> Four or five days here, four or five days there, pretty soon it's a week.  As
> to coyotes...a bunch of them sat outside my RV the other night and woke me with
> a serenade.  Noisy little buggers.

I never liked 'em much, even before one
of them ate your cat.

> yards to beach across the lawn, add people and vegetate.  Absolutely wonderful
> vacation.  When we arrived the guy came out of the banana grove with a complete
> stalk of bananas and hung them over the table, said "For breakfast".  The first
> day I grabbed some lemons off the tree by the door and we went into town
> looking for some chicken thighs.

Ah, associations help, though it does sound
kind of nice in itself. My island oasis was
on Maui on the lower slopes of Haleakala,
where some guy had a B&B with an avocado
tree out front that bore so many and so
delicious fruit that we never bothered with
the second B.

> I've discussed my language skills: Zwei Bier Bitte.

Even the Frogs understand that, though you
might get spit in your beverage.

>  ML> You might even consider, then, a cigarette-
>  ML> lighter-powered one that sits neatly on the
> We had one of them when we drug the other 5thwheel around the country, much
> needed refrigerator space.

Should have kept it!

>  ML> packages portioned for two and then
> I still package for 2, I guess...i.e. 2 chicken thighs per package.

Old habits and all that. It does help if
you like leftovers.

> Stealth bomber joke...Well it's like this...most tracking is done via
> transponder codes (for the octal crowd it's 0000-7777).  Skin painting isn't
> used a lot, but it's important to be able to if the plane turns off their
> transponder on purpose (think of the approaching bomber because that's the
> stealth, lack of skin painting).

Oh, of course.

> As far as the mechanic goes...He's a local kid who went off to the big city,
> Dallas, worked at a Mercedes dealer there, met and married another mechanic
> ...  They're also well regarded locally.

Trust is  pretty good thing, though as you
know there are a lot of people who go for
the quick buck by cutting corners, lying,
that sort of thing. Sometimes they try to 
do both; once in a while they succeed.

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      Title: Trump's Chocolate-Pumpernickel Pudding
 Categories: Chocolate, Desserts
   Servings:  8

      8 sl Pumpernickel
           - (crusts removed)
    1/2 c  Butter; melted
    1/4 c  Currants
      2 c  Whipping cream
      1 c  Milk
      3 oz Semisweet chocolate
           - (finely chopped)
      1 oz Unsweetened chocolate
           - (finely chopped)
    3/4 c  Sugar
      9    Egg Yolks
    1/4 ts Vanilla

  Servings:  8

  Lightly brush bread slices with melted butter.  Place bread in greased 2
  1/2 quart, 4-inch deep baking pan or souffle dish.  Sprinkle bread with
  currants and set aside.

  Bring whipping cream and milk to boil in small saucepan.  Remove from
heat.
  Whisk in chopped chocolate until melted. Whisk together sugar, egg yolks,
  and vanilla.  Beat cream/chocolate mixture into egg mixture, blending
well.
  Pour over bread slices and currants.  Let stand 30 minutes to allow bread
  to soak up liquid. Cover pan with buttered foil and place in larger pan
  filled halfway with warm water.  Bake at 350 degrees 45 minutes to 1
hour,
  or until knife inserted in pudding comes out clean. Cool slightly. Serve
  with whipped cream, if desired.

  ~ from Michael Roberts, chef/co-owner of Trumps Restaurant, Los Angeles,
  California.

  Posted by Hunter Elliot in U'NI-Net Cuisine

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