Text 19400, 117 rader
Skriven 2011-12-25 07:19:56 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 19357 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Of Curse
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 JW> Some trained doctors get enraptured by myths.
 JW> Some trained doctors are insane.
 ML> Granted, both. Substitute heads of state as well. On occasion,
 ML> as with Dr. Duvalier, all four.
 DD> Well, François maybe, certainly not Jean-Claude

 ML> Well, of course, if that tzadei or gamma or whatever it is
 ML> in the middle of that word is an alt-135.
 
 I dunno, as I have never messed about with the "alt-###" ascii characters.
It's that funky "c" with a pigtail hanging off the bottom that is used commonly
in Froggish and Romanian spellings.

 ML> But that's Pizza Hut. Apparently in more recent years one feeds
 ML> people badly there no matter how much one chooses to pay. My
 ML> grandfather back in the '70s and '80s claimed that the Pizza
 ML> Hut in Taipei served pizza as good as the best of New York.
 ML> That was then, this is now.

 DD> That was also *there*. I've never had Pizza Hut pizza that was as good
 DD> as even street pizza slices from New York - not in these United States.
 DD> Best I've ever managed was "acceptable". Heck, even Domino's is better
 DD> than most Pizza Hut pizza I have had - which is NOT saying anything
 DD> especially good about Domino's.

 ML> Not having had Pizza Hut in a decade, decade and half, I can't
 ML> speak to current offerings, but the last couple I had seemed
 ML> superior to what I remember of Domino's. Around the time I was
 ML> pleasantly surprised by Pizza Hut, Ian reported that he too
 ML> was blindsided by a good meal at one.

Perhaps we have a good franchisee of Domino's here - and *here* is the only
place I have had Domino's ... and that only when others have ordered the
pizzas. And I am going to surmise that both you and Ian were at a Pizza Hut
where the franchisee was exceptional, as well. In all three cases I suspect
that the principals of the locations would succeed in whatever part of the food
business they essayed.
 
 ML> way a little Parmesan would but was a tiny bit overpowering,
 ML> even though my use of garlic was, I thought, very restrained.
 DD> For some of us "very restrained" in the use of garlic is overpowering
 DD> to others. But, then, you have tasted my chilli which is strong on both
 DD> garlic and cumin.  Bv)=

 ML> My point was that my very restrained use of garlic turned
 ML> out to be overpowering anyhow. Meaning that I used about as
 ML> little as I thought would make any kind of sense, but the
 ML> neutral palette of the meat made the garlic seem extra strong
 ML> by contrast. Next day it had mellowed out somewhat.

Oh, OK. I often assume that since I am pretty free with garlic when using it
that others are the same. In this case I seem to have grasped the mooky end of
the stick.

Night before last I was at my long-time friend's home delivering his holiday
gift when he asked me to stay for supper. Spaghetti with red gravy. I demurred
for three reasons - I still had rounds to make, I wasn't hungry at that time,
and the big reason - the smell of garlic was overpowering, even to me.

Yesterday I was informed that it was maybe a good thing that I had scarpered
off. All who ate the stuff, save one, were in some form of distress or other.
Dennis with the Hershey waterfall, Stephen (his son, who made the grub) with
the same and cramps and the dog (who got leftovers) ralphed them back up an
hour later. Only the neighbour's kid, who had two plates of pasta and sauce,
was in fine fettle all day.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Pain Patate
 Categories: Puddings, Fruits, Potatoes
      Yield: 5 servings

      2 lb White sweet potatoes;
           - peeled, cut
      1 lg Banana; peeled, cut in 1"
           - pieces
      1 c  Brown sugar
    1/2 c  Seedless raisins
      1 ts Grated ginger
    1/4 ts salt
     12 oz Evaporated milk
      1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/2 ts Grated nutmeg
      1 ts Ground cinnamon
           Rind of 1 lemon; grated
  1 1/2 c  Coconut milk
      3 ts Butter

  ...another nice Haiti food recipe to try...! 

  Preheat the oven to 375øF/190øC.

  Grate sweet potatoes into mixing bowl and mash the banana
  into sweet potatoes.

  Add all ingredients (except 1 tablespoon brown sugar)
  mixing each ingredient at a time until each ingredient is
  fully blended into the mix.

  Spread evenly into 9x13 inch baking pan and sprinkle
  remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar over the top of the
  pudding.

  Bake for 1 1/2 hour or until toothpick inserted into
  center comes out clean. 

  From: http://haitifoodrecipes.blogspot.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

... They certainly give some very strange names to dieases. - Plato
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