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Skriven 2012-08-23 23:17:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Dave Drum <=-

 ML> do. Look up Nanking, Sook Ching, and Manila - no noble
 ML> words or lofty ideals can make up for that.
 DD> I'll just counter that with My Lai, Honduras and Nicaragua - and I
 DD> have more. Our skirts are not all that clean, either.

 ML> Nanking was 1000 times bigger than My Lai, and in aggregate
 ML> the Japanese murders of WWII rivaled those of Stalin and Hitler
 ML> in magnitude, just they were more efficient and left fewer
 ML> witnesses. We're not talking about the evil that lies in
 ML> the hearts of men, which I agree is considerable no matter
 ML> what flag it lurks under, but the manifestation of it, at
 ML> which the Japanese excelled.

According to some of the survivors of the Japanese occupation of
Manila who I have spoken to, the Japanese soldiers were not the worst.
The most hated were the Korean conscripts in the Japanese army.  The
Japanese officers despised and beat the Korean lower ranks, who in
turn took out their ire by beating up the Filipinos.

Although some Japanese officers were truly bad, such as the Commander
in occupied Nauru, who took the wife of a local chief as his sex
slave, to do everything he wished, under the threat of executing her
husband, who was kept a prisoner, the Commander of occupied Wewak, in
New Guinea, set up better schools and medical services for the natives
than the Australians had previously.  As result, Michael Somare, who
attended one of those schools, and later became the country's first
Prime Minister, was happy to give Japanese businesses access to the
country's resources.

 DD> Did you know that in Ohio (one of your flyover zones) that bell
 DD> peppers are known as mangoes? That can really screw you up if you order
 DD> a mango-something in Ohio and get an unexpected result.

Shudder!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: SWEET & SOUR FISH - LAPU-LAPU ESCABECHE
 Categories: Mains, Fish, Filipino, Asia-se
      Yield: 7 servings
 
      1 kg F- lapu-lapu; dressed
    1/4 c  Oil- vegetable
      6    Garlic cloves; minced
      1 lg Onions; minced
      2 lg Capsicums- green; julienne
      2 lg Capsicums- red; julienned
    1/3 c  Soy sauce
    1/3 c  Vinegar
    1/3 c  Sugar- brown; packed
      2 tb Flour- cornflour
    1/4 ts Sp- black pepper, ground
      2    Lemons; in wedges
           H- parsley sprigs
 
  Saute the lapu-lapu in 2tb oil for 4 or 5 minutes on each side, or
  till the fish is done & flakes easily with a fork. Set aside on a
  warm platter. Saute the garlic, onion & capsicums in the remaining
  2tb oil for 5 or 6 minutes, or till the onions are opaque & the
  capsicum tender-crisp. Remove the vegetables & set aside.
  
  Combine the soy, vinegar, sugat, cornflour & pepper with 1/3c water.
  Add to a pan & stir constantly over medium heat 4 or 5 minutes, or
  till the mixture thickens into a gravy. Fold in the capsicum mixture
  & simmer a few more minutes till the capsicums are heated through &
  evenly coated. Spoon the vegetables onto the platter, arranging them
  around the fish. Pour the gravy over all & garnish with lemon wedges
  & parsley sprigs. Serve hot.
  
  From: FINE FILIPINO FOOD   ISBN 0 7818 0964 9 By: KAREN HULENE BARTELL
  Typed by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS, NOVEMBER 2005
 
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