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Skriven 2007-05-29 21:16:29 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: PICNIC TRIP 70529
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 -=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Glen Jamieson <=-

Hello Ruth,

 RH> smoke from th fires south of us.  The house has a central air
 RH> conditioning & heating unit but the filters that are provided are next
 RH> to useless trying to filter anything.  We picked up a better one this
 RH> week end (on our nickel vs free from housing) and it should help.
 GJ> You should be able to get a "HEPA" grade filter element which would
 GJ> fit, which will stop just about anything.

 RH> We got something similar. It has to be rinsed every 3 months but the
 RH> packaging said it would last up to 6 years of use.  Considering we'll
 RH> be gone in less than 2 years, it should work for us.

Sounds good.  If it is designed to be washable that saves a lot of
money, for just a little effort.
 
 RH> This would not go as high as a Cat 4; I'd give it a 2 at best.  OTOH,
 RH> in HI, we had wires strung between a couple of heavy T poles.  That
 RH> should have withstood a major blow, as well as the quarters which were
 RH> concrete block.

Did you ever get hit with a really big blow?  I'm sure it would be a
terrifying experience.
 
 RH> summer was the late afternoon thunderstorms but by the time they rolled
 RH> around, the clothes had pretty well baked dry. If not, they just went
 RH> thru another rinse cycle. (G)
 GJ> Yes, that does no harm.  Much of Australia has an Arizona climate.
 RH> Southern AZ climate; the northern part has more of a seasonal
 RH> (including heavy snows in winter) climate.  But, we liked the southern
 RH> area. (G) 

No snow in the centre of Australia, although there are occasional
frosts at night in Alice Springs, which is almost in the tropics.
 
 RH> out, we found out they had a new (2 days old) cook book put out by
 RH> Uncle Bubba with some of the recipes for what we had in it.  Steve got
 RH> me that and the 2nd Paula Deen cook book that has more of what we had.
 GJ> That is a good marketing ploy, as a means of getting extra income.
 GJ> The opposite of keeping the recipes secret.

 RH> Yes; it's mostly the extra income thing.  Paula and her brother
 RH> feature good home style southern cooking; nothing fancy but filling. 
 RH> We were out this past Saturday and picked up the stuff for the Key lime
 RH> pie which we'll probably make tomorrow.

That is something which I have not yet tried.  It sounds like something
I would quite like.

 RH> Iron Chef Maurimoto did a shabu-shabu pot last night.  The secret
 RH> ingredient was chilis so in the beginning of the show, he was tasting
 RH> several as he cut them up, not being familiar with them. He was shown
 RH> spitting out a jalapeno & rinsing his mouth.  All in all, he did quite
 RH> well, beating the challenger on taste but losing out by one point
 RH> because of not enough originality and plating creativity.  One of the
 RH> judges was a female Japanese food writer/critc; she had a hard time
 RH> dealing with some of the dishes and the heat in them.

I usually watch that show, although most of what we get is years late.
In spite of Wasabi familiarity, the Japanese foodies would find chilies
difficult to deal with.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Toriwasa (Chicken & Parsley with Horseradish Sauce)
 Categories: Japanese, Chicken
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      1    Whole Chicken Breast
    1/8 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Salt
  2 1/2 ts Wasabi
      1    Sheet Nori
      5 tb Sake
      1 pn MSG
      4 oz Bunch Italian Parsley
      2 tb Soy Sauce
 
  Skin and bone chicken breasts.  Cut chicken breasts horizontally into
  paper thin slices, then into shreds 1/4" wide.  Put chicken, sake,
  1/8 t salt, and a sprinkling of MSG into a small saucepan.  Bring to
  a boil. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
  
  Put 5/8 pt water, 1/2 t salt, into as small pan.  Bring to a boil.
  Cook parsley for 1 minute.  Drain and rinse under cold water.
  
  TO ASSEMBLE: Put the Wasabi paste with 2 T of soy sauce and MSG into a
  mixing bowl. Stir in chicken, liquid and parsley; mix thoroughly.
  Divide into 6 small bowls, and cover with shredded nori.
 
MMMMM
 

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