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Skriven 2012-04-01 13:36:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DALE SHIPP
Ärende: greek portions 458
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 DS> your machines are subjected to more incidents than most laptops.

This particular one has traveled the equivalent of 21 times
around the equator with me, I looked it up, having nothing
better to do today - was thinking of calling you for dinner,
but my brother is sort of craving attention, and maybe I'll
give him some.

 ML> But several times in the last 6 months I've had this weird
 ML> problem - the screen flickers and goes blank. Lilli was
 DS> No idea about that -- have you tried talking to the geek squad at Best
 DS> Buy?  We could take you there next time you are here.

I'll wait until the connection is totally unfixable by me
and then go on to:

 ML> I'll go buy a cheap monitor and a biggish hard disk and
 ML> do a final backup of all my data and programs.
 DS> Can you hook up an external monitor?  You could borrow mine, or
 DS> perhaps open your files up to file-sharing and access them from my
 DS> computer. 

hooking up an external monitor.

 DS> As Dave Drum said, I don't see DELL (about the only place I look)
 DS> selling XP systems anymore.  I've not used Windows 7 much.  Gail has
 DS> it on a new laptop she bought, and I don't see much difference --
 DS> probably from lack of trying to delve into it.  I've heard of problems
 DS> with trying to run DOS programs (e.g. BlueWave) -- but not tested that
 DS> out.

Okay, next question for the experts, does Windows 7 have a
DOS box program, internal or third-party, that can be used
to run BW?

 DS> As to what to buy next.  Perhaps you ought to consider buying one of
 DS> the "business" laptops.  According to a salesman I talked with at
 DS> Staples a while back, they are supposed to be hardier than the average
 DS> laptop. 

Every time I look I go check out the Toughbook line, but so
far they have always failed in at least one department - not
tough enough or too heavy, and generally way overpriced. In a
comedic aside, I was looking for something to replace the
VAIO many years ago, heart set on a Toughbook, and the Best Buy
or Circuitous City or someone had one on display: it was
expensive, heavy, underpowered, plus someone had smashed the
heck out of it; and yet they had it sitting there in smithereens
next to the Compaqs and Dells.

 DS> You could also consider purchasing an "accidental" damage protection
 DS> policy:-}}

I used to have one until I read the fine print. It excludes
almost any activity I pursue.

 -=> Dale Shipp said to Jim Weller <=-

 ML> main course was three little gems of duck, half an ounce or so
 ML> each.
 JW> That collectively was one scant course! At at that price it had
 JW> better be the best damned duck you ever had in your whole life.
 DS> I thought that also, but didn't say it.   OTOH, I'll bet it was a
 DS> great presentation :-}}

Not particularly. In the background a tablespoon of Swiss chard
next to a blob, maybe 4 tablespoons, of squash puree, next to two
roasted half cherry tomatoes. In the foreground a slice of
fat-rimmed roast duck, pretty good; a perfect 1" cube of pressed,
and some shreds of supposed confit (tasteless).

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This looks like a pan-Mediterranean-Middle Eastern recipe
that would be at home in Iran, Turkey, or Armenia - it's
sort of like Turkish delight or Liberty Orchards candy:

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Grape and Walnut Candy Rolls
 Categories: Candies, Greek
      Yield: 1 servings

           Karen Mintzias                     10 ts Cornstarch
     40    Whole walnuts                            Confectioners' sugar
     12 oz Frozen grape juice;undiluted

  Thread a needle with 2 foot length of white, heavy-duty carpet thread. Tie
  a knot 8 inches from the end. Carefully string 20 walnuts. Tie a knot after
  the last walnut. Tie thread ends together forming a necklace. Repeat for
  remaining 20 walnuts. Divide the grape juice concentrate. From one half,
  pour 1/3 cup into a jar. Pour the remaining amount of that half into a
  small saucepan. Heat to boiling. Spinkle 5 teaspoons of cornstarch into the
  jar of juice. Shake vigorously. Gradually stir into boiling juice. Cook
  until thick enough to heavily coat spoon. Remove from heat. Dip one
  "necklace" into grape juice until every nut is coated. Hang loop in an airy
  spot. Dip and hang second necklace. Allow to hang 30 minutes. Repeat the
  whole procedure. Dry necklaces several days until coating is no longer
  sticky. When dry, repeat dipping. Use the remaining half of grape juice and
  cornstarch.  Dip necklaces twice.  Let hang to dry a week.  When dry, snip
  knotted thread.  Carefully pull out.  Dust rolls with confectioners' sugar.
  Slice into 1/2 inch rounds.  Makes two 7-inch rolls.

  From: "Classic Greek Cooking" by Daphne Metaxas.  ISBN: 0-911954-31-7.

  Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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