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Skriven 2014-11-21 14:06:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: wanderings 313
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-17-14  22:28 <=-

 NB>> I certainly enjoy them... vicarious is better than not at all... and
 NB>> I've always enjoyed other cultures and such...  :)
 ML> Well, I hope you're getting your fill of the things,
 ML> which I'm trying to get out before next year so I can
 ML> start fresh. There's a lot of stuff I'm throwing out;
 ML> I figure if you OD on them, you can save them for later
 ML> or not, as the case may be.

Days I'm rushed, I come back to them when I have the time later... :) 
This latest batch (Asia 13) we got bits and snatches in regular messages
during or soon after, but it's also nice to see them all in context.. :)

 ML> Good having a pet chef.
 NB> I think he'd open early on special occasion for any of his long-time
 NB> regulars.. :)   Knowing a good chef is good for the rest of it...  ;)
 ML> It's nice that customer service means a lot to him.

For sure.  He talks about not wanting to get too big because then he
couldn't give the attention he wants to give to the food and the
customers, and how important it would be to get help that really could
do the job as he wants it done...  We went on Wednesday for Richard's
birthday, and he gave us some fancied up egg custards for dessert.  He'd
been experimenting with different sauces, and was finally satisfied with
a lemon sauce... it was very good, the custard in a stemmed glass dish,
with a little thin slice of lemon atop with a cherry, and the lemon
sauce over all... pretty, too.  :)

 ML>> knowing where they came from. If you have sufficient faith
 ML>> in the Wegman family (or Whole Foods, or whomever), perhaps
 ML>> you can eat these things.
 NB>> I have sufficient faith that Wegmans is getting it from reputable
 NB>> places, as they make a big deal about it regularly, and would have a
 NB>> lot to lose should it be found out otherwise
 ML> Truth. And as long as the bean counter in charge is one of
 ML> the family, with a reputation to uphold, you're pretty safe.

I'd think so.  And the girls are very much into the sustainability and
other ecological and healthful issues, so at least for the next
generation there shouldn't be problems on that front.  :)

 NB>> But I don't like it well enough to want to eat it anyway, other than
 NB>> a taste or two... ;)  I'll stick to cod, halibut and salmon, which are
 NB>> also available, and sometimes fancied up for ready-to-cook items... :)
 ML> I have a friend, I think I told you about her, who prefers
 ML> tilapia precisely because it doesn't taste like much.

You probably have.  And I've had a friend or two who similarly preferred
it for its blandness.  My favorite fish, turbot, is very mild, but it
has a nice buttery taste, so that it doesn't need tarting up, but also
takes to mild fancyings...  Tilapia, one might as well be eating soft
cardboard or worse...

 ML> Kale and Spinach Chop Salad with Apples
 ML> categories: poison, fruit, salad

Another good-looking poison recipe from wegmans... ;)  The regular
demo-ers at our Wegmans, see me coming and, if there's apple in the
fixing, sadly tell me I can't have any.  When it's apple slices with
cheese, though, I get the cheese...  ;)  Harvest time, the store can be
full of apple-laden demos... 

ttyl          neb

... Bread can lead to harder stuff like baguettes and croissants?

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