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Skriven 2014-12-31 13:04:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: IPT 509
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-27-14  09:40 <=-

 NB>>> Oh probably not...  but I suppose one could just mix it well before
 NB>>> serving, and even it out mostly...  ;)
 ML>> Then one would just be able to watch it bleed.
 NB>> Oooooh... psychedelic...  (G)
 ML> From what I recall of psychedelia, the colors come in very
 ML> distinct, almost chiseled-looking, bands. The rather milder
 ML> pinks and whites of a red cabbage salad would be more oozy
 ML> and messy.

Psychedelia for the 21st century... ;)
 
 ML>> Annie complained that I wasn't chipper and perky (actually
 ML>> was kind of grumpy) and didn't eat like I was supposed to.
 NB>> She's not used to you not being closer to 100%, I suppose... 
 ML> I'm not, either, though in recent years I've spent a
 ML> lot more daytime time snoozing or staring at the ceiling.

Old grey mare aint what used to be... and all that... But still a
surprise when we can't do what we thought we could... 
 
 ML>> I'm back in Williamsport now and expected to eat like a
 ML>> man - still not feeling up to it, though.
 NB>> Sad time of year to not feel up to eating... probably have to retrain
 NB>> your digestive system after its recent ordeal...
 ML> Did you see the recent "news" article that claimed, based
 ML> on dubious estimating, that your average American consumes
 ML> 7000 Calories on Christmas? That I don't buy, but half that
 ML> would be a conservative estimate. I think I ate 2000 tops.

Definitely off your feed.  Dunno about the average American, but I could
well imagine some consuming that 7000 calories pretty easily, with all
the candy and sweets available, and the focus probably more on fatty
foods than lean for Christmas.  And the propensity to overeat at the
Christmas feast, just like at Thanksgiving... and probably more alcohol
than at Thanksgiving as well, in many cases...  

 ML>> Probably going to see her this week - she's in Williamsport
 ML>> too.
 NB>> She might have some ideas of what might be useful tonics (in the old
 NB>> sense).... 
 ML> She brought her husband and a Key lime pie. Her greatest
 ML> utility was reminding Annie that I am in fact lucky to be
 ML> even at half power.

That's useful, too, though... ;)

 ML> After Annie pricked Anne's balloon by calling our Christmas
 ML> dinner Episcopalian and WASPy (which it was), she turned
 ML> right around and made pot roast and yeast rolls for dinner,
 ML> under the impression that Dan, the doc's husband, ate only
 ML> white bread food. Turns out he'll eat anything, but the pot
 ML> roast was good, despite the unorthodox way of preparation -
 ML> browned a chuck roast, threw it in the crockpot with raw
 ML> onions uncut, raw celery, and raw carrots. Put it on to simmer
 ML> for 6 hours or so. Oh, yes, half a bottle of red wine, which
 ML> I had to remind her to boil up first, as crockpot heat would
 ML> not be sufficient to cook off the alcohol. Bay and thyme. The
 ML> only problem was large onions uncut and cooked on top of a
 ML> stew end up rotting up there instead of blending in, so there
 ML> was a temporary smell of sulfurous onion. Luckily, that
 ML> dissipated readily, and the food tasted pretty good.

So one should put the onions lower in the pot, perhaps beneath the
meat...?  At least the sulfurousness was only temporary, and didn't
affect the end results...  :)

 ML> I had a quarter pound of chuck fat, a roll, and a couple
 ML> carrots.
 
That's pretty meager for you, to be sure.  :)

 NB>> Speaking of spicy, has your ability to eat spicy things been affected
 NB>> by the recent events, too...?
 ML> Not until an hour later. Food has begun to go through me
 ML> like a shot (I've always had that tendency), and so lots
 ML> of undigested capsaicin ends up down where it can cause
 ML> the most discomfort. I've taken to eating smaller doses
 ML> of hots. Speaking of which, Annie has gotten me a packet
 ML> of dried ghost chiles, which I haven't had the courage
 ML> to confront yet.

I can see where your current state of health is a bit bewildering to
Annie... here she thought she had it all figured out (with of course
still being somewhat off-course before anyway, but not too too far off,
generally) and now things that you used to enjoy are scary even to
you...  Of course ghosts are a bit scary anyway...  ;)

ttyl         neb

... Pour Champagne into flute. Drink. Makes lovely music.

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