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Skriven 2014-03-06 09:30:12 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: Elusive, ducks
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JIM WELLER Said to MICHAEL LOO about elusive ducks

JW>  JW> Last week my grocery store's flyer claimed to have ducks on
JW>  JW> special at chicken prices ... $3.49 per kg!

JW>  JW> they were sold out.

JW>  ML> That is indeed a nice price. (I wonder what was wrong
JW>  ML> with them.)

JW> I will never know.

JW>  ML> Was this the Lob's that you've been crowing about?

JW> Yep. They still score highly overall. I did pick up some nice $6.49
JW> per kg pork tenderloins and $13.21 (a weird price until you realize
JW> that it works out to $5.99 per lb) striploin steaks.

JW> We even sold our share and cancelled our 26 year old Co-Op
JW> membership this week.

That's serious. Is/was there a work component involved with the Co-Op? 
There often is and that part can be onerous - if you are very busy 
otherwise. And it might be enough to tip me out were I deciding. OTOH - 
it it's just money I might stick around.

JW>  JW> I cynically wonder how many ducks, if any, were actually
JW>  JW> delivered to the store that week.

JW>  ML> There had to be at least some, right?

JW> I'm sure there really were some but I didn't go until quite late
JW> in the evening and all I found was the promo sign and a big empty
JW> space in the freezer counter. I just bet all the Chinese and
JW> Vietnamese housewives were lined up at the door at 8 AM just waiting
JW> for the store to open up while I was still asleep!

Especially if the advert says "quantities limited". Sometimes that 
"quantities limited" insert is just a ploy to gull people into thinking 
it is for something extra special. And other times you need to be there 
when the bell rings. the trick is in knowing which is what.

JW>  ML> USA if someone advertises a product for sale, at
JW>  ML> least a reasonable quantity have to be stocked; some states
JW>  ML> require issuance of "rain checks"

JW> Rain checks are not required in Canada; they are common in some
JW> competitive markets but not here in Yellowknife.

My state does not require rain checks - but, most stores issue them 
anyway just as a matter of good business practice and customer service.

JW>  ML> How about if we compiled "the ten strange wonders of
JW>  ML> urban Americans (Canadians too, apparently)"?

JW> -11- Buy big honkin' 4X4 V8 SUVs to navigate suburban streets and
JW> shopping mall parking lots.  

12 - The Teapot Dome scandal of the mid 1920s, where Secretary Daugherty
allowed the sale of the national oil reserves to Exxon * and was 
convicted of accepting a bribe that Rockefeller was acquitted of paying.

* actually Standard Oil at the time.

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

      Title: Oysters Rockefeller
 Categories: Seafood, Greens, Breads, Chilies, Pork
      Yield: 12 servings

     24    Unopened, fresh, live medium
           - oysters
  1 1/2 c  Cooked spinach
    1/3 c  Bread crumbs
    1/4 c  Chopped green onions
      2 sl Thick bacon
      1 tb Chopped fresh parsley
    1/2 ts Salt
           Hot pepper sauce
      3 tb Light olive oil
      1 ts Anise-flavoured liqueur
      4 c  Kosher salt

  Preheat oven to 450oF/232oC. 

  Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium
  high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set
  aside. 

  Clean oysters and place in a large stockpot. Pour
  in enough water to cover oysters; bring the water and
  oysters to a boil. Remove from heat and drain and cool
  oysters. When cooled break the top shell off of each
  oyster. 

  Using a food processor, chop the spinach, breadcrumbs,
  green onions, bacon and parsley. Add the salt, hot sauce,
  olive oil and anise-flavored liqueur and process until
  finely chopped but not pureed, about 10 seconds. 

  Arrange the oysters in their half shells on a pan
  with kosher salt. Spoon some of the spinach mixture one
  each oyster. Bake 10 minutes until cooked through, then
  change the oven's setting to broil and broil until browned
  on top. Serve hot.

  Makes 24 oysters

  Submitted by: Barrett Browning

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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