What is Porter?

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:

> P.S.  A friend of mine told me of a new way to serve codfish-
tongue:  
> Take a large casserole, fill it with layers of tongues and cabbage 
> (starting with tongues, topping with cabbage), add pepper and salt 
in 
> accordance to taste.  Fill the pot 3/4 full of water.  Let boil for 
> four hours.  Serve!  My friend's grandmother had served it to him 
the 
> day before he visited - he still felt a bit queasy.
> 

This reminded me of Samuel Johnson's directions for preparing 
cucumbers -

"A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and 
vinegar, and then thrown out ..."


W  :o)