Subj : A COOKING echo poll
To   : Dave Drum
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sat Jul 23 2022 21:38:33

Hello Dave,

Dave Drum -> Bj”rn Felten was thinking very hard :
 -=>> Bj”rn Felten wrote to All <=-

 BF>> Just want to make sure, that I'll stay in this echo, now that I gave
 DD> it
 BF>> a forth try.

 BF>> (A) Do you think that this echo must remain a US only echo, with all
 BF>> the shortcomings of the US Cuisine?

 DD> This echo has never been a US only echo.

This is a general chat echo dedicated to cooking. It is available
in every zone for all who want to participate.

As I have mentioned in a previous post, the participants own the
echo. Not just this echo, but all echoes. That is simply the way
Fidonet is, structured, and meant to be.

Of course, anybody can pretend to be a "moderator" and make whatever
"rules" float his boat. Even if those "rules" make no sense -

14. This echo does not recognize any local or regional echomail
   policies such as EP1.  This echo originates in Zone 1 and follows
   Zone 1 policies concerning the "echolist".

This is a Fidonet echo belonging to all zones. The participants own
it and can do whatever they want with it. As you know, Fidonet has no
official private "echolist" - and does not recognize any individual's
elist/echolist as official, either.

Looks like your beloved self-appointed "moderator" is all wet.

[..]

 BF>> (B) Do you think it's for the best of this echo to have a moderator
 BF>> with a clearly demonstrated pathological hatred for one of the
 BF>> regularly appearing participants?

 DD> According the the rules of FIDO the moderator "owns" the echo.

The participants of the echo own this echo.

 DD> You are free, of course, to start your own echo, get it e-listed and be the
 DD> king of your own domain.

Bj”rn is one of the participants of this echo, therefore he owns
the echo along with the rest of us. Of course, Fidonet has no official
private elist/echolist, and never has. But please feel free to create
your own. All you really need is a pencil and a pad.

 BF>> (C) How many of the dozens of recipes posted here by a single poster do
 BF>> you actually try out?

 DD> It varies from person to person. If I've posted the recipe and the
 DD> bottom line says "Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen" then I have made that
 DD> dish at least once.

Good God Almighty! You must be the fattest man on Earth!

 BF>> (D) What do you feel like if some of the 96% non-US people available in
 BF>> the FidoNet suddenly would bring you up to par with the best cuisines
 BF>> in the world, not just the US style: all the stuff putting it in a pot
 BF>> and cook it until it's not even recognisable any more?

 DD> Bring it on - but you don't have to be egregiously insulting about it.

You have no idea as to how to make real Italian meatballs (polpettes),
much less how to serve them. But I am sure you know how to search with
Uncle Google.

 BF>> My 50yo collection recipe book is open and ready to deploy. Just say
 BF>> the word.

 DD> WORD!!!!

One recipe a day for the next 50 years ... I may not be around
long enough to read all of them much less make them ...

For Life,
Lee

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