-=> JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Venison is the meat of deer, which is a kosher species.

 JW> Sure, but shooting it with a rifle instead of cutting its throat
 JW> with a special sharp knife is not an approved slaughter method, so
 JW> observant Jews do not eat wild game, just meat from farmed animals
 JW> 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.

 JW>   Subj: Sinking

 JW> shrinking permafrost.

 DD> Owtch! How do they shore up permafrost?

 JW> Around Yellowknife we have discontinuous patches. Before urban
 JW> development they were pretty stable. But when we cut down the
 JW> evergreen trees that provided shade, ripped up the moss which
 JW> insulated the soil, built paved roads that act as heat sinks and
 JW> houses with basements that leak heat through their concrete basement
 JW> 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.

 JW> 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)>

 JW> Further north the ground only thaws on a seasonal basis for the
 JW> first foot or two down and then there is really permanent permafrost
 JW> down the next ninety or more feet. It makes as solid a foundation as
 JW> a bedrock outcrop with absolutely no foundation settling.

 JW> Loblaws also owns Shoppers Drug Mart now

 DD> IOW Loblaw's is the Con-Agra of Canada.  Bv(>

 JW> Not quite. They're more ethical! Especially now, as our Competition
 JW> Bureau which watches over monopolies barely approved the merger with
 JW> conditions attached and is monitoring things closely.
 
They sure sound like the 800# gorilla, though.

 DD> I refuse to buy from WallyWorld on principle

 JW> Same. I've mentioned that dozens of times and you hundreds so
 JW> I'm pretty sure everybody here knows. Similarly I am disinclined to
 JW> 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).
 
 JW>   Subj: trains

 DD> There are some nifty things to do/see in North Dakota --
 DD> www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions/north-dakota-usnd.htm

 JW> Granted. But southern Alberta and Saskatchewan have more of the same
 JW> and I've already seen it so I won't be making a side trip there
 JW> soon.

Whereas I have not - so it would all be virgin territory for me. 
 
 SD> Lots of German ancestry in North Dakota.

 JW> Same here in the Canadian western provinces. There are probably more
 JW> Mennonites than there are "regular" Germans there.

 JW> Roslind's step father who passed away just recently was a first
 JW> generation Canadian with German ancestry and we also have a
 JW> (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
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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