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Skriven 2008-12-04 04:15:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: RECOVERY 315
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 GJ> Some people claim that lead water pipes and drinking vessels led to
 GJ> the decline and fall of Rome, but if so, why didn't pewter pots used
 GJ> so often in 18th and 19th century Europe do the same?
 ML> 'cause the lead leached out from acid in the water, but nobody
 ML> drinks juice out of pewter? Actually, the whatever it is alloy
 GJ> I think beer was the main beverage drunk from pewter.

What's the pH of 18th-century beer, I wonder? I suppose that
in Europe a lot of the water might have been from mountain
sources, the minerals (limestone, etc.) might have ensured
that the final product would not be too acidic. Certainly
these ancients didn't drink juice much, certainly not citrus
or other highly acid juices.

 GJ> I seriously considered specifying a vegetarian meal when booking
 GJ> travel, but that would have resulted in all meals, over 6 flights,
 GJ> being vegetarian.  Much as I like the occasional good vegetarian
 GJ> curry, the thought of nothing but, for a flying/connecting time of 24
 GJ> hours each way to/from Spain was too daunting.

Perhaps if you were flying on Friday, you could pretend to be
a member of one of those splinter Catholic sects that purports
to adhere to the olden rules. Or you could claim to believe
in even more arcane rituals that called for a vegetarian diet
on the days of half of your flights, say, Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays.

 -=> Glen Jamieson said to Ruth Hanschka <=-
 -> The, "in sorrow" could be interpreted as being painful.  The presence
 -> of reproductive organs, although their presence and function are not
 -> specifically mentioned in Genesis, does not necessarily infer that they
 -> were being put to their designed purpose.  The thought occurs to me
 -> that Adam and Eve would have been singularly unobservant if they
 -> hadn't noticed what the animals (who of course hadn't been eating the
 -> "fruit") were doing.

Were they doing anything at the time, or were Adam and Eve the
representatives? Anyhow, how many of us have seen the lower
animals doing what lower animals do to make more lower animals?
Photos don't count - A & E didn't have those.

 RH> I'd always figured that since Adam and Eve were already married and
 RH> being fruitful and multiplying was a command, if they hadn't figured
 RH> that part out they were well on their way.
 GJ> They weren't married.  They were the original "living in sin" couple.

Not so - there wasn't sin until they ate the fruit. Or so the
story goes. Anyhow, some of the "original" sources claim that
Adam and Eve were sort of man and wife by definition (but does
wifiness imply marriage? etymologically it doesn't); I actually
checked on this, and my memory was more or less correct: all
reputable English-language languages claim Eve had wifely
status, as does the Vulgate; the Greek one, whatever it's called,
Septuagint or something, refers to her as a "gune," or generic
woman. I don't read Aramaic or Hebrew at all so can't go further
on this, which is good.

 ->  RH> But that's a skillet/durian throwing session waiting to happen....
 -> Ducking, weaving and running like mad!!!
 RH> Don't forget the catcher's mitt for the durians!  That's my lunch!
 GJ> Just try to get it from me!
 
Pulut Durian (Glutinous/Sticky Rice With Durian)
cat: dessert
yield: lots

1000 g Glutinous/Sticky Rice
1/2 l Coconut Milk
Salt to taste
1 Durian
300 g Sugar
2 Screwpine Leaves [Pandanus leaf, available dried]

DOL Recipe: Pulut Durian Ver. 1

1. Steam the glutinous/sticky rice with salt until cooked.
2. Combine durian meat with coconut milk, sugar, salt and
screwpine leaves, then boil until the sauce thickens.
3. Serve hot.

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~durian/recipe.htm
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