tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post6364594086762034572..comments2024-03-27T07:17:39.554-04:00Comments on Horace and Frances discuss the New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Tuesday, November 28, 2017, Andrew J. RiesHorace Fawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-17647418806887163892017-11-30T03:46:21.435-05:002017-11-30T03:46:21.435-05:009:12
I'll third the ASPIC yuck, although at le...9:12<br />I'll third the ASPIC yuck, although at least it brings to mind the excellent "Larks' Tongue in Aspic" by King Crimson. Interesting theme and nice fill, for the most part. I've heard of this GROMIT, but am not particularly familiar with it. Since I'm commenting backwards here, I notice that PAPA is in the grid two days in a row. Also, I spent some time at Fort DIX when in the service; very nice NCO Club there.Huygenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539030936919012404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-60369790788905019702017-11-29T07:53:53.866-05:002017-11-29T07:53:53.866-05:008:05
Yeah, I'll add a "No" vote on A...8:05<br />Yeah, I'll add a "No" vote on Aspic. I've only (knowingly) had it once, when a friend's mother made it as an appetizer many years ago. I ate it then, but I'm not sure I would now. But honestly, a couple years ago when I made turkey stock after Thanksgiving, I boiled the bones a bit too long, maybe, and ended up with a pretty jelly-like stock. I think they call it a "glaze" or something when it reaches that point... anyway, the whole idea of meat jelly just seems a little gross, but de gustibus non disputandum est, eh?<br /><br />So anyway, thanks, Colum, for telling me why the revealer made sense with the college names. My Beloit experience was so far from all things "University" that now when I see the name of a school of higher learning, as it were, I just think "college," without any further distinction. Please don't fault Beloit itself for this deficiency. It is mine alone.<br /><br />I like that the names are symmetrical, which I imagine makes the whole thing that much more constrained and difficult.<br />Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869983234842507044.post-62307736269697596252017-11-29T04:13:37.291-05:002017-11-29T04:13:37.291-05:00Hmm, for me ASPIC had always had an exotic friendl...Hmm, for me ASPIC had always had an exotic friendly air to it. Perhaps because I rarely (never?) eat it, but find it interesting to read about in cookbooks.<br /><br />Was interesting to see James COMEY in a crossword. Don't know whether he would have been crossword-worthy before being fired. Oh, OK, let me check..... yes, according to xwordinfo, this is the first occurrence of COMEY in the NY Times crossword.Jim Kingdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857308320156877253noreply@blogger.com