Well, Barry, you can have a hellova time, even a hellova good time rubbing
up to consonants but I just thought vowel rubbing would require an
indefinite article letter addition.

Respondents often use the etc part of this forum as a bit of a throwaway
comment opportunity, often for something only tangentially poetry related
or not at all but your piece was a more substantial diversion, is what I
meant to say.

Bill

On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 at 3:09 am, Barry Alpert <
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> Thanks, Bill. No "reciprocal gravy" since then, not that I was expecting
> any. The owners remain friendly towards me, but I pay for every item I
> order. Curious about your usage "hellovan etc" however.  Google didn't
> really clarify it for me--is it heard in Australia? Barry
>
>  On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:03:04 +1000, Bill Wootton <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >That’s a hellovan etc, Barry and should earn you some reciprocal gravy
> form
> >the establishment. Can’t see why it would be pulled. It is specific and
> >insightful. Maybe lavish praise is just suspicious these days. Everybody’s
> >looking for balance. So flat earthers and anti-vaxxers and climate change
> >denialists get their moments in the sun on so much media. Perhaps you were
> >expected to report a slightly unclean fork?
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 10:42 am, Barry Alpert <
> >[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Surprised to find this restaurant review visible today after it was
> >> initially "disappeared" by YELP editors within their "reviews not
> currently
> >> recommended" section. I think they thought it was an "inside job" or
> that I
> >> was paid for it. YELP readers who sought it out clicked on the HTML
> images
> >> for useful, funny, & cool. I gave this eatery the top rating of 5 stars.
> >> The owners of Crown Bakery told me they were able to identify
> individuals
> >> checking up on my review. I enjoyed rereading this piece of writing and
> >> decided to revive it:
> >>
> >> "With the opening (on Easter Sunday 2012) of a second floor dining room
> >> for a Sunday buffet from 11-4, Crown Bakery may have emerged as the best
> >> Caribbean restaurant in the Wash DC metro area.  For many years I've
> been
> >> dropping by the first floor bakery for very distinctive savoury pastries
> >> filled with salt cod, lentil, salmon, chicken, callaloo, & . . .
> Amongst
> >> the sweets, I love their version of  cassava pone.  Because I usually
> end
> >> up eating such items in my car on my way home, I rarely order side
> dishes &
> >> entrees--though I fondly remember a roasted winter roots concoction I
> was
> >> able to buy one Saturday.  I arrived this past Sunday June 24 around
> 3PM,
> >> ascended one flight of stairs into a comfortable & attractive space, and
> >> was greeted warmly by an impressive, formally-dressed head waiter /
> maitre
> >> d'.  He was happy to provide background detail on the dishes with which
> I
> >> had less familiarity.  I enjoyed the stewed chicken with brown gravy, a
> >> poached tilapia with pumpkin and orange peppers, and a salt-cod
> concoction
> >> verging upon but not really a ceviche.  Amongst the sides, the callaloo
> >> served over pillow mounds of rice pleased me the most, its unusual
> >> consistency having emerged in Trinidad from its historical existence as
> a
> >> soup.  I liked a pigeon pea dish and will be curious to learn how it was
> >> made.  Mac & cheese was served as a kind of very distinctive loaf.  Two
> >> styles of plantain.  Both vegetable and fruit salad.  Plus rum punch
> >> (non-alcoholic), though I await the Sundays on which sorrel is served.
> The
> >> owner informed me that special entrees and sides emerge each Sunday, so
> >> it's unlikely you'll ever see exactly the same dishes. Seating for
> >> approximately 40.  I parked right in front of the restaurant and during
> >> this time-period on Sunday, anyone should be able to park within one
> half
> >> block of Crown Bakery.  I've been eating Caribbean food for at least 40
> >> years, starting in Toronto and San Francisco, & I can't recall a better
> >> dining experience than that which I experienced at Crown Bakery this
> past
> >> Sunday."
> >>
> >> Barry Alpert
> >>
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