Passover

[bloviatrix]

Passover falls during peak ramp and asparagus season. Looking forward to making matzoh brie with the two and using schmaltz as the fat.

[Sneakeater]

You’re not alone in that. 

[StephanieL]

The original shipment of Passover goods I'd ordered got damaged by UPS so badly that they discarded it.  Hoping the replacement shipment gets here in time.

[bloviatrix]

Oh that sucks.

 

[small h]

You have some time.

[splinky]

nopety nope

[small h]

Shirak-oy.

[StephanieL]

20 hours ago, small h said:

You have some time.

Yup, that's why I placed my order well in advance.

[bloviatrix]

2 hours ago, splinky said:

nopety nope

I love herring. Especially with some whisky. But milt. No way.

[Sneakeater]

What's the big deal about fish milt?

When they serve it in a Japanese restaurant, no one makes a stink about it.

I remember one week I had cod milt in a Japanese restaurant one night and cod roe in an Italian restaurant the next.  I thought I'd give birth to a cod.

Edited April 12, 2024 by Sneakeater

[Orik]

I just finished curing cod roe as if it's karasumi (as the actual karasumi is running out) 

And the best and most ridiculously sized thing ever is fugu milt. It's like the fish version of quail testicles. 

eta: like -  1 pound fish vs cod

[Wilfrid]

I did learn from Foxface about quail testicles.

[bloviatrix]

If anyone plays Spelling Bee, milt is not an accepted word today.

[MitchW]

1 hour ago, bloviatrix said:

If anyone plays Spelling Bee, milt is not an accepted word today.

One of the first words I tried!  They really have a problem with many food terms.

[small h]

I keep emailing them to complain that various words (like "bended" and "unindicted") are not allowed.

[bloviatrix]

53 minutes ago, MitchW said:

One of the first words I tried!  They really have a problem with many food terms.

I can't make heads or tails out of what food items they accept and which ones they don't. Same with dog breeds. And they don't accept MAZEL either.

[small h]

And yet Mecca is legit, despite (as far as I know) being a proper noun.

[Sneakeater]

Years ago I was playing Scrabble with some friends and whatever trumped-up dictionary they were using as an umpire didn't have "nonet".

I mean like what the fuck?

[bloviatrix]

I can assure you that is accepted in Spelling Bee. As is motet.

[Sneakeater]

Yeah that's right the same night a different friend had to argue about "motet".

[MitchW]

1 hour ago, Sneakeater said:

Years ago I was playing Scrabble with some friends and whatever trumped-up dictionary they were using as an umpire didn't have "nonet".

I mean like what the fuck?

Didn't you have the official Scrabble dictionary?! (Which I can't find right now, but I know it's somewhere).

[Sneakeater]

They probably did.  And it was probably retarded (oops can't say that).

[Sneakeater]

I mean a REAL dictionary would've had "nonet" and "motet".  They're WORDS.

[small h]

13 minutes ago, MitchW said:

Which I can't find right now, but I know it's somewhere

Here, you can borrow mine.

https://scrabble.merriam.com/

 

[small h]

Spelling Bee also does not recognize certain dicey words like nappy and bimbo (gigolo is fine, though). And the other day I learned that this 100% legit (albeit unpleasant) word is verboten as well.

Edited April 16, 2024 by small h