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Skriven 2009-05-14 10:04:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Janis Kracht
Ärende: CHAIN COFFEE 90514
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 -=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Glen Jamieson <=-

Hello Janis,

(Replying to the second of two almost identical msgs.)

 >> something about growing those plants from the seeds (knowing you'll
 >> likely never see an avocado) that makes you feel like you are somehow
 >> 'beating' winter (g).
 
 > Years ago, in PNG, I took up a posting in Mt Hagen, and moved into a
 > house which had been occupied for 4 years by an enthusiastic gardener
 > who had planted two avocado trees.  In all the time he was there he
 > tended the trees, but didn't get a single fruit.  The first year I was
 > there, they produced buckets of fruit.  As the man was still working
 > in PNG, in the department's head office in Pt Moresby I took a huge
 > box of avocados down to him when next I visited the capital.  He was

 JK> I'll bet he was QUITE appreciative :)  Here in NYS, as a house plant
 JK> you figure they are decorative only.. My mom told me that if you wait
 JK> until the plant is has a tree stalk nature to it, and you wound the
 JK> stalk, the tree will produce avocados.  One of these days I will give
 JK> that a try (g).. I should pot one up in one of the gigantic tree
 JK> planters I have and go from there.. I just need to buy a ton more
 JK> potting soil, or bake a ton of soil in my oven (g). 

I have never thought of avocado as a house plant.  Those trees in PNG
were about 10 metres high, but in Fiji there was a much smaller tree
near my office there, which although only about 3 metres (10ft) high,
and scraggy looking, steadily produced excellent fruit.
 
 
 > I have a small grand-daughter who visits on weekends, and she manages
 > to get through lots of clothes.

 JK> Oh how well I know that type of demand :)  When the 3 grand-boys are
 JK> here on weekends, they do the same... Clothes all over the place :) :) 
 JK> And by the time they leave, my normally somewhat organized house looks
 JK> like a hurricane went through LOL.. but I'm glad they came, that's for
 JK> sure :)  This weekend they came and cleared out and turned over my
 JK> garden beds for me for Mother's Day with my Daughter.. I thought that
 JK> was an incredible gift for her and for me :)

My local grand-daughter is only 4, but loves dressing up.  Clothes
everywhere!  And now my eldest grand-daughter, in NZ, is due to give
birth in September - the next generation.
 
 > At my daughter's house in NZ I have seen and felt washing that has
 > frozen solid on the clothes line, so I know what that is like.  It
 > never gets that cold here in Adelaide, though.  I was told by a
 > visiting Danish relative that our winter was much the same as their
 > summer.  He was lucky not to come here in summer.

 JK> Gets that bad there, eh?  Our temps in the summer get in the 90's F..
 JK> once in a great while it will hit over 100F .. but that's rare.  Has to
 JK> be a real bad heat wave.

We normally get 15 - 20 days over 100F (38C), with a maximum recorded
in my life time of 117F (47C).  I remember that time as I was in bed
after a tonsilitis operation, and my parents had great difficulty in
making ice-cream for me in those pre-refrigerator days.
 

 >> Certainly :)  She enjoys that as well and we've always enjoyed cooking
 >> together moreso than probably any of my other sisters (grin).
 > That is important - to be able to work together in the kitchen.  I

 JK> That is very true.. I learned very young that most of really good
 JK> tecniques and information was to be learned from the older relatives in
 JK> the kitchen :) 

And not just about cooking.  It is a good place to chat about people,
philosophies and learn about life in general.


 JK> I used to LOVE to watch the crocodile fellow.. Steve Irwin.. what a
 JK> great show he had on television.. quite the entertainer.  I felt really
 JK> bad for his family when he died as well though I expect they were well
 JK> taken care of by his estate and family.

From what I have read, his wife and daughter are continuing to run his
animal business, and are doing very well at it.

Some of the crocodile farmers I talked to in Darwin considered that
Irwin took excessive risks with his crocodiles, so it was surprising
that it was a sting-ray that killed him.  I have had one sting my
foot, and that was quite agonising, but to get stabbed in the heart
would be far worse.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Oven Baked Crocodile
 Categories: Crocodile, Australian, Chilies
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
    1/2 kg Crocodile Fillets
    1/2 c  Lemon Juice
    1/4 c  Soy Sauce
      2 tb Chopped Parsley
      1 c  Olive Oil
      4 dr Tabasco Sauce
           Salt & Pepper to taste
      1    Clove Garlic crushed
      1 c  Breadcrumbs or Flour
 
  Place Crocodile fillets in a shallow pan. Combine lemon juice, soy
  sauce, parsley, olive oil, Tabasco Sauce, salt, pepper and garlic.
  Mix well. Pour over fillets ond let stand 4 hours. Turn pieces
  occasionally. Then drain fillets and roll lightly in breadcrumbs or
  flour. Shake off excess. Arrange steaks in a greased baklng dish and
  bake in a moderate oven (180 degrees C) for about 1 hour, or until
  tender.
  
  Recipe compliments of Crocodile Distributors of Australia From:
  Webmaster@nikibone.Com          Date: 12-16-02
 
MMMMM
 

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