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Skriven 2014-12-07 11:25:06 av Dave Drum (1:261/38.0)
  Kommentar till text 20172 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Noble House was published in 1981 and set in Hong Kong in 1963.

 RH> Which makes it fun, trying to keep track of time/story lines when books
 RH> are written so out of sequence. Tom Clancy did some of that, but most
 RH> of his followed right along in succession. One book opened up right
 RH> where the previous one ended.

 RH> I'm going to re-read all of them in order, to get everything straight.
 RH> First time thru I read them as I got them, very haphazard order to it
 RH> but I did read Shogun first.

 DD> I read Tai-Pan first - then moved on to King Rat - as I had seen the
 DD> movie and learned that it was a Clavell yarn - which turns out to be
 DD> semi-autobiographical.

 DD> There were two mini-series from these books and a number of movies.

 RH> Of which I've not seen any.

 DD> I saw them both - when presented originally. Now I'd likely give them
 DD> a miss and have little or no interest in re-watching them. There was a
 DD> movie made of Tai Pan in 1986, loosely based on the novel. It was
 DD> filmed under communist Chinese censorship, some portions of Clavell's
 DD> story were considered too offensive to be filmed as written and
 DD> considerable changes were made. I gave it a clean miss - especially as
 DD> they didn't use Steve McQueen to play Dirk Struan as was original
 DD> plan.

 RH> Either we didn't get the channels or weren't aware it was on or didn't
 RH> know it was a movie or didn't have the money to go but we haven't seen
 RH> any movies or mini series.

They were both on broadcast (over the air/antenna) TeeVee networks. Shogun was
on NBC over 5 nights (September 15 - 19, 1980) and Noble House was also from
NBC, broadcast beginning 21 February, 1988. Unlike with Shogun - a number of
significant sub-plots were left out. Still, an enjoyable watch if one had not
read the book. Shogun was *much* more faithful to the book - and it ran
significantly longer in span than Noble House. One of the very few movie or
TeeVee presentations of a book I have read that I enjoyed as much (or nearly
so) as the book itself.

 DD>       Title: Lightning McQueen's Balsamic Motor Oil Chicken
 DD>  Categories: Poultry, Herbs, Citrus
 DD>       Yield: 8 servings

 RH> Interesting, wonder what the other characters can dish up. Mater's
 RH> fried green maters?

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      Title: Mater's Mississippi Tuna Melt
 Categories: Seafood, Breads, Cheese, Citrus, Herbs
      Yield: 4 servings

      1    Fresh lemon
      1    Fresh lime
      2 lg Egg yolks
    1/4 ts Dry mustard
    1/4 ts Salt
   1/16 ts (pinch) white pepper
    3/4 c  Canola oil; at room temp
      4    (6-to-8 oz) tuna steaks
           Salt & fresh ground pepper
      3 tb Extra virgin olive oil; as
           - needed *
      1    Loaf Italian bread; halved
           - lengthwise
      6    Scallions; white and tender
           - green parts only
      4    Stalks fennel; thin sliced
      1 tb Balsamic vinegar
    1/4 lb American artisanal Cheddar;
           - sliced 1/8" thick
      1 tb Minced fresh dill
           Tomato soup; accompaniment

  Recipe courtesy Robert Irvine with Brian O'Reilly;
  Harper-Collins Publishers

  Make the aioli and begin marinating the tuna early in the
  day. Microwave the lemon and lime in a small bowl to
  release the essential oils and set aside just long enough
  to be able to handle. Meanwhile, through the feed tube of
  a running blender, add 1 at a time, the egg yolks, dry
  mustard, salt, and white pepper. By this time, the
  micro-waved lemon and lime should be cool enough to
  handle. Leaving the blender running, squeeze the juice
  from half of 1 lemon through the feed opening, then add
  the oil in a slow stream. Remove to a bowl and
  refrigerate.

  Season the tuna steaks with salt and pepper, place them in
  a nonreactive container and squeeze the rest of the lemon
  and the lime over them. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.

  Heat the grill or preheat the broiler in the oven. Brush
  the marinated tuna with 1 tablespoon or so of olive oil.
  Cook until browned, until fish flakes with a fork, 3 to 6
  minutes per side, and then let rest. Leave grill hot or
  oven on to toast bread.

  Brush olive oil (about 1 tablespoon per half) on Italian
  bread and toast lightly, either on the grill or under
  broiler.

  Flake the tuna, place in a bowl with scallions and fennel
  and fold in the aioli. Spoon tuna mixture onto the toasted
  Italian bread, drizzle a small amount of balsamic vinegar
  over, and top with Cheddar. Heat briefly in the oven to
  melt cheese. Garnish with fresh dill. This is great served
  with fresh tomato soup, if desired.

  Yield: 4 servings

  From: http://www.foodnetwork.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Tow Mater Cookie Treats
 Categories: Snacks, Cookies, Chocolate
      Yield: 1 batch

           Sugar cookie dough; ho-made
           - or store bought)
           Marshmallows
           Confectioner's sugar
           Decorator's icing
           Chocolate chewy candies
           Green Dots candies
           Chocolate Chips
           Yellow hard candies
           Ring shaped gummies

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           Rolling pin
           Flour
           Wax paper
           Baking sheet
           Cooling rack
           Kitchen knife

  HOW TO MAKE IT: Print the template and cut out the pieces.

  Roll the cookie dough out to 1/4" thickness on a
  flour-dusted sheet of wax paper. For each cookie, use the
  template pieces as a pattern to cut a tow truck body, a
  front bumper, and a side view mirror bar from the dough.
  Bake and cool the cookie pieces according to the recipe
  directions.

  For each tow truck, place a marshmallow on a piece of wax
  paper dusted with confectioner's sugar and use a rolling
  pin to roll it as thin as possible. Then use the template
  pieces to cut out a marshmallow windshield and two
  marshmallow teeth.

  Likewise, roll flat the chocolate chewy candies (if the
  candy is too stiff, you can microwave it for up to 5
  seconds to soften it). Use the template pieces to cut out
  a candy mouth and windshield trim for each cookie.

  To assemble each Tow Mater treat, first use dabs of
  decorator icing to stick the windshield and mouth pieces
  in place. Then top the windshield with the trim piece. For
  eyes, slice two circle shapes from a green Dots candy.
  Then press a chocolate chip, tip down, into the center of
  each circle. Use dabs of frosting to hold the eyes in
  place atop the windshield. Next, stick the teeth atop the
  mouth. Add a yellow hard candy for a "shining" headlight
  and a ring shaped gummy for a broken headlight.

  Use decorator's icing to attach a front bumper to each
  truck. Then stick the side view mirror bar to the back of
  the cookie so that the ends extend beyond the cab above
  the headlights. For mirrors, slice another Tootsie Roll in
  half vertically and stick one halve to each end of the
  mirror bar.

  Picture @ http://family.disney.com/recipes/tow-mater-cookie-treats

  From: http://family.disney.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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