Text 11822, 63 rader
Skriven 2008-08-10 21:02:58 av Carol Shenkenberger (18134.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 11801 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 >  >       Title: Watermelon Ice
 >  CS> Oh man, we should have dug out Janis's ice cream machine and made
 >  CS> that!  Ohh I love fresh fruit!
 > 
 > Woulda coulda shoulda. Can't think of everything. Anyhow, we had
 > watermelon after you left. It was good.

;-)  Sweet.  Gather Alex ate up much of the rest of it over the next week.

 >  CS> I'm glad the durian was just the level it was as i think a fully riper
 >  CS> one would have driven the folks off ;-)
 > 
 > It was just a bit under, not as sweet nor as stinky as it could
 > have been. The ones in Malaysia, ah ...

True or my own experinece, hot in the summer (110f) heat with a cold drink of
some sort.  I ws partial to San Miguiels and Durian.  Talk about a combo!

 >    Too bad we couldnt eat it all
 >  CS> and had no way to store it!  I gather I disposed of it a little too
 >  CS> fast but some were starting to sneak little glances of horror at that
 >  CS> picnic table as it warmed more in the sun <g>.
 > 
 > I wondered about that. Remember, I asked if you were sure you
 > wanted to get rid of it. I considered going out there and gorging
 > but was beginning to get durian burps and figured that eating any
 > more would cause durian nether flatulence as well, and that is no
 > a picnic, as you are aware.

hehehe it was time I think for the non-durian fans and as it was, I was a tad
late Sunday due to (ahem) letting the durian fart episide elapse.  I ate more
than you possibly of the wonderful fruit.

 >  CS> I think everyone who'd not tried it before gave at least a little
 >  CS> taste and about 1/2 seemed to like it.  Par for the course from my
 >  CS> experiences.  I thought later (too late) that if Janis had a vacumn
 >  CS> sealer unit, we might have been able to salvage some for later.  Frozen
 >  CS> and sealed that way it would have stored ok.
 > 
 > Can't think of everything.

Darn though.  I could have split that last 1/2 with you and taken some home!

 >  CS> Almost made the whole trip on one tank of gas.  Averaged 35mpg.
 > 
 > Excellent on both counts.

Not bad at all!  Even an SUV from my area would beat air faire rates.

 >  CS> A nice little store, mostly China products but had everything I needed
 >  CS> except we didnt find the kelp ties.  I vaguely suspect the proprieter
 >  CS> thought we wanted Pandan leaves as his directions lead to those.
 > 
 > Hint: tie your own kelp!

Hint: They didnt have kelp, not even dried.

Besides there is a major difference in reconstituted dried kelp, and fresh. 
It';s like fresh beef and chipped dried beef.
          xxcarol
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