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Skriven 2013-07-18 14:12:01 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 2352 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 12 Jul 13  07:33:00 <=-

 ML>> I welcomed even those, but my interaction with gelatin in
 ML>> hospitals usually has come after a period of deprivation.
 NB>> My interaction with it in hospitals has tended to be less than
 NB>> pleasant, as well, but that's mostly because it isn't something that
 NB>> my empty stomach will willingly deal with nicely... and it's usually
 NB>> the first thing proffered after coming out of anesthesia... crackers
 NB>> and gingerale are safer for me...  :)
 ML> Better to feed you something that won't make you urp
 ML> when you're just coming out of anesthesia.

Quite.  My first anesthesia it caught me by surprise...  I think it was a
subsequent one where I thought I was ok for it, and the urp came after
I'd changed back to my street clothes...  Now I just avoid it.

 ML> I still don't see the animus people have against Jell-O, though.
 
I quite like it, in other circumstances... but most hospital gelatins
seem to be of lesser quality... or at least historically so...  :)

 ML>> - I would venture a guess that these people did not tell the
 ML>> transit authority that they were playing hooky. 
 NB>> Probably not...  their own bosses probably okayed it, didn't bother
 NB>> checking up the line...

 ML> That's probably yet another reason for the prevalence
 ML> of outsourcing: removal of accountability. When you have
 ML> an issue, whom do you complain to?

Indeed.  Of course, I suppose that one could just complain all the way
up the line, stopping at each level... enough aggravation, and maybe
something would be done...?  ;0
 
 ML> Went with Gail and Dale to the Official BBQ in Harrisburg,
 ML> where the meat was nicely and expertly smoked, though the
 ML> sauces needed work - more later in the trip report. Pulled
 ML> pork came soaked in a very vinegary NC-style drizzle, brisket
 ML> was topped with a KC-style sweet sauce. I didn't order the
 ML> brisket extra moist for some reason, and it came pretty lean
 ML> but surprisingly tender. If we go back, the consensus is that
 ML> we'll order without sauce and just take advantage of the
 ML> squeeze bottles of sauce in the dining area.

That way you can control how much of the sauce gets put on... sounds
like you might at least consider going back there... :)

 ML>> What your place calls "pearly rice" is generally known by the less
 ML>> picturesque name "doong," transliterated as "dump."
 NB>> I don't know what the Chinese characters call it...  By any name it is
 NB>> quite tasty...

 ML> Should be one character. 

I'll try to remember to look next time I see the menu...  :)

 ML> Tasty indeed, especially if you like dried shrimp, which most
 ML> white folks don't. Are sure you aren't Chinese in disguise?

There are days I do wonder... ;)   If they're using dried shrimp in it,
it tastes fine to me... there are a number of other things in there too,
so the shrimp isn't the only thing... but I don't think I'd dislike it
even if it were the only thing... :)

ttyl         neb

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