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Skriven 2010-02-19 16:52:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: GOOD THINGS 2 DO 80800219
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> Well, no one stopped you playing.  (Reminds me of the old busker I saw
 GJ> in Granada who played his violin above his head and behind his back.)

 ML> Above the head I can sort of manage. Behind the back seems to me
 ML> an underhanded sort of thing to do. As far as stopping me doing

Like the proverbial dog dancing, the wonder was that he did it at all,
not that he did it well, which he did not.

 ML> anything, do you think that's an easy achievement?

In hospital 1, you were able to charm the audience into aquiescence.
 
 ML> I was pretty much on my back and when not so was confined
 ML> to a 100-pace walking tour. And as I was required to account
 ML> for every 25 mL of liquid I intook and outgave, and the value
 ML> of this inquiry was impressed on me, h'm. Various people said
 ML> they would bring me whisky or brandy, but nobody actually
 ML> ended up doing so. Red wine would have been too profligate a
 ML> use of my allotment.

A pity you couldn't charm your food/drink supplier into doing a
substitution somewhere along the supply route.
 
 GJ> No wonder you escaped at the first opportunity when the warders were
 GJ> not looking, so that you could self-medicate.

 ML> It took me 256 hours to escape!

Sounds as if you were counting every minute. That was a long sentence.
 
 ML> Seppelt is okay, but the real thing is the real thing.

Recipe noted and grabbed.  Thanks.  I shall pass it to Kevin in case
he has lost it.
 
 ML> in an official baseball game is just under 170 kph. Ryan's
 ML> 162 was the fastest verified by an officially calibrated
 ML> radar machine during the 1970s. 
 GJ> Which justifies the "no throwing" rule of cricket.  A throw is faster
 GJ> than a bowl.

 ML> You don't recall my (not idle) speculation that an inaccurate
 ML> or more properly unaimed throw would likely have been faster
 ML> than a proper pitched ball (aka thrown strike). As far as
 ML> cricket goes, isn't the speed of a thrown/pitched/bowled ball
 ML> measured at the point of release, so the numbers should be
 ML> roughly comparable?

I would think so, therefore whether the ball was likely to hit the
wicket (or catcher) is irrelevant.  What matters is that according to
the statistics I have read, the fastest thrown ball is faster than the
fastest bowled ball.

 ML> Peter Lehmann's roast goose
 ML> cat: celebrity, poultry, Christmas

Oh, to have been at that Chistmas dinner!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Roast Duckling a la Orange
 Categories: American, Poultry
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      4    5-pound ducklings
      1 ts Seasoned salt
    1/2 ts Rosemary
    1/2 c  Celery; chopped
    1/2 c  Onion; chopped
      2 c  Brown sauce; or chicken stoc
      3 tb Sugar
      1 tb Butter
    1/2 c  Vinegar
      1 c  Orange juice
      1 ts English mustard
    1/2 ts Cornstarch
    1/4 c  Grand Marnier **
 
  ** 1/4 cup Grand Marnier or other orange flavored liqueur, substitute
  the following: 3 tablespoons orange juice and 1 teaspoon orange
  extract or 4 tablespoons unsweetened orange juice concentrate. Also 2
  tablespoons orange extract in 2 tablespoons water, will work.
  
  Recipe by: Joe Mannke of Rotisserie for Beef and Bird, Houston, TX
  
  Preparation Time: 2:00
  
  STEP ONE: Prepare the Duckling and Basic Brown Sauce --
  
  Trim the duck of excess fat at the base of the tail. Rub the inside
  with the seasoning salt and rosemary.
  
  Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
  
  Place the duckling in a roasting pan, add 1/2 cup of water, and roast
  for 1-1/2 hours, basting occasionally.
  
  Remove the duckling from the oven and keep warm.
  
  Pour off all but two tablespoons of fat from the roasting pan, add the
  onions and celery, and saute until tender. Add two cups of brown
  sauce.
  
  Boil for 20 minutes.
  
  The basic sauce is now ready for additional flavoring.
  
  STEP TWO: Prepare the Orange Sauce --
  
  Melt the butter, vinegar, and sugar in a saucepan and boil until the
  liquid caramelizes. Add the orange juice, mustard, and basic brown
  sauce and bring to a boil.
  
  Strain the sauce, then thicken with cornstarch and season with Grand
  Marnier.
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM
 
Did you know that on this day in 1878, Thomas Edison patented his
"Talking Machine", thus starting the eventual financial downfall of
live musicians.
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