
point is minimizing the pain experienced by the animal before expiring.
All that being said - an amimal that was wounded and had to be chased/
tracked through the bush before being dispatched would not qualify.
Subj: Sinking
shrinking permafrost.
Owtch! How do they shore up permafrost?
Around Yellowknife we have discontinuous patches. Before urban
development they were pretty stable. But when we cut down the
evergreen trees that provided shade, ripped up the moss which
insulated the soil, built paved roads that act as heat sinks and
houses with basements that leak heat through their concrete basement walls, and made lawns that needed watering things changed.
Rather like the people in the Phoenix, AZ area who moved there for the
"dry heat" and changed the local climate by insisting on lush green
lawns, swimming pools, etc. To say nothing of what they've done to the
water table and aquifers.
As they slowly melt the mud jackers fill the void.
I saw your response to Dale after I posed the question. I assume they
are using some form of plastic - which may cause other problems down
the road. If I'm wrong in that guess I have faith you will point out
my error. Bv)>
Further north the ground only thaws on a seasonal basis for the
first foot or two down and then there is really permanent permafrost
down the next ninety or more feet. It makes as solid a foundation as
a bedrock outcrop with absolutely no foundation settling.
Loblaws also owns Shoppers Drug Mart now
IOW Loblaw's is the Con-Agra of Canada. Bv(>
Not quite. They're more ethical! Especially now, as our Competition
Bureau which watches over monopolies barely approved the merger with conditions attached and is monitoring things closely.
They sure sound like the 800# gorilla, though.
I refuse to buy from WallyWorld on principle
Same. I've mentioned that dozens of times and you hundreds so
I'm pretty sure everybody here knows. Similarly I am disinclined to
use Amazon too.
I am an Amazon Prime member - although I may drop that as I don't use
the 'free' video streaming. And most of my purchases are >$35 (the
threshold for free shipping). And by comparison shopping I've learned
that Amazon is not always the lowest price. For instance I was recently
in need of re-stocking the bum fodder supply. And my local Office Depot
beat Amazon my $5 on a 40 roll quantity of Scott 1000. And they
delivered it to my car - on my schedule (IOW when I was going that way
anyhow).
Subj: trains
There are some nifty things to do/see in North Dakota -- www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions/north-dakota-usnd.htm
Granted. But southern Alberta and Saskatchewan have more of the same
and I've already seen it so I won't be making a side trip there
soon.
Whereas I have not - so it would all be virgin territory for me.
Lots of German ancestry in North Dakota.
Same here in the Canadian western provinces. There are probably more Mennonites than there are "regular" Germans there.
Roslind's step father who passed away just recently was a first
generation Canadian with German ancestry and we also have a (non-practising) Mennonite BIL (the rancher with the rodeo stock).
Lotsa Krauts in this area, too. Names like Schuppmann, Rosentreter,
Langfelder, etc. Most are Lutherans ... but not all. There are Roman Catholics, etc.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: German Style Thuringer Meal
Categories: Five, Fruits, Sausage, Vegetables
Yield: 6 Servings
6 lg Cooking apples; peeled,
- cored, chopped
32 oz Bag of sauerkraut
1/4 c Brown sugar
2 lb Pottstown's Hickory Smoked
- German Thuringer Sausage
Combine the apples and sauerkraut in a deep skillet over
medium heat. Bring to a simmer then cook for about 10
minutes, or until apples start to soften. Stir in the
brown sugar and Thuringer sausage. Cook for another 5
minutes, or until heated through.
As featured on "WMBD This Morning" April 18, 2006
From:
http://www.pottstownmeat.com
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