Subj : Gardens [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sat Aug 09 2025 13:26:49 Hi Dave, DD> And thus is born "fusion" cuisine. Some of which is very nice. But DD> some dishes should be "left as found". I have things in every cuisine RH> I think most things are better in their original than in a fusion. RH> Fusion doesn't always take the best of all contributions and make RH> something better; sometimes it ends up much worse than any of its RH> components. DD> As I said above "Some of which is very nice." And, of course, there DD> are some dishes which could gag a maggot out of a garbage can. Steve would count anything made with bittermelon in that category. Others would include durian. I like them both, in small amounts--can enjoy more melon than durian tho. (G) DD> 8<----- ||||| ----->8 RH> found out others in the same line had died young). We needed a cat for RH> the mousekeeping chores so kept Dog and kept her name. DD> I'll bet that got some raised eyebrows. I got adopted by a cat that DD> had been mutilated (de-clawed) who lowwlowed me around like a dog. So RH> It sure did! And then she had kittens. (G) They were born the day the RH> Apollo 11 astronauts took off so we designated them Neil, Buzz, Michael RH> and Diana (Roman goddess of the moon--I was taking Latin in high RH> school). They all found homes so we kept Dog for some time longer. DD> And King Chuck's first wife (Ms.Spencer) was not yet Princess Dianna. DD> Bv)= RH> Yes, but this Diana was born when the future princess was only 8 years RH> old and hardly anybody knew her. Besides, the kitten was cuter. (G) DD> I thought Ms. Spencer was quite attractive despite her blonde hair. That's your opinion. Besides, what's wrong with being blonde? I was for my childhood/early adulthood. It turned more brown over the years tho. DD> I named hor "Spot" not knowing, since I never watched Star Dreck thar DD> one of the characters in the space opera had a cat named Spot. After RH> IIRC, that was Data, a robot in "ST; The Next Generation". Steve RH> enjoyed that show and since the tv was in the living room, I heard it. DD> An "android". Robots are all electromechanical. Androids have meat on DD> their framework. OK, I just knew he wasn't human. DD> Spot is the cat who slurped the sauce off of the pasta and meat, DD> leaving iton the saucer when I shared my supper with her one evening. DD> She was a might hunter - used to bring me bunnies ad birds she had DD> nailed - and her with no claws on her front end. RH> Our cats brought home mice, shrews, and the occaisional bird, even RH> fewer rabbits. More often than not, we would see a few remains and know RH> that the hunter had found prey. DD> We had a shop cat at the satellite store. Callie was brought in when DD> one of the installers got her, barely weaned, from a clinet. Her DD> mother cat hadn't had time to teach her to hunt and eat her prey. She DD> would nab a mouse and play with it until its little heart gave out. DD> Then ignore the thing. Once I put one of her victims in her food dish DD> hoping she'd get the idea that it was food. Ms. Calico scooped the DD> mouse onto the floor and started crunching her kibble. All depends on how they're raised in the first couple of months. I can't recall our momma cats teaching their young how to hunt; kittens generally found homes around 8-10 weeks old. By then they knew how to eat & drink from dishes. DD> 8<----- CUT ----->8 RH> We get some wierd voice mail translations sometimes. (G) DD> Usually on words not in its lexicon. So, it makes a "best guess". And DD> things begin to get weird. Do they ever! DD> Title: Cauliflower Piccata DD> Categories: Vegetables, Beans, Citrus, Herbs DD> Yield: 4 servings RH> I'll stick with the chicken but if I need to do a vegetarian one, I'll RH> use tofu. DD> I likes me cauliflower. I have yet to discover a way that I don't DD> like. RH> I like it too, but just thinking about what other alternatives to meat RH> might work. I'd press the tofu to get most of the water out, then treat RH> it like the chicken cutlets. DD> Only place i get tofu on purpose is in hot & sour soup. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... gnorw og... gnorw og... gnorw og nac gnihton --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .