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Skriven 2009-01-14 23:11:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
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 > Bluefish doesn't travel well and doesn't
 > freeze well. This stuff was probably same day fresh; I wouldn't
 > have recommended it on Sunday.
 CS> We can get it here quite fresh.  Seasonal though.

Got to be better than quite fresh to be quite good!

 CS> Same here, just one mistake that may not have been one.  Dindt handle
 CS> it as well as I should have but hindsight is 20/20.

I can see the cute flirtatious young girl breaking a boy's heart!
Turned him to evil drugs and self-abuse no doubt. Last time it
happened to me, it started 13 months ago, but the hits keep a-comin'.

 -=> Carol Shenkenberger said to Nancy Backus <=-
 
 >  > And hey, hope the tests come back negative for the 
 >  > lupus.. my sister just
 >  CS> Thanks!  Gotta wait to see test results.
 > When do you find out?
 CS> Feb unless really bad.

Holding my breath for you until Feb.

 -=> Carol Shenkenberger said to Jim Weller <=-
    
 >  CS> Mailed the box today.  Of all the odd requests, she wanted some
 >  CS> real grits.
 > For a German lady living in Singapore? I'd say so.

I should have asked you for a reference: I'm in Singapore now.

 >  CS> Guess i rubbed off on her!
 > I'd say so.
 CS> Hey!  It was mutual!  

:o

 CS> You missed the background so here's a nutshell version.  She married a
 CS> US sailor who spoke fluent german.  They were slated to move to (Italy?
 CS> Spain?  I forget) then got sudden change in orders with like a week to
 CS> prepare. Upshot is only the husband spoke english.  One kid did ok in
 CS> spanish and I forget now the smattering the other kid did.  She was
 CS> learning english later and what she expected to move to first.
 CS> Wham.  Orders changed and she sitting in Japan with kids and hubby at
 CS> sea.  So, we met up and I took her grocery shopping at the comisary and
 CS> later at the japanese in town places and we matched up.

Funny how things start up. I wonder whether the kids' life paths
will be affected by the languages they learned.

 CS> She used my car for about 2 years (I barely needed it being at sea so
 CS> much and Don doesnt drive).  Her english now is very good but the
 CS> ersatz lingo we used at the start was hilarious as we'd find 'some word
 CS> in common' and teach new ones buy holding up an item.
 CS> My german was 'far from impeccable' (took 2 years in HS 30 years
 CS> back!) so you'd hear things like 'ein bitte tori with shmenji' as we
 CS> chatted along the isles.  (a bit of chicken and mushrooms).

Have you ever heard of a language called Europanto? It's kind of
freeform but makes a bunch of sense to me. Look it up: very
interesting but only usable for those who are willing to be a
bit silly. Ein pequeno poulet mit mushrooms!

 CS> By the time i left, she was fluent in english.  If i recall it right,
 CS> that took verbally about 8 months but longer for written.
 CS> Both of us suffer slightly at not knowing english name (if it even has
 CS> one) for many foods we saw in asia and cooked all the time.  Didnt
 CS> stop us from shopping!

As I have discovered to my chagrin, nothing prevents women
from shopping.

 CS> But some of her german cookery rubbed off on me too.  So, if she likes
 CS> grits (real southern style) thats fine!  After all, I cant make rye
 CS> bread now other than pretty close to her method.
 CS> She almost got me to accept sourkraut.  Almost.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02

      Title: Wild Pig on Sauerkraut
 Categories: Cyberealm, Pork, German
      Yield: 6 servings

 42 1/3 oz Pork shoulder,wild or tame
           Rolled and tied up.
  1 3/4 oz Butter
           Salt
           Pepper to taste
      4    Juniperberries, smashed
 2 3/16 lb Sauerkraut
      2    Bayleaves
      6    Juniperberries, whole
      2    Apples
      1 c  Wine, white
      6 sl Canadian bacon
  1 3/4 oz Crisco

  1. Melt butter and fry pork on all sides in it. 2. Add the salt,
  pepper and smashed juniperberries. 3. Heat oven to 225 C and bake the
  pork for 1/2 hour long,
     basting it with its juices a couple of times. 4. Heat the crisco
  in a pot and saute the sauerkraut shortly
     in it. 5. Add bayleaves, juniperberries, the grated apples and the
  wine. 6. Let simmer, on medium heat, for 30 minutes. 7. Put the pork
  on top of the sauerkraut and pour the juices allover it. 8. Let it
  bake for another 35 minutes, at 170 C. 9. Slice pork and serve on top
  of kraut with beer.
     From " Die Actuelle " Magazine
     Translated by Brigitte Sealing

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