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Skriven 2014-07-17 16:06:41 av Dave Drum (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: Store-bought Choppers
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> The gums are toughening up.

 ML> Glad to hear it.

I can now "chew" onion bits, bell pepper, small pieces of lettuce, etc. between
the lower gum and my remaining molar. That helps. But I still need a knife to
haggle off pieces of large things as the incisor/lower gum interface, while not
especially tender, doesn't have much of a "cutting edge".
 
 ML> Not the best regimen for an extra-sweet!
 DD> True, but then, my diet generally would make an RD wince.

 ML> As would mine, for the triglycerides more than the sugar.

My total cholesterol numbers (good, bad and indifferent) were under 90 last
time they were checked. Which reminds me - it's about time to schedule my
annual physical and general check-up.
 
 DD> I was discussing a newly re-opened chilli parlour yesterday with a
 DD> fellow chilli cook and he said that he had heard many comments that the
 DD> chilli is "really greasy". I retorted "It's CHILLI f'crysakes! It's
 DD> supposed to be oily." I've eaten there since the re-opening and do not
 DD> find the chilli at all greasy. In fact it could use a touch (or two)
 DD> more oil. Providence save us from the "fat" Nazis.

 ML> Indeed. Self-righteous and wrong, as most true zealots
 ML> usually turn out to be.

Sort of like the big controversy over climate change (wrongly named "global
warming" by the media). Both sides have extremists prating about things with
the barest grain of fact at their core but hidden in flights of extreme
la-la-land style fantasy and extrapolation.  Bv)= 
 
 ML> Sort of surprised that you didn't have them all yanked in the
 ML> hospital and be done with it.

 DD> Medicare doesn't cover dental and I have no dental insurance.

 ML> Ah. I've never had dental insurance and as a consequence am
 ML> in my 45th year without any tooth care. Beginning to suffer,
 ML> I am, and I think because I'm losing calcium for arcane
 ML> cardiac reasons.

 DD> And will visit an area dental lab for the dentures. Said lab also offers
 DD> extractions and dentures - all in one day. But, my mind rebelled at that.

 ML> When the day comes, Thailand for me.

Even if I cashed my United miles for a ticket - the $100 passport and the hotel
bills would put me well over the price of the work done here. I'll have about
$250 in the extractions and the dentures will come in at about $350 for both
plates.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Neua Yang (Beef in Hot/sweet Sauce)
 Categories: Colonel, Beef, Chilies, Herbs, Citrus
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
    1/2 lb Steak

MMMMM---------------------SAUCE INGREDIENTS--------------------------
      1 tb Lime juice
      1 tb Fish sauce
      1 tb Dark sweet soy sauce
      3 tb Shallots (purple onions)
           -sliced very thinly
    1/2 tb Palm sugar (or honey)
    1/2 tb Prik phom (powdered dried
           - red chilies)
      1 tb Sliced green onion; w/tops
      1 ts Bai chi (cilantro leaf);
           - chopped
 
  Yang dishes are the Thai equivalent of barbecue food. The
  most common is undoubtedly kai yang (chicken) where a
  chicken is split open, beaten flat, and gripped in a cleft
  stick to grill over the brazier.
  
  This version -- neua yang or barbecued beef -- has a more
  assertive sauce to go with the stronger flavor of the
  beef. It is best accompanied with a bottle of strong beer,
  especially when eaten as lunch during a break from working
  in the paddy fields. At dinner a good Italian red wine
  is I think the best choice.
  
  And of course if you don't have a charcoal brazier, or the
  weather is shade cooler than here (its 38 Celsius [100
  Fahrenheit] outside as I type this...) then you could just
  as easily prepare this dish on a griddle or broil it in
  the oven (but it *does* taste best if it can absorb the
  flavor of the charcoal smoke).
  
  For an evening meal I would suggest serving it with a
  salad such as the yam polamai, and a soup such as tam
  kha kai (chicken soup with a coconut milk stock).
  
  First prepare a serving platter, lined with lettuce
  leaves, and decorated with sliced cucumber.
  
  Combine the ingredients to make the sauce. taste and if
  required add extra sugar/honey, lime juice and/or prik
  phom.
  
  Note you can substitute sauteed onion for the shallots if
  they are unavailable.
  
  Also, remember when using prik phom (and sugar) in sauce
  preparation that the diners can always add more at the
  table, but they can't remove it if you put too much in!
  
  Barbecue half a pound of steak to whatever doneness you
  prefer, then slice into slices an eighth of an inch thick,
  and then cut the slices into bite sized pieces. Place on
  the lettuce, and pour the sauce over the steak.
  
  Served as a one-plate dinner, this serves one fairly
  hungry diner, but with the soup and salad should be
  adequate for four people.
  
  Accompany with the usual Thai table condiments (prik phom,
  sugar, and prik dong [red chilies in vinegar])
  
  Colonel Ian F. Khuntilanont-Philpott; Systems Engineering,
  Vongchavalitkul University, Korat 30000, Thailand
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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