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Skriven 2013-05-27 09:36:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: weird real/perceived 612
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 ML> Showing that perceptions of weirdness change, and if you
 ML> are too strange for one time and place, wait a while.
 NB> Eventually the curve will catch up to you... :)   Or twist around and
 NB> meet you... (G)

Something like that.

 ML> So I went to get my supper at Stop and Shop, and feeling sort
 ML> of flush went to try to find some nondairy yogurt, but there
 ML> wasn't any. I got me a steak instead. Probably a good choice.
 NB> Probably just as well.  :)  Does Stop and Shop generally carry a
 NB> selection of that sort of thing...?

I don't know. That particular one didn't. The Wegmans stores I
go to do, even the one in Williamsport, but when I go there my
host pays the grocery bill no questions asked, and I don't want
to have someone else pay for my self-indulgent experiments.

 ML> It becomes a purely economic decision. I think that fresh-fried
 ML> bacon in a skillet that smells up the house is the best, plus
 ML> you get the bonus of lots of delicious and useful bacon fat,
 ML> but beyond that, eh. I guess you could squeeze your used paper
 ML> towels into some spinach ...
 NB> Or nuke the bacon and spinach in the same dish... ;)  Just put the
 NB> bacon atop the spinach...

The wetness of the spinach would change the texture of the bacon.
Otherwise a good idea.

 ML> Steamed baby spinach
 ML> categories: astonishing, stupid, not kidding
 NB> For this one needs a recipe...??!  

That's the point. The dish isn't stupid, just the perceived
need for a recipe.

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 ML> Which makes it doubly worrisome for me, as most of the meat
 ML> I willingly ingest is rare, perhaps never having achieved a
 ML> temperature that would denature those antibiotics.
 NB> I knew that heat can kill the bugs... but I didn't know that heat
 NB> changes the antibiotics...

They typically start degrading at high room temperatures,
but I don't know about inside muscle meat; the labels tell
you not to store antibiotics above an arbitrary 30C.

 SH> Title: Truffes Au Chocolat (Chocolate Truffles)
 ML> That's pretty much it. I don't think the cream is necessary;
 ML> my sister used a little brandy or liqueur instead, as I recall
 NB> That would give a different taste aspect... :)   So one does need a
 NB> little liquid beyond the chocolate and butter...?

Not really.

 ML> - food prep was the only time she used adult beverages, taking
 ML> only a small whiff of the wine that her husband and I drank,
 ML> deigning to take a sip only when the wine was of the first
 ML> rank, so she actually was one of the few who never actually
 ML> tasted bad wine in her lifetime.
 NB> Never had a previous bad experience that turned her off from
 NB> indulging?  Rather impressive, actually.  :)

To my knowledge she never let more than a drop pass her lips.

 -=> Nancy Backus said to Ruth Hanschka <=-

 RH> Well duh. There's poison and then there's a helpful drug. Caffeine is
 RH> the  latter.
 NB> Or, more to the point, there's taking chances and then there's really
 NB> taking chances...  ;)   Now, if I could pin down which alkaloid in
 NB> coffee, not caffeine, gives me those paranoid hallucinations, maybe
 NB> one could take that out of coffee, and I could have my coffee back...

With me, it's the caffeine that does it, I'm pretty sure; at
least the effects are inseparable.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Triple Espresso Brownies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 36 servings

      1 x  -----brownies-----             21 1/2 oz Brownie mix (1 pkg.
pillsbur
    1/2 c  Water                             1/4 c  Oil
      1 ea Egg                                 2 t  Expresso granules, instant
      1 t  Vanilla                             1 x  -----filling-----
    1/4 c  Butter, softened                  1/2 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed
      1 ea Egg                                 2 t  Espresso granules, instant
      1 t  Vanilla                             1 c  Walnuts, coarsely chopped
      3 ea Chocolate bars, sweet dark/b        1 x  -----glaze-----
    1/2 c  Semi-sweet chocolate chips          1 T  Butter or margarine
    1/8 t  Espresso granules, instant          1 t  Milk or whipping cream

  Calories     per serving: 160 Fat grams per serving: 9 Approx. Cook Time:
  50 Cholesterol per serving: 9 Heat oven to 350F. Grease bottom only of
  13x9-inch pan.  In large bowl, combine all brownie ingredients. Beat 50
  strokes by hand. Spread in greased pan. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. Remove
  from oven.
     Meanwhile, in small bowl combine 1/4 c. butter and brown sugar; beat
  until light and fluffy.  Add 1 egg, 2 t. coffee granules and 1 t. vanilla;
  beat until well blended.  In medium bowl, combine walnuts and chopped
  chocolate.  Add brown sugar mixture; blend well.  Spoon and carefully
  spread over partially baked brownies.  Bake an additional 17 to 20 minutes
  or until light brown.
     In small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips and 1 T butter,
  stirring constantly until smooth.  Remove from heat.  With wire whist, stir
  in 1/8 t. coffee granules and enough milk for drizzling consistency.
  Drizzle over warm brownies.  Cool completely. Cut into bars.
     SOURCE:  Pillsbury Bakeoff 34th Contest Cookbook System Error: (A)bort,
  (R)etry, (C)onsume Chocolate

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