h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yeah ,i went OT tOO much today! teehee. so i came your way rather than stay on the nickname and get yelled at again I love cajun food, went to NO several times when my brother was there. Yummy foods! Best town to eat in. Is there a lot of spicey food in Canada?

no=new orleans was not sure if you would know that

Oh, yeah, abbi, picked up on the 'NO' bit, right away, since it was mentioned practically alongside Cajun food . Actually, sure, there's a fair bit of spicier food up here, you've just gotta know where to look for it. There're a few good Cajun/Creole restaurants, etc. I mean, we had a Prime Minister (Pierre Trudeau), back in the late '60's, who really opened things up, as far as immigration was concerned. Consequently, there're a good variety of ethnic communities, & restaurants.

A fair number of the early settlers, in Alberta (where I am), came either from eastern Canada, the U.K., or from northern Europe, between the world wars. So, as you can imagine, not an awful lot of spice there...aside from some Hungarian Paprika, German or Ukranian Horseradish, etc.

But of course, with all the ethnic influences now, it's easier to get a variety of spices, & 'heat sources'. I fairly regularly buy fresh Cayenne or Jalapeno peppers, at the local Farmer's Mkt. And, there's a good sized Oriental grocery, about 1/3 of a mile south of my place, with all sorts of Szechuan spicing mixes, pastes, sauces, etc. (Gee, get me talkin' about something I like, huh?) My favourite local 'spicy place', is an East Indian restaurant, just a couple blocks east of my place. They've got 5 spicing levels available; mild, medium, hot, atomic (or is it nuclear?) hot, & suicidal hot! And, of course, there's a good sized East Indian community, with a good array of (specialized) grocerys & restuarants.The Vietnamese have a number of restaurants, & I mean, every city has a Chinatown. There's also a fairly good variety of the middle eastern food, be it Lebanese, or whatever. Then again, there're no shortage of your standard burger joints: MacDonald's, Burger King, A&W, etc. Another place I kinda like, for Tex-Mex type food, is Chili's. And, of course, where there's fast food, there've gotta be a few Taco Bell's - need a smiley with a sombrero, don't you think? Oh, & some great Jamaican & Caribean grocers & restaurants (Eirie, mon!).

Better quit, before I salivate all over my keyboard, here, ok .

j~z~c

I was salivating ! I love produce ! Walking into the market seeing fresh fruits and veggies ,lovely a giant earth bouQuet I can see why there were wars over spices! *spice of life* I have not had Lebanese food, love all the rest mentioned. McD's I Hate fast food. Never tempted!

Oh, yeah, thats great! Walking into the farmer's mkt., & seeing the various fruits & veggies spread out! And, of course, things like baking, preserves, crafts, etc. Actually, abbi, it hasn't been updated recently, but the local business association, in my neighborhood, put together a website...I kinda figured, like the old saying goes, if "a picture is worth a thousand words", well, a good website oughta be worth at least a fair-sized book, huh? So, check out http://www.whyte-avenue.com/ . It should give you a better idea of my community, here.

j~z~c

I'll check it out. HMMM..maybe it will help my appetite too I keep pictures of things that are inspiring in my head. That may be something to add! The others are :northern lights,hubble pictures, REAL happy faces from around the world. I did look around your site, short memory though! It takes a lot of repeats to sink in my noggin. I am persistent in trying. I will go look again

took awhile for it to break through to my concious, from my subconcious, abbi...I used the old "picture..." phrase, I should've sent some actual pictures! Argh! ~idiot moi!~ while I don't have a scanner, or anything, I had found a site where a member of the community had posted some of his photos, starting out with some from our big multicultural festival, in july...there're also photos of the area, as well as some of the city...http://community.webshots.com/album/45794429nQyMSP Enjoy, ok

j~z~c

more places to look! I went to the 60's site looks very interesting! I could not get past the intro and front page.I will go back later. I am having this putter of a computer worked on, hopefully tonight. I hope to be flying around faster and easier,soon!

yeah, I guess, although its nothing urgent (although, it may be...you never know!), I could really have mine worked on, I'm pretty sure I picked up one of those 'malicious script' virus's/worms...I've just gotten used to cursing a blue streak every now-&-then, & working around it ...of course, I'd really have to tighten up my security before I go back online .

I am still rather ignorant. I am hoping for more memory, seems to be the main drawback. I was hoping it would be no problem. Just adding a Board or two? I found people in other jobs, that like doing computers on the side for fun and cash. So far I have had good luck. I try to keep an eye on security sort of updates weekly.

oh, yes, I try too, I think this snuck in before I downloaded my firewall .

of course, it doesn't help that...well, basically, you don't know ignorant! this thing's always making me feel 'dumb as a stump', at least once a day! there're times I'm ready to just drop the whole in' thing out my 7th floor window! But, I persevere...