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Skriven 2007-06-02 11:20:08 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
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 ML> I kind of doubt that there would be much actual "down the line"
 ML> food poisoning, but the possibility of capricious accusation
 ML> would be greater.
 GJ> The Hyatt is a prestige hotel favoured by visiting Americans.  (Need
 GJ> more be said?)
 ML> But it wouldn't be the visiting Americans but rather the
 ML> wretched of the earth who would be in the position to fuss
 ML> about being poisoned.

I understand now.  It had not occurred to me that any recipients of
"kitchen back door" food would be so ungrateful as to complain about
their share of free food being contaminated, lest they have their
supply cut off.  I think there was some sort of directive put out a few
years ago that restaurants here should not supply "doggy bags" for
customers to take uneaten food home for pet dogs or themselves, as it
was very possible that the food would not be properly stored, and could
go "off", but as far as I have seen, this is ignored.  Often a small
fee is charged for taking food from customers' plates and packing it
into a plastic "take-away" container, but most places are happy to do
that.  (When he is invited out to dine at a hotel, Kevin brings his own
plastic containers for that purpose, saving money.)

 ML> I recall the buffet food was all quite wholesome, some of it
 ML> very good actually, although I can still taste the watery
 ML> gristly tastelessness of the roast beef.

I haven't tasted their beef, but concentrated on the seafood.
 
 GJ> Unfortunately "Tampopo" is unlikely to be shown as an in-flight movie.

 ML> Who knows. I am given to understand that our November trip will
 ML> feature personal video systems with movies on demand coming from
 ML> a private on-board library so that the selection may be more
 ML> wide-ranging than the normal.

Possibly some which are X-rated?   Or, if not Tampopo, perhaps
"Babette's Feast".

 ML> =
 
 GJ> visited Disneyland was in Japan, where I was bored.  The waiting in
 GJ> the queue was at least twice as long as the entertainment.  Was your
 GJ> Disney World like that?

 ML> For the more spectacular things, the roller-coaster rides and
 ML> so on, yes; but there was plenty to do if one wanted to ratchet
 ML> one's mental age down to an appropriate single-digit number. I
 ML> remember one really frightening ride for which there was but a
 ML> short fifteen-to-twenty minute wait - it was called Small World,
 ML> and it involved a simulated boat ride through the land of the
 ML> multicultural animatronic zombies, the song "It's a Small World"
 ML> blaring at ear-breaking volume throughout. There was a haunted
 ML> house thing, a simulated train ride through the land of the
 ML> appearance-challenged animatronic zombies, with noises such as
 ML> crows cawing and "ooooOOOOHAHAHAaaaaa" blaring at ear-breaking
 ML> volume throughout: this featured a malfunction in the middle -
 ML> during which the emergency lights came on and we got to see the
 ML> machinations behind the rather lame illusions. A lot of other

Now seeing _that_ (ie, the machinations) is something I would appreciate.

 ML> horrors, such as steamed pre-formed patties of nth-rate cowmeat
 ML> served on spongy steamed buns, as well.

Was that part of the "House of Horrors"?

Wellington:

 GJ> Certainly the friendliest city I have known. 
 ML> We may spend just a couple days there, as Christchurch and
 ML> Blenheim have called for our attention as well.

NZ is so backward that you can still get proper "Fush and chups",
wrapped in newspaper outside butchers' paper, and it tastes as good as
it used to when that practice was still allowed in Australia.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Haricot Mutton (Nz)
 Categories: New zealand, Lamb
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Neck and breast of mutton
      1 sm Turnip
      2    Sticks Celery
      1    Onion
      1 tb Tomato sauce (ketchup)
      1 sm Carrot
      1 tb Flour
      1 tb Drippings
      1 pt Stock
 
  Method: 1. Cut the meat into mouthful size pieces and trim off the
  fat.
  
  2. Slice up the vegetables.
  
  3. Melt the dripping in a pan. Dredge the meat with the flour and fry
  until brown.
  
  4. Take out the meat and fry the vegetables, then put all the
  ingredients in the pan and seson to taste.
  
  5. Simmer for one and a half hours. Serves 4
  
  SOURCE: *Kiwi Cookbook, by Alan Armstrong, Seven Seas Publishing Pty
  Ltd, PO Box 1431, Wellington, New Zealand, (C. 1968) ISBN 85467 016 5
  SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 5/93
 
MMMMM
 

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