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Skriven 2008-12-11 10:05:51 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
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 GJ> I have read somewhere - probably on this Echo - that contact with
 GJ> stainless steel can ease the pain if soft, sensitive skin is subjected
 GJ> to concentrated hot chili juice.  There seems to be no logical reason
 GJ> for that, but it seems to work, at least with me.

 ML> That is the background of the famous odor absorbers that used to
 ML> be advertised as a cureall for oniony hands and things like that.
 ML> You were supposed to rub your smelly skin with this miracle product,
 ML> and the odor would vanish. I don't know the mechanism - I'd have
 ML> thought that in order for the thing (a hand-size chunk of metal) to
 ML> work, it would either be reactive in some way or (more likely)
 ML> porous to a large degree.

I hadn't heard of those metallic odour absorbers; I use soap to remove
onion and wet dog smells from my hands, and it seems to work well.
 
 GJ> In Jambi, Sumatura, I have seen a Catholic religious artifact shop
 GJ> next to a Muslim shop selling framed copies of Q'ran tracts.  When one

 ML> Again, you are introducing an extraneous factor. Or are responding
 ML> to a message in its isolation (as some do here) instead of in a
 ML> manner that is mindful of what went before in the thread (a reason
 ML> why I am a tiny bit sorry that my method of keeping track of
 ML> messages apparently interferes with threaded reading). We were
 ML> speculating on whether it would be possible to have a dual Kosher
 ML> and Halal facility - something that wouldn't be relevant to a set
 ML> of locals too busy working to feed their families to bother with such
 ML> luxuries.

I had forgotten that original discussion, or perhaps assumed it had
become thread-bare.  In any case, I never came across any Jews in
Indonesia.  There are more Christians there than in Australia, though.
Palestine or Lebanon would be better places to start up a joint
Kosher-Halal butchery.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Gopa's Mum's Meat Curry
 Categories: Main dish, Lamb/mutton, Indian
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      2 lb Lamb or Mutton
      1 lg Onion
  2 1/2 ts Ground ginger
  2 1/2 ts Ground turmeric
  2 1/2 ts Ground coriander
      1 tb Ground cummin
  2 1/2 ts Paprika
      2 ts Garam massala
      2    Bay leaves
      4    Cloves
      4    Cardamoms (or 2 black)
  1 1/2    "  Cinnamon stick
      3    Garlic cloves;  chopped
    3/4 oz Ghee or butter
  1 1/2 ts Salt

MMMMM--------------------------OPTIONAL-------------------------------
      4    Tomatoes and/or
      2    Potatoes (cut large)
 
  Cut meat into 1 to 1 1/2" cubes. Ideally, this should include bone as
  well. Most Halal butchers (best source of mutton anyway) will do this
  for you automatically if asked. Put into largeish bowl. Chop Onion
  fairly finely. Mix with meat and 'ground spices' (ginger, turmeric,
  coriander, cummin & paprika).
  
  Fry whole spices (Bay, Cloves Cinnamon, Cardamoms). in ghee or butter
  in large thick bottomed pan for about 1 min. (DON'T BURN). Add
  chopped garlic, cook 1 min more. (DON'T BURN).
  
  Raise heat to high and tip in meat mixture. Stir around over high
  heat for a few minutes. add salt (1 1/2 tsp should suit most tastes)
  and lower heat to simmer. Add optional tomatoes, stir again. Simmer
  partly covered until meat is tender, by which time the sauce will be
  thickened. Mutton takes about 3 to 4 hours, lamb about 1{ to 2 hours.
  If using potatoes, add them about 25 mins before serving. 5 mins
  before serving, stir in garam massala and correct seasoning.
  
  Mmed IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
 
MMMMM
 

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