And plenty of people happily eating them.... :)
Which left me with mixed feelings, as I
wanted more for myself. The solution would
have been to make an impossibly large batch,
but I'd thought that the offering was enough
(a rule of thumb is to make enough for 4,
which in my admonitions for the echo picnics
is amended to 2 to 4, but as I recall that
dish would have fed 8-10 as a main course).
I think the usual suggestions at our dinners is to make for 12... Partly taking into account the fact that not everyone is making that sort of
dish, probably....
If there's substantial participation, that
guarantees lots of extra food, a situation
one may or may not want (depending on the
disposition of the leftovers).
One has been known to make the comparison with
the fabled jeweler Cardillac, who would create
and sell pieces but then rob their in his mind
undeserving new owners of them, but that's not
quite apt, because I actually don't mind others
enjoying the fruits of my labors (just so they
don't get in my way of doing so myself). It may
be the only Cardillac syndrome I don't have.
(Is that perhaps a play on cardiac...?) You just should have taken a
proper serving to begin with... :)
Well, in one version of the story he gets lynched,
and another has him killed by one of his intended
victims, but none that I know has him confronted
by the authorities and put under Cardillac arrest.
The fun may not all be intentional on the
part of either the writer, the consumer, or
the manufacturer.
Point.
It's serendipitous, as are many of the disasters
that also befall (if a disaster can be said to
be serendipitous).
Unplanned, anyway.... ;)
Unplanned, unintended.
In fact, it's like the old knockoffs that were
essentially identical in appearance but not
necessarily in function.
Which I was careful not to get.... Basically, then, it's a new knockoff,
but thinks to get away with using the good name of the original... Not unlike the Scottissue you and Ruth have been discussing... it's not been
the same since KimberleyClark took it over.... been going downhill ever since.....
Funny, because another of its products, Kleenex
has a good reputation that the company seems
eager to protect.
For sure. ties in with our issues about
corporate squeezing of every possible dollar.
And their failing to recognize that quality would actually produce more dollars rather than less....
But it doesn't. If it actually did, they'd
do it.
No, only if it was perceived to do so... Instead, people will
eventually just stop buying it, and there will be less dollars
produced.....
The length of the view probably has a lot to do
with it: with long-term positions being less
frequent, there's incentive to go for the quick
turnover and cash flow, and the loss of
reputation, let someone else deal with that.
Nice to hear a success story now and then.... :)
It is. Not without bumps in the road, but
it's been a half-century survival, better
than a lot of enterprises.
Indeed.
Turns out that for the last decades it's been
run by Barnes & Noble as well, though it's still
a cooperative, returning the profits to the
membership as described before.
... Burgers with no onion rings is like a movie with no popcorn.
And potatoes and onions cost not much different,
so why do the burger places offer fries as the
default?
Good question... and probably the answer also lies in perceptions.... as
they charge way more for the onions....
To be fair, you have to change the oil more
frequently for onions, and it's hard to reuse
it for frying something else afterward. Spuds
are low on the flavor chain, so the oil can get
reused for a wider variety of other things.
They are even sometimes used to correct somewhat
spoiled grease.
Ooooooo.... that DOES sound good..... (G)
Easily doable with a few extra hands to help with
stuff like shredding cheese.
So a good picnic project... :)
As Ruth also noted.
I saved that into my 'picnic' file... ;)
Just do a timely reminder. Actually, it should
be quite easy, if the hosts can assure a ready
supply of pork belly.
Oh, for sure, but I'm still not a filing the
edges off person, even if my way involves a
little more heartache now and then.
The brave face often only masks the heartache...
Did I write that sentence? Weird.
You're in a weird frame of mind, perhaps....? :)
Doesn't much matter, it's still true.
I've kept up with 3 or 4 in each class with
a few others fading in and out. The high school
crop was only 54, though; college had 1600
entering freshmen, most of whom graduated.
No idea how many potential college classmates I have... RIT was pretty
big even back then.... High school, even though I was only there for my senior year, I've ended up paying more attention to, since I've been
involved in planning and going to the reunions.... 350+ in my class... I
know more of them now than I did when I was in school, thanks to the reunions....
That's one purpose of reunions - affinities
become easier to find with age when the
adolescent concerns fall away.
Boiled Bamboo Shoot, Ham and Leek with Milk
Categories: Japanese, main, odd
Serves: 4
1 boiled bamboo shoot(root part)
1 Japanese leek
3 sl ham
1 knob ginger
1 c soup stock - sub 2 Tb granulated chicken stock
- dissolved in 1 c hot water
1 c milk
1/2 c fresh cream
1 1/2 Tb cornstarch
- dissolved in 1 1/2 Tb water
salt
white pepper
Cut the bamboo shoot and Japanese leek into thin
2" strips. Cut the ham and ginger into thin strips.
Heat the oil in a deep frying pan. Add the bamboo
shoot, ginger, Japanese leek and ham in this order
to the frying pan and fry quickly.
Add the soup stock, milk and fresh cream. Season
with salt and white pepper. When it comes to a
boil, thicken it with the starch and water mixture.
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