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 -=> Jim Weller said to Mark Lewis <=-
 SD> "nerd badge"
 JW> I scored a modest 53. I feel good about that. [G]
 ML> that's above the halfway percentile and that's a good thing in many
 ML> instances :)
 JW> I didn't want to score either too high (nerdy) or too low (technically
 JW> challenged). I'm working on the premise that it's a bell curve and 50
 JW> is the perfect score. [G]

I retook the test several times to see if I could get a perfect
score, both positive and negative. I got to the 99 percentile
both ways, just by adjusting my attitudes just a little. However,
when I took the Weirdness Test, I was unable no matter how I tried
to get below 60 percent.

 JW> Since I have 3 camel recipes you're the lucky winner of the third one.
 JW> Title: Quick-Frying Hump
 JW> Cut the Camel hump into regular pieces or shredding and quick-fry
 JW> them. Flavor with seasonings, and voila the finished fresh, soft and
 JW> tasteful Quick-frying Hump.
 JW> The above dishes usually use Camels that die naturally, or are old and
 JW> infirm as the ingredient. They are delicacies, and you should expect
 JW> to pay accordingly.

  "Oh, look!" broke in Gherkins. "Here is a picture of a man
  being chopped up in little bits. What does it say about it?"

  "I thought you could read Latin."

  "Well, but it's all full of sort of pothooks. What do they
  mean?"

  "They're just contractions," said Lord Peter patiently.

    "`Solent quoque hujus insulae cultores` - It is the
    custom of the dwellers in this island, when they see
    their parents stricken in years and of no further use,
    to take them down into the market-place and sell them
    to the cannibals, who kill them and eat them for food.
    This they do also with younger persons when they fall
    into any desperate sickness."

  "Ha, ha!" said Mr Ffolliott. "Rather sharp practice on the
  poor cannibals. They never got anything but tough old joints or
  diseased meat, eh?"

  "The inhabitants seem to have had thoroughly advanced notions
  of business," agreed his lordship.

  The viscount was enthralled.

  "I _do_ like this book," he said; "could I buy it out of my
  pocket-money, please?"

  - Dorothy Sayers, The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04

      Title: TARO LEAVES IN COCONUT CREAM /PALUSAMI /LAU ME WAU NUI
 Categories: Vegetables, Pacific
      Yield: 4 servings

     30    Taro leaves
           ;or spinach leaves
    125 ml Coconut cream
    1/2 ts Salt
           Banana leaves
           Breadfruit leaves
           ;or aluminium foil,
           ;for wrapping

  Wash the taro or spinach, remove the stems and any tough veins. Blanch
  spinach leaves briefly just long enough to soften or boil the taro
  leaves for 45 minutes. Drain in a colander.

  Wash and dry the banana leaves. With a sharp knife remove any portion
  of thick mid rib that remains and cut the leaves into 20cm/8"
  squares. Pass each square over a low flame to make them pliable or
  they will split when folded. On each square of banana leaf place some
  of the spinach or taro leaves. Spoon some coconut cream seasoned with
  salt onto the centre, and make a parcel of the leaves, enclosing them
  in the banana leaf. Finally wrap in breadfruit leaves or large
  squares of aluminium foil.

  Place in a steamer and steam for 1 hour, or bake in a moderate oven.
  If using spinach, 15 minutes cooking time will be enough.

  From: CHARMAINE SOLOMON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN FOOD By: CHARMAINE
  SOLOMON ISBN 0 85561 688 1 Typed by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS

MMMMM

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