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Skriven 2011-05-30 11:28:07 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 11431 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Screwing with the Establishment
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Cingular phone on his AT&T Friend and Family plan and paying the
 DD> charges for the past three years as sort of an annual holiday present.
 DD> Hard to beat FREE.

 ML> True enough. But I wouldn't be beholden to my brother or
 ML> anyone else in order to get telephone service.

My brother told me, when I offered to pay the charges for the upcoming year,
"Happy Holidays" and smiled. So, I'm not beholden to anyone. I've got a pretty
good brother. Sister, too. Your brother, OTOH, seems to be modeled on a
character from a Jack Nicholson movie judging from your remarks here.
 
 DD> Ah ... but, we were not entered into that tournament.

 ML> In that case, the only sanction would be having you thrown
 ML> out, and if you didn't go, having you cited for trespass or
 ML> disturbing the peace or some crap like that.

 DD> They (the players) called for someone to fix the problem by consulting
 DD> the "cheat sheets" or whatever they are called to get the hands
 DD> originally dealt to each position at that table.

 ML> Ah. How on earth did you manage to sit at the table? It is a
 ML> dense directorship indeed that would allow two unaccounted-for
 ML> players to sit in, the inevitable result being that two expected
 ML> ones would not have a place. Unless you managed to find an event
 ML> that had a no-show partnership.

We didn't sit at the table. The tournament was held in the student union
cafeteria/commons area and we simply slipped the hands, surreptitiously, onto
on unlucky table. One deck of red-back Bicycle playing cards looking much like
another - be they a pinochle deck or a poker deck. Then we hung about the
fringes to observe the fun ... staying close to the egress to facilitate escape
should a lynch mob form.
 
 DD> Oh, yeah. You need to know the rules, else how would you know how to
 DD> circumvent them.

 ML> Plenty of folks don't circumvent the rules, merely break them,
 ML> knowingly or unknowingly.

Yeah, but it's more fun to figure ways around "the rules" than to be a sheep.
 
 DD> Title: Way of Life Stew

 ML> Proof that life isn't so levitous as you claim.
 ML> That recipe is nearly a capital offense.

Apparently it's someone's way of life. Me, I like spuds, carrots and maybe a
little celery - at minimum - in my beef stew. That recipe would be a so-so
gravy over noodles or rice. But, only so-so.
 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Spicy Mutton Stew Recipe
 Categories: Lamb/mutton, Stews, Chilies, Herbs, Vegetables
      Yield: 3 servings

      2 lb Mutton
      2 tb Ginger; fine chopped
      2 tb Garlic; fine chopped
     10    Green chilies; slit
      1 ts Pepper
      2    Sprigs curry leaves
      1 md Potato
      1 lg Onion; thin sliced
      1 c  (to 1 1/2 c) thin coconut
           - milk
    3/4 c  Thick coconut milk
      4    Cardamom pods
      2    Cloves
      2    Bay leaves
      1    Cinnamon stick
      6    (to 8) peppercorns
           Salt

  Pressure cook mutton with ginger, garlic, chillies, pepper
  and salt for about 30 -45 minutes in 1/2 to 1 cup water.

  Then cook the mutton uncovered for another 10 minutes.

  Cut the potato into cubes ( skin removed) and cook the
  potatoes in little water in the microwave for 7- 8 minutes

  Heat oil in a pan. Add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay
  leaves. Saute for 30 sec. Add onions and curry leaves till
  it becomes transparent.

  Add the mutton mix, curry leaves and potato all at once.
  Stir gently. Now add the thin coconut milk. Cook uncovered
  for 10 - 15 minutes in medium heat.

  Reduce to low heat and add thick coconut milk. Let it cook
  for 3 to 4 minutes. Add some curry leaves and then stir
  gently.

  Serve it with Kerala Appam.

  From: http://www.expatrecipe.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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