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Skriven 2006-11-25 15:39:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MANNY ROTHSTEIN
Ärende: Small Pig, Long Pig 569
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We're back from Australia ... unlike last time, just a
couple hours' layover here each way, so lunch was OJ
and munchies at the airport club.

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 MR> Thats hard to know. Carnivores that become used to human
 MR> flesh sometimes seem to develop a preference for eating
 MR> people.

Like eating durian, perhaps ...

 Accounts from cannibals indicate that we taste
 MR> a lot like pork, hence the term "long pig". And who 
 MR> doesn't like pork?

I certainly don't like the odor of human meat on the hoof,
as it were. Anyhow, I've heard (and believe from the
evidence of my nose) that human is much more gamy than your
domesticated pig and is perhaps more like mutton (Idi Amin
used to carve up his enemies and invite people over for a
mutton supper).

 MR> arrived. Sharks accounted for most of the lost 500. Day
 MR> after day, the sharks repeatedly attacked the survivors
 MR> who weren't lucky enough to find space out of the water
 MR> aboard a lifeboat. It doesn't seem likely that the sharks
 MR> were so dumb that they made the same mistake hundreds of
 MR> times, day after day.

Sharks are pretty dumb, or rather, they're designed to do
one thing, which they do well. Learning isn't in their
vocabulary.

  Shark attacks are also grossly
 MR> under-reported because, unless the attack is witnessed 
 MR> or physical evidence with bite marks is recovered, people 
 MR> who disaper in the ocean are chalked up as drowning 
 MR> victims.

That's arguing the unknowable. But I will propose that
the fact that many cases do occur where there is physical
evidence - as in part people - would argue in favor of
the spit and abandon theory.

  As for the bite and spit behavior, that seems to
 MR> be SOP for great whites when attacking seals (and 
 MR> venomous snakes attacking rodents). It is theorized that 
 MR> the sharks do this to let the prey item bleed to death 
 MR> before starting to feed in order to avoid the chance of 
 MR> injury from a last lucky bite or scratch.

The counterevidence to this is that they're attracted to
blood and their activity level is higher where there's
blood in the water, or is that a misconception, too?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Fish Citrus Salad
 Categories: Fish, Salads, Main dish
      Yield: 4 servings

MMMMM---------------------------SALAD--------------------------------
      1 lb Large Fish Fillets; such as
           -salmon, halibut or shark
           White Wine
      1 lg Onion; sliced and separated
           -into rings
      4 md Oranges; or
      2    Grapefruit
      2 md Avocados

MMMMM--------------------------DRESSING-------------------------------
    1/3 c  Olive Oil
    1/4 c  Grapefruit Juice
      1 ts Mustard
           Salt
           Ground Pepper

  Cut the fish fillets into 3/4" cubes. Poach the fish in the white wine
  along with the onion slices for about 8 minutes. Let them cool in the
  liquid, then strain it off.

  Peel the oranges and slice thinly crosswise. Remove the seeds. For
  grapefruit, peel and section, then cut the sections into 2 or 3
  pieces. Peel the avocados and cut into cubes. Toss the avocado in a
  bit of the grapefruit juice.

  To make the dressing, blend the oil, juice, and mustard. Salt and
  pepper to taste.

  To serve the salad family-style, toss the ingredients with the
  dressing and serve. For a fancier presentation, line the bottom of a
  salad plate with overlapping slices of orange, surround it with
  avocado cubes and pile the fish cubes in the center. Drape the onions
  over the fish and drizzle with the salad dressing.

  Per Serving: Calories: 516, Protein: 24 g, Carbohydrate: 21 g, Fat:
  39 g, Saturated Fat: 6 g, Cholesterol: 37 mg, Sodium: 73 mg, Fiber: 5
  g.

  Source: San Francisco Chronicle
  Typed by Katherine Smith

MMMMM

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