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AnnaS asks: Was it a Burns Night dinner?
Aye, lassie, that it was. The gentleman who recited the Ode to the Haggis sat next to me during the dinner and couldnae eat ony wi'oot a couple shots o' Finlaggan.
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Just saw haggis mentioned, yum, yum. I'll be away on the annual haggis hunt for the next few days. I have to slay one of the wee things for the Burns Night table. In case this is my last post (vicious, they are), have a wee dram (Bunnahabhain if possible) on me on the 25th! PS My hunting trip is listed on this page, so I might take a while - http://www.grouse.com/lodge/library/stb/food_drink/places/whisky.html.
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Oooo Jo, when I mentioned Grouse hunting in my bio I didn't know there was a Grouse Scotch Whisky...you know of course, that I WILL have to go there.
Scrapple...innards and stuff...isn’t that called Menudo in Mexico. I recall going to a small, basement restaurant with my cousin and her husband (a Mexican gentleman) who told me I would eat REAL Mexican food. I ordered a bowl of Menudo. Only after I ate it, did they tell me what it was. I am not fickle by nature and love to taste different things, so I wouldn’t have minded knowing before.
Boby, my mom made the same type of mixture when we were young only she always added tomato juice. She would scoop this hamburger/onion/tomato juice mixture over boiled potatoes and we would mash it all up. My mouth still waters at the thought.
Isn’t the food your mom made just the best in the world? I remember my mom making hamburger steak (a hamburger patty with hot chicken sauce ladled over it) the nights I had cheerleading practice. She always had homemade french-fries and green peas floating in the sauce. I’d get home and it was all ready for me when I walked in the door. Everybody else had already eaten; most times something completely different. It made me feel really special that my mom went through all the trouble. It is still my favorite comfort food.
Does anybody else have a comfort food?
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The rambutan season is now upon us. A rambutan (the name comes from the Indonesian for "head hair" ( rambut -- body hair is bulu)) is a reddish fruit about the size and shape of a kiwi fruit (aka Chinese gooseberry) covered in bristles that look like short thick hair with too much gel. The pulp inside is white and semi-translucent. I have seen some very sorry-looking specimens in the UK, but otherwise I've only seen them here in SE Asia. The first time I came across them was in Singapore. When I opened the first one, a friend who was also new to these parts and had previously worked as a men's surgical nurse, said "That's just what men's balls look like inside as well."
They taste delicious when fully ripe. Unfortunately they tend to be harvested too early in my opinion.
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They taste delicious when fully ripe. Unfortunately they tend to be harvested too early in my opinion.
What, the balls or the rambutan?
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The rambutan. The balls are best enjoyed in situ.
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The balls are best enjoyed in situ.
Now look here, Bingley old chap, you caused my beloved iMac to crash out with that reference to the enjoyment of balls in situ Please don't do it again. But thanks for the memory anyway ... it's been a long time, mate.
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BTW, I see on my return after my mini-crash that we are still only 1992 members. I am thinking of registering under eight different aliases so as to become Member MM and receive my prize of ... well, it should be something worthwhile, eh Anu? Come on, give it a whirl!
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bel, ami, they've been adding stuff to beer for quite some time. I just came across this in Susan Sontag's "In America" set (initially) in 19th century Poland:
"it was hot beer with cream and morsels of finely chopped white cheese floating in it"
Cheers!
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there is no defense of scrapple.Shame on you, picking on poor defenseless scrapple! 
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