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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: just ducky             
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HI Ruth!

-> -> We tried to do a duck a la Alton Brown (I think it was with braised
-> -> kale) while we were in HI. It was OK, not great, not bad--just never 
got
-> -> into it again. The duck we just got was raised not to far from here,
-> -> more free range, less fat. I'm thinking we should add some ginger to 
the
-> -> soy-honey-orange mix also.
-> 
->  HN> I will often order duck when I see
->  HN> it on a menu, but it does not appear
->  HN> there often. There is a vietnamese place
->  HN> that has duck cooked "their way", I like it
->  HN> Anne does not participate.
-> 
-> One of our German friends in Berlin would sometimes order the duck when
-> we ate at Chinese places. Don't know if it was supposed to be Peking
-> style or not but it was good (Klaus always had enough for all to enjoy).
-> The skin was always crispy/crunchy. I don't think we'd ever had duck
-> until then.
->
Not sure what the recipe is at the Viet
place, but I sure like their duck! I'd
like to try a smoked duck someday too!
-> 
-> 
-> ->  HN> Yeah...we tried to send them to
-> ->  HN> Japan and Germany..but the Nuremberg
-> ->  HN> Tribunal said it would have qualified
-> ->  HN> as a war crime....
-> 
-> -> Kinda hard to hang powdered eggs tho, so they just stuck around. I 
guess
-> -> they're used in commercial mixes and breadstuffs now.
-> 
->  HN> That would be the best
->  HN> use I could think of.
-> 
-> Yes, especially because it's kind of hard to keep a real egg fresh and
-> unbroken in a box of cake mix or similar. (G)
->
I dunno if they are in the box
mixes or not...have not used a 
box mix in more years than I can
currently remember! I think I may
have made on for Amanda's school
class when she was in elementary 
school....maybe.
 
-> -> No surprise. Have you tried the green bags "as seen on tv" for 
produce?
-> -> My MIL gave me a couple; they actually do help keep stuff fresh 
longer.
-> -> Tried finding some in some of the stores, finally found some (under
-> -> another name at a Dollar General last week.
-> 
->  HN> Nope, have not, but truthfully we
->  HN> usually eat fresh veggies long
->  HN> before they'd have a chance to
->  HN> go bad on us.
-> 
-> About the same here. I did have to toss a lemon tonight; it had sat in
-> the drawer, forgotten, underneath other produce for a while and had this
-> nice layer of white (& a bit of green) mold on it.
->
That occasionally happens here as
well..but not often!
 
-> -> More work but safer in the long run. Stepstool we had issued us in
-> -> Berlin tho, wasn't the safest of things anyway.
-> 
->  HN> There are some really creative ones
->  HN> on the market now.
-> 
-> I've got a one step high folds flat one. I want to get another to keep
-> in the sewing room; it's a handy size and very convenient in the way it
-> folds up.
->
I've seen a wooden one that folds
up on itself to become a much taller
stepstool than you'd think when first
looking at it...looks stable too.
I don't need a very tall stepstool
for anything here in the house.
 
-> -> -> movie at the same time tho, or you'll end up cooking like the 
(mock)
-> -> -> Swedish Chef.
-> 
-> ->  HN> I already tend to look a bit like him
-> ->  HN> anyway!
-> 
-> -> OK, just don't sound like him.
-> 
->  HN> Bjork!
-> 
-> Uh oh, gone off the deep end...........................
->
Ver's der Tourkie??? 
 
-> ->  HN> Does she use it anymore? Probably not.
-> 
-> -> I doubt she ever used it. How/why she got it is is hard to figure
out.
-> -> But, I'm enjoying it, guess that's what counts.
-> 
->  HN> Indeed!
-> 
-> Probably going to use it again Monday to try the beets and red cabbage
-> recipe I saw in it.
->
Exploration is SUCH fun!
 
chat with you soon!
ha
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