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Skriven 2014-02-08 12:17:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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 RH> Got your days and nights mixed up? Hopefully you had breakfast

I often do, and aside from some acute anxieties that come
with sleep deprivation, there aren't any obvious bad effects.

 RH> included in the cost of your night's stay, even if it was probably not
 RH> what you wanted to eat.

I prefer not to have to pay for other people's breakfasts,
so included is not advantageous for me; but when traveling
with Lilli I often go for it, as she likes breakfast. Also,
when I go with the Hilton or Marriott chains, it's always
free owing to my status; Lilli has top tier on Starwood,
so we get it there too.

 RH> For some reason I don't sleep on planes and not that often in cars. I

For many, motion and sleep don't go together well (that
aside from gentle rocking, which puts most people down).

 RH> did sleep (somewhat) on the duty train between Frankfurt & Berlin most
 RH> times I took it, but not every time.

The rhythms of the train are more conducive to sleep, but
if you're not inclined or practiced to sleep in conveyances,
there's no helping.
 
 RH> Constantly changing shifts are no fun, especially if you want to have
 RH> some sort of normal semblence to family life. A steady shift, if it's
 RH> days, swings, or mids, is much better in that regard.
 ML> So why isn't society oriented more in this way?
 RH> School kids--got to get them in school during the day so they can do
 RH> sports and other things after school.

It's clear that most people of that age group would want to
have their schedules coordinate with school-age kids, but
that doesn't explain why so many systems have employees
switch among shifts, to the detriment of their health and
work efficiency. Also, there's a significant workforce of
single people and empty-nesters who could be apportioned
between second and third shift.

 ML> Balmain bugs are a kind of slipper lobster, which look
 ML> kind of like enormous pillbugs. I think they're pretty
 ML> disgusting in appearance and taste only okay compared
 ML> to real lobsters.
 RH> OK, but still edible? Sounds like a poor man's lobster.
 
There are recipes for them. OK, I admit that doesn't mean
they're edible, but in this case, I can attest to the fact
that they are. There are two main Australian bugs, Balmain
and Moreton Bay. One tends towards mushiness, the other
firmer, I forget which, but I seem to recall Moreton Bay is
considered better. And they're not really a poor man's
lobster, as the firmer variety can be very expensive, even
more so than our lobsters.

 ML> After I finish posting my 9/11/13 trip, which I'm just
 ML> getting around to, yeah. Three semi-notable meals, which
 ML> I've mentioned in passing.
 RH> OK, and apparantly you saw nobody we know out there.

Probably not.

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      Title: Knoepfle- Oder Spaetzleteig (Basic Spaetzle Dough)
 Categories: Pasta, German
   Servings: 4

    500 g  Flour (4 1/2 cups less 1
           -Tbsp)
      5    Eggs
      1 c  Water
           Salt

  Combine all ingredients and stir until the batter is smooth. One part at a
  time, force through a spaetzle shaver and let drop straight into boiling
  water.  As soon as the spaetzle rise to the surface, remove them with a
  slotted spoon and rinse in warm water.

  In olden days, the spaetzle dough was forced through a three- legged sieve,
  by means of stirring.  This resulted in the so- called 'Knoepfle' (little
  buttons).  Another method - more common in the Wuertemberg area - is to put
  the dough on a wooden board and scraping off small slivers of dough, which
  then results in elongated spaetzle, similar to the ones produced by a
  spaetzle press.

  Serves 4.

  From:  D'SCHWAEBISCH' KUCHE' by Aegidius Kolb and Leonhard Lidel, Allgaeuer
  Zeitungsverlag, Kempten.  1976. (Translation/Conversion: Karin Brewer)
  Posted by:  Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 8/92

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