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Skriven 2010-06-18 13:18:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Bill Swisher
Ärende: RECIPES TO DIE FOR 00618
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 -=> Quoting Bill Swisher to Glen Jamieson <=-

 > A good guess.  Was that fixed?  When I was very small my wayward eye
 > was operated on, but the problem was only partly fixed.
 BS> To me it was.  She still worries about it returning, over 30 years
 BS> later.  It did cause her lots of grief since I'm not really sure she
 BS> has true binocular vision.  They went in and cut some of the muscles
 BS> away to weaken them and allow

I think that was what was done with my eye, but it only partly
straightened, so I have never had true binocular vision.  I have to
move my head sideways to get an idea of depth.

 BS> the eye to point correctly.  I suspect the degradation of depth
 BS> perception is why the FAA pulled her medical, nice to know how far

Did the FAA test her vision, or just rely on medical records?

 BS> above the ground you are when landing.  It's even worse when landing on
 BS> a lake, with floats, since there
 BS> are times the lake is so flat that you can't see the surface (even
 BS> without polarized glasses) and zero in on the bottom thinking it's the
 BS> surface, speaking from experience here.

I would imagine that landing on virgin snow, without any objects to
give a reference would difficult.
 
 > I have just the one pair, with graduated lenses so that I can keep the
 > computer screen nicely in focus at around the centre of vision.

 BS> I've had that style.  I just prefer the old bifocal because of the
 BS> larger "window" for reading books/magazines, which we do a lot of
 BS> around here. 

I have tried bificals, and thought of tri-focals (distance, computer
screen and newspaper reading) before settling on the graduated.

 > So how do you catch them?  Gun, traps or ferrets?  Good eating.
 BS> Out of town they'd be hunted with a gun.  In town probably with a
 BS> trap, live for
 BS> relocation (feral) or adoption (domesticated).  I don't think ferrets

I was thinking of the old style leg snapping traps that people here
used during the Depression.  "Underground mutton" was sold for 9 pence
a pair by door to door vendors.  I couldn't understand anyone wanting
to relocate live rabbits!

 BS> are a native species in Alaska.  I did see a couple of ermine running
 BS> in/out of a wood
 BS> pile last week.  The owner of the property said there were 8 of them
 BS> in there, indicating to me it was a mom/dad and the spring litter. 
 BS> Hopefully that'll do a job on the squirrel population.

Nature working as it should.
 
 > So no chance of starving!

 BS> You make the assumption I would actually eat stuff that lives in the
 BS> water. 

At a rough guess, yes!  :)

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: SCALLOPS WITH BLACK-BEAN VINAIGRETTE
 Categories: Starters, Seafood, Restaurants, Australian
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
     16    Fish- scallops; OR
     16 lg ;prawns, peel/halved
           Ds Olive oil
           Salt
           Black pepper; ground fresh
           Laver/nori; shred finely
    100 g  Leeks;julienned/fried
           Ogo seaweed; OPT
           ; VINAIGRETTE
     50 g  Black beans- salted
     50 g  Shallots; chop fine
     30 g  Ginger root; chop fine
    1/2    Garlic cloves; chop fine
    100 ml EVOO
     60 ml Vinegar- rice wine
  1 1/2 tb Mirin; 2UStb
    1/2 tb Soy sauce- light; 2USts
 
  A mixture of typically Asian seasonings with extra virgin olive oil
  makes an unusual vinaigrette for this excellent appetiser. Although
  the recipe calls for large fresh scallops, raw prawns could be
  substituted.
  
  Whisk all vinaigrette ingredients together and set aside. Clean and
  dry the scallops. Smear a non-stick frying pan with olive oil and
  heat. Sear the scallops or prawns on both sides, taking great care
  not to over-cook them.
  
  Put about 1 heaped tablespoonful of nori onto each plate and top with
  4 scallops or 8 prawn halves. Spoon over a little of the vinaigrette
  and top with a garnish of deep-fried leeks. Spread a little ogo
  seaweed around the base of the scallops if using.
  
  From: THE FOOD OF AUSTRALIA By: TETSUYA WAKUDA, TETSUYA'S, SYDNEY
  ISBN: 962-593-592-4 Typed by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS, JULY 2008
 
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