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Skriven 2014-01-25 18:34:58 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9093 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: north South Asia 87
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 23 Jan 14  16:05:00 <=-

 ML>> especially as I didn't make her eat any scary stuff.
 NB>> Or force her to watch you consuming too much of it...?
 ML> Two nights ago, she was fascinated by my eating crickets and
 ML> silkworms, the former tasting vaguely crustacean, the latter
 ML> like beans. She did indicate that if it were a question of
 ML> kissing me, she might feel otherwise.

To say nothing of having to actually try it herself... ;)  I can picture
the fascination...  ;)  
 
 ML>> A lot was spent figuring out what we were going to do in
 ML>> the far north: Hall of Opium vs. House of Opium, that sort
 ML>> of thing.
 NB>> Ah... the minor details... ;)
 ML> Turns out we got a driver who took us to the former and said
 ML> there wasn't time to take us to the latter, so the issue was
 ML> solved automatically.

That works.  ;)

 ML>> If all goes according to plan, we may just take the tiniest
 ML>> peek into Burma or Laos - sometimes there are painless ways
 ML>> to get brag rights to having been in a country. 
 NB>> Quite.
 ML> We didn't.

It didn't.  Ah, well...

 NB>> Sounds like an interesting place...  Can you claim having been in all
 NB>> three potential claimee nations, then...?   :)  Is the market on the
 NB>> island, or are they two separate places...?
 ML> The island, uninhabited, is kind of extraterritorial and
 ML> claimed by none of the three countries. 

So one only can claim to have been in a no-man's land...  :)

 ML> We ate at a restaurant from which I could have in my younger days
 ML> thrown a baseball to it; but we didn't do anything about it.

Only were able to view it...  can't do everything...

 ML>> On the first part of the trip we did the easy way to North
 ML>> Korea - went round the table at Panmunjom, had a minute in
 ML>> the evil empire under the watchful eyes of various guards,
 ML>> and scuttled back.
 NB>> That sounds like a much safer way to visit NK than most...  ;)  As
 NB>> long as you didn't say anything considered derogatory whilst on the
 NB>> wrong side of the table, you ought to be able to make it back home
 NB>> safely... one would think...  ;)
 ML> Returned from there. Didn't chew gum or do graffiti in Singapore
 ML> and didn't insult the royal family in Thailand. No problems.
 ML> Of course, neither did you.

Indeed.  :)

 NB>> Free is good...  and given your uncertain guts, probably wise to have
 NB>> the upscale less gritty versions... also less likely to worry her..
 ML> My guts are uncertain mostly because I work them hard.
 ML> Lately I've been careful, for example drinking a few
 ML> drops of Thai water the first day, then brushing my
 ML> teeth, then on the third day having half a glass of it.
 ML> Plus eating raw fruit and vegetables that have been
 ML> washed in the local stuff. Of course, Le Meridien ought
 ML> to provide pretty potable stuff.

One would think.  Guess you're over whatever that buglet was you got
over Christmas, then... :)
 
 ML>> Well, after some minor flirtation Jean shut me right down, so
 ML>> that's that. I think she was in cahoots with her sister - bait
 ML>> and witch sort of thing.
 ML> I've not got too many pages into the endless volume that is women.

That, and the companion one of men, aren't designed for speed reading...
dunno anyone that really has a handle on all of it... or even most...

 ML> Title: Eggs in Red Pepper Sauce - Sambal Goreng Telor
 ML> 1 tb Chopped Onion
 ML> 1    Clove Of Garlic
 ML> Butter For Frying
 ML> 1 c  Coconut Milk
 ML> 1 c  Stock
 ML> 1    Salt To Taste
 ML> 1 ts Crushed Red Pepper
 ML> 1/2 ts Paprika
 ML> 1/2 ts Laos Powder If Available
 ML> 4    Hard Boiled Eggs
 ML> Saute the chopped onion and garlic in the butter.  Add the other
 ML> ingredients (except the eggs) and bring to the boil, stirring
 ML> occasionally. Add the eggs and continue cooking and stirring for 3
 ML> minutes. Remove from the heat and halve the eggs, then serve hot.

We had something similar at Tandoor, maybe the last time we were
there... in the red curry sauce they had whole hard-boiled eggs...
halving the eggs might have made it easier to eat...  :)   There was
something else in there, too... at least more veggies... 

ttyl       neb

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