Text 33347, 60 rader
Skriven 2010-01-09 18:17:44 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 33112 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: oddments 623
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 04 Jan 10  09:20:00 <=-

 ML> Chow mein is the most notable. The Chinese have no food such
 ML> as comes out of the twin-pack cans, with deep-fried noodles
 ML> (which are a sort of yum anyway) meant to be topped with a
 ML> gooey cornstarch-broth sauce (which is a yum only if you like
 ML> cornstarch and celery). The closest I guess is the double-sided
 ML> pan-fried noodles that I occasionally make for guests: you take
 ML> your noodles and fry them in a pancake arrangement, flipping
 ML> once, and then top with your savory topping (I usually use
 ML> garlic, garlic, and more garlic).

Yours sounds yummy...  :)  This discussion reminds me, somewhat
tangentially admittedly, of another "Chinese" part of my life.  Daddy
used to say we were going to the Chinese Laundry when he was taking some
of the older kids to the bowling alley...  We knew what he was talking
about... and I suspect the youngers may have caught on at least that
something was afoot, as we never took along or returned with any
laundry...  Funny, I don't remember much of the activity itself nowadays
but only the prelude to it... ;)

 ML>> 18 minutes? And of course there's the issue of beans and
 ML>> why they fall into the same prohibition. (Well, today, I had
 ML>> some pease porridge 8 days old, and there was a distinct tang
 ML>> of fermentation.)
 NB>> There you have it...
 ML> Yeah, but how much fermentation do you get in 18 minutes, and
 ML> why 18, not 4 or 27?

Ah, well... back to the sophistry...  :)

 NB>> gentleman that suddenly had his kidney quit working and he blew up
 NB>> like a balloon with the fluid... had to have LOTS pumped out of him at
 NB>> the hospital, and when at the store yesterday was still quite puffy. 
 NB>> He was waiting for some super-diuretic medication his doctor prescribed
 NB>> for him... and quite talkative... ;)  They still don't know what made
 NB>> it happen...
 ML> Oddly, you remind me that I had an interesting episode a year
 ML> ago: my kidneys (very) suddenly stopped working in a different
 ML> way. Avert your eyes, you delicate souls. My urine went from
 ML> lovely gold to completely transparent from one pee to the next.
 ML> After two such, I actually tasted it, and it was like tap water.
 ML> Meanwhile I was eating a normal diet, with the normal amounts
 ML> of protein and minerals and such. I was about to fuss to someone
 ML> about this when again suddenly things returned to normal (after
 ML> 2 days or so). Maybe my body was flashing the lights and telling
 ML> me to get back with the program or slow down or something.

Maybe...  and possibly a precursor event to what's happening now..?

 ML> Chicken Marungay Soup
 ML> 2 c marungay (horseradish leaves)

Do the leaves have much of a taste of the horseradish root?

ttyl      neb

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