LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.10 (03) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 11 May 2006 * Volume 03
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From: "Theo Homan" <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.10 (02) [E]

From: "Global Moose Translations"
<globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.09 (11) [E]

Ron wrote:
>I know what you mean.  I haven't found a decent
American sort of tea yet.
>They all taste muddy or twiggy or both.  Goodness
knows what they do to
>it. Yeah, even American Lipton's Tea isn't anywhere
>as good as its relatives elsewhere.

Also, there is no real American "tea culture". Many
times, when asked
whether I "would like some tea", I was offered a cup
of more or less warm water straight from the tap,

***

It is my turn to tell a tea-story.

On Iceland don't be surprised if people don't have any
tea at all at home.
When they have and you ask for it, they take the
kettle and fill it with warm water from the warm tap.
But this warm water is the warm water they get from
their hot springs, and as we all know, this warm water
has sulphur in it.
And if you didn't know, you can smell it.
And drinking your tea, this sulphur is then in your
cup. And in your mouth.

But I never complained. I thought it was just
enjoyable that the Icelanders had their own
tea-habits.

PS: Well... I must admit that I am not much of a
gourmet (although I never grunt when eating).

PS2: Often I buy my tea in the Warmoesstraat in
Amsterdam. And as all of us know, this street is the
street where Vondel used to live. So I am a civilized
tea-drinker.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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From: "Tom Mc Rae" <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.10 (06) [E]

On 11/05/2006, at 12:45 PM, R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tom:
>
>> A brand called Russian Caravan has a great reputation among
>> friends in UK.
>
> Are they smokers by any chance?

Know something ? The main fan of it just happens to be such a chain
smoker I dubbed him Puffing Billy.
He'll drive all the way from Blackheath to Heath Row to buy supplies.
Being a non-smoking coffee drinker I've never tried it myself.
I'll happily drink Bushells.

Regards
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us
Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us
Robert Burns

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From: "Tom Mc Rae" <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.10 (06) [E]

BILLY TEA
Regarding tea the best of all is Billy Tea which must be properly made.
I always drink this on Field Trips  and bush walks. Make as follows.....
1. Obtain a suitable sized empty can and was well.
2. Make two small holes exactly opposite each other near the top rim.
3. Pass a stout wire 'handle' through those holes so you have a large
loop about 3 feet long. (You'll learn why).
4. Season the can by placing it it over an open fire until the
outside blackens.
You now have a Billy which should always be transported wrapped in
old newspaper so black doesn't spoil pack.
5. When in Bush light a good eucalypt fire, place billy over this and
bring to the boil.
6. Sprinkle in the relevant amount of tea and immediately remove from
heat.
7. The traditional part swing that billy around in a vertical circle
three times. This settles tea leaves.
8. Alternatively tap the can's sides with a stick.
9. Pour into cups, savour the aroma, and drink. While added sugar is
OK a good Bushy drinks his black.
Regards
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us
Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us
Robert Burns

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From: "Global Moose Translations" <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.10 (06) [E]

Leslie:
>Actually, chicken fried steak is simply steak that has been breaded and
>fried just like fried chicken normally is, with flour, egg, and usually
>bread crumbs, along with other spices sometimes.

and Kevin:
>Um, it's steak, not chicken - it's just breaded or battered and then deep
>fried, like fried chicken. It's also usually made with cheap cuts of meat,
>such as cube steak.

Maybe there are regional differences? I used to live on the West Coast
(Oregon), and
the few times I had chicken fried steak, it actually seemed to be
processed poultry,
shredded and put back together (like cheap chicken nuggets). It looked
white on the
inside. But this was at the kind of place where the mashed potatoes and
gravy would
come out of a bag, as powder or flakes (think Denny's). I think I gave up
on it
after the second try (both the dish and the place).

Gabriele Kahn

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From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.09 (11) [E]

I've developed into a vegetarian lately and have always avoided veal
anyway.  So I won't comment on the (non-Lowlandic) schnitzel thing.

Ah SchmuÃ°Ã°ers, Ron! Nothing beats an American hamburger, no fries, a root
beer and one of those wondrous kingsized milk shakes from Burger King!
Ben

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From: "First name Last name" <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.05.10 (04) [E]

Hi all,

Paul, I agree rooibos is an acquired taste. My maternal step-grandmother
fed us the stuff ad nauseum and I still consider it a kind of medicine.
Iced-teas made from it is not too bad, though.

Regards,
Elsie Zinsser

>>>From Paul Finlow-Bates
Hi Elsie,
Never could acquire a taste for rooibostee myself. I tried it with and
without all combinations of milk and sugar. Rhubarb juice was about the
closest
analogy I could think of!

 Paul

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From: "Brooks, Mark" <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
Subject: LL-L "De;ectables" 2006.05.10 (04) [E]

Gabriele said: "But as far as I know, the chicken in chicken fried steak is
shredded and processed in some way that I shudder to think of."
Gabriele,
That would be true if you were speaking of McDonald's, but there ain't no
chicken in chicken fried steak.  I suppose this is a hold over from Southern
Fried Chicken.  When you fry chicken the Southern way, you batter it
(heavily) and fry it in a skillet full of grease.  My grandmother was expert
at it.  Now, when you cook steak the same way, we call it chicken fried
because it's fried they way chicken is.  Then you have a piece of beef
(often not the best of cuts) with a heavy batter fried onto it that you
smother in cream gravy which makes the whole affair turn into a plate of a
flat piece of meat with a thick goo surrounding it.  The batter comes off
and the grease accumulates.  Oh well, you have to eat it quickly or you'll
lose your appetite looking at it ;-).  This 1s usually served with mashed
potatoes and more of the cream gravy, making everything on the plate
indistinguishable from one another.

I should tell you that I have just committed treason by dissing an icon of
Texas cooking, but I'm making that sacrifice in the name of truth ;-)

Mark Brooks

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From: "Heather Rendall" <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "De;ectables" 2006.05.10 (04) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
Ron writes to Gabrielle
>and our occasional agreements don't surprise me given that we are really
separated
 identical twins.  (Darn it! I wasn't supposed to divulge that!)<

( Some mistake here surely: Ed)

??????????????

I think for the benefit of public information this forum should be apprised
of the deceit that has clearly been perpetrated upon its members

Is Ron really Rhona?

Or Gabrielle Gabriel?

Who is identical to whom?

Heather ;-))))))))))

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Delectables

My, my!  Aren't those "Delectables" threads popular always, even when I
try to change the spelling?  They bring up everything and the kitchen
sink, don't they?

Thanks for all the tea stories, everyone, and for the billie tea recipe,
Tom.  Now all we need is a damper recipe, and we can all go on a bush
walkabout without having to rely on witchity grubs with straight ground
water.

Ben:

> Ah SchmuÃ°Ã°ers, Ron! Nothing beats an American hamburger,
> no fries, a root beer and one of those wondrous kingsized
> milk shakes from Burger King!

Firstly, I'm not a vegan.  So, milkshakes, cheese and eggs are all right. 
Secondly, corps consumption?  Been there, done that!  On to the next
lifetime!  Besides, you wouldn't say those things if you had ever tried my
cooking, even vegetarian cooking.  The best meal I ever had was a
communally cooked vegetarian dinner in a Buddhist temple in Hong Kong,
celebrating my Sri Lankan monk friend's and my return from a long trip
through China.

Oh, Heather, Heather ... What shall we do with you?  So you think you're
so clever, huh?  I admit you got me going there for a second or three and
forced me to double-check ... no, not what you might think, but serious
scientific literature.  "Identical" twins (i.e., monozygotic ones, in our
particular case with a touch of monoxenic gothic) can indeed have two
sexes, though this is extremely rare.  But who wouldn't agree that
Gabriele (with one "l" and a long "e" before that) and I aren't an
extremely rare case?  So there!

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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