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Skriven 2007-09-25 11:52:14 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: DRIVING  70925
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 -=> Quoting Dave Drum to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> -> Having passengered during rush hour on freeways, I have no desire
 GJ> -> to drive there.  In any case, everyone in USA drives on the wrong
 GJ> -> side of the road!  Just like those demmed Froggies!

 DD> In America and most of the rest of the civilised world we drive on the
 DD> right side of the road. It's the Brits, Ozzies, Enzeds and Japanese
 DD> who  potter on down the sinister side.    Bv)=

The Pacific island archipelago, now known as Vanuatu, was previously
named New Hebrides, and as result of both the British and French
claiming ownership, came to be jointly run by an Anglo-French
"Condominium" (justifiably known locally as the "Pandemonium").  The
British colonials insisted on riding their horses on the left, and the
Frenchmen on the right, but that didn't matter much, as horses were
bright enough not to run into each other.  Then came l'automobile, and
the motor car, and the inevitable accident.  After a few more motor
vehicles arrived and more collisions occurred, the authorities decided
that a decision would have to be made on which side of the road
everyone would drive.  As they could not agree, they eventually decided
that which ever side the next vehicle to be shipped to the country was
designed for, that would become the standard.  The whole expatriate
population of Pt Vila waited by the wharf when the next supply ship
came in, and unloaded - a de Dion Bouton.

Now most vehicles are left hand drive, and travel in the middle of the
roads.  Shop assistants and public servants are required to be fluent
in 3 languages - French, English and Bislama (the local variety of
Pidgin, which I could understand).  The local people, the ni-Vanuatu,
were recently assessed as being the happiest people in the world.  The
universal consumption of kava may have something to do with that.

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      Title: Rousette Vigneronne (Flying Fox)
 Categories: Pacific, Tropical, Meat
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      4    Flying foxes (fruit bats)
    280 g  Sliced carrots
    400 g  Sliced onions
           Aromatic base:-
      3 cl Garlic
           Black pepper
           Parsley
    200 g  Smoked bacon strips
     30 ml Brandy
      1    Bottle red Bordeaux
     15 ml White vinegar
     15 ml Olive oil
           Serve with yams, boiled, or
           Manioc crepe
           Wine:- Chateau Lamothe
           De Haux (Bordeaux)
 
  Remove skin from the flying fox, cut open, remove entrails and
  discard. Cut into 2 pieces, lengthways. In a deep dish, put the
  flying fox, the aromatic base, brandy, carrots, oil, vinegar,
  vegetables, then cover with wine. Cover and place in the refrigerator
  overnight. Strain marinade from meat and vegetables.  Store marinade.
  In a deep saucepan, cook the bacon with vinegar and oil.  Remove
  bacon. In the same saucepan, brown flying fox meat, then vegetables -
  one at a time - then remove. Cook onions last, then add 3 spoons
  flour, mix until slightly brown. Pour in marinade, stirring
  continuously to prevent lumps forming.  Put in flying fox,
  vegetables, bacon, cover and simmer on low heat for 2 hours, or until
  the meat is cooked.  (Dont forget to stir a few timmes to prevent
  mixture from sticking to the bottom of the saucepan.)
  
  This recipe is prepared at Gino's Restaurant by Chef Philippe Bideau,
  a ni Vanuatu living in Port Vila.
  
  Glen's comments:  An alternative is stuffed with herbs and the
  animal's liver, chopped, also in the red wine sauce, as served at
  L'Houstanet, also in Pt Vila, Vanuatu.
  
   Origin:- Air Vanuatu "Island Spirit" flight magazine, Issue 8,
  September 1999.    Typed by Glen Jamieson
 
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