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Skriven 2010-10-02 17:43:32 av Nancy Backus (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av Mike Roberts
Ärende: Re: aspartame  was: Bugs
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-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Nancy Backus on 30-Sep-2010 09:19 <=-

 >  MR> Oh Yeah, and now they have that new variety of grape for the Ice
 >  MR> Wine.. I guess that grape actually needs a good frost or icing,
 >  MR> before it is ready to be made into wine..
 > I was under the impression that one could make wine out of those grapes,
 > but that to make Ice Wine one had to wait for the frost.  I'm told that
 > Ice Wine is quite superior, but haven't tried any yet.  :)  My sister
 > that lives in Bloomfield has done some grape-picking at a place that has

 MR> Yep... Thats what I was explaining to Ruth. This new strain of grape
 MR> actually needs the freeze or frost before they are ready to be made
 MR> into wine. I know it has been all the rage, but I have never tried it
 MR> myself. 

The price is off-putting...  My sister was given at least a taste of it,
maybe even a small bottle to take home, as part of the thankyou for
being a part of the ice-wine grape harvest.  But so far, she didn't
share any with me... ;)

 > We've got wild grape vines growing on our house and in our yard.  They
 > produce grapes, but those are small and sour... but the birds really
 > enjoy them... :)   I'm glad to provide them for their delectation.. ;)
 > Besides, the vines provide some shade for the house, and a place to
 > perch for the songbirds, too.  :)

 MR> That is cool.. I have a couple of Bird feeders myself. I love to hear
 MR> those little guys all year long. And every year we have a momma and

Ours are all natural ones... ;)

 MR> poppa duck that comes in the spring and the fall. Only a few weeks each

No ducks here.  But one of my "charges" recently moved into Park-Ridge
Commons, and her window looks out on the pond there.  She has ducks and
geese and songbirds right out her window most of the time, since the
lady in the apartment next to hers keeps a feeder going on the tree
right out there...  :)

 MR> time, but I love to see them. Only thing I do hate ( and not really )
 MR> is that when all the babies come around in the spring, Mcgee hears them
 MR> and imitates them, and he is 10 times louder. He's been known to quack
 MR> like a duck too, which puts me in stitches. 8-))

Threaten that you'll turn him into duck soup...  (G)  Or roast him with
stuffing...  (G)  Maybe then he'll go back to just imitating humans... ;)

ttyl       neb

... If it walks out of your refrigerator, LET IT GO !!

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