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Skriven 2006-05-10 09:19:41 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: COOKING WEBSI 645 60510
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> There is, though, of course, the difficulty of embarrassing
 ML> me, with photographs, at least.
 GJ> I grant you that.  Others around you are more likely to be embarrassed
 GJ> on your behalf.
 ML> Carol's beyond that, and the rest of you, a tiny bit of
 ML> embarrassment won't do you that much harm.

Carol has been embarrassed by experts; I was not thinking of her.  As
for your other associates, it is likely that by now most of them would
have been innoculated by you in the course of your normal activities.
 
 ML> but not the Bundy price. On the other hand, I like VX better than OP.
 GJ> Translated into US$$ at current exchange rate, $21.28 and $22.72.  And
 GJ> yes, I prefer the VX drunk straight, but the OP with coconut juice.
 GJ> I still have a half a bottle left of the Tanduay Superior, 12 year. :)
 ML> No great bargain there. Perhaps stateside V/X then. Or we can
 ML> see what we get at the duty-free next month.

One should always check out what is offered in the Duty Frees around
the world.  Sometimes you can find some interesting Specials.
 
 ML> Pour into a hurricane glass.
 ML> It's a pint glass with curved sides, giving a appearance similar
 ML> to that of a hurricane lamp.

Or, as Jim said, somewhat larger than a pint.  Anyway, I have got the
picture.

 ML> =
 
 GJ> If you peel your lufa, loo-fah, luffa you lose a lot of its volume.
 ML> Why do you think I worry about that? I'm the one who used the
 ML> lawnmower to harvest the Swiss chard when I was a child.

I was very tempted to do just that as a child, as I hated the taste of
it (under its name in our local dialect of "Silver Beet").
 
 GJ> Or just remove the corners of the ribs, like you do with starfruit.
 GJ> Just check the tenderness by feeling the ribs with your thumbnail. The
 GJ> older ones are only suitable for drying to make back-scrubbers.
 ML> Same with zucchini, except that in the latter case, the younger
 ML> ones are also only suitable for such purposes.

I have never tried drying young zucchinis for that purpose.  I would
have thought that they would lack the spongey cellulose internal
composition of the lufas which is so satisfying when scrubbed over
one's back in the bath.   Aaaaaah!
 
 GJ> Serve as a side vegetable with grilled steak or similar.

 ML> I'll take the pawpaw and onions and the steak. You can
 ML> have the snake beans.

That was snake gourd, not beans.  A beautiful mottled dark and pale
green vegetable with pointed ends and a sinuously writhing body about
30mm diameter.  Eaten, like the others, peel and all.

 ML> There was a request for laver recipes on another echo,
 ML> so I found a bunch. The ones that are being sent here
 ML> were the ones too obscure or complicated for the other
 ML> forum.

Thanks.  I had never even heard of such an exotic ingredient before it
surfaced here.  Strange people, the Welsh.

Yesterday I thought of you as I had the chef's special of the day at a
local Thai place.   It was an entree of tiny, 30mm diameter, breaded
and deep fried baby octopuses.  With a fairly conventional barely hot
Thai dipping sauce, the arms crunched, and the bodies were tender,
with a lovely octopus flavour allowed to come through.  For main
course they did a reasonable stir-fried roo.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Ginger Snaps
 Categories: Cookies, Appetizers, Desserts
      Yield: 120 Servings
 
           -------- CREAM --------
    3/4 c  Butter with:
      2 c  Sugar, Stir In:
      2    Eggs, Well Beaten
    1/2 c  Molasses
      2 ts Vinegar
           ------ SIFT AND ADD ------
  3 3/4 c  All Purpose Flour
  1 1/2 ts Soda
      3 ts Ginger
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/4 ts Cloves
 
  þ Mix ingredients until well blended.
  þ Form dough into 3/4-inch balls.
  þ Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  þ Bake on a greased cookie sheet for about 12 minutes.
  þ As the ball melts down during baking, the cookie develops the
  characteristic crinkled surface.
  
  NOTE: A topping to delight the kids is 1/2 a marshmallow, cut side
  down, on the almost baked cookies. Return to oven about 4 minutes.
  When cool, ice to taste.
  
  ANOTHER NOTE: This makes 10 dozen, 2-inch cookies.
  
  ANOTHER NOTE: If you dunk these in coffee...don't drink the coffee..
  
  This recipe comes to us from the courtesy of: The Joy of Cooking With
  the exception of the way the NOTES are formatted.  };)
 
MMMMM
 

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