And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
You're not missing anything. Like champagne, I found caviar disappointing. Terrible taste, and the cav has sort of gooey grittiness to it. Leaves a horrible after taste requiring many brews to tame. Yes, smoked salmon on anything or alone is fine with me, and the bourbon requires no accompaniment at all.
It’s like a cigar or booze- You start light and develop a taste for the bold. Eastern European beauty got me hooked on caviar. Went from having it once and saying to myself never again at a fancy fund raising party (before her), to eating it with her to be polite, to craving it for every major holiday.
Yikes! 120 bucks!
ReplyDeleteThat would buy a lot of eggs.
Yeah, but on a per-egg basis, caviar is WAY cheaper!
DeleteFor all the high regard caviar is held in, I have to say I've never enjoyed it. Give me some smoked salmon on a cracker, and a bourbon instead.
ReplyDeleteYou're not missing anything. Like champagne, I found caviar disappointing. Terrible taste, and the cav has sort of gooey grittiness to it. Leaves a horrible after taste requiring many brews to tame. Yes, smoked salmon on anything or alone is fine with me, and the bourbon requires no accompaniment at all.
DeleteIt’s like a cigar or booze- You start light and develop a taste for the bold. Eastern European beauty got me hooked on caviar. Went from having it once and saying to myself never again at a fancy fund raising party (before her), to eating it with her to be polite, to craving it for every major holiday.
DeleteAnd the same tin of caviar at Harris Teeter is $69. I can understand a little markup but $51?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the Christoper Hitchens quote: “The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex, and picnics".
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