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 GJ>  DD> Just remember, they can kill you but they aren't supposed to
 GJ>  DD> eat you.   
 GJ> I'm not so sure...   Yesterday, when in Brisbane, my 11 yo grandson,
 GJ> who is just starting Grade 7, brought home his first school-issue
 GJ> laptop.  It's wifi will only work at school, so at home he is
 GJ> restricted to doing the homework he has downloaded at school.  For
 GJ> any Interneting he still has to borrow one of his mother's laptops.
 GJ> Schooling has changed considerably since I was there...

 DD> If he is any sort of computer literate he should be able to hack into 
 DD> the restriction watchdog files and set it up to work on his family's 
 DD> home Wi-Fi network. Or jack an ethernet cable into the back and hook
 DD> up  that way.

He has been brought up on Apples, but now he has to learn PC.  The
family has just moved into a new house, and haven't bothered to get a
landline connected yet.  They probably won't.  The last time I counted
them, there were about 7 computers in the house, to which Ryan has
fairly free access.
 
 GJ>  DD> Hell, understanding Kevin requires a lot of imagination. Not to
 GJ>  DD> mention tolerance and a sense of the absurd. 
 GJ> As I have not seen or heard him for the last 3 weeks, I have decided
 GJ> that next week will be a "Be kind to Kevin" week, and so I bought
 GJ> him a 1.125 litre bottle of Captain Morgan OP rum at the duty free.

 DD> Captain Morgan??? ERK, PTUI!!! Might as well have got Rock & Rye or 
 DD> Southern Comfort. All are pop-skull drinks capable of causing
 DD> seriously  "I have to get better to die" hangovers if over-indulged.
 DD> And when did  you ever know Keving to not self-medicate to oblivion? 
 DD> Bv)= 

He doesn't seek oblivion, but just to teeter on the edge.  He doesn't
suffer from hangovers, for the obvious reason that you have to become
sober to have one.  At $26 for the big bottle of OP Capt. Morgan, it
was about the cheapest hooch at the Duty Free.  Kevin uses it to add a
touch of flavour to his breakfast coffee.

 GJ>  GJ> According to a Vietnamese-born friend who visited there
 GJ>  GJ> recently, the places where Nguyen sampled the street-food must

 DD> I just downloaded the first eight episodes of Series Two. I shall have
 DD> to look. I haven't burnt them off to DVD yet, however.

I think I may have missed some episodes, but they will probably be
repeated on daytime showings.

In the Adelaide phone book there are now 8 columns of Nguyens,
compared with 24 columns of Smiths which isn't bad, considering how
long the Smiths have been living here.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Ha Nguyen's Fresh Spring Rolls (Goi Cuon)
 Categories: Vietnamese, Shrimp, Pork, Appetizers
      Yield: 1 Serving
 
    1/2 lb Medium shrimp
    1/4 lb Lean pork loin
      8    (8-inch) rice paper rounds
           - (banh trang)
    1/2    Head red-leaf lettuce or
           - bibb lettuce
      1 bn Mint (hung cay) and/or Thai
           - basil (rau que)
      2 c  Cooked rice noodles (bun _
           - thin rice vermicelli)*
      1 c  Bean sprouts
      2    Carrots, peeled and grated,
           - optional

MMMMM-----------------------DIPPING SAUCE----------------------------
 
  Either Nuoc Cham or - Hoisin-Peanut Sauce**
  
  * Cook's note: You can buy rice paper rounds and rice noodles in Asian
  markets. Cook noodles according to package directions, generally
  about 3 minutes in boiling water.  Drain and refresh with cold water.
  Drain well.
  
  ** recipes above and below
  
  Ha Nguyen says that the hotter the water used to soak the rice paper,
  the faster it will soften.  She suggests that you push down firmly
  when you roll up the filling in the moist rice paper rounds.
  
  You want to make a tight cylinder.
  
  1. Boil shrimp until just cooked, about 3 minutes.  Refresh in cold
  water and drain. Remove shells; devein and cut in half lengthwise.
  Set aside.
  
  2. Place pork in large saucepan or Dutch oven and cover with water.
  Bring to boil on high heat; cover and boil for 25-30 minutes, or
  until pork is thoroughly cooked.  Test by cutting pork in half; no
  pink color should remain in meat. Cool and cut into thin slices.
  
  3. Soak one sheet of rice paper in hot tap water for about 10 seconds.
  Remove and place on clean, flat surface. Put leafy part of 1 leaf of
  lettuce, approximately 4-inches wide and 3-inches deep, on the bottom
  half of the rice paper. Add 1 tablespoon rice noodle, 1 slice pork, 2
  leaves mint, 2 leaves basil, about 2 teaspoons grated carrots (if
  using). Roll bottom (the portion closest to you) over to form a tight
  partial cylinder. Fold right and left sides of rice paper toward the
  center.
  
  4. Tuck shrimp and a piece of mint or basil into the  pocket made by
  folding the right and left sides in. Finish rolling rice paper into a
  cylinder.
  
  5. Cover each roll with damp paper towels as you make it.  Store
  airtight in refrigerator.
  
  6. Repeat until all rice papers are used.
  
  Presentation: Pour dipping sauce or sauces into small bowls and serve
  with rolls.  If you prefer, you can cut the rolls in half diagonally.
  
  Yield: 8 rolls  Nutritional information (per serving): 113 calories,
      2.2    grams fat, 0.6 gram saturated fat, 54 milligrams
  cholesterol, 89 milligrams sodium,
       18    percent calories from fat
  
  Source: Orange Coast College cooking teacher Ha Nguyen
  
  MM format by Manny Rothstein   Date: 3/30/98
  
  Copyright 1997 The Orange County Register, August 21, 1997
 
MMMMM
 

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