• 911 other froggish

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Sunday, June 24, 2018 15:28:12
    not that good. > If both are bad, no donation but if both are good, a better than
    expected donation might be in order.
    To me, the badness of the bugger would vitiate
    everything that came after.
    If the bugger were bad enough, I'd walk out.

    If the bugger spoke, wrote, or signalled to me
    in any way, that cause would be off the list
    forever.

    It is harder and harder to find a base of
    trust nowadays, not only with the ease of
    manufacturing evidence, but the increasing
    tendency to actually do so.
    I know, "trust but verify" seems to be the order of the day. Hard to
    trust a lot of stuff but some, you just have to.

    Trust but verify actually doesn't make a
    lot of sense in itself. Actually, what most
    people should do is just plain verify, unless
    the situation allows for just plain trust.

    I too have been exceedingly lax about
    documenting or even claiming contributions.
    Of course, in my tax bracket which is as
    close to zip as makes little difference,
    there's hardly a point in doing so.
    And being single............

    Being single increases the chance for need
    for that deduction. Being encumbered in one
    way or another makes it less likely that
    the tax break would be needed.

    Online contribution is something that I will
    absolutely not do, because of the incredible
    ease of tracking.
    We only do it for organisations we absolutely trust.

    There are still holes - the person or agency
    that processes the payment as well as the
    information transmission itself.

    I refer to it as fetid feta; not much more
    need be said about that.
    Just like I've called coffee "battery acid."
    Something like that.
    But I'd rather have feta than coffee.

    You've said it before - different strokes
    and that sort of thing.

    Cucumber gazpacho with asparagus
    categories: Swiss, starter, vegan, poison but not that poisonous
    yield: 1 batch
    Interesting--did you try this or just copy it out of the magazine?

    I'd never willingly make anything like that!

    Super soft and wobbly kueh kosui
    categories: Singaporean, Malaysian, dessert
    yield: 1 batch

    h - Group A
    550 ml water
    400 g gula melaka (original recipe by Sharon uses only 300 g)
    1/2 ts salt
    6 pandan leaves knotted
    h - Group B
    250 g tapioca starch
    20 g plain flour
    2 Tb alkaline water
    550 ml water
    h - Group C
    shredded coconut
    1/2 ts salt
    pandan leaves

    Bring group A to a boil and simmer for 10 min.

    Meanwhile measure and sieve tapioca and flour.

    Add alkaline water to water.

    Add hot gula melaka syrup directly to the flour
    while stirring continuously.

    Oil 8" square pan. Pour the batter through a
    sieve onto the pan. Steam for 30 min. Leave a
    gap in the lid so that steam can escape. Steaming
    at high heat may cause bubbles to appear in the kueh.

    Steam the grated coconut with pandan leaves for
    10 min and add 1/2 ts salt to it. This will help
    the coconut to keep longer.

    Sharon of My Makan Place via ieatishootipost.sg
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to MICHAEL LOO on Monday, June 25, 2018 13:35:26
    Hi Michael,

    not that good. > If both are bad, no donation but if both are
    good, a > ML> better than
    expected donation might be in order.
    To me, the badness of the bugger would vitiate
    everything that came after.
    If the bugger were bad enough, I'd walk out.

    If the bugger spoke, wrote, or signalled to me
    in any way, that cause would be off the list
    forever.

    Probably the same here. Do an actual or virtual walk out, depending on
    how you were contacted.


    It is harder and harder to find a base of
    trust nowadays, not only with the ease of
    manufacturing evidence, but the increasing
    tendency to actually do so.
    I know, "trust but verify" seems to be the order of the day. Hard to trust a lot of stuff but some, you just have to.

    Trust but verify actually doesn't make a
    lot of sense in itself. Actually, what most
    people should do is just plain verify, unless
    the situation allows for just plain trust.

    That's more of what we do. We know certain groups can be trusted without verifying, others need to be verified before we can consider trusting
    them.


    I too have been exceedingly lax about
    documenting or even claiming contributions.
    Of course, in my tax bracket which is as
    close to zip as makes little difference,
    there's hardly a point in doing so.
    And being single............

    Being single increases the chance for need
    for that deduction. Being encumbered in one
    way or another makes it less likely that
    the tax break would be needed.

    Some years we've met our deductions; other years, since deductions are
    higher for a couple, we've not met them. It's a mess I leave to Steve to
    figure out--but do save the paperwork for him.

    Online contribution is something that I will
    absolutely not do, because of the incredible
    ease of tracking.
    We only do it for organisations we absolutely trust.

    There are still holes - the person or agency
    that processes the payment as well as the
    information transmission itself.

    Those times we just trust that the information won't be compromised.
    We've had it stolen in person before.


    I refer to it as fetid feta; not much more
    need be said about that.
    Just like I've called coffee "battery acid."
    Something like that.
    But I'd rather have feta than coffee.

    You've said it before - different strokes
    and that sort of thing.

    So do you drink coffee now? Fair exchange, my coffee for your feta if
    you do. (G)


    Cucumber gazpacho with asparagus
    categories: Swiss, starter, vegan, poison but not that
    poisonous > ML> yield: 1 batch
    Interesting--did you try this or just copy it out of the magazine?

    I'd never willingly make anything like that!

    Not enamoured of vegetables? (G)


    Super soft and wobbly kueh kosui
    categories: Singaporean, Malaysian, dessert
    yield: 1 batch

    That is something I'd not make, maybe sample if I were in Singapore or
    Malaysia tho.

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    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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