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Skriven 2011-09-03 16:29:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: FLIGHTS OF FANCY 83210903
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> I suppose. But then she's not performing the role of
 ML> radio announcer.
 GJ> It is still part of her job with the ABC.

 ML> Perhaps presenter or compere (commere) would be a more apt
 ML> description in this case.

The ABC expects its public face employees to multi-task, which in
Emma's case includes occasional long evening dress affairs where
pianists compete against each other for scholarships.  When she first
came to Australia and began working for the ABC on the late night
shift she had a wonderfully fruity Shropshire accent.  I used to go to
bed and wake up with her.  Since that time she has lost a lot of that
accent and has become a naturalised Australian.
 
 ML> There was never a nationwide kangaroo meat ban in the US.
 ML> A glance at the Internet shows there was once such in California,
 ML> repealed through the good offices of the big Austrian boy and
 ML> possibly one such in New York, long since gone.
 GJ> Thanks for that research, which verified my long-remembered fact that
 GJ> there was a ban, even though it was not quite nation-wide.

 ML> Not quite nationwide indeed, covering less than 20% of the
 ML> population and two states in a republic that consists of 50
 ML> and assorted other entities. Might one consider nootropics?

Isn't California the cultural and moral leader of the nation?
 
 GJ> criticising PETA, I thought it was a world-wide organisation, not just
 GJ> a USAn creation.
 ML> You couched it in terms inappropriate hostile to PETA,

My deepest apologies to your PETA friends.
 
 GJ> illogical ban PETA had going
 ML> in that given PETA's mission, such a ban would be perfectly logical.

Logical to them, but not to me.

 ML> PETA is indeed a "USAn creation," and its major sphere of influence
 ML> is here.

As young Jim pointed out, they do have branches in some other
countries around the world, but not including Canadia.
 
 GJ> Remembering Hap's recently expressed craving for rabbit, how difficult
 GJ> is it for you to buy "game" types of meat, such as rabbit, goat,
 GJ> pheasant, wild pig, quail, pigeon, alligator, rattle-snake, venison,
 GJ> guinea pig, bear, seal, etc?

 ML> Availability in supermarkets or gourmet stores:
 ML> Yes, sometimes, sometimes, seldom, often, sometimes, often in the
 ML> southern states, never that I know of (though it has been available
 ML> canned in the past), sometimes, never, never, never, etc.

Thanks for that run-down of availabilities.  Perhaps Hap might be able
to find the ingredients for his bunny curry.   In his younger,
experimental days Cheong Liew tried to popularise guinea pig dishes,
but for some reason the general public was not ready to eat them.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Fried Guinea Pig (Ayacucho-style)
 Categories: Snack, Rodent, Ethnic
      Yield: 1 Snack
 
      1    Guinea pig; de-haired,
           -gutted, and cleaned
    1/2 c  Flour
    1/4 ts Ground cumin; up to 1/2 ts
           Salt and black pepper to
           -taste
    1/2 c  Oil
 
  Pat dry the skin of the guinea pig and rub in the cumin, salt, and
  pepper. Preheat oil. Dust the carcass with the flour and place it on
  its back in the oil, turning to cook both sides. Alternately, the
  guinea pig can be cut and fried in quarters.
  
  Serve with boiled potato or boiled manioc root, and a salad of cut
  tomatoes and slivered onions bathed in lime juice and a bit of salt.
  Have cold beer on hand.
  
  Juan Fajardo
  
  from http://www.marxmail.org/archives/december98
 
MMMMM
 

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