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 GJ> GJ would certainly have used the $15 voucher, but probably not on a
 GJ> $30 meal; more likely a $14.99 one if he could find it.  On thinking
 GJ> about it, however, your action would have been more sensible than
 GJ> spending it on a $7.50 meal.

In addition, I bought a beer for a poor soul who had just
broken up with his girlfriend.

 ML> Unless, of course, you happened to know how to swim.
 GJ> In which case you would not need the back float.  (OK, I admit I
 GJ> haven't tried swimming with a seat cushion on my back; have you?)

Yes, you would. No, I haven't: but have tried swimming with
one of those obnoxious floats that encircles one round the waist.

 ML> Right now I am sitting on a somewhat full plane with empties on
 ML> either side.
 GJ> Another of those perks of the privileged that I was unaware of!

They will bump a passenger from a completely full flight if
I want to get on. I am not, however, of sufficient status to
have them bump two passengers for my sake.

 GJ> I don't know how they do it, but in the islands I had deliciously
 GJ> tender octopus.  At one place I saw a row of medium-sized octopuses
 GJ> hanging like washing, pegged out on a clothesline.  Maybe that had
 GJ> something to do with it?

I really don't know. As you're aware, the standard tenderizing method
is beating the poor creature against a rock. Modern restaurants have
begun to use a papaya marinade as a short cut, and I find that a bit
dubious in the culinary ethics department. Perhaps air-drying helps,
but I haven't heard so.

 ML> There are those of us who would welcome that solution for
 ML> all Land Cruisers.
 GJ> This was a working vehicle used in a business - a ute (pickup to you).

Around here, very few of the SUVs are used in business. They're
used to give people a false sense of safety and to intimidate
others driving smaller automobiles. Anyhow, Land Cruisers are
a bit of a joke - they are far less stable in rough terrain
than American off-road vehicles, such as the echt Jeeps.

 GJ> Title: DEVILED OXTAILS

Excellent dish. Perfect for the sort of weather we
anticipate missing.

 GJ> Did you hear that Kennedy broke his left arm in a bicycle accident?
 GJ> Is it the season for violinist accidents?

What a goofball. But we already knew that.

Harking back to a previous thread, here's something I ran into:

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The CIA in Hyde Park is considerably better than the one in CA. ...

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      Title: Skewered Kidneys with Pistachio Butter
 Categories: Meats
      Yield: 4 servings

           Stephen Ceideburg
    100 g  Pistachio nuts
     40 g  Butter
      3    Cloves garlic
      1 ts Salt
      1 pn Ground cumin
      1 pn Ground coriander
      1 pn Ground nutmeg
      1 pn Black pepper
      1 pn Paprika
     12    Beef kidneys

  The quantities for the pistachio butter make more than you will use
  for this dish but keep the leftovers in the freezer for instant
  pizazz on a simple steak.

  In a dry frying pan, lightly roast until fragrant 100 g pistachio nut
  kernels. Stir or shake frequently to ensure they do not burn.
  Transfer to a food processor and add 40 g butter and 3 cloves garlic,
  crushed. Process to a smooth paste, transfer to a piece of foil and
  form into a roll. Wrap in foil and refrig- erate until needed.

  Make a spice salt mixture by mixing 1 teaspoon salt with a pinch each
  of ground cumin, ground coriander, ground nutmeg, black pepper and
  paprika.

  Skin and core 12 kidneys and thread the halves lengthways on 8
  skewers, 3 halves to a skewer, to keep them open and flat. Brush with
  oil. Heat a grill to maximum heat and grill the skew- ers close to
  the heat for about a minute on each side.

  Dust the kidneys with spiced salt on both sides and grill them for a
  further minute on each side or until browned but still succulent.
  Remove kidneys from the skewers to warmed plates, six halves per
  person, and on each half(place as much pistachio butter as it will
  hold. Serve immediately.

  Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

  From an article by Meryl Constance in The Sydney Morning Herald,
  6/22/93. Courtesy Mark Herron.

  Reposted by John Hartman 10-21-96

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