Pink Slime! Yuck!

[KG4CGC]

Yes. They are not effective in preventing the transmission of the HIV virus, however.

I can see why. They are semi permeable or should I say, porous on a micro level. It is their unique contour texture transmission that makes them desirable I suppose.
In high school, we would look for ways to be annoying with them. No one wanted to use them ... BECAUSE THEY SMELLED SO BAD!

[n2ize]

I do. It's pretty good here, and many of our local brewers are using it to their advantage. Lake Erie water has a characteristic flavor, and local brewers work with that flavor to enhance their products.

Same holds true for beer brewers and Long Island water. One of the reasons the Piels Brewing Company and other brewers settled in Brooklyn and Long Island in the early days was because they found the Long Island water very well suited to brewing beer.

And when i refer to Piels I am not talking about the crap they may be brewing and selling nowadays under the name of Piels . Modern day Piels is not the Piels of the old days. In the old days Piels was a damned good beer.

[kb2vxa]

"Lake Erie water has a characteristic flavor, and local brewers work with that flavor to enhance their products."
It sure does, everything from sewage to chemical waste. The Great Lakes are so polluted people in Detroit have a special name for Lake Huron owing to the regional accent that gives it that special flavor, Lake Urine.

"One of the reasons the Piels Brewing Company and other brewers settled in Brooklyn and Long Island in the early days was because they found the Long Island water very well suited to brewing beer."
I don't know about Brooklyn these days but everything on Long Island is still well water having little to no surface water on the island. Beer made there today has that soft glow in the dark ever since the reactor at Brookdale National Laboratory sprung a leak.

"Modern day Piels is not the Piels of the old days."
Agreed, Bert and Harry are spinning in their graves! The voices were Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding (Bob is still around, Ray died in 1990) of radio fame and Bob is the father of Chris Elliot, winner of the Razzie Award for the worst new star.

Back to strange animal products (strange products, not strange animals) we have my all time favorite, scrapple. Made from every part of the pig but the squeal, sliced and fried in butter you just have to taste it to believe it. The best part are the spices, you don't need condiments to liven it up, frankly it's best eaten as is with maybe a little chow-chow on the side. FYI Wos Wit is the ONLY chow-chow for THIS Pennsylvania Dutchman!

http://www.wos-wit.com/

[KA9MOT]

Round here the tap water comes from rather pristine sources and designated reservoirs up in the Catskill mountains and it has excellent rating for purity, taste, etc. I drink it all the time.

I grew up in NE PA and I remember that water very well. Absolutely the best. When we moved to IL in the late 70s I discovered what poor water was. I took my wife (an Illinois girl) to PA for the first time she detested the water. I guess it is what you're used to. At least we knew the water that ran off of the mountain and came out of the springs was clean.

Damn.... I wish I lived in 3 land.

[KA9MOT]

I do. It's pretty good here, and many of our local brewers are using it to their advantage. Lake Erie water has a characteristic flavor, and local brewers work with that flavor to enhance their products.

Not to be contrary but, I grew up in PA in the 60s and 70s. I remember very clearly the condition of Lake Erie back then. They've done a wonderful job cleaning that mess up, and the fisheries are coming back, but I'd have to wonder what causes that characteristic flavor.

Speaking of local breweries.........any body have a Genny (sp)?

[KC2UGV]

Not to be contrary but, I grew up in PA in the 60s and 70s. I remember very clearly the condition of Lake Erie back then. They've done a wonderful job cleaning that mess up, and the fisheries are coming back, but I'd have to wonder what causes that characteristic flavor.

Minerals. Iron, calcium, phosphates, etc etc

Speaking of local breweries.........any body have a Genny (sp)?

I've been looking for the cream ale... Can't find it.

[NQ6U]

Most of the water here on the Islets of Langerhans comes from the Colorado River downstream from the Grand Canyon. As might be expected, it has a high mineral content so it tastes weird and you have to remember to chew it before you swallow.

[KA9MOT]

Most of the water here on the Islets of Langerhans comes from the Colorado River downstream from the Grand Canyon. As might be expected, it has a high mineral content so it tastes weird and you have to remember to chew it before you swallow.

That's from all the "fornicating" the spring breakers do at the "River" and Lake Mead.......... High sperm count

[n2ize]

Most of the water here on the Islets of Langerhans comes from the Colorado River downstream from the Grand Canyon. As might be expected, it has a high mineral content so it tastes weird and you have to remember to chew it before you swallow.

Probably has a high flouride content too.

[KG4CGC]

That's from all the "fornicating" the spring breakers do at the "River" and Lake Mead.......... High sperm count

And rubbers.