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Skriven 2008-03-23 05:04:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> Perhaps, as he is singularly myopic (needs new glasses, too).
 ML> But currently there's no one handy, so who knows what kind of
 ML> attire he will see fit to clad himself in for the next concert.
 RH> If you're in Arkansaw, a plaid flannel shirt and blue jeans held up by
 RH> red suspenders might be appropriate. (G)

Well, I was in Arkansaw and did show up at rehearsal
in plaid flannel and jeans, but as I've gained a little
weight over the decades, no suspenders were in order.

Speaking of which, I saw the storm clouds on the horizon as
I waited for my somewhat tardy plane to arrive and take me
away to the east coast. I was lucky to make it out - what
was out there was the vanguard of the Mother of All Storms,
which dumped over 7" of rain on the area in the next two
days. We'd visited the War Eagle Mill on Sunday; on Tuesday,
the river burst its banks and flooded the mill, whose ground
floor, built a little elevated for this very eventuality,
got inundated with 42" of muddy, messy water. But as the
local reservoir has been running drought level these last
couple years, it's still something like 2 feet below flood.

 RH> I wouldn't put it past either one of you to buy a bag and compare your
 RH> findings to mine. (G) If you do it as a joint project, then each of
 RH> you is only out a quarter.

The thought crossed my mind. But then (he said wickedly) we
might wait for that inevitable day when the stuff gets
remaindered and we can buy it half price at the Job Lot store.

 ML> I've been impressed with chocolate Silk, especially the way it
 ML> has improved in the last decade (it used to taste like chalk,
 ML> and now it tastes almost like chocolate milk from your school
 ML> lunch).

Did an experiment and got Lite Chocolate Silk, and it was not
any good. The flavor was pallid - not beany, not chocolaty,
not anything -, and the texture was kind of objectionable.

Mechado - Beef Stew with a Wick
cat: main, Filipino
serves: 4 to 6

2 lb lean beef (rolled roast, chuck steak, etc.)
1 lemon, juice of
4 Tb soy sauce (to 5 Tb)
2 strips bacon
1 bay leaf
8 oz tomato sauce
3 Tb sherry
3 cl crushed garlic
salt to taste
2 c water
2 Tb flour (to 3 Tb)
2 Tb butter
1 ts chopped pimento
4 lg onions, quartered
6 potatoes, quartered

Marinate beef in lemon juice and soy sauce. Make 2 lengthwise
slits in the meat and insert the bacon strips. In a large pot,
brown the meat, then add the bay leaf, tomato sauce, marinade,
sherry, garlic, salt, and water. Cover the pot and simmer
until the beef is tender. Remove meat and slice. Thicken sauce
with flour and butter. Add pimento, onions, and potatoes with
the meat to the thickened sauce. Serve hot.

M's note. I don't know what the Wick refers to.

Yolly's Free Recipes

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