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Skriven 2013-03-12 22:57:18 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 34704 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: aging 244
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Can you pick out your own playing from a tape?

 ML> Ideally no, but sometimes - I am usually the strongest
 ML> or among the strongest in an ensemble, and the situation
 ML> is designed so that they coalesce around me. Sometimes,
 ML> though, I'm the only one playing the right notes, with
 ML> the obvious effect. Rarely I'm the only one playing the
 ML> wrong notes, with also the obvious effect.

Somehow I don't picture you playing a lot of wrong notes. I guess the
size of the ensemble makes a difference in how well you can or can't
pick out your part.


 ML>  When I was in high
 RH> school drama, we used to say "bad dress rehersal, good performance" but
 RH> as bad as dress rehersal was sometimes, performances weren't always
 RH> perfect.

 ML> I'm sure people used to say that to comfort themselves or
 ML> each other, and sometimes it was true. And it's always been
 ML> a purpose for dress rehearsals to get the bugs and the
 ML> jitters out. But problems at dress don't cancel out
 ML> problems in performance, let me tell you.

I know, I've been in enough performances to be well aware of that.


 RH> And so? Had your seal yet?  Did it taste blubbery?

 ML> The blubber tasted like rancid fishy salo; the flesh, tasted
 ML> three times, was nasty, nasty, and nasty. Think of the way tuna
 ML> cat food smells ... after being out for a couple days.


I'd rather not think of it; your suggestion of a description well
conveys the idea. I don't buy much canned tuna these days because it is
too fishy smelling (and sometimes tasting). I'll buy the canned chicken
(what our girls dubbed "chicken fish") instead.


 ML> I'm not familiar with Peachey's scrapple, not having
 ML> eaten there. How does it compare to the Rapa line?
 RH> Peachey's is Mennonite made in small quantities. I don't know if it's
 RH> sold anywhere but their store. OTOH, Rapa's is probably produced in
 RH> much greater quantities, sold in wider distribution. That give you any
 RH> ideas?

 ML> Rapa is made in not so big batches and in fact is the
 ML> manufactory of Habbersett and several other brands, each
 ML> of which supposedly has its own recipe. It probably is
 ML> not so good as small-batch stuff, but I find it quite
 ML> acceptable and close to as good as what I used to make
 ML> myself (enshrined on Sacerdote's Website).

We did it a few times with a hog's head and it came out pretty good.
Steve has talked from time to time about trying to make a chicken
scrapple but has never done so. I'm thinking a Boston butt or similar
cut of pork would make a good one without the gross factor of the hog's
head.


 ML> Peppers stuffed with scrapple
 ML> cat: scrapple
 ML> servings: 6

 ML> 1 1/2 lb scrapple
 ML> 3 Tb chopped onion
 ML> 6 lg green peppers
 ML> 1 c cheese sauce

Something about this just doesn't seem right to me. Maybe I need to
think more out of the box but I just can't wrap my mental taste buds
around this.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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