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Skriven 2011-10-31 13:02:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: TRY, TRY AGAIN 125 11031
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> William and Mary were good to you, in advance.
 ML> Pretty good, I suppose. I wasn't so around though at
 ML> the time.

And they probably didn't have you in their thoughts then.
 
 GJ> The (Boston) Tea Party was somewhat less amicable.
 ML> We have had mixed success with rulers named George.

What's the rule?  "Three and you're out!"?  The later Georges were
much more reasonable.  The Elizabeths have all been top-notch.  It
probably doesn't concern you much these days, but the main decision of
the recent CHOGM meeting in Perth WA was to decide that the eldest
child of a ruling monarch can inherit the throne, regardless of sex.
Until now, a female could only become ruler if there was no male heir.
 
 GJ> I don't remember my first experience of those, but I do my first
 GJ> sauerbraten, at a German school-friend's house,
 ML> I do also! Mine was at home.

So your parents were prepared to experiment with "foreign" foods?
 
 GJ> and my first Chinese fried rice
 ML> Not me - too early, too frequent.

Not so surprising...
 
 GJ> At the latter place there was a clear,
 GJ> non-caramel soy sauce available for annointing the rice.  I have not
 GJ> seen such a thing since.

 ML> Non-artificially-colored soy sauces are brown and usually
 ML> barely translucentm not clear. What you had must have been
 ML> a sorry sauce.

It probably was brown, but by comparison with the usual soy, clearish.
 
 GJ> I also remember my first durian.  But of course _everyone_ remembers
 GJ> their first durian!

 ML> I remember my first whole fresh durian, which was at the echo
 ML> picnic in 1995. Before that I'd had it only with sticky rice
 ML> or custard. I'd been offered it in its original glory before
 ML> but had chickened out.

My first one was small, spherical and pungent.  Probably a D24.  It
had taken me 2 years from my first smell of durian to brave eating it.
 
 ML> ===

 ML> the date on the ticket. Other than that, one has to apply for
 ML> what one might call a pity mulligan, which I have had granted
 ML> owing to my lofty status with the airlines, and which you
 ML> might have got if you had pled senility or some such.
 GJ> I was too late, and in any case it was a cheapy non-changeable ticket.

 ML> That's where pleading senility or somesuch comes in.
 ML> You show up a month late and throw a terrifying or
 ML> terrified fit at the desk when they deny you admission.
 ML> I've heard that it works fairly well, with a better
 ML> ROI than buying a fresh ticket. They won't revalidate
 ML> your ticket, of course, but if there's space available,
 ML> they may let you fly for free.

As Christchurch airport had just experienced an earthquake, I doubt if
any histrionics by me would have had much impact on the Virgin staff.
I was just happy to get a ticket on an Air NZ flight out.
 
 GJ> The natives take great pride in
 GJ> the superiority of Eyre Peninsular lamb and seafood.

 ML> The natives take great pride in Bell and Evans chickens,
 ML> here, and their attitude is not well justified.

There, can you see Bell and Evans chickens roaming free over the
paddocks before you eat them?
 
 ML> Tropical Storm
 ML> cat: booze
 ML> servings: 1

 ML> 2 parts light rum
 ML> 1 part banana liqueur
 ML> 4 parts orange juice
 ML> splash of pineapple juice
 ML> splash of grenadine
 ML> 1 sliced banana

 ML> Blend, serve in exotic glass garnished with
 ML> cherry and orange slice.

 ML> M's note: you could substitute Port for the grenadine.
 ML> Doesn't matter if it's Tawny or Ruby - after all,
 ML> any Port in a Storm.

Groan!!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Earthquake Cake/a
 Categories: Cakes, Newsgroups, May.rec
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 c  Coconut
      1 c  Chopped pecans
      1 pk German chocolate cake mix
      1 lb Confectioners' sugar
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine
           ;melted
      8 oz Cream cheese
           ;softened
 
  Spread coconut and pecans on bottom of greased 9x13 pan. Make cake
  batter according to package directions. Pour onto coconut and pecans.
  Mix sugar, butter and cream cheese together and pour on top of cake
  batter. Do not spread. Bake at 350 F for 40-50 minutes.
  
  From: "Johnson" <recipes@caymandesigns.
 
MMMMM
 

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