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Skriven 2007-06-07 11:59:03 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: PICNIC TRIP 70606
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Hi Glen,


 RH> We intend to!  We've also got a couple of cases of MREs just in case
 RH> we need them.  Not gourmet food but it's something to eat.

 GJ> Since the 1973 Cyclone Tracy which wiped out half of Darwin, everyone
 GJ> there keeps a cyclone stock of food, water, batteries and a radio in

We had to keep a hurricane "evac kit" in HI and now here.  Never needed
it in HI.  It was basically food, water, batteries, radio, clothes,
meds, type stuff we kept in a heavy duty plastic box.


 GJ> their "strong room", where the family can sit out a Cat 5.  Houses
 GJ> these days are designed to withstand Cat 4, but with one room -
 GJ> usually a bathroom or similar in the middle of the house - which will
 GJ> provide
 GJ> shelter for the occupants if all the rest of the house is blown away.

Sounds like the one room in our quarters (concrete block) in HI.  It was
too small for a bedroom, a bit on the big side for a closet and was on
the 2nd floor at the top of the stairway. We always figured it was the
safest place to ride out a storm should we need to.


 RH> interstate 30 miles north of us from a couple of miles to the west to
 GJ> I suppose that amount of snow would be upsetting for Southerners, but
 GJ> would be more or less ignored by people from the frigid North.  :)

 RH> The north has snow plows and other removal equipment; it's just about
 RH> non exsistant in the south.  In March of 1980, we were living on the

 GJ> Although I have not experienced a snow storm, when visiting Northern
 GJ> USA I have noticed that there are ways in which houses etc are
 GJ> designed to make it simpler to cope with deep snow.  Items such as
 GJ> coloured
 GJ> poles attached to fire hydrants to show their location when covered by
 GJ> deep snow, so that snow plows can avoid them, show clever thinking.
 GJ> Lack of front fences to houses allow plows to push snow off the roads
 GJ> onto front gardens.

All those things are somewhat of a help.  A pitched roof also doesn't
allow snow to build up on it for the most part; one of Steve's brother's
had to shovel off his roof after one of the storms this past winter.


 GJ> One of my friends has been making lime marmalade, which he says is
 GJ> excellent.  I hope to try that later; it should be good.

Sounds interesting--on the order of orange marmalade butwith limes?

 GJ> Of course it helps to have a team of kitchen hands to do the
 GJ> labour-intensive parts of the preparation, but the participants
 GJ> certainly appear to be very skillful and innovative.

 RH> Very much so!  Steve was wondering how much advance notice the
 RH> challenger chefs get before coming on to the show and if they've any
 RH> idea of what the "secret" ingredinet is supposed to be. Some seem to
 RH> have a bit of foresight as they bring kitchen tools and plating things
 RH> that would be appropriate to that show's secret ingredient but not
 RH> others.

 GJ> One is always suspicious of TV shows where there is an apparent
 GJ> "surprise!" element.  The "Iron Chef" does appear to provide a very
 GJ> comprehensive range of ingredients, and the participants obviously
 GJ> know what is available, as there is no time wasted hunting around
 GJ> looking
 GJ> for the truffles and foie gras.

I'd love to have their pantry and cooking tools. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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