[BibleReader2231]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

I dug out the bag so I could identify where the cherries came from. Apparently they were grown and imported from South Africa to my local grocer. Locally grown cherries are indeed hard to come by around this year. I don’t pay much attention at the grocery store as there’s all this “organic this” and “gluten free” that. I do avoid anything that says it’s “kosher”, however. Mister Lukes, I would be more than happy to bake you a pie if you’re ever in need of one. I hope it would be to your pleasing. I can also make a mean apple pie.

[Basilissa]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

I dug out the bag so I could identify where the cherries came from. Apparently they were grown and imported from South Africa to my local grocer.

South African cherries in September?!? Where?!? I thought they don't even mature until the third week of November! Are they even done flowering at this point?

Locally grown cherries are indeed hard to come by around this year.

I hope that you meant to say, "around this time of the year." Otherwise, what you said doesn't make much sense.

I don’t pay much attention at the grocery store as there’s all this “organic this” and “gluten free” that.

Well, you should be paying attention if you don't want your family to go bankrupt - anything labeled "organic" has a much higher price tag, and usually for stuff that is equally full of pesticides as the stuff that is not organic - and that's just talking about what the farmers use to increase their yield, without talking about contaminants that organic crops sip from the ground and rainwater.

But, at least with organic food, people pay for "stuff that hopefully is somewhat less ridden with poisonous chemicals." What really amuses me, though, is the gluten free fad. One day, I would like to meet the person who (1) made people believe gluten was a bad thing, and (2) started to market all the stuff that didn't have any gluten to begin with, labeling it "gluten free" and charging more just for the label. Whoever that man is (it has to be a man, women aren't that cunning), he has to be a pure genius, and probably a billionaire by now!

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

Well, you should be paying attention if you don't want your family to go bankrupt - anything labeled "organic" has a much higher price tag

You should definitely avoid any food that's labeled "inorganic", though.

As to gluten, it can only be a matter of time before there is a backlash and there will be a great deal of profit to be made marketing items labeled "gluten-rich."

[Basilissa]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

You should definitely avoid any food that's labeled "inorganic", though.

Except for edible gold, of course!

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

Except for edible gold, of course!

Oh my goodness, do you have the recipe for those, Sister? Perhaps you could share it - by private message, obviously. We must guard our culinary secrets! But they are just the sort of thing that the wives of my husband's wealthiest clients would adore to tuck into. They have to dine apart from us, poor things, because apparently it's quite difficult to eat in a niqab. I wouldn't know for sure - obviously, I've never tried - but I have no reason to disbelieve them.

[Basilissa]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

They have to dine apart from us, poor things, because apparently it's quite difficult to eat in a niqab. I wouldn't know for sure - obviously, I've never tried - but I have no reason to disbelieve them.

They tend to take off these garbage bags off their heads when no male company is present. Maybe you could have your husband and his clients dine in the dining room, and take the wives to the kitchen, or to your pantry? If you close the doors and not let any male staff in, these women may uncover their heads and eat like civilized people.

I've sent you the recipe, and also mailed a jar of edible gold to you. (You still do receive mail in England, don't you? Or has the Brexit descent into chaos already cause the demise of all services?)

[Dennis Lukes]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

You should definitely avoid any food that's labeled "inorganic", though.

So I suppose table salt is out, then? Not to second guess a woman's kitchen knowledge, but can you back that up with scripture?

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

Maybe you could have your husband and his clients dine in the dining room, and take the wives to the kitchen, or to your pantry? If you close the doors and not let any male staff in, these women may uncover their heads and eat like civilized people.

Yes, i usually herd them into the domestic dining area to eat with the female staff. Little Hannah sometimes joins them, out of kindness, and I think they appreciate her condescension. By the way, she tells me that when the black KKK-style hoods come off, these women are wearing quite extraordinarily vulgar jewelry.

I've sent you the recipe, and also mailed a jar of edible gold to you. (You still do receive mail in England, don't you? Or has the Brexit descent into chaos already cause the demise of all services?)

Thank you! The recipe looks simple enough for the cook to handle, though obviously I won't trust her with the gilding.

[Basilissa]

Re: I made a cherry pie this afternoon.

So I suppose table salt is out, then? Not to second guess a woman's kitchen knowledge, but can you back that up with scripture?

My beloved Brother, while salt is probably considered as food by deer (that's why they sell these large blocks of salt to the hunters, isn't it?), from human perspective, it is merely a condiment.

Please don't take my comment as a correction of your statement, and if you wish to still maintain that salt is food, you made my Christmas shopping list a bit easier - instead of some excellent bison sausage, I'm going to give you a block of rock salt as your Christmas gift!

Yes, i usually herd them into the domestic dining area to eat with the female staff. Little Hannah sometimes joins them, out of kindness, and I think they appreciate her condescension. By the way, she tells me that when the black KKK-style hoods come off, these women are wearing quite extraordinarily vulgar jewelry.

And makeup - I hear they wear rather heavy makeup, which is a waste of both time and resources!