I really like to render fat, not only for the
wonderful cooking medium it produces, but also
for the cracklings.

Yup, cracklings is good.... :)

I pity those who fear or don't like cracklings.

Indeed. :)

So I took Bonnie to a comidas tipicas place
and ordered the fried crunchy things plate.
Yuca sticks, a meat=filled yuca ball, a
corn-filled corn-crusted tamale, some
smashed plantains, and a big chunk of hard-
fried chicharron. She initially said just
a tiny bit to try, but after one taste,
well, I'm not sure I got close to my half.

I've converted all my lady friends of all
persuasions to the joys of cracklings, all except
Annie, and she doesn't really count any more.

No contact at all with her any more...?

Not directly and hardly otherwise.

A shame, but that's the way life goes, sometimes...

She booted her brother out of her life, then
Marinda, then Linda and J.J., then one or another
of the Lamades, then me. I thought about seeing
what was what, but by this point it had to be
more her issue than mine, and Lilli and now
Bonnie are taking more of my time and anxiety
anyhow.

One of the reasons nuts are so beloved is
that they are high in fat.

True... :) Part of what caught my eye was the polyunsaturated... ;)

The jury's out again on them, though current
thinking is that you should avoid them.

Even when they occur naturally....?

Probably, though if something occurs naturally
in what you want to eat, you have those choices.
It is entirely unclear whether natural bad fats
have bad effects the way artificial ones are
supposed to.

Cook for a benefit, sure. Cook for the Legion,
sure. Cook for lazy friends, sometimes.

And for your own enjoyment, given the chance....? :)

I'm mostly okay and even happy to be able
to exercise my kitchen knowhow, especially
when I am among the ones who get to enjoy
the fruits of my labors, which is almost
always, because I taste all the time and
cook up the gristly fatty trimmings of meat
and when a sauce is done get to scrape up
the stuck to the bottom bits.

As oatmeal is one of those things that
perhaps by its mouth-coating texture
really encourages my sweet tooth, which
should not really be encouraged.

Well, at least the butter, cream and nuts aren't in the sweets
category.... ;) And cinnamon (one of my regular additives) is even medicinal..... ;)

I've taken to gnawing on cinnamon sticks,
but I doubt that has much beneficial effect.

The theory being that it would/could improve your vision, if you

could

tolerate the surgery....

Something like that.

Hope it works out, then... :)

You're not the only one.

How go the tests...? Or haven't they happened yet..?

It's been too busy lately for me to submit
myself to tests.

And the harbor. Did I forget to mention the
harbor? When I got to the room (Lilli was
already there) the curtains were open, and I
couldn't see anything, and I said, what's my
status good for then, but, duh, it was dark
outside. In the morning all became clear.

The harbor might be worth it... :)

It's as I said up a couple hundred meters. The view is
pretty good, but the view from our room at the
Intercontinental a few years ago was truly wonderful,
right on the water from maybe 50 meters. And the way
they got more customers at the bar was to install
picture windows that were enlarging lenses, so that
what was actually a hundred meters away looked like
it was threatening to crash into the lobby.

That would be an interesting sight, to be sure... :)

After the first what th' moment, you just
enjoyed the effect.

I admit, when the mid-levels were half as high
and half as extensive as they now are, the
view was much better,

And more worth the trip... :)

Back then the trip cost a couple bucks.

Definitely better value... :)

The experience was much different. You of
course could get to the mid-levels for free
(I think that's still true), but if you
wanted to go to the top, it cost as I said
just a couple bucks, and you were let out
into this little house (now replaced by a
shopping center and a Madame Tussaud's),
and you could take a walking trail around
or a longer trail to the real peak or (as
I did) have some of the delicious curry at
the Peak Cafe, which has been renovated to
an idealized past state with the prices and
attitude crazily jacked up.

Crazy Easy Pan-Fried Plantain Patties
categories: Latin, starch, side
servings: 1 to 2

1 yellow/brown plantain
1 Tb tapioca flour
1/2 ts cinnamon (optional)
ghee or other choice of cooking fat, as needed

Peel the plantain and place in a medium bowl.
Ripe and over-ripe plantains should peel much
easier than green plantains, so it shouldn't
be too much effort to peel it. Using a fork,
mash the plantain.

Add the tapioca flour and cinnamon to the
mashed plantain, mixing well. You want to
make sure there are no large chunks of
plantain, but small chunks are just fine.

Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat.
Add a couple Tb of your favorite cooking fat
and allow it to get hot.

Using 2 to 3 Tb for each patty, drop the
plantain mixture into the skillet and fry
for about 2 min on each side or until lightly
browned.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 02-03-19 02:15 <=-

I really like to render fat, not only for the
wonderful cooking medium it produces, but also
for the cracklings.

Yup, cracklings is good.... :)

I pity those who fear or don't like cracklings.

Indeed. :)

So I took Bonnie to a comidas tipicas place
and ordered the fried crunchy things plate.
Yuca sticks, a meat=filled yuca ball, a
corn-filled corn-crusted tamale, some
smashed plantains, and a big chunk of hard-
fried chicharron. She initially said just
a tiny bit to try, but after one taste,
well, I'm not sure I got close to my half.

Was that just of the chicharron, or of the whole plate...? ;)

I've converted all my lady friends of all
persuasions to the joys of cracklings, all except
Annie, and she doesn't really count any more.

No contact at all with her any more...?

Not directly and hardly otherwise.

A shame, but that's the way life goes, sometimes...

She booted her brother out of her life, then
Marinda, then Linda and J.J., then one or another
of the Lamades, then me. I thought about seeing what
was what, but by this point it had to be more her
issue than mine, and Lilli and now Bonnie are taking
more of my time and anxiety anyhow.

Does sound like her issue.... and Billy isn't there to need you anymore,
so less of a pull for you to deal with her problems... What's up with Bonnie....? Give her my best... I'll be keeping her in thoughts and prayers.... ;)

One of the reasons nuts are so beloved is
that they are high in fat.

True... :) Part of what caught my eye was the polyunsaturated... ;)

The jury's out again on them, though current
thinking is that you should avoid them.

Even when they occur naturally....?

Probably, though if something occurs naturally
in what you want to eat, you have those choices.
It is entirely unclear whether natural bad fats
have bad effects the way artificial ones are
supposed to.

My theory is that naturally occuring ones probably are in conjunction
with mitigating factors in the same food.... like the egg whites that
balance out the cholesterol in the egg yolks.... :)

Cook for a benefit, sure. Cook for the Legion,
sure. Cook for lazy friends, sometimes.

And for your own enjoyment, given the chance....? :)

I'm mostly okay and even happy to be able
to exercise my kitchen knowhow, especially
when I am among the ones who get to enjoy
the fruits of my labors, which is almost
always, because I taste all the time and
cook up the gristly fatty trimmings of meat
and when a sauce is done get to scrape up
the stuck to the bottom bits.

Fu was gleefully showing us the "trimmings" from the fish that he gets
to fix up for himself, since others don't care for them to be seen... ;)
Cook's privilege.... (G)

As oatmeal is one of those things that
perhaps by its mouth-coating texture
really encourages my sweet tooth, which
should not really be encouraged.

Well, at least the butter, cream and nuts aren't in the sweets
category.... ;) And cinnamon (one of my regular additives) is even medicinal..... ;)

I've taken to gnawing on cinnamon sticks,
but I doubt that has much beneficial effect.

It tends to be long-term, and cumulative (to some extent)....

The theory being that it would/could improve your vision, if you
could tolerate the surgery....

Something like that.

Hope it works out, then... :)

You're not the only one.

How go the tests...? Or haven't they happened yet..?

It's been too busy lately for me to submit
myself to tests.

Hmmmm....

The harbor might be worth it... :)

It's as I said up a couple hundred meters. The view is
pretty good, but the view from our room at the
Intercontinental a few years ago was truly wonderful,
right on the water from maybe 50 meters. And the way
they got more customers at the bar was to install
picture windows that were enlarging lenses, so that
what was actually a hundred meters away looked like
it was threatening to crash into the lobby.

That would be an interesting sight, to be sure... :)

After the first what th' moment, you just
enjoyed the effect.

I can see that.... :)

I admit, when the mid-levels were half as high
and half as extensive as they now are, the
view was much better,

And more worth the trip... :)

Back then the trip cost a couple bucks.

Definitely better value... :)

The experience was much different. You of
course could get to the mid-levels for free
(I think that's still true), but if you
wanted to go to the top, it cost as I said
just a couple bucks, and you were let out
into this little house (now replaced by a
shopping center and a Madame Tussaud's),
and you could take a walking trail around
or a longer trail to the real peak or (as
I did) have some of the delicious curry at
the Peak Cafe, which has been renovated to
an idealized past state with the prices and
attitude crazily jacked up.

Oh, dear.... too bad.... Is the food as good, or did that slip in
accordance with the prices rising....?

ttyl neb

... Pour Champagne into flute. Drink. Makes lovely music.

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