Re: [gardeners] Korean dinner
John Harman (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:49:59 +1100 (EST)
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, George Shirley wrote:
> John Harman wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, margaret lauterbach wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a Korean friend who regards herself a good cook. She cooks
> > > everything in sesame oil, garlic and soy sauce. The above may sound good,
> > > but if it's all cooked in sesame oil, garlic and soy sauce, the bottom line
> > > is that it all tastes alike. My Korean friend always wants people to come
> > > to lunch with her, but she serves 1) greens she harvested out of a mountain
> > > stream, never had them identified, 2)dried mushrooms she harvested from her
> > > lawn -- she got someone, via telephone, once to tell her they were "fairy
> > > ring" mushrooms and were safe to eat (the fairy ring has stood in the same
> > > place for 30 years), and 3) unrefrigerated eggs. She pooh-poohs any
> > > suggestion of refrigeration. Doesn't know they sometimes come with
> > > salmonella inside because she doesn't read newspapers or magazines (print
> > > is backwards to her, although she does have a B.A. from an American
> > > university in English). I would be as averse to eating at a Korean
> > > restaurant as i am at her house. Margaret L
> > >
> > >
> > Her degree is printed in English ?? The subject was English ??
> >
> > How can you get a degree in English from an American University.
> > Americans can't even spell in English. Tire/tyre, color/colour,
> > nite/night. :) You call petrol gas, you call lifts elevators,
> > footpaths sidewalks, aircraft airplanes, cars autos, punnets
> > flats, flats apartments...Harman is back from leave. :)
> >
> > Asian restaurants out here are regularly busted by the health
> > dept. A standard trick is serving cat as chicken. Apparently with those
> > lovely spicy sauces they can disguise anything. They have no idea of
> > hygiene, although I believe the Japs do a little better.
> >
> > John
> > You also drive on the wrong side of the road. :)
>
> Sheesh Harman, have you ever listened to a gaggle of convicts, er, ah,
> Aussies, talking? That can't be English either or is it eyether?
>
> George
>
>
No, that's 'either', George. :)
John