-=> Quoting Bill Swisher to Michael Loo <=-

 ML> which was in the forefront of reusable shopping bags, has now
 ML> banned them / all they were offering at the checkout was the
 ML> old "paper or plastic."
 
 BS> at Freddies it's:
 BS> 1.  Plastic is still banned.
 BS> 2.  They will provide paper at no cost
 BS> 3.  I could bring my own reusable, but the checkout person
 BS> would not BS touch them.  Meaning I would have to bag my own.
 BS> I'll opt for 3.

In my neck of the woods almost everyone uses reusables. Paper is
passe' and plastic is available but only at a cost of 25 cents per
bag, 5 cents to the store and 20 cents to the government as a
disincentive tax. Perhaps they should double the tax as some people
still buy them over and over again.

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     Title: Boiled Sea-Bass With Egg Sauce
Categories: Fish, Historical
  Servings: 4

      1    bass, poached
      1 tb butter
      2 tb flour
      2 c  fish stock
           salt, pepper
           minced parsley
           lemon juice
      3    hard boiled eggs coarsely
           chopped

Boil the fish according to directions previously given. Melt one
tablespoonful of butter, add two tablespoonfuls of flour, and cook
thoroughly. Add two cupfuls of the water in which the fish was
boiled, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Season with salt,
pepper, minced parsley, and lemon-juice; add three hard-boiled eggs
coarsely chopped, pour over the fish, and serve.

From: How To Cook Fish By Myrtle Reed, 1908
 
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Cheers

Jim
 
... I wish the gov't would put a tax on violins for the incompetent.

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