Among Fellow Nerds - 2015-11-25

[Opus the Poet]

If you think that Ketsup is spicy- you might be a yankee
If you think BBQ Sauce is a food group, you might be a redneck
If you drown EVERYTHING in SALSA- YOU is a TEXAN!

And if you put kimchee and Sriracha sauce in your omelette you may be a military brat.

[AnotherFairportfan]

One of the "Man from UNCLE" books (written by Buck Coulson and Gene deWeese, both from thereabouts) features Solo and Kuryakin smuggling margarine into Wisconsin.

[jwhouk]

One of the "Man from UNCLE" books (written by Buck Coulson and Gene deWeese, both from thereabouts) features Solo and Kuryakin smuggling margarine into Wisconsin.

That was because, for the longest time, there was a state law prohibiting the sale of Olio Margarine in Wisconsin (for obvious reasons). It was scaled back, but it is still true that Margarine cannot be offered to residents, offenders or convicts in a state institution.

[lake_wrangler]

My sister likes the brie(that she baked in various ways).

Brie is good. So is Camenbert.

[DinkyInky]

My sister likes the brie(that she baked in various ways).

Brie is good. So is Camenbert.

Yes, yes it is. And darn if it isn't nearly tomorrow, and I want some, but my son is asleep...finally.

[AnotherFairportfan]

One of the "Man from UNCLE" books (written by Buck Coulson and Gene deWeese, both from thereabouts) features Solo and Kuryakin smuggling margarine into Wisconsin.

That was because, for the longest time, there was a state law prohibiting the sale of Olio Margarine in Wisconsin (for obvious reasons). It was scaled back, but it is still true that Margarine cannot be offered to residents, offenders or convicts in a state institution.

Coulson and deWeese referred specifically to COLOURED margarine - without colouring, the stuff is a rather unappealing fish-belly white. (Not unlike cheddar.)

When i was Natalie's age or younger (seven), the law in Ohio was similar. You could buy margarine in a one-pound bag that also contained a capsule of colouring - you crushed the capsule and kneaded the colouring into the mass before you opened the bag, or so my dad told me when i mentioned the bit in the UNCLE book to him.

(Also in that book, Solo and Ilya pay a civil visit to the suspected villain, whose name is Whately, and while Solo talks to him, Ilya wanders into his library and begins leafing through an interesting-looking book. When Solo and Whately are through exchanging veiled threats, he reluctantly puts it down, and says, to no one in particular "Alhazred is so interesting in the original.")

[DinkyInky]

So very amused now that I understand Grandma's stories.

[FreeFlier]

. . . You could buy margarine in a one-pound bag that also contained a capsule of colouring - you crushed the capsule and kneaded the colouring into the mass before you opened the bag, or so my dad told me when i mentioned the bit in the UNCLE book to him. . . .

My mother said it was that way here in the 1940s . . . the kids used to squabble over doing the coloring.

--FreeFlier