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Skriven 2012-06-14 09:09:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Ärende: 799 frailties oddities
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 GJ> Eleven year olds can learn very quickly, particularly if they
 GJ> understand the need for it.
 ML> Particularly if they see short-term gain in it.
 GJ> The "NOW!" generation...

Better than "hipsters."

 GJ> for a couple of days.  _She_ didn't strike me as in any way loony.
 ML> Unless you object to such activities as cooking giant dust
 ML> bunnies and many years' freezer burned meat.
 GJ> That shows imagination and originality.  I could imagine myself doing
 GJ> things like that, to see how they turned out, and I am not loony!

I do believe that's a pretty loony response in itself.

 ML> I had a most lovely hare rump yesterday at "Nuremberg's
 ML> Island Restaurant," Valzner Weiher, which is surrounded
 GJ> Lucky you!  I have never had hare.  Was it all that different from
 GJ> wild-caught rabbit?

It was more like deer meat - dark red, tight-grained, cooked
medium-rare it had a nice woodsy gamy taste, with more
character than beef. Considering that a hare is twice the size
of a rabbit, that makes some sense. I thought for a second that
they might have substituted venison, but, no, they wouldn't
do that, in law-abiding Germany, in a town with the most
famous courthouse in the world, would they?

 ML> studded with the tiniest Boletus I have ever seen (the
 ML> menu promised Cantharellus, but these were fine).
 GJ> Yum!

Indeed yum. The things were whole, some in clusters, the
size of birdshot.

 ML> Their bloody history goes well before that, I understand.
 GJ> Since those ancient days of tribal conflicts, the Philippines has
 GJ> become much more civilised and non-bloodthirsty, as exemplified by the
 GJ> non-violent "People Power" revolution that removed Marcos from office.

Um, read the news anytime in the last 50 years?

 GJ> One could presume that the influence of religion was responsible, but
 GJ> other countries with the same main religion, such as Mexico and some
 GJ> of the South American states still suffer much violence.

In Mexico, if you take that as your example, government policy
has recently been to attempt to eradicate the Catholic church
and other religious institutions, as these have been the major
sources of calls for political and governmental change.

 ML> I understand miscegenation was forbidden or at least
 ML> seriously frowned on until fairly recently (the last 50 or so).
 GJ> Legal marriages might have been officially frowned upon, but by the
 GJ> appearance (as seen on TV) of the locals in Brazil and Argentina, and
 GJ> people from there who I have met, miscegenation happened quite often,
 GJ> over many generations.

As having children without legal marriage has been the modus
operandi of those who don't have much property, the state has not
had an overriding interest in enforcing its rules among this
segment of the population.

 ML> The sort of greeny-earthy taste I can do without.
 GJ> I rather like harsh, bitter tasting greens, such as the outer leaves
 GJ> of cos lettuce, aibika and collards.  Those flavours set off sweeter
 GJ> things like prawns and coconut.

I disagree completely and when I eat them I prefer to do so
alone and without a leader.

 GJ> BTW, a little while ago I was trying to think of the presumably USAn
 GJ> company which now controls the Adelaide to Darwin rail service.  It
 GJ> came up in a news item about the latest derailment on that line.  It
 GJ> is "Genesee Wyoming", if that means anything to you.

Nothing at all, but I looked it up, and it appears to be a
holding company dedicated to buying and profitabilizing
moribund railroads. Looks to me more like a hobby for
the train-obsessed, but on the other hand it appears to
be doing okay with its business.

Lamb Hip Steak With Vegetables
cat: main, Mediterraneanish
servings: 1

1 Lamb hip steak
4 sl Potato
1 sl Eggplant, 3/4" thick
1 sl Tomato, fairly thick
1 Tb French dressing (bottled kind with tomato base)
1 Tb Sherry

In large sheet of foil (or parchment paper) per serving:
Drugstore fold to secure and bake 3 hr at 300F.

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