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Skriven 2014-02-21 07:27:00 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 10081 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Re: Cars
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Nancy Backus Said to Dave Drum about Re: Cars was:Tracking Sal

NB>  DD> I'd not want to own one. Whilst it's not as big as a Hummer
NB>  DD> (even a 3) it's still plenty overstuffed. And it does too much
NB>  DD> toward taking the actual driving and decision making about
NB>  DD> driving things out of the hands of the operator. If I wanted
NB>  DD> something like that I'd wait for the Google auto-drive cars to
NB>  DD> become common. 

NB> I wouldn't want either of them either...  :)

NB>  DD> Of course, I'm old enough to remember the old CJ-2 Jeeps that
NB>  DD> came back from WWII and Korea. 

NB> True... My son bought a utilitarian Jeep, which he ended up driving
NB> more than the BMW... he scoffs at the "top-o-the-line" jeeps, says
NB> they aren't really jeeps...  :)

True dat. Are you familiar with the etymology of the Jeep? It was the 
vocalisation of the designation of the light (1/4 ton) truck specified 
by the army to be a general purpose (GP) vehicle. From GP we got Jeep. 
From Jeep we get (currently) a lot of tarted-up plushmobiles that the 
original guys who envisioned the Jeep would not recognise.

NB>  DD> No really "major" stuff is downtown if you don't count sh!+
NB>  DD> kicker country concerts, WWE events, Monster Trucks and some
NB>  DD> rock concerts at the Convention Centre. 

NB> Oh, right, I forgot about the convention center and the Veterans
NB> Memorial arena... those get that sort of thing, and the circuses,
NB> and the hockey games....  right downtown...  :)

Oh, right. I forgot the Shrine Circus - which used to be held at the 
Illinois National Guard's main armory across the street from the State 
Capitol complex. But, it had a wooden floor that doubled as a dance 
floor, basketball court, etc. And the Convention Centre has concrete 
floors - elephant poo is a *lot* easier to scrub from concrete than from 
wood.

NB>  NB>> And then we have all sorts of restaurants and clubs right
NB>  NB>> downtown, as well as all around town, and in the close and not
NB>  NB>> so close suburbs. Lots of ethnic restaurants of all types,
NB>  NB>> from the various Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian,
NB>  NB>> Vietmanese, etc), to Ethiopian and other African to almost
NB>  NB>> anything you could think of...  The major chains tend to be
NB>  NB>> more in the outer suburbs... near the malls...  ;)

NB>  DD> I think the downtown area has one decent restaurant. A couple
NB>  DD> of Italian places and a *lot* of snatch & grabbit venues. No
NB>  DD> Mexican, Indian, Chinese, etc. And no Japanese now that Jimmy
NB>  DD> Oh's Bento Box has shuffled off to wherever it is that defunct
NB>  DD> restaurants go when they die. Oh, and a lot of saloons. 

NB> Pretty much what's downtown wouldn't be classified as saloons,
NB> here... most of them are the smaller venues for musical groups of
NB> all sorts, from garage rock to jazz to chamber groups to whatever...
NB> and everything between...  it's a pretty musical city, and not just
NB> classical....  ;)  

NB>  DD> Title: Bento Box Twinkie Sushi
NB>  DD> Categories: Desserts, Fruits, Candy
NB>  DD> 4    Pieces green fruit leather; in 1"-wide strips
NB>  DD> 6    Twinkies; in 1" pieces
NB>  DD> Assorted dried fruits; in small pieces
NB>  DD> Assorted chewy fruity candies
NB>  DD> 6    Pieces dried mango; cut in strips
NB>  DD> One at a time, wrap the fruit-leather pieces around the
NB>  DD> Twinkie pieces. Place the wrapped Twinkie pieces upright
NB>  DD> on a serving tray or in a bento box.
NB>  DD> Place the dried fruits and candies into the creme filling.
NB>  DD> Garnish the tray with strips of dried mango to resemble
NB>  DD> pickled ginger. Serve with chopsticks, if you wish.

NB> How bizarre...  probably nasty, too...  ;0

NB>  DD> Source: The Twinkies Cookbook by Hostess

NB> Ah... searching for a new audience are they...?  (G)

It was the one that tickled my fancy (among just a few actual recipes) 
when I went looking under Bento Box.

Whilst searching under St. Steven's I came across this one - see if you 
can figure out why I enjoyed it better than the first one I posted.

http://guydeakinsgardening.com/blog/st-stevens-pie-recipe/

Sadly it's one of those rare site that does not let you cut and paste 
content - so I'll have to go dig out another recipe - probably relating 
to circuses or something.

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

      Title: Circus Cookies w/Orange Icing
 Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Desserts, Citrus
      Yield: 48 cookies

      2 c  All-purpose flour
    1/2 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Salt
      1 c  + 3 tb butter; softened,
           - divided use
    1/2 c  Granulated sugar
      2 lg Eggs
    1/2 c  + 2 tb orange juice; divided
           - use
      2 c  Fruit Loops cereal; crushed
           - to fine crumb
      2 c  Confectioners' sugar; (for
           - the icing)

  TO MAKE THE COOKIES: Preheat oven to 350oF/175oC.

  Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

  In large mixing bowl, beat the 1 cup margarine and
  granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and 1/2
  cup orange juice. Beat well. Add flour mixture. Mix until
  well combined. Stir in Kellogg's Fruit Loops cereal. Drop
  by level tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

  Bake at 350oF/175oC about 12 minutes or until lightly
  browned. Remove immediately from baking sheets. Cool on
  wire racks.

  When completely cooled, frost with Orange Icing. Decorate
  with additional cereal, whole or crushed.

  TO MAKE THE ORANGE ICING: Measure confectioners sugar, the
  remaining 2 tbsp margarine and remaining 2 tablespoons
  orange juice in small mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.

  Makes 4 dozen

  Source: Kellogg's Recipe by Betty Crocker

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

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