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Skriven 2014-08-10 07:18:08 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Well, let's see ... most of us are not of Japanese heritage - no
 DD> matter what  cars/motorcycles we drive.
 ML> Functionally, though, it does much the same thing as
 ML> cornstarch and can be used in all the same places.
 DD> Sure, you and I and the rest of the cognoscenti know that. Now go out
 DD> and sell that load of meadow muffins to the great unwashed pubic.
 DD> Because that's what they will think its content is.

 ML> Sometimes I want to turn noncognoscenti into cognoscenti.
 
 ML> But then prices of things I like go up - chicken wings,
 ML> flank steak, mussels, red Bordeaux -, and often quality
 ML> goes down - Savory and James sherry, Burnett's gin (still
 ML> almost as good as Tanqueray at half the price but not so
 ML> good as it once was), truffles.

OTOH - drumsticks are bigger and still inexpensive. And chuck-eye steak remains
tasty and affordable. I'll take your word on the wine. And as I never, ever,
drink gin I really don't care. 
 
 ML> With the price of beef doing what it's doing, maybe the
 ML> time has come.
 DD> I note that Mickey D's dollar menu McDouble has jumped 20% in price
 
 DD> and the  "dollar" menu is now called "Dollar menu and more". Dollar
 DD> chicken items  remain just a single simoleon, though.
 
 ML> I figure the demand would disappear if the price were
 ML> tampered with too much.
 
 DD> It's a balancing act. The McD's at Pork Chop Flats (Beardstown) raised
 DD> their McDoubles to U$1.40. I won't do business with those avaricious
 DD> barstools.

 ML> So how else do dollar menu places cope with inflation
 ML> and higher materials costs? Hire part-time workers without
 ML> health benefits, of course; but what then?

They already do that. And fight the high turn-over of employees. 
 
 ML> French's is pretty faux, flavorwise if not ingredientwise;
 ML> in fact it is one of the few lurid yellow foodstuffs that
 ML> doesn't contain FD&C 6 - whether it ever did or not I
 ML> don't know.
 
 DD> It's what most in the US have grown up with. And they don't know or
 DD> WANT to know any different. Welcome to America, stranger.

 ML> Lilli just pointed out to me that ketchup is sweeter than
 ML> it was when she was a kid, because tomatoes are lower acid
 ML> but the formula continues to add compensating sugar. Of
 ML> course, in this situation it's a case of boiling frogs.

Or using pond scum .....

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Frog Spawn in Pond Scum
 Categories: Grains, Snacks, Chilies
      Yield: 14 Servings
 
     13 oz Pkg lemon-lime Kool-Aid
      1 c  Sugar
      8 c  Water
    473 ml Can (16 oz) orange juice
           - concentrate
      4 c  Ginger ale or Vernor's
      3    Scoops orange or lime
           - sherbet
     14    Gummy frogs
  8 2/3 oz Pkg (250 g) MiracleNoodle
           - mini pearls; rinsed,
           - drained
     14    Straws; large diameter, from
           - McDonald's or Sonic
           Black food coloring
 
  This sick-colored punch looks disgusting but tastes divine.
  
  Empty the Kool-Aid package into a punch bowl. Add the sugar,
  then the water and stir until dissolved. Stir in the orange
  juice and Mini Pearls. Just before serving, float the scoops
  of sherbet on top and add a gummy frog to the edge of each
  glass for added effect. To make them stick, slice open their
  belly slightly and stick to the edge of the glass. The kids
  have fun slurping up the mini pearls with their straws.
  
  Serves 14.
  
  Optional - Perhaps try to dye the mini-pearls a different
  color by allowing them to sit overnight in a bowl of dyed
  water. Dry roast them first so they will absorb more dye.
  
  From: http://www.miraclenoodle.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

... FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. - Ambrose Bierce
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