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Skriven 2012-08-24 23:23:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: DURIANS  20824
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Glen Jamieson <=-

 JW> So you survived your trek through the outlands after all, despite
 JW> Kevin's sporadic dire reports regarding your imminent death from
 JW> ethanol poisoning.

He was only jealous!

I have to admit that I risked life and limb over the 4 weeks or so I
spent in Darwin; a dangerous city.  The worst part was the "Darwin
Uncorked", wine tasting in the Botanical Gardens, where I only
managed to taste 27 of the 70 or so wines on offer.  Coincidentally I
had been in Darwin a year ago, trapped into the same event.  One of
the vendors even recognised me, I don't know why, as I didn't think my
behaviour had been all that outrageous the previous year.

Then my daughter Arlyn won a dozen bottles of wine in a lottery, and
as she only liked the 2 sweeties (moscarto), she gave me the rest, but
as I was booked to leave Darwin in 6 days time, I only managed to
drink 8 bottles.  (These days I am quite moderate in my habits.)
 
 GJ> Adelaide... they had durians on the shelf...
 GJ> the girls hate them because of the pain of handling them.

 JW> The ones in my market are packaged in open mesh plastic string bags
 JW> with little carrying straps sewn on. That makes lugging them from
 JW> the produce dept. to the cashier to the car to the house a snap.

Same here, but at first the girls didn't quite realise just how savage
durian spikes were, and picked them up by hand.

 JW> I'm not crazy about them but Ray and Neekha love them. Sadly the

I always thought that Neekha was a lady of excellent good taste!

 JW> stores in tiny Peace River don't carry such exotic things. The
 JW> Asian population there is next to nil.

So where did Neekha make their acquaintance?

 Kevin called out yesterday, and was disappointed that the durian was
still not ripe, as the weather has been so bitterly cold (6-13C).

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Durian Cream Puffs
 Categories: Cake, Durian, Singapore
      Yield: 30 Servings
 
MMMMM------------------------CHOUX PASTRY-----------------------------
    360 g  Milk
    180 g  Butter
      4 g  Salt
      4 g  Sugar
    180 g  Flower
      5    Eggs
     10 g  Vanilla essence

MMMMM-----------------------DURIAN CUSTARD----------------------------
    500 g  Milk
     70 g  Sugar
    150 g  Durian puree
        dr Durian essence
           Mix together,
     50 g  Custard and
     70 g  Milk
 
  Choux Pastry:
  
  Boil milk, butter, salt, sugar and vanilla essence. Pour in flour and
  well mix while still boiling. Put mixture into whisking bowl and
  beat. Add in eggs one at a time till finished.  Pipe pastry onto
  tray. 'Tray must be oiled to prevent pastry from sticking onto tray
  after baking'. Bake in a 210C oven for around 25 mins until golden
  brown.
  
  Durian Custard:
  
  Boil milk, sugar, durian puree and durian essence. Mix custard powder
  and milk. When the mixture boils, add in the custard powder and milk,
  and well whisk.
  
  Cut baked choux pastry into half. Pipe in durian custard when
  slightly cool down.
  
  Source: Executive Chef Robin Sing Mong Kheng, Harbour View Dai-Ichi
  Hotel.
  
  From: Sherree Johansson
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives - A FIDO Cooking Echoes Recipe
 
MMMMM
 

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