Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

aye-aye cap'n

so what's on the menu tonight Anna-of-a-thousand-dishes?

do you believe what they're saying today about processed meat?

A simple veg dish, but I do believe what they are saying about processed meat because of the preservatives in it. Better to gnaw upon an organic steak or leg of lamb or pork than something stuffed full of preservatives. However, if all in the UK could stop buying cheap pig meat from those countries who do not abide by the EU Regs (ie Poland which is flooding the EU with pig meat raised most inhumanely, conditions you would not believe, and if we, in the UK, went back to old curing methods and not injecting water and chemicals ..........

[mercia]

if we, in the UK, went back to old curing methods

would that make sausages & bacon more expensive?
can that curing be done easily in the huge quantities we need

[amateur51]

I guess it's my go. This is the best I can offer


what J is

a witty misattribution in C, Frankie in Strauss's final work and Max's final hometown

What a conundrum, mercs! Which Strauss? Which Max?? Aiiiiieeeee


Just to let you know that I AM thinking about your puzzle

[mercia]

Which Strauss?

Richard

[mercia]

Which Max??

not Bruch, not P M-D

a composer

[Nick Armstrong]

Richard

I was about to write: well it can't be Richard...

His last work chronologically I think were the Four Last Songs, although other pieces like the song 'Malven' or the choral work "Bestimmung' emerged later, and I can't see a 'Frankie' connection!

Time for a coffee...

Neat puzzle Mr Mercs.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

There is an unfinished Strauss singspiel: The Donkey's Shadow. Any use?

[mercia]

Four Last Songs

that's what I had in mind (in a cinematic sense)

[mercia]

The Donkey's Shadow

sorry, no

[subcontrabass]

that's what I had in mind (in a cinematic sense)

So we are in Jena with Max Reger?

[mercia]

Jena?

SCB has arrived at the destination

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So we are in Jena?

Curses! Pipped at the post!

Go on, Subby; I think you've got it!

[amateur51]

not Bruch, not P M-D

a composer

Reger? Stern? Bruch?

[amateur51]

So we are in Jena?

Karl Zeiss Jena

[mercia]

Stern? Bruch?

'fraid not