tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post7145471173000727863..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: At Home with 2005 Mengyang Guoyan "Lao Banzhang"Hobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-37984925293246648242008-03-19T20:12:00.000+00:002008-03-19T20:12:00.000+00:00Dear Michel,You've just missed him! Check out his...Dear Michel,<BR/><BR/>You've just missed him! Check out his landing in Hong Kong @ afelicificlife.blogspot.com. It sounds like he's OK. :)<BR/><BR/>The <A HREF="http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2007/08/2007-xizihao-huangshanlin.html" REL="nofollow">2007 Xizihao "Huangshanlin"</A>, one of the new super-expensive cakes! A formidable price-tag.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-5840345731812726292008-03-19T14:30:00.000+00:002008-03-19T14:30:00.000+00:00Ha Norpel is gone! I had some tea for him well wil...Ha Norpel is gone! I had some tea for him well will have to wait upon his return. <BR/>That cake is charming ,<BR/> norpel sent me some Xi zi hao huang Shan Ling or something like that and it has got quite some chi..<BR/><BR/>I'm sure he is going to find some good stuff!!Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139214520499712064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-83646283240860250432008-03-19T09:32:00.000+00:002008-03-19T09:32:00.000+00:00Dear Bill,I look forward to seeing them! I'm sure...Dear Bill,<BR/><BR/>I look forward to seeing them! I'm sure many will find them very useful - I know I will.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-17899117093532853342008-03-19T01:04:00.000+00:002008-03-19T01:04:00.000+00:00Hello Hobbes!Actually my friend, they have only be...Hello Hobbes!<BR/><BR/>Actually my friend, they have only been the factory links. However, you have given me a great idea!! :P<BR/><BR/>Cheers! <BR/><BR/>BillBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04116510823087899683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-34996726442417614762008-03-18T20:28:00.000+00:002008-03-18T20:28:00.000+00:00Dear Bill,It's great to be back in the comforts of...Dear Bill,<BR/><BR/>It's great to be back in the comforts of home, but we loved the rustic nature of Montana, too.<BR/><BR/>I was looking for your seminal post on Mengyang Guoyan for some time, in order to link it, but failed! Didn't you used to have some links down the right-hand side that went to your details on factories, rather than the factory web-sites themselves? If not, I must be going Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-6920296077780050052008-03-18T18:27:00.000+00:002008-03-18T18:27:00.000+00:00I am happy that you and your other made it home sa...I am happy that you and your other made it home safely. I do like Montana and its well let's just say rusticness! :P <BR/><BR/>Great post as always! I have grown quiet fond of Mengyang Guoyan products :DBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04116510823087899683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-81954832639516473602008-03-18T08:50:00.000+00:002008-03-18T08:50:00.000+00:00Dear Carla, If there is a connection to St. Patri...Dear Carla,<BR/><BR/> If there is a connection to St. Patrick's day, that explains the mysterious commotion over corned beef!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-82494699718719008972008-03-18T02:15:00.000+00:002008-03-18T02:15:00.000+00:00Hmmm...there is such a thing as canned corned beef...Hmmm...there is such a thing as canned corned beef which isn't too far off Spam, but my (French) grandmother used to cook a thing she called "corned beef" which was beef brisket boiled with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes and which she thought of as an Irish dish, and served on St. Patrick's day, which, BTW was today. I've never cooked it, but I remember it to be somewhat briney, with the grain ofspeakfreelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757071341180546490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-24932148366617517982008-03-17T21:39:00.000+00:002008-03-17T21:39:00.000+00:00Dear Jamie,I saw Billings on the signposts many ti...Dear Jamie,<BR/><BR/>I saw Billings on the signposts many times!<BR/><BR/>I think that my enjoyment of Montana increased dramatically when we got out of Big Sky and its make-believe atmosphere. Once we got out of the "theme park", the state really began to shine - and also as we got to meet more Montana residents.<BR/><BR/>I was impressed by the unconditional friendliness of everyone we met Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-55513489721818601332008-03-17T21:24:00.000+00:002008-03-17T21:24:00.000+00:00Ah...that's what I get for being away from blog re...Ah...that's what I get for being away from blog reading for too long - I completely missed your visit to my home state of Montana! I read your observations of Big Sky (a snobby, rich place we never go to), and other experiences you had, and it was most interesting to hear the view from an "outsider". I live in Billings, which is the largest city in Montana, and a bit different from the more Jamie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05486427517423813962noreply@blogger.com