liz18 said:hey, I am new to this newsgroups thing and just wanted to get in on
the postings!
Instead of using groups.google, which is a miserable way of reading
Usenet newsgroups, I would suggest installing a good newsreader - it
will make your Usenet experience very much more enjoyable. Go to
<http://www.newsreaders.com/> and make your selection, preferably among
the newsreaders with a GNKSA (Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval) badge.
One newsreader to avoid at all costs is Microsoft Outlook Express
because it sabotages people's filtering, among other things, thus being
even worse than groups.google.
Comcast, which is apparently your ISP, no longer provides its own
newsserver but outsources to a dedicated Usenet access provider, which
happens to be Giganews in their case. You do not have to pay extra for
their basic service.
ObFood: I've always enjoyed immensely books by Edouard de Pomiane.
Here's a recipe from his _Cooking in Ten Minutes_. I'd use a few more
cloves of garlic...
Victor
Aîgo-Boulido
(Garlic Soup)
With one blow of your fist crush two cloves of garlic beneath the
blade of a knife. Put them in a saucepan. Add a bay leaf, a spoonful
of olive oil and then three-quarters of a pint of hot water. Salt.
Pepper. Let it boil for eight to ten minutes. Take the saucepan off
the fire. Put two yolks of egg into your soup tureen. Add half a ladle
of your garlic broth. Mix it well. Pour in the rest of the broth,
stirring all the time. Add four slices of stale bread. Serve.
If there are two of you, consume this fragrant soup in unison,
otherwise the one who refrained would find it hard to bear the other's
proximity during the evening.
