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     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: AUSSIE TASTES vs DIGNITY
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-=> Glen Jamieson wrote to Michael Loo <=-

 GJ> My main objection to the average mass-produced burger is the soft,
 GJ> sweet roll that it is usually served on.  Perhaps if a firmer,
 GJ> thinner, wholemeal or part rye was used that might improve it.

 ML> The bun, as it is called, serves mostly as a bland edible
 ML> napkin; I've found that the worst-quality flabby white
 ML> flour bolster is the best thing to put a burger into, as
 ML> it soaks up fat and juices well (sometimes becoming almost
 ML> edible in the process, but always next to disintegrating)
 ML> and interferes least with the flavor of the beef itself.

 GJ> The disintegration of that soft, sweet, white blotter does not make
 GJ> for dignified eating, particularly for bearded gentlemen.  (And I was

Since when has eating been about dignity? Even at a rubber chicken circuit
banquet eating is about stuffing your craw with sufficient calories to sustain
whatever activity (however nefarious) in which you are engaged at the moment.

 GJ> brought up knowing that a bun is a small, sweet cake, usually with
 GJ> fruit in it, while a small, individual serve bread loaf is a roll.  As
 GJ> a schoolboy, my usual lunch was a double-cut roll - 3 horizontal
 GJ> slices - to make 2 sandwiches, with cheese and lettuce or ham.)

See the tagline - which in this case in NOT random. Oh, and the recipe - which
has been endorsed negatively by MLoo.
 
 GJ> The latest bombshell dropped here, yesterday, was that the Qantas OIC,
 GJ> Joyce, in a fit of pique over rolling strikes by his work force, has
 GJ> grounded all the fleet's domestic and international flights, leaving
 GJ> thousands of passengers stranded indefinitely all over Australia and
 GJ> the world.

YAWN ...
 
 ML> And confirming the worldwide reputation of that organization,
 ML> whereof most people agree with the koala's assessment.

 GJ> Now that Fair Work Australia has told everyone to go back to work
 GJ> while still discussing claims, the airline is now struggling to get
 GJ> its stranded passengers moving again, and not doing that very well.
 GJ> Thanks to the greedy unions and what one passenger described as that
 GJ> "stupid little Irish git", Joyce, the good name of Qantas has been
 GJ> destroyed.  Although the union bosses, Joyce and the Prime Minister
 GJ> have all claimed to have "won" in this dispute, the truth is that
 GJ> everyone has lost a lot.

Stretch and YAWN again.
 
 GJ> BTW, I missed the koala reference.  Perhaps that is something to do
 GJ> with an advert exclusively directed at overseas audiences.

I missed it to - but, then, I barely care about either Qantas or koalas -
except as models for children's stuffed toys.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Liberace's Sticky Buns
 Categories: Breads, Fruits, Booze
      Yield: 18 servings

      1 c  White raisins; or, of course
           - flame
    1/2 c  Light rum
  1 1/2 c  Brown sugar
    1/2 lb Unsalted butter
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts (ea) nutmeg, allspice,
           - cloves, and ginger
      3    Tubes (18 buns) Pillsbury
           - crescent dough

  Soak the raisins in the rum over a low flame. Set aside.

  Preheat oven to 325øF/160øC. In a saucepan, melt butter
  and stir in the spices and the brown sugar until the mix
  becomes a bubbling syrup.

  Unroll the crescent dough, keeping each package in one
  flat place. Drizzle one quarter of the syrup over each
  individual piece of dough, reserving the last quarter for
  later. Sprinkle one third of the raisins and spread one
  third of the chopped pecans * on each of the three sheets
  of dough.

  Roll up each section of dough, jelly-roll style and cut
  into 1" pieces.

  Grease two eight-muffin pans or three six-muffin pans with
  butter. Put a scant teaspoon of the reserved syrup and a
  few whole pecans in the bottom of each muffin mold. Cover
  with the individual jelly-roll pieces, cut side up. Bake
  in preheated oven for the time recommended by Pillsbury.

  While pans are still hot, invert them on a sheet of heavy
  aluminum foil allowing the buns to be released. Replace
  any of the syrup and pecans that cling to the molds on the
  individual buns. You should serve the buns while they are
  still warm and have that fresh-from-the-oven taste.

  * Pecans? Liberace seems to have missed something fairly
  important in his ingredients list. Please excuse me while
  I go back to the store to buy some nuts. - Michael Procopio

  Recipe from: Liberace Cooks! 2003 - Liberace Foundation
  for the Performing and Creative Arts

  From: http://foodforthethoughtless.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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