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Skriven 2014-12-21 21:59:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: nuts & sweets 461
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-17-14  03:27 <=-

 ML>> I'll get them if there's only a premium of a couple bucks a
 ML>> pound over other preferred nuts (cashews, etc.) but will not
 ML>> pay luxury prices for them. 
 NB>> A little bag of them at Lori's doesn't break the budget...
 ML> But does a little bag satisfy the urge?

Generally...  and I manage to make it last for a little while anyway...
it's a balance between making it last and eating them before they go
rancid on me... I'll have other nuts around to be nibbling at as well,
which makes it go a little farther...  ;)
 
 ML>> served in a ramekin anyway. I actually agree that the niceties
 ML>> should be observed, and one should be asked "would you like
 ML>> some nuts" (forestalling allergy issues, among other things),
 ML>> and in first class one shouldn't be served a packet of nuts.
 NB>> Etiquette..  ;)   No, I'd not seen that, but then my sources of news
 NB>> are rather limited in scope, and that sort of odd bit doesn't usually
 NB>> make it to NPR top of the hour headlines...  ;)
 ML> The only good thing one can say about the massacres and
 ML> hostage crises is that they keep this kind of things out
 ML> of the headlines. Maybe only those of us who have vital
 ML> interest in flying on airplanes paid attention to this,
 ML> but it's had quite the buzz in these circles.
 
I imagine it would have made the buzz in flyer circles... And it's the
sort of thing that might "go viral" on social media (which I have no
part in, at all)...

 ML>> the VP was fired, despite her being the daughter of the
 ML>> chairman of the board.
 NB>> OTR, was she...?   ;>  Quite the over-reaction, to say the least...
 NB>> and not surprising that it gave indication that she was in a position
 NB>> for which she was not suited...  ;/
 ML> She's 40 years old. If she were 25, one might almost be
 ML> able to excuse her overreaction, but at 40 one should
 ML> perhaps be held to a higher standard.

One might think.  I know some pretty childish 40-year-olds, though...

 ML>> Odd side effect: in Korea there has been a boom in sales of
 ML>> macadamia nuts.
 NB>> Interesting. ;)
 ML> Partially symbolic, as in solidarity with the flight
 ML> attendants. After all, the consumer public is pretty much
 ML> the same class as that as the staff, not the executives.

Indeed.
 
 ML>> Other peculiar news is that the youngest faculty member of the
 ML>> Harvard Law School was overcharged $4 for a Chinese takeout
 ML>> order and kicked up an almost equal furor by sending a request
 ML>> to the restaurant for treble damages (i.e., $12). Funny thing
 ML>> is the vehemence of the reaction against him when he is in all
 ML>> respects, except for public relations, right.
 NB>> Public relations rules, of course...  Sufficient, probably, it would
 NB>> have been to just ask for the overage to be returned... and not have
 NB>> caused such a furor...
 ML> Even treble damages, if asked for quietly.
 ML> But if, as was the case, the restaurant website offered the lower
 ML> price, the restaurant should be held accountable. This wasn't some
 ML> Menuism type site, it was the place's own.

True, one should honor one's posted prices... Was this something that
was delivered, perhaps, and not picked up (or ordered and eaten) at the
restaurant...?  I may be naive, but, I'd only expect the restaurant to
give me back what they overcharged, and treat it as an accident...
unless there was some wide-spread pattern of their overcharging
customers, and I was aware of it...  and even then, probably I'd just
not bother patronizing them anymore...  :)
 
 ML>> The rather pale-looking and -tasting rawer nuts have
 ML>> their appeal, mostly as a novelty.
 NB>> I think that HelenLou prefered them rawer... she called them sneeze
 NB>> nuts, and it was her favorite nut..  :)
 ML> Do they make you sneeze? Trader Joe's had a black pepper cashew
 ML> offering that tasted pretty good but made one sneeze.

I think it was just her joke at the name, that sounded like a sneeze,
not that she actually sneezed while eating them... ;)  Lori's has a
ginger agave cashew that can heat up one's mouth if one eats enough all
at once, though... :)

 ML>> that some of the nuts were rancid.
 NB>> Had a similar experience with a bag of DeMet's Turtles

 ML> Worth a letter. You might get something to take the bad
 ML> taste out of your mouth.

Possibly... hadn't even thought of that, just went on to another one...
Now if they all (or mostly) were bad, I'd be writing or calling them. :) 
 
 ML>> Carrot Kheer
 NB>> A different sort of kheer than I'm familiar with... :)  Does kheer
 NB>> just mean pudding, actually...?
 ML> I think so. Maybe a liquidy one - the more solid puddings
 ML> seem to be classified as halwa.

Hmmm..

 ML> I've seen sevian (vermicelli) kheer as well as zucchini
 ML> kheer, which strikes me as just plain wrong.

Agreed... or at the very least very odd... 

 ML> And what's to say about this?
 ML> Title: Yogurt with Cumcumber and Mint (Kheere Ka Raita)
 ML> Categories: Indian, Side dish
 ML> 2 2/3 c  Plain yogurt            1 ea Cucumber peeled and grated
 ML> 2 T  Finely chopped fresh mint   1/2 t  Roasted cumin seeds 
 ML> 1/4 t  Cayenne pepper            1 t  Salt
 ML> 1/4 t  Black pepper

I'd've just thought that would be some variety of raita, actually.. ;)

ttyl        neb

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