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From: Gale [log in to unmask]

>Looking back, and in part because we were relatively poor, rural people - 
>we ate so damn well - with a huge garden - pasture-fed >beef, free-range 
>chicken and eggs- and (probably the reason I find commercial fish so 
>lacking) fresh walleye (pickeral). Oh for the >good old days.

I, too, grew up this way and I agree with "the good old days" when it comes 
to our food supply.  Oliva
>gale