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Skriven 2013-03-21 20:24:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35076 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 ML> You no doubt were a dictator - but a benevolent one.
 RH> More or less, probably. But they grew up to like a wide variety of
 RH> foods.

 ML> That's where the benevolence comes in. If someone told
 ML> me "you WILL eat your clams, and you WILL sit there
 ML> until you're done with them" that might have put me off
 ML> clams for a long time, were I a kid again. The gentle

My mom never fixed clams; I tried them for the first time at a Howard
Johnson's on a school field trip. She (and Dad) always insisted we have
some of everything that was served, like it or not, and we had to finish
what we took. Couldn't get by with a no thank you helping either.

 ML> method is untraumatic and likely far more effective.

Yes, and sometimes the kids come around to actually like whatever's
offered.


 ML> If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend. One can get
 ML> sufficiently north without a bizarre outlay of do-re-mi.
 RH> A lot easier to go north than some other destinations. Maybe some year
 RH> we will be able to make it up to Yellowknife or some other destination
 RH> to see the lights.

 ML> I'd suggest Anchorage or Fairbanks for easy to get to.
 ML> Though costly, they are still cheaper than YK.

Still, got to save our pennies for quite a while. Steve's folks asked if
we were interested in joining them on a Central American cruise next
year--idea sounded good but we don't have the money for it. An Alaska
trip is even further outside of our budget right now.


 ML> Well, I hope all of these places make light doughnuts.
 RH> They are known as sinkers in some areas, probably rightly so.

 ML> I prefer lighter doughnuts - even though I am not a great
 ML> fan of most breads, fried ones (i.e. yeast raised doughnuts)
 ML> have great appeal for me.

What about a malasada? Had one that was better than Leonard's at an L&L
in Las Vegas last December. The "better than Leonard's" comment was from
the owner, and fresh made, they were better than not quite as fresh
Leonard's.


 RH> One of the items in my "goody bag" from the Southern Baptiat
 RH> Convention's annual meeting last year in New Orleans was a bag of
 RH> beignet mix. No fancy sauces with it tho.

 ML> Beignets are fine just dusted with powdered sugar.
 ML> Maybe even Splenda or stevia, never tried those in
 ML> that context.

I'll have to try it with a whisper of stevia.


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Ruth
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