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Skriven 2013-06-30 22:06:00 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1984 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: fancy that 791
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Interesting to see how the same dish changes, even subtilly, as it
 RH> moves from region to region. It's almost an entirely different
 RH> iteration at each end of the journey.

 ML> Actually, in this case, it appears to me to be a rather
 ML> minor change from one end of the thousand miles to the other.
 ML> Further, it doesn't take learning from one's grandma; someone
 ML> from Guangdong can learn to make it Hunan-style, and vice versa.

OK, I guess I should have read it more closely than I did. long day,
doing mail in the evening and eyes starting to give out on me.


 RH> I grew up with my parents really having to stretch the budget to make
 RH> ends meet. There were no pretentions

 ML> My parents were all about appearances and "the best." In some
 ML> ways I learned well, seeking out as I do at times not necessarily
 ML> "the best" but certainly the "most different"; I've made
 ML> substantial sacrifices and compromises to indulge my curiosities.

My parents usually bought cheap stuff--"it's what we can afford" so
there was not the quality to some things that should have lasted, but
didn't. When my mom started working at the school, she & Dad bought a
new sofa & easy chair for the living room. Trouble is, the upholstry on
what they got was not a quality one so within a yeat, they had to be
reupholstered. This time they went with a heavy fabric that's lasted,
but in a color that didn't (and doesn't) go with the color they'd
painted the living room. The chair has since been moved out but the sofa
is still there, offending my color sensibilities every time we go to
visit.  OTOH, the main cookware in the kitchen is Reverewear, but that
came thru inheritance.

 ML> parts of vegetables of which the commonly used parts are
 ML> elsewhere. How's that for a sentence.
 RH> Spoken like one who has a strong Eastern influence in his culinary
 RH> background. (G)

 ML> I suppose, but I really don't care for vegetable vegetables.
 ML> Green pepper leaves, squash leaves, cucumber leaves, pea leaves,
 ML> these all intrigue me, and I prefer them to green peppers and
 ML> peas, let alone squashes and cucumbers.

But for the most part, I like the regular vegetables. I'd rather have
red, yellow or orange peppers than green but the green work about as
well in a lot of what I cook.


 ML> Rabbit cacciatore
 RH> A bit different from the usual chicken, but all in all, the same
 RH> techniques, taste, etc.

 ML> That's one of the secrets. You know the master recipe, you
 ML> can vary it with ease.

Just have to know the master recipe........

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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