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Skriven 2014-09-08 20:44:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: health 907
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 09-05-14  12:37 <=-

 NB>>> Which is not to say that I wouldn't still advocate some degree
 NB>>> of sensibleness in one's diet, etc...  :)
 ML>> I wouldn't.
 NB>> Tempered by one's definition of sensible... ;)
 ML> Well. I've been known to eat 6 to 8 oz of fat at a
 ML> serving without ill effect or losing my appetite.
 ML> It's best when crispy, of course.

If that were all you were ever eating, that might be considered less
than sensible... but then, I know that isn't all you eat... Crispy does
indeed enhance the goodness...  Perhaps I wouldn't be likely to eat
quite so much at a serving, but I find it quite tasty as well... ;)

 ML> Yesterday I came back to see my brother for a couple
 ML> days - poor soul, a couple days he blacked out and
 ML> hit his head, and now he's being treated for a possible
 ML> concussion. 

Hope he's going to be all right.

 ML> Anyhow, my route back from BWI drops me off
 ML> at the Rockville bus stop, from which I take a bus to
 ML> within a quarter mile to the house. Across from the
 ML> stop there's a Colombian grill called Al Carbon, which
 ML> I have always wanted to try, as the smells that come out
 ML> of there are generally good. So I arranged to meet
 ML> Jonathan there - he can't drive until he's been looked
 ML> at, and it's the end of the bus line and hard to miss.

Quite a rational train of thought there... and an opportunity too good
to pass up, agreed...  :)

 ML> He had a large quantity of chicken and beef on a huge
 ML> skewer, $13; said it was tasty and tender.
 ML> I got the Colombian national plate on the strength of
 ML> one word in the description - chicharron. Everything
 ML> was according to the description, but every country has
 ML> its own chicharron: this was an ounce or so slice of
 ML> salted uncured pork belly (probably 2 oz before cooking)
 ML> grilled until the fat was crispy but much rendered, the
 ML> meat chewy, the skin, which had been left on, almost
 ML> impossible to eat, but I found a way. Also on the plate
 ML> half a pound of marinated beef - I believe chuck shoulder,
 ML> but after long marination and well-done cooking, it becomes
 ML> hard to tell -, a delicious chorizo link, rice and black
 ML> beans topped with an egg fried over medium, and a fried
 ML> sweet plantain (I'd have preferred a starchy plantain).
 ML> $16 and a lot of food, almost enough for two meals, but I
 ML> was hungry.

Sounds like you both got a good deal there...  :)  And are you likely to
go back there for a repeat visit now..?   :)
 
 NB>> Reason I suggested that, I seem to remember that in years past, I was
 NB>> singularly unimpressed by the program, but it seemed to have gotten a
 NB>> little better by the time Gwen was actually using it...  
 ML> One hopes that as with us such programs are every day
 ML> in every way getting a little bit better and better. I
 ML> don't think that's all that likely, though.
 
As more boomers are using similar programs, chances are there'd be at
least some modifications in the right direction... The fact that there
just are so many more of us may be pushing some of that, economies of
scale and all that...  ;)

 ML>>> Celery stew (KEREVIZ GERAGOOR)
 NB>>> One wonders why it is called celery stew instead of lamb stew... yes,
 NB>>> I saw that a relatively large amount of celery was the primary veggie,
 NB>>> but still...  :)   Maybe lost in translation....?
 ML>> Not found a translation. One notes that celery is the
 ML>> most distinctive ingredient in the dish.
 NB>> And maybe, in the context, stew would have implied lamb...?
 ML> I don't think either of the Armenian words means stew,
 ML> either. Unknowable until we find someone who actually
 ML> knows Armenian. For all we know the name means
 ML> Grandma's Invention.

True... one never knows...  ;)  Unfortunately, the people I know of, of
Armenian descent, aren't where I can readily find out how much of the
mother tongue they might know, and possibly ask for a translation...
maybe someone has access to an Armenian dictionary...?  or the
electronic equivalent....?   ;)

ttyl           neb

... Light Year: regular year with less calories.

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