[pct-l] The Best Huckleberries

[Jim Keener ( J J )]

Oh. Defaming my home and the good berries. Oakland is the best kept  
secret in California.

Jim Keener ( J J )
http://postholer.com/jj

On May 2, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Len Glassner <len5742 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:41 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>  
> wrote:
> < Ripe
>> huckleberries fresh off the bush aren’t fuel for the body, they ar 
>> e fuel for
>> the soul.
>>
> PNW soul food.  LOL
>
> Huckleberries are nature's equivalent of Oakland:  'There's no there
> there'.  They're the hyperspeed analog of Chinese food - pop a handful
> in your mouth and .00001 seconds later you'll be wondering if you
> dropped them all en route.
>
>>
>> My primary consideration isn’t what they are, but where they are:  
>>  I find
>> the best berries are the highest and most remote.  The further they  
>> are from
>> scrounging people and the closer they are to scrounging bears the  
>> better
>> they taste.  The same berry tastes much better to me when found on  
>> a high
>> pass amid scenic grandeur than if it were found on some nondescript
>> low-altitude hillside.
>>
>> Your results may vary – poor, pitiful you….
>
> And here's my take on Snickers bars:
>
> My primary consideration isn’t what they are, but where they are:  I 
>  find
> the best Snickers are the highest and most remote.  The further they  
> are from
> scrounging people and the closer they are to scrounging bears the  
> better
> they taste.  The same Snickers tastes much better to me when eaten  
> on a high
> pass amid scenic grandeur than if it were eaten on some nondescript
> low-altitude hillside.
>
> Your results may vary – poor, pitiful you….
>
> I'll be wearing my 'Huckleberries Suck'  T-shirt when I finish up WA
> this summer.
>
> -- 
> 'Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit' - Oscar Wilde
>
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