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Skriven 2007-06-17 07:03:46 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: KEVINK LAND 663 70616
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ>   She duly delivered the bottles,
 GJ> together with a couple of glossy brochures and the photo-copied
 GJ> transcript of the ABC Landline program on those mutant Cabernet
 GJ> Sauvignon grapes. With luck, you may have the chance to taste a bronze
 GJ> sparkler and a white still.  I had intended to only buy 2 bottles, but
 GJ> with Kevin hovering around as I ordered, I was forced to order 4.

 ML> Well, you poor thing. It's your fault, having Kevin hovering
 ML> around, as your purchase of 4 bottles with him present was
 ML> about as effective as buying one bottle by yourself.

Thanks!  I think Kevin must have been losing his touch; otherwise he
would have insisted on making it 6 bottles.  It had to be a minimum of
two, as there were the two different mutations - the bronze and the
white cab savs.
 
 ML> conclusion, and you may end up being force-fed
 ML> hot dogs, popcorn, and peanuts. The consolation
 ML> prize is some fairly tolerable beer at no more
 ML> than four times the price you'd pay at the local
 GJ> You make that pleasure sound irresistable!

 ML> We resist it regularly. But I am told that your busy schedule
 ML> doesn't allow for it, as you will be some horrid place such
 ML> as Texas around then.

Phew!!  I have 9 days reserved for Texas this time, during which I will
be meeting Nora's new in-laws from Taiwan via New Jersey before going
South of the Border.
 
 GJ> bulk wine from the 400 litre barrel is no longer available, it is
 GJ> still often possible to get really nasty cask wine for $7 for 4 litres.
 GJ> It can then be fortified with the "not to be consumed as a drink", 72%
 GJ> alcohol "brandy essence", costing $7.50 for 1.15 litres.

 ML> You make life sound so delightful.

He still insists that his palate is good, but he normally doesn't drink
good wines, as if he does, he has found that he has a tendency to drink
more than is good for him...(!)

 ML> =
 
 ML> I have eaten cabbage, yogurt, and rice made with chicken bouillon
 ML> every day for the course of a summer; another summer I ate a cup
 ML> of Postum and a Pop-Tart twice a day. Bagoong and rice wouldn't
 ML> be all that frightening (though my ascetic days are kind of past).

And what was I saying about Kevin's drinking habits not affecting his
palate?
 
 GJ> Talking of which, young Kevin recently inherited a locally made haggis
 GJ> from a pub friend, and invited me to sample it.  Frankly I was
 GJ> disappointed.  There was nothing in it which tasted at all revolting -
 GJ> no lungs, liver or lights - just an oatmeal base, with some mild
 GJ> herbal flavour (sage, thyme, I think) and a little minced lamb or
 GJ> similar, encased in a rather small, inedible stomach.  Obviously it was

 ML> Tip: slice it and fry it and call it scrapple.

I will suggest that, although it was difficult to slice with his blunt
knives, as the skin was thin, but tough.
 
 GJ> As they were available, I should have bought a durian to go with the
 GJ> mangosteens, but the ratio of 1 durian to 2 mangosteens was not a good
 GJ> balance.

 ML> And the ratio of 0 durian to 2 mangosteens was better how?

$0 as against $7.  Also, the better ratio would have been 1 small, D24
durian to about 1 kg of mangosteens - if there had been more
mangosteens, which there weren't.  Only the two donated by the
house-hold god.

 ML> Perhaps Kevink could save a dollar or two a week by just getting
 ML> "brandy essence" and fortify vinegar water with it:

I think he does that from time to time, using red wine vinegar, aka
dregs from the bottom of the plastic bottle.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Rice Rotis
 Categories: Indian, Rice, Breads
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      1 c  Left over steamed rice
    1/2 c  Wheat flour
      1 tb Chopped coriander
      1 ts Red chilli powder
    1/4 ts Cumin seeds
    1/4 ts Sesame seeds
      1 tb Oil or butter
           Salt to taste
      1 tb Yoghurt or curds
      1 tb Fresh fenugreek leaves or
           -spinach
      3 ts Oil to shallow fry
 
  If using spinach or other greens chop fine, wash and drain very well
  in colander. Mix all ingredients well except oil to shallow fry. And
  form a dough using moist hands. Do not make it too soft. Divide in
  5-6 round balls. Roll into chappatis of 5" Diameter
  
  Shallow fry on hot griddle. Sprinkling some oil on both sides. Cool on
  rack. Pack if desired with chutney or sauce.
  
  Bawarch
 
MMMMM
 

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