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Skriven 2011-02-21 05:20:00 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
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Glen Jamieson Said to Dave Drum about LOCATION LOCATION LO10220

GJ>  GJ> I had hopes, as it is American in origin...

GJ>  DD> _SOUTH_ American. Not, as you style it "USAn".

GJ> If I meant from or pertaining to USA, I would have said "USAn" as a
GJ> convenient abbreviation.  However, when I refer to the whole lump of
GJ> land from Nunavut to Terra del Fuego, I use the Anglicised version
GJ> of the original name, "Amerigo", as that is how it appears on the
GJ> first map, drawn by Martin Waldseemuller in 1507.  He gave it to
GJ> that country in honour of the man who did most of the exploration of
GJ> it, Amerigo Vespucci, of Florence.  It is fortunate for Australia
GJ> that the custom of naming continents after explorers' first names

Hardly a custom. Yurp, Asia, Antarctica, even tiny little pretend, sort-
of, continent Australia ain't named after explorers. Some countries, 
possibly. AFAIK your island continent is the only one where a single 
country makes up the whole political structure of the continent.

GJ> did not continue.  James Cook did most of the early exploration in
GJ> these parts, so the country could have finished up being named after
GJ> him. Can you imagine the image problem we would have had if our
GJ> country had been called, "Jim"!  Our cricket team would be called
GJ> "The Jimminies"!

Or possibly the "Cookies"

GJ> So what one-word name would you use for the whole land separating
GJ> the Pacific and Atlantic oceans?

The Americas are individually named on all the maps I can remember 
seeing. Youse is just being chauvinistic.  Bv)=

Since you seem to be so big on custom - the customary manner of 
referring to the United States of America, even by religious fanatics 
who hate us, is "America".

GJ>  DD> You have, however, stirred me to go look at the sneezy fruit.
GJ>  DD> It sure  does sound like a sneeze - even though it may not make
GJ>  DD> one sneeze.

GJ> To me it sounds more like a dance.  And like dances from that region
GJ> of (?) which have become popular elsewhere in (?), it could well
GJ> have been eaten by anyone in (?), including Echo people.  (G!)

GJ>  DD> And, as it seems to be a fruit it is substantially different
GJ>  DD> from okra -  more kin to the Kiwi fruit (Chinese gooseberry) or
GJ>  DD> (American) paw-paw. 
GJ>  DD> www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/pawpaw.html

GJ> It does have a large stone in its middle, but the Australian growers
GJ> hope to breed them with a smaller stone, as has been done with
GJ> lychees and some other tropical fruits.

I was not referring to pits or internal structure, rather to usage. And 
the paw-paw does have substantial sized seeds in it. Two or three dark 
brown/black pits about the size of the first joint of my pinky finger.

GJ>  DD> Title: Baroque Achacha Cocktail
GJ>  DD> Categories: Five, Beverages, Booze, Citrus, Wine

GJ>  DD> 1    Achacha
GJ>  DD> ds Lemon juice
GJ>  DD> ds Sugar syrup
GJ>  DD> ds White rum

GJ>  DD> Created by the friendly bar staff at Baroque Bistro &
GJ>  DD> Patisserie; 88 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney

GJ> Hmmm.  I didn't know that it had already made its way into booze in
GJ> Australia.  I will have to look for it in the Central Market.

Are you kidding, most Australians I have known will drink hooch mixed 
with most anything ... or mixed with nothing at all.

GJ> BTW, I think I saw that "Amerigo" map in the Doge's House in Venice.
GJ> Do you know where it is now, as there was some talk of it being
GJ> bought by USA for Zillions of Euros?

No idea and less interest as it was not all that accurate a map and I 
couldn't afford it anyway.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Paw-Paw Pie
 Categories: Pies, Pastry, Desserts, Dairy
      Yield: 6 servings

      3 lg Eggs; beaten
  1 1/2 c  Paw-paw pulp
    3/4 c  Sugar
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 ts Flour
     12 oz (354 ml) can evaporated milk
      1    (9"/23cm) unbaked pie shell

  Use only very ripe paw paws, when skin is black or nearly
  so; remove skins and seeds with a knife, then process pulp
  in blender until smooth. Prepare pastry for 1 crust pie;
  preheat oven to 425oF/220oC. Blend together sugar, salt,
  nutmeg, and flour; combine with eggs, paw paws, vanilla, and
  evaporated milk, stirring until well blended. Pour into
  prepared pastry shell.

  Bake 15 minutes in preheated oven.

  Reduce heat to 350oF/175oC; bake about 30 minutes longer
  or until knife inserted comes out clean.

  Makes 6 nice-sized slices

  From: http://www.cooks.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

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