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Skriven 2009-12-30 14:22:42 av Michael Loo (1:18/200)
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 ML> Were they surprised that someone could tell the
 ML> difference between chicken and fish? I'd have second
 ML> thoughts about returning to such a place.
 GJ> I wonder why they served fish instead of chicken.  I would expect fish
 GJ> to be more expensive.

Likely explanations:

1. The kitchen made a mistake, and the restaurant didn't want
to admit that and be forced to cook two meals for one price.

2. The fish was getting old and they were trying to get rid of
it, hoping that anyone getting it would say, hey, fish, that
costs more than chicken, I'll eat it.

3. Someone else, who ordered the fish, got the chicken, and
the restaurant didn't want to admit that and be forced to cook
four meals for two prices.


Easy Peasy Idiot Proof Gingerbread Man Recipe
cat: cookies
yield: 1 batch

176 g All purpose flour
1/4 ts soda bicarbonate
Pinch of salt
2 ts ground ginger (we added 3)
1 ts ground cinnamon
66 g unsalted cold butter cut into pieces
76 g brown sugar
1 Tb golden syrup
1 Tb treacle (we didn't have this so we just added 2 Tb
- golden syrup instead)
1/2 Tb milk (we didn’t have this either so we used water)
1 egg yolk, beaten

Preheat microwave oven on Convection mode to 180C (or check
what mode your microwave oven should be on for baking cookies).

Sift together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Using your fingers rub in the cubes of butter into the dry
ingredients until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Next, add in the liquids and the brown sugar. Knead lightly
until a dough is formed.

Roll out the dough using a rolling pin (lightly floured)
to about 0.5 cm thickness. Or you could place the dough in
between two plastic sheets and roll. Use a gingerbread man
cookie cutter to cut out the shapes.

Place cut out cookie dough onto a metal tray lined with
parchment paper.  Bake in the microwave oven (using the
proper mode for baking as per oven manual; in the case of
the Panasonic Convection Oven, use Convection 2) for 12-15
min or until the gingerbread men turns a nice golden brown.

Let cool and then start decorating!

Lingzie's Tummy Treats, courtesy of Panasonic
adapted from Malaysian Women's Weekly 12/2009

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