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Skriven 2012-01-24 22:26:19 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20356 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: another thing 118
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Hi Michael,

 RH> have a small apartment to stay in long enough to gather mail, sort it

 ML> That's what I use the house for, pretty much, though there
 ML> is that residuum of responsibility I took on when I promised
 ML> my father I'd make sure he as taken care of.

Taken care of, one way or another. No other relatives nearby that can
help?


 RH> As we've done so before and will do again. So far, no hints of anybody
 RH> interested in hosting a get together over the spring or summer. We
 RH> don't have many plans but would like to get together with folks here if
 RH> all works out.

 ML> What's your practical driving radius? Maybe we can figure
 ML> something out, it's only January after all.

We can combine it with a trip to see family so a couple of days if we
were to head north. Otherwise, probably a day of driving in any other
direction. Looks like we might have plans for 2nd week of July but
that's tentative yet.



 RH> I had to dissect a freshly killed chicken in a biology class while in
 RH> high school. Turned me off from chicken for a couple of weeks but when
 RH> faced with the "eat it! or else" mantra of my folks, I ate it without
 RH> qualms.

 ML> Dissecting critters wasn't unlike what I did in the
 ML> kitchen anyhow.

True, but I wasn't confident about cooking back in high school. Then I
had to do it for siblings and parents; the former were formidable
critics.

 ML> We had some highjinks in the bio lab - the JV quarterback (who
 ML> became the varsity quarterback) forced a starfish arm into the
 ML> mouth of his lab partner (the girl I was in love with), certainly
 ML> a symbolic sexual aggression; and this other joker similarly took
 ML> a formaldehyded pig tail and put it in my friend Peter Duck's
 ML> sandwich; the food at the high school caf was such that he didn't
 ML> notice until after he was told, there being still a bit of it
 ML> still in the thing - coincidentally, pulled pork. I was not a
 ML> butt of such jokes, as people knew I would get back at them,
 ML> quarterback or no, if they tried.

Nothing like that done as far as I know in our school--it was (still is)
a very small one.

 ML> Oklahoma Joe's is often referred to as the best bbq in Kansas
 ML> City. It is in a gas station/convenience store as well. It is
 ML> also in Kansas City, KANSAS.
 RH> Sounds good; I presume a beef place?

 ML> Brisket is my favorite there, but also ribs and a very
 ML> nice pulled pork.

Yummy! We tried a new to us Mediterranian place (Petra Grill) tonight
down in Raleigh. Meat was real lamb, not the "meatloafy" type for the
gyro. Very good; we well be going back. There's a halal butcher shop and
small Mediterranian grocery store attached to the restaurant too; we'll
probably get some lamb there.


 RH> I've half thought of making fondue a few times (we've had a set off
 RH> and on over the years--gifts) but the recipies calling for wine have
 RH> been the stopper.  I've never been sure of what to sub in for it so,
 RH> never made it. Probably something better left for someone else to
 RH> make--and clean up after.

 ML> It really is not substitute-friendly - you might as well
 ML> use milk and make a cheesy saucy thing that way. I don't
 ML> know what would add a facsimile of that winey kick.
 ML> Worcestershire? Mustard? Maybe.

Maybe just leave it to someone else?

 ML>       Title: Fruited Pork
 ML>  Categories: Chinese, Pork, peculiar
 ML>    Servings:  6


 ML>   585 calories per serving. (Dorothy Lynch Home Style)

So who is Dorothy Lynch?


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