Subj : Authentics was: Taco Slop
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Tue Jul 11 2023 08:00:12

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

DD> Just not so much at their restaurants in the USA it seems.

RH> Maybe they think we only like it as ham, bacon or pork chops.

DD> Or sausage, or ribs, or pulled pork, etc, etc, Maybe they're Jewish or
DD> Muslim instead of being in thrall to the Pope and his minions.

RH> At this point, it's anybody's guess.

I was being facetious.

RH> Yes, but it would have been nice to have gotten notice earlier in
RH> the day.

DD> Did they indicate why they would be closed? It might have been a vital
DD> part of the place had been compromised - like, no air conditioning, or
DD> no gas service (for whatever reason) to light the stoves. If they
DD> could predict what happened it would not be an emergency.

RH> At the time they said "no staff available", changed later to "family
RH> emergency".

Might have been both. The "staffing issues" thing was quite common at the depths of the CoVid pandemic.

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DD> He served us pigeon cacciatore - which was appropriate as the dish
RH>  is DD> translated as "hunter's stew" and the flying rats were all that
RH>  could DD> be hunted downtown - unless you wanted real rats.  Bv)=3

RH> No thanks to having a real rat but pigeon would be interesting.
RH> Could have called it "urban quail". (G)

Despite feeding on offal and garbage rats are very clean animals avows he, who has raised rats (for laboratories) and kept a couple of their close relatives as pets when younger.

Rats got a bad rap back in the middle ages for causing bubonic plague. But it was their hitchhikers, the fleas, which were the vectore for the plague.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

     Title: Bureau Of Sewerage Ratatouille (Revised)
Categories: Vegetables, Cheese, Wine
     Yield: 2 Servings

     1    (8 oz/225 g) zucchini; in
          - 8 mm/1/3" slices
     8 oz (225 g)portobello mushrooms;
          - in 8 mm/1/3" slices
     2 lg Red bell peppers; seeded
          - chopped in 2 cm/3/4" pcs
   1/2    Onion; chopped in 2 cm/3/4"
          - pcs
     1 tb Olive oil
     1 tb Grated cheese
          Minced parsley

MMMMM-----------------------FLAVOURING MIX----------------------------
     1    Bay leaf
   2/3 ts Salt
          Pepper
     1 tb White wine
     1 tb Ketchup

 Cut zucchini and mushrooms into 8 mm slices. Remove seeds
 from red peppers. Chop onion and pepper into 2 cm pieces.

 Put vegetables in a microwave-safe bowl, add flavouring mix
 ingredients and mix well, and pour olive oil over.

 Cover with cooking paper, and poke holes with fork.

 Put plastic wrap over it, and microwave (500 w) for 8 min.

 Take it out, sprinkle grated cheese, and mix. Microwave
 again for 2 more min.

 Take it out, sprinkle minced parsley, mix lightly, and
 serve.

 Cooking time may vary depending on your microwave and/or
 ingredients' condition.

 There is no frying involved, reducing the oil amount by
 half, as well as heating time to 1/5.

 Recipe supervised by Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition

 FROM: Bureau of Sewerage, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

 From: http://www.gesui.metro.tokyo.jp

 Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

MMMMM

... Law of Cooking: Fancy gizmos don't work.

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