Ah, sorry. Any chance of renegotiating the loan?
I've tried. :) I'll manage or die trying.
Seems a bank should recognize its best interest
in keeping a customer relationship going smooth.
It'll be nice to meet you in person. Maybe
we can arrange a battle of the shawn/seans.
I'm down. ;0
Heh.
"canned fish".)
What you don't know won't hurt you, eh.
That's what I always said to the kids when they were young too!
Double heh. Of course it's true only in the
majority of cases, because most things don't
hurt you, seen or unseen. But Occam has a way
of choosing the 60 over the 40, and errors do
compound sometimes.
My favorite fish liver is monkfish, which used
to be cheap but now is through the roof, since
food writers have described it as "fish foie gras."
Isn't monkfish renamed to something fancy now like Pollock? Or am I
thinking of something else?
Goosefish, anglerfish, all mouth, and other
stuff. I don't see that monkfish is that friendly
a term, either. If they wanted to give it a nice
romantic name, they could have done what we've
been talking about here, and use a foreign and
therefore more romantic name - the french lotte
comes to mind; of course you have to be careful
not to use something like Seeteufel (the German
name, means sea devil).
I'm not sure why at this moment, but the joke comes
to mind about the taxi driver and the preacher
presenting themselves at the pearly gates, and
St. Peter says to the cabbie, you see that mansion
over there, that is going to be your home in heaven
forever, and the guy says thank you and goes on his
way. Meanwhile, the preacher is thinking, wow, if
that fellow got such a huge place, I can't wait to
see what mine will look like. And St. Peter gestures
over the other way to a neat and trim little cottage,
and says, Reverend, here is your home for the rest of
eternity. Slightly taken aback, the minister says, I
thank you for your kindness, but I'm just curious - what
sort of miracles did the cab driver perform to deserve
such a residence? And St. Peter smiles and says, all
the time you were in the pulpit preaching, the people
were sleeping; all the time he was driving in his
taxi, people were praying!
Sometimes people name things in a kind of tonedeaf way -
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01
Title: Seafood Pancakes (Cancer)
Categories: Appetizers, Fish/sea, Pancakes
Yield: 10 servings
1 c Flour 1/2 lb Shrimp, shelled
1 Pinch salt 2 tb Butter
1 Egg, lightly beaten 3 tb Flour
4 ts Oil 1/4 c Light cream
1 1/2 c Milk plus 1 Tbsp 1 c Gruyere Cheese
1/2 lb Monkfish 2 tb Parsley, fresh, chopped
6 Scallops 1 Salt and pepper
3/4 c Milk 1 1/2 tb Oil for frying
2 Garlic cloves, chopped
Servings: 10
Make pancake batter by mixing flour and salt in mixing bowl. Make well
in
center and pour in the egg, 4 tsp oil and 1 cup milk. Whisk to smooth
batter then add remaining milk.
Remove any skin from monkfish, rinse and cut into bite-size pieces. Pat
dry. Rinse and pat dry scallops, cut in half. Pour 3/4 cup milk into
saucepan, add garlic and bring to simmer. Add all fish except shrimp.
Simmer for 5-6 minutes then add shrimp. When shrimp turn pink remove all
fish to a bowl and set aside. Strain fish milk and reserve for sauce.
Place
butter in saucepan and melt, add flour and stir for 2 minutes, then pour
in
reserved milk and the cream. Continue to stir and simmer for a few
minutes
until you have a smooth sauce. Turn heat to low, add cheese and parsley
and
season to taste with salt and pepper. Add fish, mix well.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place small frying pan or omelet pan over high heat. Lightly grease it
with a little oil. Beat pancake batter, then pour 3 Tbsp into pan. Turn
pan
so bottom is covered evenly with batter and cook for 40-60 seconds, turn
and cook 30-40 seconds longer. Transfer to large plate. Continue with
remaining batter. (There should be enough filling for 10 pancakes.) Place
an equal amount of filling (about 3 Tbsp) in center of each pancake, fold
the sides over filling and arrange in ovenproof dish just large enough to
hold pancakes. Place in oven for 20 minutes, or until the pancakes are
hot
through. Serve immediately.
These thin pancakes, which conceal a tasty mixture of fish, will appeal
to
the masked and mysterious side of the Cancerian, who when in need of
refreshment and quiet will reture into his or her own protective shell.
These can be served as a first course or as a luncheon dish for four,
with
a green salad and a very chilled white wine.
From: "A Taste of Astrology" Posted by: Grandma Sheila (Exner)
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