I'm a Mormon, Not a Christian

[John_fi_Skye]

John's on a roll.

Just call me bacon.

Move over girls, he's mine. I have a hall pass.

[maiforpeace]

John's on a roll.

Just call me bacon.

Move over girls, he's mine. I have a hall pass.

Oh, goodies. And I have homemade mayonnaise!

[John_fi_Skye]

By the way, I'm veggie.

[Svartalf]

Trying haggis can do that to you

[John_fi_Skye]

Trying haggis can do that to you

Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio wad staw a sow,
Or fricasee wad mak her spew
Wi perfect scunner
Looks doon wi sneerin, scornfu view
On sic a dinner?

Puir devil...

[maiforpeace]

By the way, I'm veggie.

I thought you said you were bacon.

I do excellent vegetarian cuisine. Vegan, not so much, but I can manage a few good dishes here and there, and one or two good desserts.

[John_fi_Skye]

I'm sorry. It was just a feeble attempt at a joke about being on....oh, never mind. I'm not bacon, really, 'cos I've never been a pig.

Desserts I like.

Stopped eating meat and fish at 16, and then eggs at about 21. Still living (touch wood) several decades later.

Nice to hear from you.

[Blind groper]

Mormonism is not Christianity. It is a swindle perpetrated by the founder, Joseph Smith.

Smith was a convicted fraudster, who had a nice scam going, with a 'magic' stone he used to find buried treasure, on farms, for a large fee. By the time the victim got sick of digging, Smith was in the next county. After doing time in prison for fraud, he decided that starting his own religion was a better scam.

He wrote his own 'holy book', though he claimed an angel dictated it to him. He described lost cities in America, which remain lost to this day. He had a chunk of ancient Egyptian inscribed tablet (apparently often available for purchase in his day). He claimed it contained holy texts - thinking he was safe because no-one then could decipher hieroglyphics. We now know it was a mundane list, and the Mormon church has hidden it away from sight.

His scam worked. With his followers tithed to pay him lots of $$$$, and with female followers scooped up to become his private harem, he was doing pretty damn well - till angry citizens lynched him and his brother. He is, of course, claimed today to be a martyr. The truth is that he was just a criminal with a very successful con job.

[Svartalf]

Trying haggis can do that to you

Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio wad staw a sow,
Or fricasee wad mak her spew
Wi perfect scunner
Looks doon wi sneerin, scornfu view
On sic a dinner?

Puir devil...

Quoting Rabbie won't make the fact that pudding in general, and black pudding and haggis in particular are indeed deserving of perfect sconner.

[maiforpeace]

I'm sorry. It was just a feeble attempt at a joke about being on....oh, never mind. I'm not bacon, really, 'cos I've never been a pig.

Desserts I like.

Stopped eating meat and fish at 16, and then eggs at about 21. Still living (touch wood) several decades later.

Nice to hear from you.

Yes, that makes mayonnaise kind of tough. But I do use local, pastured eggs.

You still do dairy though? Just in case you don't...

For you:

Vegan Chocolate Mousse

Melt 16 oz chopped semi sweet chocolate, or chocolate chips until smooth
Process 1 package soft silken tofu in the food processor until very smooth, at least two minutes. Slowly add melted chocolate blending well.
Chill.
Nom nom nom. It's kind of a cross between mousse and pot de creme au chocolat.

Put it in a crumb crust and top with whipped cream for a yum mousse pie.

[John_fi_Skye]

Trying haggis can do that to you

Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio wad staw a sow,
Or fricasee wad mak her spew
Wi perfect scunner
Looks doon wi sneerin, scornfu view
On sic a dinner?

Puir devil...

Quoting Rabbie won't make the fact that pudding in general, and black pudding and haggis in particular are indeed deserving of perfect sconner.

Yes, I have seen "sconner" as a spelling of that word. As long as you don't think anybody in this country pronounces the "o" in the first syllable like that in "scone". "Scunner" is a better reflection of how we say it, and I don't believe the pronunciation would have been much different between 1759 and 1796. Burns lived the last eight years of his life in the town where I lived my first 18, and before that he'd lived only about 40 miles away, and so I'm pretty sure a lot of his vowels would've been pretty similar to mine, and I'm damn sure his consonants would've been identical.

Anyway, on the subject of puddings, there's a Gaelic saying: "Blas na marag a' feuchainn." So, we'll see.

[John_fi_Skye]

I'm sorry. It was just a feeble attempt at a joke about being on....oh, never mind. I'm not bacon, really, 'cos I've never been a pig.

Desserts I like.

Stopped eating meat and fish at 16, and then eggs at about 21. Still living (touch wood) several decades later.

Nice to hear from you.

Yes, that makes mayonnaise kind of tough. But I do use local, pastured eggs.

You still do dairy though? Just in case you don't...

For you:

Vegan Chocolate Mousse

Melt 16 oz chopped semi sweet chocolate, or chocolate chips until smooth
Process 1 package soft silken tofu in the food processor until very smooth, at least two minutes. Slowly add melted chocolate blending well.
Chill.
Nom nom nom. It's kind of a cross between mousse and pot de creme au chocolat.

Put it in a crumb crust and top with whipped cream for a yum mousse pie.

Mmmmm! I don't know which I'm more delighted about - the thought of such wonderful-sounding, eggless chocolate mousse or the fact that you've taken the trouble to send me that. Fanks, Mai. back at you.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Mormonism is not Christianity. It is a swindle perpetrated by the founder, Joseph Smith.

One swindle looks pretty much the same as another to me.

[JimC]

Mormonism is not Christianity. It is a swindle perpetrated by the founder, Joseph Smith.

One swindle looks pretty much the same as another to me.

Some are a little more blatant, though...

[Blind groper]

One swindle looks pretty much the same as another to me.

There is, of course, much truth in that. However, many swindles are more the perpetrator swindling him/herself, especially in religion. With Joseph Smith, it was outright, unashamed, blatant self interest.