IH> have seen. After what Dale wrote to me over the Blue Mountain business, 
I 
 IH> replied in private to him. I got the distinct 
 IH> impression - perhaps falsely, perhaps not, that my 
 IH> presence was not welcome on the echo, which is why I 
It was just that conversation that wasn't welcome.  We're weird over there; 
we'll talk to anyone.  That includes crazy Brits living way out in the 
French countryside.  Come to think, that may not qualify you for "crazy" 
after all....   It must be hard to get new blues albums though....
[...]
 IH> That's very welcome. In fact I don't have access to 
 IH> Cranberries, but I would imagine that with minor 
 IH> modifications, it might well convert to Myrtilles 
 IH> (Bilberries, I think, although the naming of the fruit 
Maybe - it has to be something really tart even when fully ripe, and that 
won't fall apart when it gets cooked good.  I'm a cranberry freak.  Here 
we can get dried ones off the supermarket shelf.  Dried currants are harder 
to find, if you believe that one.
 IH> breakfast, and as one of the great specialities of this area is 
 IH> strawberries, I wanted to make a strawberry jam which 
 IH> actually set, instead of just becoming less runny. I 
You guys too? Now this I have to see; I have them coming out of my ears 
lately.
I'd have grabbed the recipe if we could get the currants fresh here.  They 
just aren't that popular in these parts, I guess, or else the climte just 
kills them....  Could be either.
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