tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post2224912285556425813..comments2024-02-29T02:16:45.679-08:00Comments on Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche: Living High off the HogJohn V. Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-87083692056969584352009-12-05T07:57:42.878-08:002009-12-05T07:57:42.878-08:00Safely back in Brooklyn after experiencing the gra...Safely back in Brooklyn after experiencing the grandeurs of British academe I last night whipped up a debut effort at "Fabada Asturiana," essentially beans cooked long and slow in a pot packed with a dazzling combination of pork products. Many recipes urge that you eat it for lunch, and never for dinner, as it is weighty. I love your line "Pork is by its very nature yummy and transgressive," and one wonders whether all the historical ideas of its having been religiously proscribed because of an intuitive comprehension of trichinosis aren't all just fantasies. Like sex and wine, pork is simply too delicious for the wise ancients to have permitted unfettered access to it.They say it's a cold worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059089212388940864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-22981807100484395922009-11-30T08:38:40.864-08:002009-11-30T08:38:40.864-08:00I should not have read this post a half hour befor...I should not have read this post a half hour before lunchtime.Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650480849742306984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-83628589773995343112009-11-29T18:22:09.954-08:002009-11-29T18:22:09.954-08:00Emily is right. Be sure to go to Lina's in th...Emily is right. Be sure to go to Lina's in the Old City for hummus. It's the best.Steve Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348211003750424579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-22648795374810355452009-11-28T07:57:27.425-08:002009-11-28T07:57:27.425-08:00Hi John! I wouldn't underestimate the yummine...Hi John! I wouldn't underestimate the yumminess and greasiness of falafel or hummus with chickpeas both crunchy and succulent, all of it drenched in olive oil. Zvi will show you. There are some great places in the Old City. Nothing like the dry, sanctimonious stuff in health food stores here. Real holiness.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545797271061166016noreply@blogger.com