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Skriven 2007-06-27 10:54:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av BARBARA MCNAY
Ärende: bird nest 729
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 > stories of luggage making it on the same plane as its owner are
 > scarcer than those about luggage that goes someplace else first.
 BM> Explains why my brother, on his last trip abroad, took only one
 BM> carryon with a careful selection of clothes.

Wise choice. I try to carry on only - in the early '90s I went off
for a month with two carry-ons, my travels taking me among other
places to three rain forests. My boots rotted off my feet on the
way back, and I dumped them in a dumpster in Dungeness, Washington.

 BM> Speaking of the didges, way back then I tried Googling to try to find
 BM> out what they sound like.  I was unable to discover whether they can
 BM> produce anything other than a monotone.  Can one actually play melodies
 BM> on one? 

One can sort of alter the pitch by a not-very-exact tone or two,
but primarily the expressive possibilities of the instrument
lie in rhythm, attack, and timbre. Unlike most European wind
instruments, didges are not a melodic instrument by and large.

 BM> Interesting; I've never heard of it.

Perhaps Rugged Wearhouse isn't nationwide. There are a lot of local
places that one takes for granted but that people outside an area
have never heard of.

 -=> Barbara Mcnay said to Glen Jamieson <=-

 > It is even worse if you have been living in warm parts, and then have
 > to migrate to more frigid lands.   Where in Texas are you?  My niece
 > has taken me to several areas of the state.
 BM> I don't doubt that a bit.  The muscles stiffen, in addition to the
 BM> joints aching.  I did live for a time in Bellaire, within Houston city
 BM> limits, but now I live about halfway between Waco and Austin, near Ft.
 BM> Hood. 

When I lived in Braes Heights in the later '60s, Bellaire was
its own city, even though it was surrounded by Houston. West
University Place and Southside Place were other similar cities,
as I recall.

Poulet a la mode de Beaune
cat: main
servings: 4

1 chicken, 3 lb, cut up
1/2 lemon
salt, pepper, nutmeg
fat for shallow frying (oil and butter or schmaltz)
1 pt heavy cream, heated to boiling
12 lg mushroom caps, rinsed
3 Tb butter (to 4 Tb)
1/2 c brandy

Preheat oven to 350.

Rub chicken parts with lemon. Dry well. Season with salt, pepper,
and nutmeg. Fry in oil until golden brown on all sides.

Arrange chicken in a casserole and pour cream over. Bake until tender.
Remove casserole from oven and turn oven to broil.

Distribute butter among mushroom caps, packing cavities well. Put
these butter side up on the chicken in the casserole. Put under
the broiler until mushrooms are done, about 5 min.

Add brandy to casserole. Stir all together (submerging mushrooms).
Serve hot.

(Source: MFK Fisher, I think, maybe not; it's similar to
Julia Child's Poulet saute a la creme as well)

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