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Skriven 2014-01-10 08:55:00 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
   Kommentar till text 8614 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Re: Scoring
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Nancy Backus Said to Dave Drum about Re: Scoring

NB>  NB>> Mid-Atlantic...?  They came north into upstate NY years ago...
NB>  NB>> maybe 30+...?  I know we originally got our membership there
NB>  NB>> as part of a group membership for Kodak employees, back when
NB>  NB>> they first showed up here...  :)

NB>  DD> BJ's was started by Zayre's in Medford/Malden MA - about 5
NB>  DD> miles NW of Boston. Then Zayre's got sold to Ames and BJ's was
NB>  DD> spun off. They are  somewhat smaller than COSTCO. COSTCO is the
NB>  DD> second largest retailer in the United States after
NB>  DD> you-know-who.

NB> Ah...  I remember reading the info about BJ's origins many years ago
NB> when they were fairly new to our area... but somehow hadn't
NB> remembered all the details.  Friendly's is another MA business that
NB> the spread mostly on East Coast... and somewhat west... haven't seen
NB> any of their brochures listing all their restaurants for ages now,
NB> but used to somewhat keep up on them for my travels... :)

NB> As to COSTCO... just yesterday, I saw a big sign proclaiming that we
NB> are getting one built... on the grounds of the old sanitorium,
NB> lovely old buildings that were simply allowed to deteriorate, and
NB> late last year were totally torn down...  so, that's what's taking
NB> over that spot.  Maybe they'll give you-know-who a run for their
NB> money locally... and not harm the other good stores in the
NB> process... ;)

Probably won't give you-know-who much more than an upset tummy. Most 
Walmartians won't pay the $50 annual membership fee for either COSTCO or 
for ScAM'S CLUB. 

What's really paining the you-know-who bottom line is the Dollar Stores. 
I dunno how it is in out-state New York, but in Illinois and Iowa I see 
darned few villages of 1500 or more people which do not have a Dollar 
General or a Family Dollar store. If the middlesex is 3K or more they 
are likely to have both. Often the prices are less than those of you-
know-who even without factoring in the cost of fuel/time to go to the 
bigger burg where you-know-who is located. It's the business model 
devised by Sam Walton and which helped China-Mart get so big. But, 
Walton had a rule which the current money-grubbers ignore (well, several 
- but that's a whole 'nother diatribe) that he would not put a store in 
a town larger than 25K people. When I used to be a trucker I hauled many 
a trailer load of their freight to stores in towns of 3K to 4K.

I'm not going to belabour the obvious and remind the China-Mart 
management that it's a good idea to dance with who brung ya.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Bangkok Dancing Prawns
 Categories: Oriental, Bbq, Seafood, Pork, Herbs 
      Yield: 2 servings

      4    Jumbo or 8 lg fresh shrimp; heads removed
      6 oz Crabmeat; minced
    1/2 lb Ground pork
      2 ts Garlic salt
      2 tb Cilantro; chopped
      2 tb Oyster sauce
      1 tb Sugar
      1 tb Soy sauce
      4    Long wooden skewers; soaked
           - for 20 minutes (4 to 8)

  Wash and dry the shrimp. Leaving the tail and shell casing
  on, slice the inside curve of the shrimp down the middle,
  making sure not to cut through the shell casing on the
  back. Gently pull out the vein from the inside.
 
  Carefully thread skewer from the open end of the shrimp
  through the tail, taking care not to break through the
  back casing.

  In a bowl, mix crabmeat and pork together and then mix in
  all other ingredients, forming a moist ball.

  Place about one teaspoon of the pork-crabmeat mixture
  inside the open part of the shrimp, and then fold the
  shrimp around the mixture, not closing it completely, but
  with some of the pork-crabmeat mixture showing.

  Heat a lightly oiled grill or large pan to medium-high,
  and place shrimp on the grill on one of its shell sides,
  grilling for a minute or so until grill marks appear. Turn
  to the other side, again grilling until the marks appear.

  Then baste the pork-crabmeat mixture with coconut curry
  sauce (recipe below), and grill, pork-crabmeat mixture
  side down for 8 minutes or so, until you are sure the pork
  is cooked through.

  Remove from grill and serve with white jasmine rice and a
  Thai or Vietnamese dipping sauce.
 
  Recipe By : Chef Boonsuib Thomawong

  Adapted from Chef Boonsuib Thomawong's chef's special at
  Bangkok Villa Restaurant

  February 15, 2001 / The Lakeland Ledger

  Yields 2 servings

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Coconut-Curry Sauce
 Categories: Curry, Vegetables, Sauces, Chilies
      Yield: 2 cups

  1 1/2 c  Unsweetened coconut milk
  1 1/2 tb Yellow curry paste
      2    Serranos; chopped (or more)
      2 tb Fish sauce
      2 tb Brown sugar
      1 tb Minced fresh ginger

  Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to
  a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from
  heat and let cool for 20 minutes.

  Puree sauce in a blender until smooth. Use as a basting
  sauce or a finishing sauce.

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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ENJOY!!!

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