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 JW> Apparently there are several of them around the world; Wiki even
 JW> has a list of them.

Well, just because it's a beastly number doesn't mean that
others can't use it too. (I don't see what's so beastly about
it anyway, despite its being mentioned in a pejorative context
in Apocalypse/Revelations).

 ML> insulting name that I forget - toddler bread or something like
 ML> that (later) the bread is called "bunny bread"
 JW> Mr. Google says "Bunny" is a regional brand owned by the same
 JW> company as the current owner of Wonder bread.

Ah.

 >> Considering that the colonizing powers seldom sent their best and
 >> brightest, none of this is a big surprise.
 JW> Yeah, a lot of black sheep and remittance men. At least we didn't
 JW> get a bunch of criminals like Australia did.

Or at least ones dumb enough to get caught.

 >> That's where I belong, then!
 JW> Me too. Maybe I'm part Chinese?

Perhaps. Nothing like a good mixture.

You could get a genetic profile done.

Which makes me wonder - have people had more than one done,
and if so, were the results the same?

 JW> There is a recent buzz on the interwebs that there's a link between
 JW> high testosterone levels and the love of spicy food. The thought is
 JW> that high testosterone levels leads to taking more risks.
 JW> "When you have high testosterone levels you're more likely to look
 JW> for stimulation and excitement. There's also this culture of showing
 JW> off among men with high testosterone."

My friend Trisha loved hot food, but her husband just couldn't
take anything more than what you'd get as medium in a cheap
Chinese restaurant. It was a source of amusement to all, even
to him.

 JW> There is no evidence that the reverse is true, that eating spice
 JW> increases testosterone but that hasn't stopped new age quacks and
 JW> unscrupulous spice merchants from setting up shopping websites.

I had another friend, Mormon, who couldn't stand hot food but had
a cupboard full of Shaklee cayenne pepper in capsules. He said
that it was the best and most powerful natural stimulant. I
brought up caffeine, and he then said that it was the best and
most powerful allowed natural stimulant.

Anyhow, if that were true, I'd be looking like an age reversal ad.

 >> Sauteed Kidneys with Broccoli, Anchovies, and Chili Pepper
 >> Chichi Wang, seriouseats.com
 JW> I like that girl!

Sometimes she comes up with pretty appetizing stuff.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.04

      Title: CHICKEN SZECHUAN-STYLE WITH SESAME PASTE
 Categories: Chinese, Chicken, Appetizers
   Servings:  6

      2    Whole chicken beasts,               3    Slices fresh ginger, minced
           Skinned and boned                   1    Scallion (white part only),
      2 tb Szechuan peppercorns                     Chopped
      4 tb Sesame paste                        1 cl Garlic, minced fine
      3 tb Green tea                       1 1/2 tb Dry sherry or
      2 tb Wine vinegar                             Shaoshing wine
  2 1/2 ts Soy sauce                         1/2 ts Cayenne pepper
      3 tb Peanut oil                               Lettuce leaves
      2 ts Crushed red pepper *

  *  or you substitute 2 whole chili peppers, crushed. In a pot, poach the
  chicken breasts in a little boiling water for 10 minutes until white and
  opaque. In a dry frying pan, toast the Szechuan peppercorns over moderate
  heat, then crust or grind them; set aside. Remove the chicken breasts from
  the pot, drain and cool them.  Slice them, then shred the slices into
  julienne pieces. In a mixing bowl, combine the sesame paste and green tea
  (or the peanut butter and sesame oil -- See NOTE). Add the vinegar and soy
  sauce; blend well. Add the peanut oil, red pepper, ginger, scallion,
  garlic, sherry, cayenne pepper, and the peppercorns. Mix all ingredients
  very well. Toss the chicken strips in this sauce, to coat. Refrigerate
  until 20 minutes before serving. Pass the chicken and the lettuce leaves
  separately, and let each guest place a small portion of the chicken in the
  middle of a lettuce leaf and roll it up like an egg roll to eat using
  fingers.  Makes 6 appetizer servings.

  NOTE:  The authentic recipe calls for green tea to thin the sesame seed
  paste,
       but you may substitute chicken broth, or simply water, if you prefer.
       Another substitution you may make if you wish is peanut butter for the
       sesame seed paste along with sesame oil instead of green tea.
       This dish is served cold or at room temperature and can be made a day
       ahead . -- Verdi

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