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Skriven 2008-03-23 09:09:39 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Björn Forsström
Ärende: THAI FOOD REPORT 80323
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 -=> Quoting Björn Forsström to Glen Jamieson <=-

 
 GJ>   I have also drunk wine made in the Philippines and
 GJ> PNG highlands from strawberries.  That can be good.

 BF> Not if they have the same strawberries as in Thailand. They taste
 BF> awful compared to our very sweet and soft. Tried to eat one in Bangkok
 BF> and had to spit it out. No wonder they get 2 bags of sugar when they
 BF> buy them. Yak. 

Strawberries will grow in the tropics, but are most successful in the
cool highlands of the Philippines and PNG.  Some of the nicest I have
had were small, very sweet ones in PNG, which had been grown at a small
mission station in the mountains, and flown out by mission plane.  They
were packed into sections of bamboo for transport.

A teacher I knew in PNG even tried to grow grapes for wine.  As there
is very little seasonal change in the weather, the only way the vines
could be tricked into forming grapes was to have teams of school
children to pull off the leaves.  Then new leaves and grapes grew, so
the teacher tried making wine.   It was horrible!

 GJ> I doubt if you would find any of those local wines or spirits in the
 GJ> expensive shops which offer imported wines, which include a high customs
 GJ> duty.

 BF> Wine from California was available to a rather good price.

I would have thought that in Thailand you would be able to get
Australian wine more readily than American.
 
 GJ> Thai "brandy" - "Stag" brand.  It was terrible!

 BF> It's not what one is used to, no.

Probably made from distilled sugar wine, but nothing like real brandy.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Strawberry Yogurt Pie
 Categories: Desserts, Pies, Newsgroups, May.rec
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      4 sl Phyllo dough
      2 c  Strawberries
           ;sliced
      2 c  Non-fat plain yogurt
    1/4 c  Confectioners' sugar
      1 pk Powdered gelatin
    1/4 c  Water
           Butter flavored cooking
           Spray
 
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Place yogurt in double coffee filter
  and let drain for 15 minutes.  Spray a 9 inch glass pie plate with
  cooking spray. Spray 1 sheet of phyllo with cooking spray.  Fold
  sprayed sheet in half and
  
  place in pie plate.  Continue procedure with all sheets, placing each
  sheet in pie plate at angles to create an asterisk pattern, spraying
  with cooking spray after each layer.  Fold excess phyllo inward.
  Pierce phyllo crust with fork in several places and bake for 12
  minutes. Set aside. Mix gelatin with water in the top of a double
  boiler. Let sit 5 minutes to soften; place over boiling water to
  melt. Beat together yogurt and sugar in a large bowl, then fold in
  gelatin. Fold berries into yogurt mixture and pour into crust.
  Refrigerate pie for 2 hours before serving. Yields 4 servings.
  
  From: Luckytrim <luckytrim@comcast.Net>
 
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