Believe it or not, the ones coming from AOL are easy. They have an "X-Apparently-From: " tag in the headers which, AFAICT, is accurate. I read somewhere (in the vast information pit that is usenet) that they come up with this by cross referencing the IP with the time sent. Seems reasonable.
I've tracked down some others by noting the ISP in the received line, then looking for someone who would have both yours and the "from" address in their address book and uses that ISP. Won't work for big ones like Earthlink, but I was able to track down a couple of people using small providers.
CI also has a TV show,
America's Test Kitchen on PBS. It's not as goofy as GE, but very good.
There's another worthwhile magazine, Fine Cooking. It does accept ads, and isn't as good as CI, but better than Bon Appetit or Gormet, or any of the other "lifestyle" cooking magazines.
That's odd. Do you happen to remember what the menu was?
I was a veggie for ten years, and more often than not our dinner guests didn't even realize we'd had a "vegetarian" meal. I mean, lasagna (with mushrooms, as long as nobody there is scared of fungus), salad, and garlic bread doesn't leave anybody hungry.
That said, there are plenty of unfilling and weird veggie dishes (summer squash tofu soufle, anyone?) out there.
One of my family's most repeated Simpsons quotes:
"Butter your bacon!"
(We don't, really, although while eating out recently some of the whipped cream from my waffle ended up on the bacon, which had us in hysterics.)
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Believe it or not, the ones coming from AOL are easy. They have an "X-Apparently-From: " tag in the headers which, AFAICT, is accurate. I read somewhere (in the vast information pit that is usenet) that they come up with this by cross referencing the IP with the time sent. Seems reasonable.
I've tracked down some others by noting the ISP in the received line, then looking for someone who would have both yours and the "from" address in their address book and uses that ISP. Won't work for big ones like Earthlink, but I was able to track down a couple of people using small providers.
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I've received responses to emails here in VA too.
Unfortunately, they didn't actually *read* my emails, they picked a key word and sent out the "appropriate" form letter.
In my case, that was "pledge of allegiance".
Of course, I wrote in support of the 9th circuit court's ruling, and both (!) of the responses I received "shared my disgust with the ruling."
There's another worthwhile magazine, Fine Cooking. It does accept ads, and isn't as good as CI, but better than Bon Appetit or Gormet, or any of the other "lifestyle" cooking magazines.
Ugh--those are the "all mac 'n cheese, all the time" vegetarians, the ones who don't actually like vegetables.
That's odd. Do you happen to remember what the menu was?
I was a veggie for ten years, and more often than not our dinner guests didn't even realize we'd had a "vegetarian" meal. I mean, lasagna (with mushrooms, as long as nobody there is scared of fungus), salad, and garlic bread doesn't leave anybody hungry.
That said, there are plenty of unfilling and weird veggie dishes (summer squash tofu soufle, anyone?) out there.
One of my family's most repeated Simpsons quotes: "Butter your bacon!" (We don't, really, although while eating out recently some of the whipped cream from my waffle ended up on the bacon, which had us in hysterics.)