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Skriven 2012-07-03 06:46:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Sweetness & Light
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

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 ML> I found it elsewhere as well, a couple versions. My response
 ML> was, been there, done that. It's not that the TSA mandates
 ML> degradation, which it probably does not, rather that the
 ML> minions sometimes have ulterior motives, beyond the standard
 ML> salary and federal benefits in their choice of career.

Save us from officious officials. And there are a lot of them with a separate
axe to grind.
 
 DD> And I often get a lingering sweetness in my mouth
 ML> A little peculiar - what sorts of foods?
 DD> Sometimes with a breakfast of eggs, sausage patties, cottage fried
 DD> tatties w/garlic sauce and wheat toast (no jelly).

 ML> And also with Hunan pork and corned beef, hm. Maybe your
 ML> tolerance to starchy things (fried rice, taters) is decreasing.
 ML> Hunan pork, by the way, is likely to contain a small amount of
 ML> sugar.

I know about the chance of sugar in many Chinese dishes. I think it may be the
starches begin converting to glucose more quickly - in the mouth rather than
waiting until the middle of the alimentary channel.
 
 DD> It's only moderately worrying as my fasting sugars remain well under
 DD> the upper limit of 125 I have set for myself. But, it's also something
 DD> new and I have learned from bitter experience to not ignore things like
 DD> that or try to "tough it out".

 ML> I'm somehow doubting that this phenomenon has any predictive
 ML> (or certainly any worrisome) significance. Sounds like one of
 ML> those artifacts of old age, one that you can be amused by or
 ML> exercised by depending on your preference. For me, now that you
 ML> mention it, I'm getting a sort of sour taste after meals, which
 ML> persists in my gums and cheeks even after a rinse with my
 ML> preferred mouthwash (either water or Scotch) or brushing.
 ML> Probably just suggestion, who knows.

Probably an artifact of my encroaching decrepitude. I've never been (nor
expected to be) this old. 
 
 ML> ---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

 ML>       Title: Tangerine Beef
 ML>  Categories: Meats
 ML>       Yield: 3 servings

 ML>     3/4 lb Flank steak;sliced very thin

Tai Pan (my favoured Chinese for lunch place) does the beef in theirs much like
the sweet & sour battered chicken with which I am familiar - batons of beef in
a batter. And they (seemingly) use real tangerine peel rather than orange zest.
Not a bad deal for U$5.25 with the tangerine beef, plain fried rice, bowl of
soup, and an eggroll.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Crawfish Etouffee
 Categories: Loo, Seafood, Herbs, Chilies, Rice
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Butter
    1/4 c  Shortening
    1/2 c  Flour
      3 md Onions; chopped
      1    Celery rib; minced (opt)
  2 1/2 md Green peppers; diced
      5 cl Garlic; mashed
      2 qt Milder Ro-Tel Chopped
           - Tomatoes
      2 ts Thyme
    1/2 ts Oregano
    1/2 ts Basil
      6    Fresh sage leaves; chopped
      2 lb Peeled crawfish tails
           - (that's what was
           - available)
           Hot sauce
           Hot rice
      3    Scallions; chopped (opt)
 
  UDD sez: This was some good. I brought home ALL the
  leftovers
  
  Melt butter and shortening. Mix in flour and stir
  constantly over low heat to make a medium brown roux. Add
  onions and celery and stir over medium heat for a minute.
  Add peppers and stir over medium heat for a minute. Add
  garlic and stir over medium heat for a minute. Add
  tomatoes and herbs. Cook over low heat an arbitrary length
  of time, at least 20 min. Add crawfish tails 15 minutes
  before serving. Season to taste with hot sauce. Serve over
  rice and sprinkled with scallions (which I forgot).
  
  Michael Loo's recipe, Alabama Jam (Echo Picnic) 1998

  * Origin: Lost in the SuperMarket *
  
  Format by Dave Drum - 17 August 98

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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