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Skriven 2015-05-28 19:55:56 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 27484 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Most likely the inquisitiveness of a dog.

 ML> Depending on the dog.

 RH> Knowing that the quills can be "thrown" for a fair distance,
 RH> I plan to keep my distance from any porcupines that may be at the pond.

 ML> Not much throwing involved. The critters are just dexterous
 ML> in the tail and backside department and move in directions
 ML> that dogs don't anticipate.

Which, at some point, somebody interpreted as "throwing" and that got
stuck in the tales of porcupine-dom half of forever. An old mountain
wive's tale debunked?


 ML>       Title: Cocada Imperial (Imperial Coconut Flan)
 RH> Steve had this at the Peruvian restaurant we ate at a few months ago.
 RH> He liked it; I don't like coconut so I ordered (and enjoyed) a regular
 RH> flan.
 ML> This would have been a good child's introduction to the fruit.
 RH> Better'n a coconut Lifesaver. (G)

 ML> I'd really like a coconut Lifesaver.

 ML> Do you dislike other palm fruit products, some of which have
 ML> a flavor that I find reminiscent of coconut?

What other palm fruits are there besides dates (like those, hate the
sugar hit)?


 ML> Turns out, as I track my culinary history, that I too used to
 ML> intensely dislike coconut, because of an early introduction to
 ML> the dried shredded stuff. That went away gradually, starting

That's all we ever had in the house when I was growing up.


 ML> when I was trick-or-treating for Unicef back around 1960, when
 ML> one of the mostly gracious answerers insisted that I take a
 ML> Brach's Neapolitan and a piece of nougat, which she pronounced
 ML> in the French style, nougahhh, as well as a nickel or dime: in
 ML> those days, the guidelines discouraged taking both candy and
 ML> donations. Out of politeness I sampled them and discovered

AFAIK, we were never aware of guidelines like that. We got both candy
for ourselves and money for Unicef at the same time. Usually pennies or
nickels, occaisionally dimes or quarters.


 ML> that insofar as there was no place to hock up the coconut,
 ML> chewing and swallowing and smiling and saying thank you was
 ML> the sensible course of action. The discovery of fresh coconut
 ML> was a great breakthrough, and pina coladas (which I don't try
 ML> to drink any more) sealed the deal.

We took all candy home before consuming it.

 ML>       1 c  Slated pecans; chopped
 RH> ???????
 RH> What kind of pecan is that?

 ML> A dyslexic one.

 ML> Salted. PATTI VDRJ67A or her Boswell was not always the
 ML> most careful of typists.

I think we all do that from time to time. It's fun, sometimes, to
discover "new" foods" that way. (G)

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Ruth
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