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I enjoy all sorts of foods from every ethnic origin, especially when those foods are made from the freshest ingredients and with knowledgeable care. I just love eating interesting tasty foods, it's so pleasurable.
But what came to my mind when I read this thread topic was the "gourmet club" some of my friends and I played with many years ago, sort of our version of "La Grande Bouffe" but we are all mostly still alive. Six cooks (with one or two helpers) each took turns cooking up the most extravagant and tasty meals we could imagine. The other guests from the group would be surprised with whatever the cooks dreamed up that week. The outcome of those meals were some of the most tasty things I've ever tasted. For my offering I used only the most carefully selected ingredients that took many days of shopping to arrange and buy; among other items, I made lobster souffle fresh from scratch, a stuffed crown rack of veal, and some of the most tasty pome frites I've ever had; everything was done with no concern for time or cost or feelings for abused baby cows, ecology, fat or calories. Now I'd feel guilty doing it but not back then.
My daughter volunteers to seed baby geoducks into the beaches up in the bay areas around Olympia WA. I didn't know you could eat them so I'll look into that.
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