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Skriven 2012-10-14 07:44:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
Ärende: lentils etc 411
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 JW> My last batch of lentils are weird; they cook to completely mushy
 JW> in just 15 minutes...
 ML> Sounds peculiar. Precooked?
 JW> Nope. Regular looking orange lentils. They go quickly from hard to
 JW> mushy, with the in between tender stage I want lasting less than a
 JW> minute. I think it's minute number 12 but I'm still working on it.

Just soup them or make them into chili filler the way
Kathy Pitts used to.

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 ML> What about for classical musicians?
 JW> I'm afraid there's no market for them. You would have to fall back

I knew that, actually.

 JW> on something like catering or teaching cooking. Hmmm, the top hotel
 JW> restaurant (not Pierre's) might be persuaded that they really need a
 JW> sommelier!

I'm not that kind of boy. I went to my friend Mike's a couple
nights ago, and his 16-y-o son is a pretty gifted cook - made
a simple but lovely stroganoff for Lilli (no vegetables) using
beef thin-sliced in the Japanese style. Lots of onions. There is
some question as to whether the kid is going into a food service
career (he has a part-time job in a restaurant already).

We're having a good time, enduring an earthquake (5-something,
not a big deal) and a 2-Michelin-star restaurant (400-something,
quite a big deal). Heading to Yokohama tomorrow, a compromise
between getting out of town and being within striking distance
of NRT airport. Today's endurance is the supposedly busiest
intersection in the world, Hachiko Square in Shibuya I think
it is.

 ML> If I were substantially younger I might check out the scene
 ML> in Fort McMurray ... but 40 years ago I think I wouldn't have
 ML> had the gumption.
 JW> No demand there for violinists either, just C&W fiddlers. But
 JW> anyone who can fog up a mirror and show up on time can make $25 per
 JW> hour in retail or the service industry there.

I was thinking of real work, something that I essentially
have never done, not to say that I have not worked hard,
which I have.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02

      Title: Steve's Mum's Lentil Soup
 Categories: Soups, Main dish
      Yield: 4 servings

      1 lb Lentils (washed)
      1    Large onion
      3    Cloves garlic
      4 oz Mushrooms, sliced
      2    Ribs of celery, sliced diag.
      2    Carrots, grated
      2 ts Oregano or thyme
      1    Salt to taste
      1    Pepper to taste
    1/2 lb Small pasta shells, cooked

  Place all ingredients except pasta in a large pot.  Cover with cold
  water to the depth of the 2nd knuckle of your index finger.  Cover
  pot and simmer over low heat until the lentils are tender (about one
  hour). Taste and correct seasoning.  Stir in cooked, drained pasta,
  and garnish with parsley.

  ~ by Kathy Pitts

MMMMM


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