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Skriven 2013-06-18 17:21:50 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1295 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Hard to tell, but I'd still make sure my water came from a reliable
 RH> source.

 ML> You figure how much do you need water, how clean is the stuff
 ML> available, and what the consequences are of not having any vs.
 ML> ingesting the dubious water. A tradeoff always.

And when in doubt, I'll grab a bottled drink.


 ML> There was a reservoir pipe break in the Boston area a few
 ML> years ago, and people were told to boil their water, and I
 ML> said that was stupid, and one of my friends accused me of
 ML> trying to die of dysentery a la Tchaikovsky, at which I
 ML> told him he was a sissy and an idiot (words to that effect),
 ML> and we haven't communicated since. The risk associated with
 ML> that event was just so minuscule, and I thought the Mass.
 ML> water agency's sowing of panic was irresponsible to a truly

That was a bit of excess panic, more of a cover your backside move on
their part. OTOH, if it happened in a 3rd world country, the move would
be strongly justified.

 ML> bizarre degree. Same with the draining of a reservoir in the
 ML> Pacific northwest after some drunk teenager peed in it.

How many other contaminants do they pick up in even a day and drastic
measures aren't taken?  They just happened to catch the kid, probably
plenty more have done so without being caught.

 ML>   Nothing worse than getting a tummy bug while travelling,
 RH> especially to a place you'll probably never get to visit again.

 ML> Altogether true, but each person assesses the risk and
 ML> inconvenience. As I trust my immune system most of the time,
 ML> I will go further down the limb than most, but accusing me
 ML> of being suicidal, well, that's way too much.

Quite much in this instance.


 ML> Crescent rolls are pastry that remind one of crescents. It's
 ML> a shorthand such as we often use, similarly as rolling things
 ML> out in a 10" circle is literally impossible: you just roll out
 ML> a very thin cylinder that reminds you of a circle.
 RH> I know what they are/how they're made but I was thinking along the
 RH> lines of the 2 vs 3 dimensional thoughts.

 ML> My point being that a crescent, square, circle, or similar is a
 ML> two-dimensional figure, and if you want nitpicking precision, you
 ML> need other terminology to describe a three-dimensional figure.

So some words become generic to describe similar but not identical
items.


 RH> So how many turtle eggs needed to make an omelette for 2 people? We
 RH> figure on 4 size large hen's eggs for the 2 of us.
 RH> IOW, probably half a dozen eggs, which is what we use when we make an
 RH> omelette with pullet eggs.

 ML> My own guess would be 7 or 8, but that question is also
 ML> academic, as the chance of you or me being in a situation
 ML> where a turtle egg omelet was a possibility is next to zero.

You would have a better chance of actually being able to try one than I
would. Don't see too many around here but we did have a small one on our
front porch (right near the door) a few weeks ago.


 ML> Gambas au Beurre d'Escargot
 ML> Categories: shellfish, main, celebrity, French, rich, easy
 ML> Yield: 6 servings

 ML> gratin dish. Cover them with the butter. Put the dish
 ML> in the preheated oven for 8 min. Serve hot.

 ML> M's note: 6 minutes tops. One could substitute a scant
 ML> drop of anise extract for the Pernod.

I think I'd go for 6 minutes too. When we first got married, we lived
down on the coast in NC. I had no idea how long to cook shrimp so
checked a couple of cook books. Betty Crocker reccommended 15 minutes,
James Beard said 3-5 so I went with him. I sort of eyeball them now but
never more than 5 minutes cooking time.

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Ruth
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