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Skriven 2006-10-23 10:40:58 av hap newsom (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: RE: armagnac 461
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Hey Michael!
-> You can tell I'm in a mood - blocked for the moment on
-> some work I'm trying to finish up before the trip -
-> 
->  -> Yeah, a variation on the famous CRS syndrome: "can't read scribble."
->  HN> Or "can't remember to take the silly note WITH me when I go."
-> 
->   Wringle wrangle
->   Larressingle
->   I don't give a hoot
->   'cause I'm filled to the snoot
->   with Armagnac
-> [apologies to Fess Parker]
-> 
There once was a lad named Michael
who's rhymes were often delightful
But once in a while
he'd say with a smile
a verse that was simply Frightful!
[apologies to the lady from Niger]

->  HN> Last night I took Anne out to dinner at a new local restaurant
->  HN> TWOKOI; a sushi "fusion" place.
-> 
-> Wonder about the name, does it have anything to do with ...
-> 
-> With two koi in the lake, life's just a piece of cake
-> [apologies to Crosby, Stills, and Nash]
-> 
-> or
-> 
-> Today opened a new restaurant by one of the world's
-> greatest chefs, Mr. Arthur "Two Koi" Yakasanu ...
-> [apologies to Monty Python]
-> 
My word, you ARE in a mood aren't you! (grin)
That must be one heck of a blockage to put you on this track!

->  HN> in it as well as the  regular ingredients. I had "Surprise crunchy
->  HN> spicy tuna" which was spicy tuna  (raw of course) Piled high in the
->  HN> center of the plate (maybe 6-8oz) with some  sort of leaf that had 
been
-> 
-> That's a lot of tuna, and if it was truly "sushi grade" it must
-> have cost a pretty penny.
-> 
Well maybe not 6-8 oz, but a fairly substantial serving...and it wasn't too 
expensive.

->  HN> tempura fried layered in the stack...with ebi roe  and sea urchin roe
->  HN> and sauces spritzed around the plate
-> 
-> I thought at first maybe shiso leaf, but that would be too
-> expensive. I saw one (admittedly very nice) shiso leaf in
-> the store once for ten bucks. How about spinach leaf?
-> 
I dunno, thought maybe it was shiso too after Jim described it...but not 
10bux for one leaf, this had two or three leaves in it! But it was most 
assuredly NOT spinach, or lettuce or chard.

->   (as if it were  chocolate, or
->  HN> aoli), with a pyramid of uncooked pasta "covering" the pile.
-> 
-> Uncooked pasta????
-> 
Yup three long bits of spaghetti formed into a "pyramid" over the tower of 
tuna. Useless and a waste.

->  HN> had sake, momokowa  pearl, a sweet sake with a HUGE banana flavor 
to
->  HN> it...not bad but  surprising...I wonder if they added the banana
->  HN> flavor?
-> 
-> No, that's a side effect of the fermentation. Amyl acetate
-> I think. You can taste it in some whiskeys as well. I had
-> the Pearl once but didn't deem it worthy of talking about.
-> Cloudy, rather sweet, thickish texture for a sake, with
-> a take-your-head-off aroma of bananas and pears. A bitterness
-> I didn't like on the finish.
-> 
Interesting....needless to say it was sweet...so Anne thought it was 
simply delightful...I didn't think it was bad...but the banana taste was just a

bit much for me after a while.

->  HN> for  both of us and the sake was $13 for a small bottle.
-> 
-> For a sake brewed in Oregon, that's a bit much.
-> 
I thought so too.
-> =
->  ->  HN> it for cleaning relay contacts and  such
->  -> Couldn't you use isopropyl for that?
->  HN> I'm not sure, but that was not what was offered so I ordered what I
->  HN> could  get....and if they were foolish enough to send me as much as I
->  HN> ordered it's  THEIR fault! (grin)
-> 
-> Our lab did things differently. We had a 10-or-so gallon
-> drum of it, which was hard enough to use that everyone in
-> the lab knew when you decanted some off.
-> 
Mine came in 1 pint cans. My computer had a LOT of relays....I'd always 
order 4 cans a patrol and never had any leftover....dunno how well it cleans 
relay contacts though...never had to find out. (grin)

->  -> Do that nowadays and the Homeland Security boys will be all over you.
->  -> Or worse, the flying saucer nuts.
->  HN> Oh if we did HALF the things we did when I was in school we'd be in
->  HN> chains in  a flash! This administration has NO sense of humor! 
-> 
-> I hope that the political ascendancy of the midwest has
-> come to a close, as the baseball ascendancy has arrived.
-> 
From your lips to the ballot box! (grin)


chat with you soon
hap 
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