there's always the possibility that one may be
sold the meat of a septicemic animal, despite all
the best efforts of public health inspectors.

Always a risk... and even cooking it to death doesn't really save one
from that sort of possibility....

It will save you from bacterial sepsis. Prion
contamination, you can cook something black and
the things will persist.

I'll eat fish even with visible parasites but will
remove any apparent ones - actually I had to do this
a couple months ago. Look at the numerous YouTube
videos on the subject - it's not incredibly hard
to do ... and even I can see the things, my close
vision being still kind of okay.

As long as it's large enough to see... I don't think I've ever actually
seen parasites in fish... but then mostly I get my fish (for cooking)
from Wegmans or (for sushi) from Fu... ;)

Parasites are generally macroscopic. Your fish sources
are safe in the one case because the merchandise has
been hard frozen and in the other because Fu has done
the candling work already (plus it might have been
frozen, too).

Like fortune cookies. Very few of them say anything
specific, though I did get one a few weeks ago that
said "you will have a happy and prosperous old age."
If I could get a guarantee for that, that would be
really great.

Yup... ;) Ones like that, I always look for the "waffle" factor that invalidates what it seems to be promising... (G)

I've heard of even more audacious promises, such as
"you will not be the one to pay the bill."

... Enter any 12-digit prime number to continue.

Just remember this: 101111111111

Ok, I'll try to... (G)

{retty easy to remember, just recall that it's the fifth
smallest 12-digit prime. Or you can just remember
555555555551, which has the advantage of having the
different number being on the end.

P.S. Got this a day or two ago:
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Firefox had a problem and crashed. We'll try to
restore your tabs and windows when it restarts.
To help us diagnose and fix the problem, you can
send us a crash report.

Not that I doubted you.... ;) Interesting to actually see, though... :)

And yesterday I got a different error message that
indicated that some Firefox process that I hadn't
authorized was working in the background and had
crashed. Heh. In other news, my GOES login has been
wiped (I'm not unauthorized, my account is claimed
never to have existed).

... A wise man once said nothing.

Wise (wo)men and idiots often agree.

Not that I believe in wisdom, of course.

Kung pao chicken with burned garlic noodles
categories: pasta, poultry, Chineseish, main
servings: 4

h - for the Chicken
3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
h - for the Marinade:\
5 garlic cloves
1/2 ts salt
2 Tb sugar
2 Tb soy sauce
1 Tb cornstarch
h - for the Sauce
1/4 c soy sauce
1/4 c white vinegar
1/2 c chicken stock
2 Tb sugar
1 Tb cornstarch
h - Others
1 oz cashew nuts
1 Tb grated ginger
8 dried red chiles (or tt), split
2 scallions, 1" lengths
1 scallion, chopped
3 Tb sesame oil

Cut chicken into 1" cubes.

Combine marinade ingredients and add chicken,
making sure chicken is well coated. Allow to
sit at least 20 min.

Heat 2 Tb oil on high heat. Add the cashews,
stirring occasionally; cook until golden. Set
aside.

In the same hot pan (which has plenty of oil
left over), add chicken and marinade and cook
on high heat, stirring frequently, for 5 min.
Remov the chicken from the pan and set aside.

Scrape up as much of the leftover marinade flecks
as possible. To the same pan, add the remaining
oil, and stir-cook the chiles for 1 min. Add the
scallion lengths and then the ginger. Cook until
greens are tender but not wilted. Add chicken.
Whisk together the sauce ingredients and add.
Stir well and bring to the boil, stirring often
until sauce thickens. Cover and cook on low
for 10 mins.

Transfer to a bowl and garnish with chopped scallions.
Serve with burned garlic noodles.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 05-13-19 14:16 <=-

I'll eat fish even with visible parasites but will
remove any apparent ones - actually I had to do this
a couple months ago. Look at the numerous YouTube
videos on the subject - it's not incredibly hard
to do ... and even I can see the things, my close
vision being still kind of okay.

As long as it's large enough to see... I don't think I've ever actually
seen parasites in fish... but then mostly I get my fish (for cooking)
from Wegmans or (for sushi) from Fu... ;)

Parasites are generally macroscopic. Your fish sources
are safe in the one case because the merchandise has
been hard frozen and in the other because Fu has done
the candling work already (plus it might have been
frozen, too).

Most if not all of Fu's fish comes in frozen, I'm pretty sure... I
regularly see him thawing chunks... but maybe he just freezes after
cutting up the whole fish...

Like fortune cookies. Very few of them say anything
specific, though I did get one a few weeks ago that
said "you will have a happy and prosperous old age."
If I could get a guarantee for that, that would be
really great.

Yup... ;) Ones like that, I always look for the "waffle" factor that invalidates what it seems to be promising... (G)

I've heard of even more audacious promises, such as
"you will not be the one to pay the bill."

Years ago, back when we were in the habit of hosting what we called The
Motley Crew on Sunday afternoons at Yangs (mostly college students,
they'd pay in what they could afford), Richard got one that he restated
as "You are a born sucker and will be fleeced regularly"... :) It was actually more like "you are altruistic and give freely"...

... Enter any 12-digit prime number to continue.

Just remember this: 101111111111

Ok, I'll try to... (G)

Pretty easy to remember, just recall that it's the fifth
smallest 12-digit prime. Or you can just remember
555555555551, which has the advantage of having the
different number being on the end.

That works too... :)

P.S. Got this a day or two ago:
We're sorry.
Firefox had a problem and crashed. We'll try to
restore your tabs and windows when it restarts.
To help us diagnose and fix the problem, you can
send us a crash report.

Not that I doubted you... ;) Interesting to actually see, though... :)

And yesterday I got a different error message that
indicated that some Firefox process that I hadn't
authorized was working in the background and had
crashed. Heh. In other news, my GOES login has been
wiped (I'm not unauthorized, my account is claimed
never to have existed).

Which account is that...? Computers are really acting up for you
lately....

... A wise man once said nothing.

Wise (wo)men and idiots often agree.
Not that I believe in wisdom, of course.

Sometimes it is the ear of the beholder... ;)

ttyl neb

... Actually I Can Believe It's Not Butter.

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