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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 3594956" data-attributes="member: 11520">Power lunchThe punch proves to be fruity and refreshing. A servant brings a deep tray of ice with oysters on the half shell and small dishes containing fresh greens wilted with a tangy mixture of bacon drippings and a citrus flavored sauce with both sweet and salty elements. Your host takes a an oyster and some of the greens together in a bite. Eaten that we it proves quite tasty. "Yes, I'm glad you were able to find a market for the cigars and such. Unfortunately, there simply aren't ten times the quantity of the finer cigars to be had. We only choose the best leaves, the prime drying space and our best rollers for those. Only about one in 30 of the dried leaves is suitable for these. I could perhaps double the amount if I put more acres under production and build more of the finest drying sheds. Finding more workers of sufficient skill will also be a challenge. It would be at least 2 seasons before I could get production of the finer products up to double. You would only hurt the business to market lesser quality under the fine names. I can certainly sell you the larger quantities of lesser products within two season. I could go perhaps 2 or 3 times the past quantities of lesser products in the intervening years."</blockquote>