On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:21:46 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 06/06/2010 7:20 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:59:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>>>>> I'm a bit scared of SLC
>>>>
>>>> Nah, don't be - it's the liberal part of the state. :-)
>>>>
>>> I'll take your word on that.
>>
>> No need, it's pretty well documented - democrats hold (and have for
>> years) positions as the mayor for SLC and for the county,
> 
> +1 point
> 
> < lots of local
>> "green" initiatives (including vehicles that run on alternative fuels
>> for the city),
> 
> -1 point (I worked for oil companies for almost 20 years) :-P

Surely not BP, no?  If so, you might be buying the first round. ;-)

But in terms of 'liberal' point of view, green energy is a pretty good 
sign, don't you think?

> The number of overseas tourists last year was 14.1 million and the total
> overnight-stay visitors was 27 million. Not all of them visited the Wong
> Kei (Mr Wong’s shop) ;-)

LOL

> I imagine a lot don’t go more than once. Although, I recommended it to a
> Chinese Australian who came on holiday and he ate there 10 times in a
> week. The price might have had something to do with it. ;-)

I imagine it's also popular with student visitors. :-)

>> OK, I misread, then. :-)
> 
> I may have miss-writ.

<Stephen Colbert>I accept your apology, sir</Stephen Colbert>

> It is if you can eat Hong Kong style food. For instance in the scramble
> egg rice the egg is barely cooked.

Might work for me, or it could end up being a texture thing.

>> The last two times have been off-season, and we really enjoyed it.  But
>> if we're relocating, we also need to spend a little time there during
>> the season as well. :)
>>
> No, then it is full of tourists and hot. Off season is best. :-)

Well, "hot" to you is different than "hot" to me.  It's 82F here right 
now, and we're supposed to hit 90F by mid-week.

I guess spring is over. <sigh>

>>>>>> Ooooh, don't think I've had that before (pork obviously isn't often
>>>>>> used, but you know that<G>).
>>>>>
>>> Fusion :-)
>>
>> Yeah.  I can't remember which show it was now, but on a cooking show
>> someone had to create a new Indian-style dish, and he wasn't sure what
>> kind of meat to use; he remembered something about beef, but didn't
>> know about pork, so he selected that.  Even still, I think he came out
>> ahead.
>>
>>
> Some people think it is an unclean meat. They don’t know what they are
> missing.

Well, it tends to be thought of as such for religious reasons, so it 
either becomes "throw away my religion and religious traditions" or eat 
it.  Generally; I know a guy who is ostensibly Jewish who likes the 
occasional bacon sandwich (made with the real thing, not turkey bacon).

>>> Nor am I generally but it absorbs the flavour wonderfully. Try adding
>>> some florets about 15 minutes before the end of the cooking.
>>> Overcooking is OK too.
>>
>> I'll keep that in mind. :)
>>
>>
> Actually par boiling them first is best.

Hmm, I could see that working.

Jim

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