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Skriven 2006-05-30 17:15:38 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1820 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: uncle 744
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Hi Michael,

 RH> That's why I don't make the Lone Star pattern!  I like squares,
 RH> rectangles and half square triangles--a lot can be done with those
 RH> simple shapes.  They also use easier math.

 ML> But still math. I wonder if there's a threshold beyond which
 ML> your brain balks: my brain decides to shut down altogether when
 ML> confronted with some of these things.

You know, you might have a valid point there.  I don't mind the basic
math stuff but would have major conniptions if asked to solve something
abstract.  Years ago when Steve was applying for a job filling soda
machines at MCAS Cherry Point, he told me one of the things he was asked
was to figure the price of 4 6 packs of soda at (I forget the actual
price) so much per can.  He'd hardly gotten the numbers out of his mouth
when I gave him the answer--without a calculator, pencil & paper or
other "helps".

 RH> We've seen it rocking with 30' or higher waves, but not too many
 RH> surfers then.
 ML> I understand that back in the days when the Hapster was living
 ML> on Oahu, he would have gladly have gone out surfing then.
 RH> And now, unless he were a ranked surfer, he'd be asked to leave the
 RH> water.

 ML> Knowing him, he would either 1. not have complied; or 2. been
 ML> a ranked surfer; or 3. been one of the officials.

Any one of the three, most likely 1 or 2.  I suspect he may have surfed
with some of the older beach boy names I hear from time to time--can't
remember the proper first name or last of one called "Buffalo" but I
know he's been surfing long enough that Hap could have known him.


 ML> Different kind of aromatic. We shouldn't go there. I would discuss
 ML> it with either Dave, but that's because of their gross sense of humor.
 RH> Definately a different type--for when you want to say "life's a gas!".

 ML> What did Other Ruth say about the appropriate response to puns?

I know, and "there's nothing like a good pun & that was not a good pun".
But, I can fire them off as fast as most anybody else.

 ML> or mayo. I saw this and think I may have tasted it on a buffet
 ML> line someplace, perhaps a school or cheap AYCE.
 RH> I've had it with the mayo and it was nice & tender; this stuff was
 RH> dry. I think I recognised a few small pieces of mushroom too.

 ML> Aside from the slight mayonnaisey taste, which I don't like
 ML> all that much, it's a superior way of doing fish. One variant
 ML> that is used on bluefish is a mixture of mayo and Dijon mustard.
 ML> This actually tastes quite good, although oil on oily fish
 ML> sounds like a bit of overkill.

The oil on an oily fish is Steve's biggest hang up.  BTW, the turkey we
brined and smoked yesterday came out quite good.  I boiled down the 5
quarts or so of pan drippings & water into a couple of quarts to use in
the rice cooker over the next couple of months.

 ML> Salmon steak quickie
 RH> Good for those who live too far inland to know how to prepare fish.

 ML> I figure, though, if you live that far inland, you shouldn't
 ML> bother with fish at all. Everglades Seasoning is in fact from
 ML> a fairly waterlogged part of the country, where fish is
 ML> plentiful (not salmon, I admit!).

The gaters are quite plentiful this year from what I understand.  We'll
be going back to east coast seafood; I may try some of the way's we've
learned to fix it out here on east coast stuff.

 ML> Here's another quickie, I mean, er ...

 ML> Passover Salmon Quiche
 ML> cat: milchig, fish, Passover
 ML> Servings : 6

Looks like a good way to use canned fish--but, of course the dill that
seems to go with any canned fish. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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