Text 20077, 98 rader
Skriven 2012-01-17 17:47:07 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20018 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: oddities 81
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Hi Michael,

 ML> When I call my violin a fiddle, I'll have become a good ol'
 ML> su'n boy.
 RH> IOW, no time soon. (G)

 ML> I can guzzle pot likker or moonshine with the best of them,
 ML> though. Beyond that, not much in common between me and
 ML> the residents of the deep south: even my rib-eating capacity
 ML> is compromised these days.

Living in DC you're almost in the South.  You don't have a pick up truck
with a gun rack across the back window tho. (G)


 ML> I like them (and other cruciferous veggies) very well done,
 ML> almost to the burned stage.
 RH> Not quite that well done for me. Usually steamed tender is good,
 RH> cabbage stir fried with bacon and other veggies just stir fried are
 RH> favorite ways to eat them. I like a lot of them raw as well.

 ML> I'll eat raw veggies on occasion but generally refer to
 ML> them as "cruddities."

I don't call them anything but "veggies" or "munchies" usually.


 RH> Amazing that he can survive. But, I guess between eating out and
 RH> eating out of cans, other pre done heat & eat, he manages to hang on.
 RH> Not the kind of diet I'd go for.

 ML> As long as the inheritance money holds out.

Is he set up for the long term? I'd hate to see him blow it all with
decades left to live. Food stamps and such like are not the way to go
for gourmet eats.


 ML> Believe so - it runs between the elbow cap (humerus)
 ML> Now that I think about it, you're right and I'm wrong.
 RH> Been known to happen from time to time. (G)

 ML> Indeed. But on further reflection everyone's memory of
 ML> anatomy is partially right and partially faulty. Especially
 ML> in that there is but one major upper arm bone, which you
 ML> can verify by feeling yours or by visualizing a chicken
 ML> wing. The elbow cap is the joint of the humerus and the ulna


Should have looked at the anatomy book better. I shattered the radius on
both wrists, forget what bone(s) they said when I did the elbow in while
we were in HI.


 ML> the ulna actually being the bottom part. To me at least there
 ML> are three funny bones - places that cause that tingly
 ML> sensation when hit, one about an inch up the humerus from
 ML> the elbow cap, one about an inch up the ulna from the elbow
 ML> cap, and a third, the end blob of the humerus nearest the
 ML> center of the body. Experimentation indicates that the
 ML> third just transmits vibration to the first and triggers
 ML> the sensation or lack thereof that way.


I don't get the "normal" reaction with the left elbow, probably because
of the damage done to it. The right one has the usual reaction.


 ML>       Title: Collards for a Feijoada
 ML>  Categories: Vegetables, Portuguese
 ML>       Yield: 6 servings


Got the rest of the recipe?

 ML>       1 tb Chopped onion                   1 1/2 lb Collards, finely
 ML> shredded       2 tb Shortening

 ML>   Salt

 ML>   Saute the onion in the shortening until it begins to brown. Add the
 ML>   collards & salt & cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until the
 ML>   collards are tender, or about 15 minutes.

Collards tender in 15 minutes? Collards tender in an hour or more is the
norm.


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Ruth
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