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Skriven 2010-09-03 16:18:52 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Busy Summers                                             [1]
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Aloha Ruth!
-> 
-> -> I go mild to medium-depends on how well I know the cook's definitions 
of
-> -> mild, medium and hot.  The one Indian place in Raleigh we ate at Steve
-> -> ordered medium to hot & said later that medium was hot enough for him
-> -> there.  I ordered the same thing, mild to medium and it was a good heat
-> -> level for me. Next time we go, we'll know to order medium and mild &
-> -> it'll have enough spice for both of us.
-> 
->  hn> Indian spices are often quite different
->  hn> than other ethnicities...or so it seems
-> 
-> Each ethnic group has a different definition of "hot" in their spice
-> vocabulary.  You wouldn't get a Tex-Mex hot in India, nor a vindaloo one
-> in TX.
-> 
Yep, sometimes it seems to me that
different peppers have a different
"heat effect" on me as well...I "get
used" to one and then when I have a
different combination it's like a new
heat all over again!

->  hn> to me...I made the mistake of ordering
->  hn> extra hot at a Goa'n run Indian place once,
->  hn> and only once! They like their food firey and
->  hn> what I got was really some sort of live
->  hn> fire hidden in a vindaloo! I was able to
-> 
-> Should have asked the server. That's what we usually do in a new to us
-> place.
->
Sometimes I'm that smart.....
but most times I go for the HOT....
sometimes I pays the price! (grin)
 
->  hn> eat/enjoy it but felt the fire for almost
->  hn> a day after!
-> 
-> Real staying power to that heat.  It's what you want in cold months to
-> warm you up. (G)
->
I could have melted snow in the parking lot
with that level of heat!
-> 
->  -> Anne won't even use black pepper!!
-> 
-> hn> -> -> Even my parents use
-> that--but not much beyond that. Onion salt & garlic -> salt are the 2
-> biggest "spices" used there.
-> 
-> hn> -> hn> I try to convince Anne to be a
->  bit more hn> adventurous in her dining and bless her, hn> she does try
->  somewhat...but she just hn> does not care for certain things (fish, hn>
->  heat, spicy) and prefers to eat a very hn> bland diet.
-> 
-> Same with my parents. I tried to get Dad to use some oregano & basil in
-> his spaghetti sauce but he used salt & pepper plus onion & garlic
-> powders.  He also sauteed some onion and 3 year old chopped garlic that
-> had been kept in vinegar (without rinsing it).  OTOH, I used my usual
-> trio of Italian herbs, pepper, fresh garlic powder and some fresh onion,
-> sauteed, as well as black pepper, no salt.  Mine was the hands down
-> favorite.
-> 
Anne likes bland...but she calls 
it "Subtle flavorings" 

-> -> a cheese & pepper topped chicken breast that's good.  Peppers have 
had
-> -> just enough bite to them to go well with the cheese & chicken.
-> 
->  hn> I think if they'd combined the
->  hn> super hot jalepenos with Anaheims
->  hn> or even bell peppers it would have
->  hn> worked better for me...but my best
->  hn> guess is that those peppers were
->  hn> an abnormality and they would not
->  hn> have been as hot if I'd ordered the
->  hn> dish again some other time.
-> 
-> The cook might not have realised they were extra hot peppers.  You would
-> probably not get as hot a dish if you do order it again.
-> 
Most likely true! :-0
-> 
-> ->  hn> what they expect to find. Just "going in
-> ->  hn> and having a look around" is not enough
-> ->  hn> justification for me to agree to surgery.
-> 
-> -> That's basically what was done on my foot a few years ago.  Didn't
-> -> really fix anything and I had a nasty reaction to the anesthesia to top
-> -> it off.  The foot I broke (and rebroke) in HI 5 years ago will always be
-> 
->  hn> Unless they have some specific
->  hn> recommendation, or have a better
->  hn> than "good" idea of what they will
->  hn> find and know that they are able
->  hn> to improve my situation, I'm not
->  hn> going to consider surgery unless
->  hn> as a very last resort.
-> 
-> Talk it over with them really good.
->
They'll talk...I'll listen....probably!
 
-> ->  hn> If they have a good idea of what the
-> ->  hn> problem is, and what they can do to
-> ->  hn> "fix" it, I'll listen.
-> 
-> -> Got a referral for a 2nd opinion lined up?
-> 
->  hn> Not at this point...but I have lots
->  hn> of options and am in no hurry to
->  hn> have the knee whacked on...certainly
->  hn> not before the end of the baseball
->  hn> season anyway!
-> 
-> 
-> No surprise there. (G)
->
I'm just adjusting my schedule
so that I take an extra day off 
when we hare having a long home
stand.
 
-> ->  hn> You would have found the petrified forest a
-> ->  hn> tough task for you...unpaved paths
-> 
-> -> Sigh!  On a good day I'd give it a try.  If I'd been on my feet a lot
-> -> already, nothing doing.
-> 
->  hn> It would have been too rough for
->  hn> someone with a mobility scooter as
->  hn> well I think. Basically it was a hiking
->  hn> trail through the woods in very
->  hn> hilly and rough terrain. I think it
->  hn> would really improve the whole
->  hn> experience if they'd at least
->  hn> pave a path that would be
->  hn> more accessible to folks who
->  hn> aren't mountain goats.
-> 
-> Sounds logical but our definition of logical doesn't always make sense
-> to others.
->
Yeppers! But it's sort of in an
out of the way place and I'm
not sure how much business
they do over the course of 
a year...it may not be worth
the expense of getting a paved
path put in and maintaining it.
 
-> ->  hn> point (the souveinier shop) I bought a
-> ->  hn> fossilized clam!!
-> 
-> -> Costing you some clams. (G)
-> 
->  hn> a mere bag of shells! (grin)
-> 
-> 
-> And it' sitting on your shelf right now.
-> 
Why yes! It is!!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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