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Skriven 2008-08-21 22:54:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: Re: OT - OIL PRICES 80821
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-=> Quoting Glen Jamieson to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> $78 today due to changing exchange rates. Anything
 JW> above that would be "excess" profit.

 GJ> So why isn't there frantic activity getting the oil sands production
 GJ> under way?

There is! Billions are being spent and Fort McMurray is like a black
hole sucking up all the construction materials and manpower from the
rest of western Canada. It even affects construction up here.

 GJ> Is Canadia a member of OPEC?

 Nope.

 GJ> Have you got Mounties
 GJ> sitting there on their horses, ready to defend your oil sands from
 GJ> invaders from the South?
                         
Yep, also from the North. There's no ice in the Northwest Passage
to protect us anymore.

JW> The people who own "Big Oil" are mostly ordinary folk.

 GJ> If that is so, they should all be filthy rich

My modest little mutual fund was gone up 50% in three years but it
is still modest and little.

 GJ> and there should be no talk of a recession.

That kind of talk is strictly regional. Things are rough in
industrial Ontario where auto plants are shutting down (they can't
sell SUVs to the Americans anymore) and forestry based British
Columbia (they can't sell lumber to the Americans anymore) but
everyone is happy in Alberta and in Newfoundland which used to be
poor but has just discovered HUGE offshore oil deposits.

 JW> There are also lots of blue collar people working in the oil patch
 JW> making good middle class wages and the small farmers who earn
 JW> royalties on oil leases to consider.

 GJ> They don't count, as their wages and royalties are already included in
 GJ> the (<$70) cost of production of the oil, which is then sold at
 GJ> double.

But they make more when prices are high. See above re: Fort
McMurray.

 GJ> pirates, but it would be interesting to look into the OPEC books.
 
It sure would.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Seafood Shumai in a Lemon Grass Broth
 Categories: Seafood, Dumplings, Asian
      Yield: 10 Servings
 
      2 c  Master seafood mixture
      1    Egg
      2 oz Frozen butter; chopped
      1 pk Shumai wrappers
           LEMON GRASS BROTH:
      1    Onion; sliced
      1    Jalapeno sliced; with the
           Seeds
      4 sl Ginger; peeled
      6    Stalks lemon grass, sliced
           White part only
    1/4 c  Fish Sauce, 3 Crab Brand
      4 c  Chicken stock
      1 ds White pepper
           Juice of 1 lemon
 
  In the same food processor, add seafood mixture, egg and butter.
  Pulse until the butter is incorporated but still visible (small
  pieces). Place one tablespoon of mixture on a wrapper and bring up
  the sides going around the mound. Drop from 6 inches on a flat
  surface to flatten the shumai. Steam shumai for 8 minutes.
  
  Lemongrass Broth:
  
  In a 2-quart casserole, saute onions, jalapeno, ginger and
  lemongrass. Deglaze with fish sauce and reduce by 80 per cent. Add
  stock and dash of white pepper. Reduce by 20 per cent on a slow
  simmer, about 45 minutes. Strain and keep hot. Check for
  seasoning. Squeeze in lemon juice right before serving.
  
  PLATING:  In a soup plate, place three shumai and ladle in the
  broth. Serve and enjoy.
  
  Recipe by: EAST MEETS WEST
  
  From: Suechef@sover.Net
 
MMMMM

Cheers

YK Jim


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