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Skriven 2009-02-10 15:19:28 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: AUXILLARY PICNICS 90210
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 -=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Glen Jamieson <=-

I see you are still catching up from last year...  (My local BBS has
been out of action for a few days, so I am catching up before taking
off to Darwin for a week.)

 CS> Mass transit in general in the USA is not good as you noted.
 
 >  CS> few here have medical issues which preclude distance walking but if
 >  CS> they think of habits before that, they may fall better in line with
 >  CS> what you are used to, and i got used to.
 > 
 > Perhaps there are areas where non-driving people and small shops have
 > come together to form an old-style community?  If so, I haven't seen
 > them in USA.

 CS> You havent probably seem much rural USA?  It's there still.  Small
 CS> towns with 900 or so folks max still have the local store.  I mention
 CS> several even here in my bigger city with the Japan foods store etc.

That is true, as I haven't stayed in any small towns in USA.  Are there
many left these days?  Now that you remind me, I have seen such places
along the Erie Canal; once busy ports, they have been left behind as
traffic moved to the St Lawrence and haven't grown into cities.  They
are largely kept alive by the small tourist traffic coming by road and
along the canal.  Beautiful places.
 
 >  > such people live?  Once upon a time, 100 or more years ago, there
 >  > probably were such small shops; what has happened to them, and why?
 >  CS> People who live _in_ cities may have that too, but some of us live in
 >  CS> the residental areas away from the shops.  Being as Don doesnt drive,

Don is most unusual in that respect, but he is not alone.  There must
be quite a few people of all ages who don't drive, for various reasons.

 >  CS> selected our house with that in mind so he does have some things he

That would be a very major consideration in making your house choice.

 >  CS> easily walk to (7-11 type places, 2 within 300 yards etc).  I'd have
 >  CS> actually measure the mall but it's suitable at a 30 min walk or so.
 >  CS> Walmart is about a 20 min walk (15 if walking fast).  Laundry cleaners
 >  CS> is next to 7-11.  Other direction has a grocery store and several
 >  CS> stores (bar even and there are 3 bars within 2 miles of us but Don's
 >  CS> favorite is about 4 miles so uses a cab).  Liquor store even by the
 >  CS> grocery.

That should be quite adequate for your and Don's requirements,
respectively.  :)

 > You are lucky to have cheap cabs.  I don't suppose there are buses or
 > trains, or you would have mentioned them?  What will you do when you
 > retire, so don't have the excuse of work to keep the car - borrow your
 > daughter's? :)

 CS> Heheh well, real retirement is some 20 years away for me so will have
 CS> to think on that one when I hit 65 or so.  67 actually now for us in my
 CS> age group.

OK, perhaps borrow your grandchild's car then.  :)

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Williamstown Marron, Fried Onion, Chilli, Ginger & Seawee
 Categories: Main dish, Fish, Australian
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      4    Marrons; one/serve
      2    Onions; sliced in rings
           Flour; for dusting
           Oil- vegetable; for
           ;deep-frying
           ; DRESSING
    110 g  Palm sugar
    220 ml Vinegar- rice wine
      1    Ginger- green, knob; fine
           ;slice
      1    Chillies; sl fine
      2    Garlic cloves; crushed
      3 tb Fish sauce
      5 ml Sesame oil
     75 ml Oil- peanut
      1    Limes; juice of
 
  Make the dressing first; place the sugar, ginger & vinegar in a pot &
  cook until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat & add the rest
  of the ingredients.
  
  Steamed spinach or shredded cabbage & carrot may be sustituted for the
  marinated seaweed.
  
  For the fried onion: slice the onion into rings, dust lightly with
  flour & deep-fry in the oil till golden brown. Remove & place on a
  paper towel.
  
  To cook the marron, bring salted water to the boil, place them in the
  water & return to the boil for 3 minutes. Remove & place in iced
  water till cool.
  
  To serve, put the seaweed or vegetables on a plate, top with the
  marron, then the onion rings, a sprinkle of cilantro for garnish, &
  drizzle with the dressing.
  
  From: THE ADVERTISER "FOOD&WINE" From: VINTNERS BAR AND GRILL,
  ANGASTON, BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Typed by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS
  :WILLIAMSTOWN MARRON, FRIED ONION, CHILLI, GINGER & SEAWEED cat:
  Mains, Seafood, Barossa, Australian, Adelaide, Restaurant
  
  From: Kevin Jcjd Symons <kjcjd@dodo.Comdate: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 17:51:31
  ~0600 (

[Marron is a freshwater lobster, like a large yabby or crawfish - G.]
 
MMMMM
 

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