Text 25349, 106 rader
Skriven 2015-03-25 21:38:40 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 25295 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: NYC & silly 411
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Hi Michael,

 ML> Eh. Some people like NYC, some don't, I'm in the middle.
 RH> I could just as well do without it. It sucks too much money from the
 RH> rest of the state.

 ML> Back in the '70s that was certainly true, but in the
 ML> longer term, the balance sheet isn't so bad, as not only
 ML> do the big cities (not just NYC - Boston, Chicago, LA)
 ML> use too many resources, they generate disproportionately
 ML> greater revenue too - sometimes they take a bit more,
 ML> sometimes they give a bit more, it probably eventually
 ML> evens out. Cities are not a good or a bad thing, they just

I don't know, I'd still like to see a balance sheet for NY and environs.
I know that all the voters in the rest of the state couldn't override
the NYC voters in a couple of Senate elections a while ago.

 ML> are. If it weren't for NYC, some other place would have to
 ML> fill the role, and probably not substantially better -
 ML> imagine an overgrown Buffalo, for example, yuck.

Buffalo's bad enough as is, an overgrown one is not a pretty, even if
imagined, picture.


 ML> Flushing is as close as I can come in the US to what
 ML> I've eaten in Singapore and Taiwan and Hong Kong.
 RH> I've not been to Asia so I've no standards of authenticity to judge
 RH> against.

 ML> Part of the point of my posting is to describe ("share"
 ML> is too pretentious) my experience.

We sort of get the picture. Some of the places are easier to imagine
than others. Of course what helps is having been in similar areas for
some of it. The meals/food descriptions tho, we can all relate to in one
form or another. After all, we all eat. (G)


 ML> cat: seafood, fancy
 RH> Worth trying or better to just enjoy somebody else's work? (G)
 ML> I sometimes editorialize a bit. When I add "fancy" to the
 ML> categories, it usually means not worth the effort unless
 ML> you're a foodie (and you know how I hate that word and
 ML> the concept as well). When I say "pretentious," it means
 ML> not worth the effort and expense at all. I doubt Baleen's
 ML> would be worth the effort, though it probably tastes good
 RH> IOW, sit back and let someone else do the work, just enjoy the
 RH> results.

 ML> If I said "pretentious" instead, that would be no-so-veiled code
 ML> that I'd not likely bother with it even if I weren't cooking.

IOW, read, enjoy the read, but don't expect to try it (or have anyone
else try it) for the next picnic.


 ML>       Title: Roast Turkey with Sage & Sausage Stuffing
 ML>  Categories: Poultry, Pretentious, NYC Ballet
 RH> A tweak here & there will make most things better, including
 RH> directions. (G)

 ML> This was not a bad recipe, and actually the pretention here was
 ML> mostly the Port, which not only would make the dish obnoxious to
 ML> you, but is a wholly unnecessary expense. When I am really irked
 ML> by a recipe, sometimes I call it "silly" as well -

OK, we've got an idea of your descriptors now. We'll know when you're
posting a workable recipe vs a totally off the wall one.

 ML> Sweet corn soup with foie gras, baby corn, and popcorn
 ML> cat: airline, pretentious, silly
 ML> Serves: 4

Even the title to this is off the wall, first clue that it's not a
recipe I'd save in MM or other format.

 ML> Salt, to taste
 ML> h - For the garnish
 ML> 5 g foie gras, seasoned with salt and pepper, and seared
 ML> 3 g fresh-popped popcorn, grated in a blender or coffee grinder
 ML> 3 g baby corn, diced

 ML> [M's note: the garnish seems pretty scanty given the
 ML> generosity of the soup. If my math is right, this is 20+
 ML> oz liquid and and almost 1 lb solids per serving of soup,
 ML> though the recipe might be allowing for the kitchen
 ML> staff to get a bowlful each. And a tenth of an ounce of
 ML> garnish per big, perhaps gigantic, bowl, pretty weird.
 ML> Even if the garnish numbers are per person, that's still
 ML> just a heaped tablespoon each.]

Somebody might have made a copying error or whoever wrote it up
originally might have figured the garnish as insignificant.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... I am positive that a definite maybe is probably in order.

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