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Skriven 2007-06-18 20:59:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
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 ML> DD> It is pretty enforceable. To wit:
 ML>There's enforceable and enforceable. I'm wondering how
 ML>afraid a Canadian onion vendor is going to be of the Georgia
 ML>legislature or the USDA.
 DD> About as afraid as a Napa wine producer is of Appellation d'Origine 
 DD> Controlee laws from France.
 
Sorta what I thought - the muscle is where the cash is.

 -=> Dave Drum said to Ruth Haffly <=-

 DD> When I was in high school I happened to go to "THE" high school (of 3 
 DD> public high schools). Many of the parents were of the country club
 DD> set,  very few were considered "blue collar" and it was considered a
 DD> "rich  student body". Most senior classes put on a prom featuring a
 DD> major  touring band, at one of the (three) prominent hotel's ballroom.
 DD> They did  this by industriously holding fund raisers, etc. from the
 DD> time they were  freshmen.
 DD> Time comes for my class to make plans for our Prom and the school 
 DD> administration decrees that the Prom must be held first week of May,
 DD> at  the school's old jock-strap smelly gym, and must use a local band
 DD> for  the music. The class president (who was, overall, a snobbish ass)
 DD> got  wind that the assistant principal had hatched this deal so that
 DD> the  class would not blow the treasury on prom and the school's
 DD> activity fund  would reap the leftover $$$.

Speaking of where the cash is. So the snobbish ass ends up doing the
clever and right thing, and the assistant principal is thwarted. So
far so good. But on what authority did the assistant principal act,
and what became of the snake afterward?

 DD> So, the class officers hired a local four piece garage band ($50 for a
 DD> four hour gig to give you an idea of their quality - even in 1960)
 DD> spent  about $22.50 on red and black crepe paper streamers and another
 DD> three  bucks on Scotch tape to hold up the streamers. Then donated the
 DD> rest of  the treasury to St. Jude's Children's Hospital which was then
 DD> in  construction.

Definitely the clever and right thing.

For our sophomore dance, which I attended, uselessly, we hired a
bunch of classmates who turned out to be excellent. I've perhaps
told the story of my junior prom (I didn't go); by the time senior
prom came around, nobody I knew was involved in that kind of thing
any more - we were all too busy working for Eugene McCarthy and
the like.

 DD> Then a consortium of the higher income parents got together and 
 DD> sponsored a visit from the Ralph Martierie Orchestra at the St.
 DD> Nicholas  Hotel Ballroom - On June 10. The Friday AFTER graduation.
 DD> The "official" prom had more faculty chaperones in attendance than 
 DD> students. The after school was out "invitational" event was very well 
 DD> attended, indeed. And the school administration could only grind their
 DD> molars and be hot under the collar.

So why did they try the same trick the next year?

 DD> The were really hot under the collar when some of the graduated class 
 DD> who were not attending the "invite" went up the school's smokestack
 DD> and  painted "THE LAST LAUGH" in _BIG_ letters that could be seen far
 DD> and  wide. These were sandblasted away before classes resumed in
 DD> September.

As evidenced by:

 DD> 1961's Prom was pretty much a repeat of 1960 ... including painting
 DD> the  chimney with "LAUGH AGAIN". This stayed on the stack until it was
 DD> torn  down.   Bv)=

Marina's Mussels
cat: Australian, shellfish, main
servings: 2

1 kg fresh mussels
1 lg clove garlic
1 level ts turmeric
3 heaped ts ground coriander
1 Tb light oil
1/2 c coconut milk powder mixed with 1 c warm water
1/4 c finely chopped fresh basil

If you prefer Asian flavours, this stunning dish
produces a lovely pale green sauce.

Gently fry oil, garlic, coriander, and turmeric until
fragrant, about 2 min. Add coconut milk and basil,
but do not boil.

Divide the cleaned mussels into 0.5kg batches, put
into microwave without additional liquid, cook on
high for 4 min. When all cooked, pour warmed sauce
over and serve.

Steam the mussels if you don't have a microwave.

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/wf/recipes

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