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Skriven 2013-10-09 11:21:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: MidEastern was: Asian
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-05-13  20:03 <=-

 NB>>> Gyros are also available at the sit-down places as one of the
 NB>>> various options... haven't been to the street fair things in
 NB>>> ages, either..
 RH>> You may have to go with the sit down option.
 NB>> I'm thinking that when I next go for lunch with my friend Donna, that
 NB>> may be the best choice of places to go... there's a little sit-down
 NB>> place she likes a lot, as do I...  ;)

 RH> Give us a write up if you do go.

It won't be until late this month... I'll try to remember... :)
 
 NB>> Oh, they do that various places in Rochester, at times... various
 NB>> neighborhoods have their festivals, sometimes closing off streets,
 NB>> sometimes (like our neighborhood) appropriating a small park...  I've
 NB>> just not been getting to them like I used to.

 RH> We're sort of off and on-ish about going. If it's "in our back yard"
 RH> we're more apt to go than if we've got to drive to get to it.

Likewise... and then there have been time, timing and similar issues... 

 RH> In Frankfurt our church had a partnership with a German Baptist
 RH> congregation so when they took part in a street fest, they invited our
 RH> church to join them. We had a good time working, and wandering the
 RH> fest that afternoon.
 
That does sound like a wonderful time..  :)

 NB>> It helps remember exact details when it's pegged to some other
 NB>> memorable occurance, after all..  ;)  I think I first tried tripe and
 NB>> kidneys during the time in Syracuse when Richard encouraged me to try
 NB>> cooking them... fortunately I didn't ruin them so badly that I'd never
 NB>> try again... ;)  In fact, both came out fairly decently..  ;) 

 RH> I don't think I've ever tried them. 

Tripe I come across regularly as part of dim sum offerings, cooked
Chinese style...  Kidneys I don't usually see... maybe some Brit Pub
type of place might have steak&kidney pie on offer, but we aren't going
to those places...  ;)  Haven't done anything myself with them for ages
now... 

 RH> But you're right, having an association helps remember a food (or
 RH> event). We had our first calamari (but not our last) in Monterey
 RH> as well, in a converted cannery. 

Extra pegs help fix memories... :)

 NB>> Squid bodies stuffed and in tomato sauce were probably in the early
 NB>> years here in this house... I don't remember experimenting with them
 NB>> before that. 

 RH> Only times I've tried doing anything with squid was to make calamari
 RH> and that was when we were living off post at Fort Hood. It's one thing
 RH> I leave to others to fix now as they usually know how to prepare it
 RH> more efficiently.

I get enough squid to satisfy nowadays from other people fixing it...
when our son was still around, and taking us out for dinner once a week,
if salt and pepper squid tentacles were on the menu, it would be
ordered...  :)   And it shows up regularly (usually not too overcooked)
in various forms on the Asian buffets we go to...  :)  

 NB>>> True...  I've become quite used to the NY laws prohibiting...
 NB>>> easy to forget until you walk in that some states don't have
 NB>>> that in place. :)
 RH>> And then you catch a whiff of tobacco smoke and think "yuck, get me
 RH>> out of here!".
 NB>> Or, at the very least... "yuck... oh well, hope it doesn't get any
 NB>> worse..."  especially places where you don't know of any viable better
 NB>> alternatives...  :)

 RH> Sometimes the best bet for me is to walk out and find another place.

Especially with the asthma, yes... 

ttyl        neb

... Being normal isn't one of my weaknesses.

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