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Skriven 2014-08-10 20:34:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: meowy 759
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-07-14  17:02 <=-

 ML>> You'd know - if one got it, and it was untreated, every one
 ML>> would get it. And when you have a bunch of critters running
 ML>> around the house with red eyes, bumping into things and
 ML>> trying to wash their faces all the time, you know it.
 NB>> Maybe we've been just plain lucky, then...  :) 
 ML> Yep. I was going to say that "well, you have a big house" but
 ML> then reflected on Annie's two floors at 3K sq ft each (and attic
 ML> and cellar to match, but the cats don't have free run of those).
 
Zactly...  In times past, we've given cats free run of the cellar, but
not the attic... the current two have been given run of the attic but
not the cellar... at least so far...  Richard's reasoning is that since
they are already proving themselves to be good mousers, maybe they can
help curb the squirrel incursions into the attic... 

 ML>> The versions of Bahasa (Malayan and Indonesian for "language")
 ML>> are more interchangeable, and speakers of the various forms
 ML>> can usually communicate, more so than say French and Italian
 ML>> speakers.
 NB>> They may have more of an interest in communicating with each other,
 ML> One would think so, except that doesn't explain the growth of
 ML> pidgin English (and similar evolutions of Cantonese) in that
 ML> area. It would seem to me that a common origin is more
 ML> plausible.

French and Italian have common origins, but not much interest in trying
to make use thereof, from what I've seen...  Pidgin comes into play to
try to fill in gaps... 
 
 NB>> too...  ;)   Maybe more like the different Hispanic variations, and
 NB>> possibly including Portuguese as well...? 
 ML> Well, those are more clearly cases of common origins branching
 ML> out through geographic isolation.

Malay and Indonesia etc wouldn't be...?  That was the parallel I was trying
to make.,.. the similarities from common origins with the differences
from geographic isolation of whatever degree...  

 ML> Title: Farmers Cabbage with Smoked Sausage  (Boerenkool Met Worst)
 ML> Categories: Pork/ham, German, Sausages
 ML> Yield: 6 servings
 ML> 6    Good sized potatoes                 1 lb Smoked sausage
 ML> 1 bn Of kale (to fill a 2 qt. pot)       3 tb Butter or margarine
 ML> Salt and pepper 
 ML> Peel, cook, and mash potatoes.  At the same time, chop kale finely,
 ML> cook untill tender. Dice and cook sausage.  Put kale into a blender
 ML> with enough of the cooking water to make a thick slurry.  When done,
 ML> add to the mashed potatoes. Add cooked sausage.  Add butter.  Salt
 ML> and pepper to taste. Mix well and serve piping hot.  For a more
 ML> festive apprearance, put into a cassarole dish, garnish with slices
 ML> of Oude Gouda (Old Gouda) or a medium cheddar and sprinkle with
 ML> paprika.  Place in medium oven until cheese melts and begins to
 ML> brown.  Then serve or take to your pitch-in. 
 ML> Don't sell the kohl crops short.  Try collards and savoy.  They are
 ML> still doing quite well in the garden despite 15 F. temperatures
 ML> lately. Savoy is a joy to eat at Yule.  The frost seems to sweeten
 ML> and intensify the flavor. Our annual homemade sauerkraut is making
 ML> its presence known by the merry burbling of the water-seal crocks in
 ML> the utility room. This is the best time of the year to make kraut. 
 ML> It is cool and the fermentation takes a longer time, leaving the
 ML> salted sour cabbage as crisp as the bright windy day in October it
 ML> was put up. 
 ML> We are lucky to have antique apple trees.  Three bushels of mixed
 ML> russets are slumbering in the garage and will last until spring.  Fie
 ML> on the Granny Smiths and Red Delicious!  A Golden Russet or Ashmeads
 ML> Kernel, peeled and sliced, served with a wedge of sharp cheddar at
 ML> your side on a winter evening while reading a good book is one of
 ML> lifes great luxuries. 
 ML> Rereading this post makes me hungry.  No I'm not going to crack open
 ML> a fruit cake!  They are not ready for another month.  Besides, my
 ML> nocturnal rustlings are not always appreciated around here, except
 ML> for the ever present cats who always look for a handout.  The coffee
 ML> is ready though and I think I remember where Frances stashed some
 ML> homemade cookies. 
 ML> 'Scuse me!

 ML> Source: I wish I knew the history of this recipe

It almost looks like it was lifted from some sort of blog... :)  Or
non-internet precursor thereto...  :)   UDD sent me to some site once to
view a recipe he couldn't capture... similar sort of folksy feel to it
as I recall...

ttyl         neb

... Procrastinator: A person with hardening of the oughteries

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