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Not yet Hoyt -- Waiting for the accumulation (need) of 3 yards of concrete so it doesn't cost me anything for delivery under load.
As usual, Great photos Sam Sam, I really enjoy them ---Geo.

 

Vortex!

 

Forgotten how to fly ?

 

Obviously nobody eats duck thereabouts. They seem totally at home with humans and machines around and expect to be given right of way.

 

The power of a "gang" mentality. And the response to it?

 

Back to the "Orange sauce"?

 

Orange sauce? I prefer salt or chili vinegar. I see these ducks as a source of "balut" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food) ,a food (or delicacy) common in Southeast Asia.

 

I thought balut was a practical joke to make "gringos" or "haoles" feel ill. So says a Filipino pal of mine, claims Filipinos don't eat that crap, not really!

 

Most don't eat "balut". I have eaten it and it taste good but I won't eat it even if it is served. But if you dare me..... I will. Maybe not.

It is like religion. The elders will say it is good, then you take it. As you grow up, you find there are other good things in life.

It is getting rare now...and expensive. Only those who have acquired the taste for it buy it.

 

Those kind of things are where "you first" is the first response.

 

No, no, that's insulting. This is why you have children, isn't it?

 

Get hungry enough and one will eat practically anything. Generally as a result of this all cultures seem to have developed a necessary protein supply from non traditional food sources or their cast offs. (that which is normally discarded). I'm not sure what we in North America would be famous for. From Europe the consumption of haggis and horse causes some dis concern with my taste bugs. Horse being an emotional attachment as I/we owned horses and haggis simply from it's source. Both of course are perfectly good food when viewed from others viewpoint. Possibly even from the kids

 

VK- Would you consider blue cheese a delicacy or a cast off? It smells like a stinking foot.

 

I agree about the blue cheese smelling like a stinking foot. I avoid it.

 

I happen to enjoy horse, bluecheeze, and haggis. I also like liver and boudain and madongo. and pickled herring and i'll suck the heads on boiled crawdads
Anybody besides me like sauerkraut? Not an exactly delicate perfume!

Pierre and Clotille lived on a floaing camp up the Achafalaya Basin, until one day Clotille disappeared. Pierre was heartbroke. He felt certain she'd abandoned him and run off with some oilfield trash. Couple days later, Pierres friends showed up with good news. They knew clotille hadn't run off. They had found her drowned corpse. Pierre was more heartsick than before. And demanded to know WHY his pals thought that was cheerful news. Well the GOOD news was, they harvested two sacks of crawfish off of her, and planned on running her again tomorrow!