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Skriven 2008-03-03 16:10:20 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
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Hi Michael,

 RH> concert master needs to have somebody check him over to make sure
 RH> everything is squared away before he appears in public.

 ML> He does look in the mirror periodically, but he has no access to one
 ML> right now. Women still hug him on stage, though.

No accounting for taste. (G)  Plus, even a mirror, unless it were full
length, wouldn't let him know he had mismatched shoes on.


 RH> We like corn in our chili--and beans.

 ML> And I'm still talking to you why? [g]

Because you eat some things--singly and in combinations,--that we
wouldn't. (G) I tried chocolate Skittles about 10 days ago; Mars
bottomed out with this one. They don't do bad with their fruit flavored
Skittles but the chocolate ones are really bad.  The package includes 5
different flavors--S'mores, Chocolate Pudding, Chocolate Caramel,
Vanilla, and Brownie Batter.  Of them, why do they include vanilla in a
chocolate product?  S'mores have a sickly sweet taste, supposed to be
like a marshmallow, I guess, but they missed the mark there.  Chocolate
Pudding and Caramel have a bit of a chocolate taste; the latter also has
a bit of caramel but not too much.  Of the 5, the best of them was the
Brownie Batter.  It had the most pronounced chocolate taste--the most
like the taste it was trying to replicate but. as with the others,
seriously lacking in flavor/taste.  As you know, Skittles are a slightly
chewy candy; in this case, the chewiness did nothing to enhance the
flavor.  It just made you aware of how lousy they were.  As a serious
chocoholic, on a scale of 0-10, these rate in the high negative numbers.
It was also hard to distinguish the chocolate pudding candies from the
brownie batter ones; the former are a very deep, almost brown, red and
the latter are a non descript chocolate brown. There are no milk
products used in making them, mostly various sugars, artificial flavors
and colors with a bit of "real" stuff.

 ML> though, something that styro doesn't.
 RH> I've never tried eating styrofoam. (G)  I don't know if you've ever

 ML> I have bitten and chewed, just out of orneriness and having a
 ML> cup handy, but not swallowed.

That's more than I have.


 RH> seen the show "Dinner Impossible" on the Food Network, with Robert
 RH> Irvine. He was on the Big Island of HI last night, doing a luau.  Sam
 RH> Choy was in charge of it over all; it was good to see him again. (G)

 ML> Neh, don't care much 'bout TV. What's impossible about the dinners?

He has a deadline and mot of the time, some unusual circumstances. For
one, he had to cook in Williamsburg, VA, an authentic colonial era meal,
using colonial era cooking methods, tools and foods--then transport it,
by ox cart, about a mile away to where it was to be served.  It's always
fun to see what he has to cook, how he has to cook it and can he do it
in the time allotted--he has failed more than once to get it all done on
time.  Oh, and usually his helpers have no idea of anything about
cooking.

 ML>      Title: Pancetta Wrapped Lamb Loin With Sorrel Pesto
 ML> Categories: Lamb, Pork, Wild, Vegetables, Nuts
 ML>   Servings: 4

Now this might get Steve to give it a try--he does like lamb. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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