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     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: that's peculiar 722
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-27-15  08:42 <=-

 >  ML> it. It would have made a main course for 6 to 8, a
 >  ML> generous starter for 8 to 16, or a modest starter for
 >  ML> up to 30 maybe.
 > So, if I understand correctly, you and Benita laid out just the hundred
 > bucks for the treat...  :)
 ML> We actually had this in the context of a 4-course meal,
 ML> of which we cancelled one of the courses. It turned out
 ML> to be more like a $200 meal, all told. It was in somewhat
 ML> richer and more self-indulgent days.

Indeed... :)  Quite the indulgent meal, too... :)
 
 >  ML> We made a good dent in it, but I didn't seek out foie
 >  ML> gras for some years after that.
 > Rather a surfeit of goodness, I imagine... ;)  Did either of you take
 > the leftovers home...?
 ML> Yep, she did, and they went bad.

She couldn't eat it fast enough, or couldn't face anymore after all...?
 
 >  >  ML> How is Watertown to get to from the camp?
 >  > Not bad at all, actually...  and now that I know where the airport is
 >  > exactly, probably easier in many ways than Syracuse
 >  ML> Not that one is actually going to get the opportunity ... .
 > Just a nice piece of information, should it become useful...  ;)
 ML> Indeed. If one should happen to be in that area and if
 ML> one should need to get away expeditiously.
 
Yup...  ;)

 >  ML> things that don't get mentioned elsewhere, such as
 >  ML> canned pork brains, canned cheeseburgers, and the
 >  ML> aforementioned Blind Robins.
 > So, who cans pork brains and cheeseburgers...?   I've seen frozen
 > cheeseburgers, of course...  :)   And how did Blind Robins get their
 > name, being as they are herring... ;)

 ML> 1. Someone called Rose, now owned by Boone Brands from North
 ML> Carolina, though in my youth you could see Armour brand in
 ML> the stores.

Armour used to have all sorts of canned meatstuffs in the stores...

 ML> This is from boonbrands.com -
 ML> The Honorable Howard Coble, United States Congressman,
 ML> North Carolina - Favorite Breakfast “Brains N’ Eggsö:
 ML> When I was a youngster, my mom used to prepare 
 ML> Brains N' Eggs for breakfast. It was a fairly
 ML> regular breakfast, not at all unusual. So that's
 ML> when I started eating them and I enjoyed them
 ML> ever since, but I can't find any on Capitol Hill.
 ML> I'll admit the name of the dish is not the most 
 ML> appetizing, but try ‘'em you might like 'em! 

I take it one should mix the canned brains with scrambled eggs for that
one...? 

 ML> 2. Some lunatics from Switzerland. The brand name
 ML> is Trek'n Eat.

Ah, ok...  UDD suggests that they might be found at a camping/sports
equipment store...

 ML> 3. Brand name, I believe.
 
Ok, maybe that makes a little sense... ;)

 >  ML> As opposed to Bourdain eating charred warthog 
 >  ML> bungs, another kind of grossout factor (I've
 >  ML> eaten bungs, but not in the uncleaned state
 >  ML> as depicted in the TV show).
 > Indeed a different sort of grossout factor...  
 ML> Properly cooked they are rather like tripe.

That's what I had guessed they might... being somewhat related...

 ML> Which reminds me that it has been a good long time
 ML> since I've had red-cooked pig tripe, which I recall
 ML> as being very, very good.

Time to search out the raw materials...?

 > Never kept marshmallows in the fridge or freezer, always have been in
 > the cupboard or similar...  How difficult is it to make marshmallows,
 > then...?  And would they be more similar to the ones of my youth...?
 ML> I must have answered this - in my head if nothing else.
 ML> 1. Not particularly.
 ML> 2. Maybe. I didn't live your youth so can't tell.

I suppose it might have been a little before your time... I remember the
tastiness of the stale ones mostly from when we lived in Indiana, so
I'd've been no more than 6 at the time... 

 > ... Vindaloo has replaced haggis as the national dish of Scotland
 ML> If that's true, that's heartening.

I suspect it's only a tagline... and not necessarily true... only
possibly commentary... ;)   Along with the one below......

ttyl       neb

... Chicken Tikka Masala not fish 'n chips is the national British dish.

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