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Skriven 2016-01-20 17:52:48 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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> Richard and I were at the Volvo dealer recently, getting something done
> on my car, sitting in the waiting area... there was this BOOM... turned
> out a wheel had come loose from a car down the street

Seems to be commoner than previously thought. I wonder
there aren't more stories of people getting crowned by
the things more often.

==

>  > Ah, welll.... maybe it's humor......? ;/
>  ML> The joke, I suspect, will be on the stockholders.
> I suppose we'll find out eventually...  With any luck, the quality of
> the food won't slip as a consequence....

I still hold Popeye's, even if called P, in high esteem.
I was munching on an ayam goreng (lemongrass fried chicken)
thigh yesterday and caught myself thinking, this is okay,
but it doesn't hold a candle to Popeye's spicy.

>  ML> Apparently not. Though she eats pate and such (same
>  ML> with Lilli, who has acquired a taste for foie gras).
> I guess some things have such a cachet to them that one forgets what
> their reality is... ;) 

Perhaps, though foie gras is a special case, being that
it is so much better than other liver.

>  > I take it that you cooked up that bit of the chicken... :)  I can
>  > imagine some thinking that somewhat gross, but I think it sounds quite
>  > lovely, actually...  :)
>  ML> She actually sucked it up and cooked the pieces that
>  ML> she'd normally have thrown out.
> Including the fat and skin...?  

Yep; in fact she had no clue what to do with the lumps
of fat, so she coated them like regular chicken and fried
it. The first bite was okay.

>  >  ML> cooking than the package indicated; but at the end, it
>  >  ML> was okay. On reheating it was almost real. 
>  > That's not too bad then...  :)
>  ML> Not at all, considering it was reconstituted out of a
>  ML> mass-market box. Still I think not so good as Popeye's, 
>  ML> or mine, or anyone competent's made from scratch, if it 
>  ML> comes to that.
> And in the right hands, even a mass-market box can turn out not too bad,
> so long as it isn't nasty to begin with... ;)

Generally I'd prefer cooking things from scratch, but
in the case of beans, I can see the point of canned or 
freeze-dried (or however Zatarain's manages to do it).

Kik Wot (Red Lintel Stew)
categories: Ethiopian, main
servings: 10

4 c split lintel
1 lg onion fine chopped
1 c oil
5 ts minced or powder garlic
2 Tb Berbere
2 ts salt or tt
8 c water or as desired

In large pot, saute onion, garlic, and Berbere with 
oil. Add lintel and water continue to simmer 20 min 
at low heat, stirring occasionally until lintel fully 
cooked. Serve hot with Injera.

source: Ethio Imports
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