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 GJ> millions.  Because of the infestations of the mite, Veroa Destructor,

 ML> I thought it was Verroa but in an abundance of caution looked
 ML> it up - it's Varroa, and its population spike is really ominous.

I was originally working from how I heard it on the TV doco, as spoken
by the local expert, Denis Anderson.  As you know, Australians talk
with their mouth closed, so that the flies don't get in.

 ML> But it's not the only factor in colony collapse, which has
 ML> baffled some of the best minds in the entomological business.

As well as the Varroa, some hives fail because, for no known reason,
the bees fly out, but don't come back.

 ML> Got to find an answer pretty pronto, or we're all cooked.
 
Some of the best entomological minds around the world are working on
it, but so far only band-aid, temporary, selective insecticides work -
until the mites develop immunity.

 GJ> Your main occupation has certainly provided interesting associations

 ML> I've been hugged by Anna Maria Alberghetti, had Julie Andrews
 ML> wiggle her butt in my face at about 9 pm every night for a week
 ML> or two, met - in purely friendly circumstances - a gentleman
 ML> whose occupation had been to fit his customers with concrete
 ML> overshoes, cracked jokes with the US figure-skating champion,
 ML> and had a Macarthur fellowship winner push me hard to perform
 ML> his viola concerto. I'm two degrees of separation at most from
 ML> all the great 20th-century composers except possibly Debussy
 ML> and three from Brahms. I've flown a million miles in the lap
 ML> of luxury and ridden a hundred thousand in the back of a bumpy
 ML> bus. Yeah, interesting.

And of course known some interesting food and wine figures.
 
 ML> Most vegetables are overrated, even the underrated ones.
 GJ> I really do miss me veggies if I don't get 'em.  I like to have at
 GJ> least twice as much vegetables as meat, but better, 4 times or more.

 ML> For me, the ratio is approximately the other way round.

I would rather eat fried tempeh than cardboardy hamburgers, and fresh
durian than just about any meat.

 ML> By the way, my medications' side effects (as usual) have begun
 ML> to outweigh their benefits, so I'm going off them one by one.
 ML> Definitely seeking out a Chinese doctor in Singapore in January.
 ML> In the meantime am trying bearberry extract.

My Singapore-trained Chinese doctor lives 2 blocks away.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Thai Style Tempeh
 Categories: Mains, Thai, Asia-c, Charmaine
      Yield: 4 servings
 
    250 g  Tempeh
      4 tb Oil
      2 tb Thai red curry paste; see
           ;separate recipe
    400 ml Coconut milk
      2 ts Palm sugar
      2 tb Fish sauce
      2    Kaffir lime leaves
           Basil leaves; or
           ;coriander
 
  Cut tempeh into thin slices, about 6mm and then into bite-sized
  pieces. Heat oil in a wok and fry tempeh slices until golden. Drain
  on paper towels. Discard all but 1 tb of the oil, and in it fry the
  curry paste, stirring, until fragrant. Add coconut milk stirring.
  
  Add palm sugar, fish sauce and lime leaves.
  
  Allow to simmer uncovered for 10 minutes before adding the tempeh.
  Return to simmer for 5 minutes and scatter fresh herbs in just before
  serving with steamed rice.
  
  From: CHARMAINE SOLOMON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN FOOD By: CHARMAINE
  SOLOMON, with NINA SOLOMON IBSN 0 85561 688 1 Scanned/Edited by:
  KEVIN JCJD SYMONS, MARCH 2005
  
  From: Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia
 
MMMMM
 

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