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Skriven 2008-08-21 11:17:21 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Björn Forsström
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 -=> Quoting Björn Forsström to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> Vinstars Rakvice Ryslink Rynsky Sav Blanc style. The Czech reds were a
 GJ> disappointing, but I had some very enjoyable reds and whites in Hungary.
 GJ> The Villanyi Teleki Pinot Noir, at $7 a bottle was one that I enjoyed
 GJ> there.

 BF> Wine is very personal and what I like you might hate.

Wine would have to be very bad for me to hate it. (g)  OTOH, I might
rate some wines a bit differently from you.
 
 GJ> One of the strangest experiences of my life was walking through the long,
 GJ> dark, deserted caves/tunnels under the Buda palace complex, where I found
 GJ> an ancient fountain from which red wine was pouring.  I tasted it, to

 BF> Sounds exciting and we've never been to Hungary....yet... They say
 BF> it's a wonderful place.

I thought so, also the Czech Republic.  I found the people friendly,
the food (apart from the excessively heavy dumplings) and wine good and
cheap, the public transport system efficient, and some wonderful,
historic buildings.
 
 GJ>   When you come to Australia, try to arrange to go to
 GJ> Darwin and take the train to Adelaide - a 2 day journey of 3000 km.

 BF> Ok but why?

It is the longest, continuous north-south train journey in the world,
and would enable you to appreciate the climatic changes from the wet,
tropical north, to the harsh, dry, central desert region, to the
Mediterranean climate of South Australia.  Of course it helps if you
like trains.  :)
 
 GJ> The last time I went to USA I was photographed and fingerprinted on

 BF> They take a picture of us when we arrive and leave Bangkok too but no
 BF> fingerprints. I guess that it won't take too long before they do it
 BF> too but then they have to speed things up. It's painfully slow to pass
 BF> the customs as it is.

The last time I went to Thailand (1972) it was by train, from Malaysia,
and Customs was very perfunctory.  Leaving, by taxi, was a bit more
involved, with armed military searching the taxi from Sungai Golok to
Kota Bahru.

 BF> Read in yesterdays paper that a virus is killing people in Thailand
 BF> right now, a virus that there aren't any vaccine against. 41 000 sick
 BF> and 48 dead so far. It's worse in the Bangkok area. Denguee-fever from
 BF> the mosquitos. It exists in India as well. Something that will come to
 BF> you? 

There are some areas of Australia, mainly in Queensland, where it is
possible to catch dengue fever, but it is treatable.  So far, Australia
remains malaria-free.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: PRAWN, MANGO and GINGER STIR-FRY     [FOA]
 Categories: Seafood, Tropical, Africa, Madagascar
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
           Groundnut oil
      4    Carrots, cut in matchsticks
      1 sm Spring onions, a bunch of...
      2    Green chilli, seeded/chopped
      2    Red chilli, seeded/chopped
     40 g  Ginger, fresh, julienned
      3    Garlic cloves, finely sliced
     10    Plum tomatoes, skinned,
           -seeded and diced
           Salt
     12 lg Prawns [the biggest that can
           -be found, with the heads
           -taken off & shelled except
           -for the tail, deveined and
           -butterflied
      2    Mangoes, skinned & cut into
           -wedges
      4 tb Rum
 
  Heat a little oil in a wok. Add the carrots and stir-fry for 30
  seconds, then add the spring onions and stir-fry for a minute. Add
  the chillies, half the ginger and the garlic and stir-fry for 30
  seconds. Add the tomato dice and stir-fry for another minute. Season.
  Remove and place in a warm serving dish.
  
  Wipe out the pan, add a little more oil, and when it is very hot
  quickly seal the prawns on both sides [they will open out like
  butterflies]. Add the remaining ginger and the mangoes. Splash in the
  run and flambe.
  
  Arrange the prawns, ginger and mangoes with their pan juices on the
  bed of stir-fried vegetables.
  
  from FLOYD ON AFRICA by Keith Floyd A 641.596
 
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