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Skriven 2012-04-08 12:12:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> I presume the hmm part is about that last phrase!
 JW> I was thinking it was an interesting concept.
 JW> But yes all souvenirs everywhere are now made in China!

Last time but one that I was in New Orleans I was dragged
to a flea market, and there were boxes upon boxes of masks,
feathered things, Mardi Gras beads, and such, and probably
90% had Made in China stickers on them, and the rest were
lying no doubt.

 ML> He is obsessed with psychology
 JW> So is my loner, depressed, slightly paranoid brother.

Are we related in some way?

 JW> He knows far too much about mood altering medications

Yes - at least mine has the good sense to avoid them, though.

 JW> and spends far too much time on the internet self diagnosing.

Yeah fer sher.

 ML> "the therapist should be less effed up than the patient," to which
 ML> I require a citation, and he says that he made it up. Eh.
 JW> He has a good point!

Were this true, few people would be in therapy ... and of
course few would be therapists. It takes a certain lack of
stability to do enough searching to gain insight into
mental illness.

 ML> gift; sadly, the last person traded with me
 JW> And that is how I / ended up with the second best bottle.
...
 JW> Even the second best bottle was a pretty good bottle... Johnny
 JW> Walker Gold.

Eenteresting. I actually like the Gold and the Green better
than the Blue, which is sissy and sweet. So I presume you
were sucker enough to have brought a first-rate single malt.

The yankee swap thing would be more sensible if everything
stayed wrapped until everyone had picked. Then at the end
everyone opens things up and, oh, I thought this was Scotch,
but tarnation, it's really a bottle of dish detergent.

Sicilian Drowned Broccoli
cat: Italian, vegetable, wine
servings: 4 to 6

1 hd broccoli
1 lg onion
1 Tb olive oil
1/2 c water
1/2 c dry tannic red wine
3 oz Pecorino or other flavorsome, hard cheese
4 to 6 sl country bread
oil
1 garlic clove

Broccoli drowned in red wine like they will serve you in
Catania, Sicily.

Here is a simple Sicilian recipe from Catania - broccoli
affogati, literaly meaning 'drowned broccoli'. How do they
drown? The broccoli drowns in glorious Sicilian wine and is
served with pecorino scales, to make for a scrumptious side
dish or, served with toasted bread, for a light evening
meal.

Cut your broccoli into florets and wash. Discard the hard
stems.

Peel and cut an onion in half. Slice thinly.

Heat olive oil in a deep pot such as a Dutch oven and heat
the onions until soft. Add the broccoli. Leave for a minute
on medium-high heat then add a glass of water. Mix and let
the water reach ebullition then add a glass of red wine,
Sicilian if you have it. Cover and simmer quietly 15 min.

Meanwhile, cut your pecorino cheese into the thinnest slices
you can make. Here I used a fancy tool, a truffle mandolina,
but you could do it with a vegetable peeler.

I recommend you use a cheese with character, such as 
seasoned pecorino with whole peppercorns. It will be soul
of this dish. If you must substitute choose a full-fat
semi-hard cheese that can melt like a gentleman. No prima
donna that will break into oil and casein when the heat
comes around the corner.

After 15 min, try to stab the broccoli stems where they are
thickest. If the knife goes in smoothly, proceed. If not,
cover and continue to cook for a few more minutes, then
test again. Remove the pot from the fire. Don't you just
turn the heat off, you need to put the pot on some cool
surface lest your cheese break down because of too much
heat. Mix the cheese in and toss.

Rub the bread with oil and toast. Grate a garlic clove on
the toasted bread, then garnish each plate with one toast.

Delicately remove the broccoli and wine-colored onions with
a spatula and place over the bread.

A rustic but very authentic Italian dish.

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