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   Dave Drum to Sean Dennis   
   Re: Extra Sweet   
   26 Oct 25 07:08:04   
   
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   -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    -=> Dave Drum wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    DD> Yet, from that one association I get e-mail and snail mail from every   
    DD> (or nearly) Democratic cause in the world. I got on yesterday from the   
    DD> DSCC (Democratic Senate Campaign Committee) listing an impressive   
    DD> litany of well-known personages saying "(NAME) asked you, (NAME) asked   
    DD> ... through a long list of names.   
      
    SD> I asked my postmaster in-person if they can stop delivering the   
    SD> constant junk mail and he said since the previous resident didn't   
    SD> submit a change of address, they legally have to deliver the junk ail   
    SD> to me. *eyeroll*   
       
    Business has reasons. Bureaucrats have a rule book. What you can do is   
    get a 3375 form from your post office a do a C.O.A. (to a vacant lot) for   
    the previous folks. If you can find an address where the house has been   
    razed ... or that has become a homeless ancampment, well there y' go.   
      
    DD> Yesterday I replied to the dialy e-mail with IIf I didn't share my   
    DD> treasure with them why would you think your sorry a$$ is any   
    DD> different>" Apparently their mail robot doesn't understand plain (and   
    DD> snarky) American idiom   
      
    SD> Bots have no sense of humor.   
       
    Nor porportion.   
      
   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Onion Soup w/Coke   
    Categories: Soups, Vegetables, Beef, Breads   
         Yield: 4 Servings   
       
       1/4 c  Butter   
         4 c  Onions; thin sliced   
         2 cn Beef broth; (10.5 oz ea)   
         7 oz Coca-Cola(original bottle) *   
         1 ts Salt   
       1/2 ts Vinegar   
       1/8 ts Pepper   
              French bread; thick slices   
              Parmesan cheese; grated   
       
     * Nearly impossible to find. Substitute a "mini Coke" in   
     the 7 1/2 oz size.   
        
     In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter. Add onions and   
     cook until they are golden, do not brown.   
        
     Add the undiluted beef broth, 1 broth can of water,   
     Cola, salt, vinegar, and pepper. Cover and simmer 20   
     to 25 mins.   
        
     In a broiler, toast one side of the French bread slices.   
     Turn and generously sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.   
     Toast until browned.   
        
     Into deep bowls, ladle the soup and top with the toast,   
     cheese-side up.   
        
     Makes 4 servings or about 6 cups.   
        
     Recipe from: http://www.recipesource.com   
        
     Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen   
       
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