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On 11-29-06 MICHAEL LOO Scribbled to DAVE DRUM about visitors 586

ML> ML>up the truck so he and Connie can drive it back in the
ML> ML>spring - so don't expect too much participation from him).
ML> ML>Oh, also, he says he had a great time visiting with Uncle
ML> ML>Dirty Dave on his way across the heartland.

ML> DD> We didn't go out to eat, though. Mostly spent a couple days just
ML> DD> sitting  around shooting the errrrrrmmmmm breeze. Good times,
ML> DD> though.

ML>Not a big surprise - you're both good at that. So what did
ML>you feed him? I'd have thought you'd take him out for a
ML>pony shoe or a bowl of red or something.

Didn't dine him - or wine him at all. When I first showed up I had a jug 
of pretty good wine (Baobab Merlot '03). Bill mentioned that he and 
Connie didn't really like wine and just usually went along with the 
program when it was ordered for them at a meal or something. So, I 
popped the vino back in the vehicle and that was that. We just spent the 
two day visit in the great hall of his tow along and batted the breeze.

ML> DD> No Buick I am aware of could get 50 mpg on its best day - even
ML> DD> out the 12th story window if the Dixie Hotel. 

ML>Just reporting what I read. Might not have been a Buick, but
ML>still some big boatish thing of that ilk.

Just as well. I think they tore down the Dixie Hotel. Or renamed it 
"Hot l Baltimore" or something. I've seen all sorts of outlandish claims 
of carburetors/fuel injectors/miracle engines that got some magickal 
number of miles per gallon of propellant. And the pitchmen for those may 
have engendered a suspension of disbelief in the minds of the easily 
amused. But, they never did manage to repeal the laws of physics.

There was a carburetor once which managed to deliver respectable 
horsepower figures and amazing fuel mileage at the same time. But, it 
was also amazingly "fiddly", requiring prodigious efforts and amounts of 
time to keep it "in tune". Hardly the sort of thing any prudent auto 
company would sell Aunt Maude for her grocery getter station wagon.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Cajun Shrimp Mirliton Casserole
 Categories: Seafood, Cajun, Squash
      Yield: 8 servings
 
      7 md Mirliton (chayotes; 5 lb)
      2 md Onions; chopped
      2    Green bell peppers; chopped
    1/4 lb Unsalted butter
      3 lg Garlic cloves; minced
     24    Saltines; finely ground (3/4
           -cup)
      2 lb Large shrimp; shelled,
           -deveined, cut in 1/2"
           -pieces
    1/4 ts Cayenne, or more
      2 tb Fine dry bread crumbs
 
  This rich, savory dish (pronounced shrimp mah-lih-tone)
  is pure Cajun comfort food. In Louisiana it's often served
  as a side dish; it also works as a first course.
  
  Active time: 1 1/2 hr Start to finish: 1 3/4 hr
  
  Simmer mirlitons in water to cover by 2 inches in an 8-qt
  pot, partially covered, until very tender, about 1 hour.
  Drain mirlitons, then halve and peel, discarding pits.
  Coarsely chop in a food processor.
  
  Preheat oven to 400°F.
  
  Cook onions and bell peppers in 6 tablespoons butter in a
  6 to 7 quart wide heavy pot over moderately low heat,
  stirring occasionally, until softened. Add garlic and cook,
  stirring, 1 minute. Add mirlitons and cook, stirring
  occasionally, until most of liquid is evaporated, about 5
  minutes. (Do not let vegetables brown.) Stir in cracker
  crumbs, shrimp, cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste and
  cook, stirring, 1 minute. Spoon into a shallow 3 quart
  baking dish and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Dot with
  remaining 2 tablespoons butter and bake in upper third of
  oven until crumbs are just golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
  
  Serves 8 to 10
  
  FROM: Gourmet, February 2000 - Gourmet Entertains
  
  MM Format by Dave Drum - 11 November 2004
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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