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 GJ> Having seen Ruth's reply, I checked my 2 dictionaries.  Oxford gave
 GJ> "das Kanguru", and EUP gave "das Kanguruh".

At least both dictionaries agree that the things should not be
given the opportunity to reproduce.

 GJ> original meaning of the word, given by one of the local aborigines in
 GJ> response to the first British visitor's "What is that animal called?"
 GJ> was, "I don't understand you."

In which case you should be eating kangaroo filet with kangaroo
(lillipilli) sauce in the Republic of Kangaroo!

 ML> She's Perchtoldsdorfer, not Viennese, though.
 GJ> She can talk to the Viennese, though.

I can talk to the Viennese, too.

- G'day Mite, where's the kangaroos?

- Are the fresh rolls, what do you call them, made fresh
  daily? Can you make some with extra shrimp for me?

 ML> Bearing in mind that a 100-y-o family pile is relatively new by
 ML> European standards.
 GJ> New enough to be uninteresting, and old enough to need repairs and
 GJ> expensive maintenance.  It still bears bullet holes from when the
 GJ> Russian tanks came into the back garden a few years ago.

I see that Lufthansa doesn't pay its employees enough so they
can afford half-century-old repairs!

 GJ> My young, attractive, Filipino-born niece who I was travelling with
 GJ> encountered no racial prejudice, possibly because she was young,
 GJ> attractive and female.

Whereas my constituted role is to be everything that is not
young, attractive, or female.

 GJ> Excellent. I might even go there, some day.  When I visit a city I
 GJ> like to blend into the populace as much as possible

Uh huh. You can try to blend in with the New Yorkers all you like,
but you'll be like a giraffe in a land of wildebeests. Mutual
amusement may result, though.

 -=> Glen Jamieson said to Dave Sacerdote <=-

 DS> being drunk by 8 in the morning, compulsory internet filtering, 
 GJ> The correct wording is, "still drunk at 8 in the morning".  The
 GJ> internet filtering won't work, but will only cause grief to legitimate
 GJ> users, as our PM will find out if he tries to impose it.

I'm hung over at 5 am, does that count? Drank a vast quantity of
cheap wine Christmas, which had a worse effect than vast quantities
of "fine" wine the night before.

 DS> or the forced removal of aboriginal children?
 GJ> That forced removal of mixed-race aboriginal kids stopped some years
 GJ> ago, and our PM has said, "Sorry", so everything is all right now.

Of course.

 GJ> "essence" to add to his morning coffee.  Then on to a large booze shop
 GJ> where I was told by Bruno Tait, his "Ballbuster" could be bought.  The
 GJ> shelf price was $20, but as I was paying at the checkout Kevin noticed
 GJ> that a 5% discount was available to holders of a "Seniors Card", so I
 GJ> produced mine, and was refunded $1.

That's a fairly adventurous price - what can one get for that
amount in the Rosemount or Wolf Blass or Lehmann lines?

 GJ> That wine was quite wonderful!  Very similar to the wine which used to
 GJ> be made by Tait's late neighbour, Ray Ward.  At the price paid in
 GJ> Canuk $$$, it would have been good value.

Makes sense. Maybe he buys the grapes from Ray's vines.

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     Title: Ha Nguyen's Fresh Spring Rolls (Goi Cuon)
Categories: vietnamese, shrimp, pork, appetizers
  Servings: 4

    1/2 lb medium shrimp
    1/4 lb lean pork loin
      8    (8-inch) rice paper rounds
           - (banh trang)
    1/2    head red-leaf lettuce or
           - bibb lettuce
      1 bn mint (hung cay) and/or Thai
           - basil (rau que)
      2 c  cooked rice noodles (bun _
           - thin rice vermicelli)*
      1 c  bean sprouts
      2    carrots, peeled and grated,
           - optional
MMMMM====  Dipping Sauce  ==================================
           Either Nuoc Cham or
           - Hoisin-Peanut Sauce**

* Cook's note: You can buy rice paper rounds and rice
noodles in Asian markets.  Cook noodles according to package directions,
generally about 3 minutes in boiling water.  Drain and refresh with cold
water. Drain well.

** recipes above and below

Ha Nguyen says that the hotter the water used to soak the rice paper,
the faster it will soften.  She suggests that you push down firmly when
you roll up the filling in the moist rice paper rounds.

You want to make a tight cylinder.

1. Boil shrimp until just cooked, about 3 minutes.  Refresh in cold
water and drain.  Remove shells; devein and cut in half lengthwise.  Set
aside.

2. Place pork in large saucepan or Dutch oven and cover with water.
Bring to boil on high heat; cover and boil for 25-30 minutes, or until
pork is thoroughly cooked.  Test by cutting pork in half; no pink color
should remain in meat.  Cool and cut into thin slices.

3. Soak one sheet of rice paper in hot tap water for about 10
seconds.  Remove and place on clean, flat surface.  Put leafy part of 1
leaf of lettuce, approximately 4-inches wide and 3-inches deep, on the
bottom half of the rice paper.  Add 1 tablespoon rice noodle, 1 slice
pork, 2 leaves mint, 2 leaves basil, about 2 teaspoons grated carrots
(if using).  Roll bottom (the portion closest to you) over to form a
tight partial cylinder.  Fold right and left sides of rice paper toward
the center.

4. Tuck shrimp and a piece of mint or basil into the  pocket made by
folding the right and left sides in.  Finish rolling rice paper into a
cylinder.

5. Cover each roll with damp paper towels as you make it.  Store
airtight in refrigerator.

6. Repeat until all rice papers are used.

Presentation: Pour dipping sauce or sauces into small bowls and serve
with rolls.  If you prefer, you can cut the rolls in half diagonally.

Yield: 8 rolls  Nutritional information (per serving): 113 calories,
2.2 grams fat, 0.6 gram saturated fat, 54 milligrams cholesterol, 89
milligrams sodium, 18 percent calories from fat

Source: Orange Coast College cooking teacher Ha Nguyen

MM format by Manny Rothstein   Date: 3/30/98

Copyright 1997 The Orange County Register, August 21, 1997

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