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  1. anyone know how to use dried spanish chorizo?

    i got some a few weeks ago thinking i could cook with it, not realizing it was a dried, cured meat. didn’t taste so good plain though.

  2. “Dave, the Chef told me that the Serrano they get is much better that the two you listed”

    Kens, the ham the chef is speaking of is probably the acorn-fed variety from Spain. It costs about $80-$100 a pound. Grab over by me has it.

    Altho expensive, it has a great mellow nutty taste, and a quarter pound goes a long way.

  3. “I’ve been amazed, quite frankly, at the quality of roads in Spain, Italy, Ireland, all away from the major urban centers, both in terms of maintenance and engineering. ”

    Slopey, they have a nice gas tax over there and a lot of it is used to maintain the roads.

    We need a buck a gallon gas tax here phased in over a decade. Good roads, no stinking SUVs.

  4. “An article in the NYT or WSJ or Barron’s can move a small thinly traded stock but GE is so big and has such a large number of shares outstanding that an article in the popular press is not likely to move it since small investors don’t control enuf shares.”

    Yeah, but an investor knowing GE’s status already is different from the general public getting wind of it and perhaps pushing towards tax reform. Would think even big investor would be a bit spooked.

  5. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RE GRAND SICHUAN:

    Never order the twice-cooked pork.

    Always order the fresh sliced pork.

    So sorry I didn’t make the instructions clear before you went out to lunch.

  6. “I guessed it would take a minor hit on the news and it would be a good day to grab some and assumed the market knows in the long run this isn’t a bad thing and prices would be back up shortly. I’m learning!!”

    Jessi, the thing is that everyone with big bux to invest, like pension funds, already knows about GE’s tax status. It’s in the annual report.

    An article in the NYT or WSJ or Barron’s can move a small thinly traded stock but GE is so big and has such a large number of shares outstanding that an article in the popular press is not likely to move it since small investors don’t control enuf shares.

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