28-07-2002 00:24									#61
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Well, as you know, Horse (and Fin too, I'm sure) it is the tongue that is the main implement of attraction with the "fairer" sex...we can let the rest go to hell.

	28-07-2002 06:24									#62
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I don't think there's much chance of him telling you that - the video was so foggy it could have been Elvis getting married.

My version of WindowsMediaPlayer has a special Smell-o-Vision option. As I watched the wedding, the aroma of fried peanut butter sandwiches wafted from the monitor.

'Fess up, Sneak - are you Elvis Presley? Was that lady carrying half the world's remaining rain forests in the crook of her arm really Priscilla? Were you two retying the knot?

	28-07-2002 07:01									#63
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Hey...I may be slow, but I'm not dead.
Aside: I remember the day Elvis died, as it was the day after my birthday. I was 6 years old, I believe. I imagine Fin was just starting to cash in on his senior discount around then.

	28-07-2002 08:57									#64
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quote: Originally posted by SuperSneak Hey...I may be slow, but I'm not dead. Aside: I remember the day Elvis died, as it was the day after my birthday. I was 6 years old, I believe. I imagine Fin was just starting to cash in on his senior discount around then.

Actually, I was driving home from the golf course. I saw a newspaper poster outside a news agency. It said "King Is Dead". I knew it wasn't 1952 - the last time any King of import had died - but I still had no idea what it meant. I still have no idea what it meant.

	28-07-2002 17:23									#65
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Horse took a photo of the dreaded tree - or what remains of the thing - last night and I'm waiting for him to post the pic.

	29-07-2002 03:31									#66
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What other photo's did Horse take on his date with you finbar.

	29-07-2002 05:30									#67
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I got some nice shots of the shrubbery but I need to resize them before I can post them.

Thanks again for another fine meal fin.

Mr and Mrs Mobius are very nice.

	29-07-2002 07:31									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Thanks again for another fine meal fin.

No probs. I thought I recovered pretty well from the trauma of discovering Ms MOBIUS is a chef. My jaw and a floor have never before been in such close proximity.

quote: Mr and Mrs Mobius are very nice.

Yes, it gave me much hope that the UK might actually have a future, after all.

	29-07-2002 09:22									#69
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She was pretty sphinx like on the food......

	29-07-2002 15:22									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I got some nice shots of the shrubbery but I need to resize them before I can post them. Thanks again for another fine meal fin. Mr and Mrs Mobius are very nice.

Careful! You're messing with my carefully cultivated image as an insensitive Yank bashing anti-semite troll!!!

Yes it was a lovely meal, Ms MOBIUS showed her appreciation by eating everything you put in front of her (as did I!)

	29-07-2002 15:59									#71
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS Yes it was a lovely meal, Ms MOBIUS showed her appreciation by eating everything you put in front of her (as did I!)

I hope your demanded a special menu, finbar really likes it when you do that.

	29-07-2002 23:21									#72
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That sounds a bit like "it was interesting" as far as compliments go, Mobius.

Do people say "we ate everything they put in front of us" when fine dining? That's more like how you relate your upbringing...Finbar must have indicated beatings if all the food wasn't gone.

Hope you didn't go out on too thin a limb with your menu, Finbar. You didn't stuff squab with rabbit or something, did you?

	30-07-2002 04:51									#73
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS Careful! You're messing with my carefully cultivated image as an insensitive Yank bashing anti-semite troll!!!

Quite right too. Just for the record, folks, MOBIUS is a crude, snide individual given to wiping his nose on his sleeve, picking his teeth with his fork, damning Americans - or maybe it was just Sneak, I forget now - to hell, and buggering the dogs.

	30-07-2002 05:12									#74
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quote: Originally posted by SuperSneak Hope you didn't go out on too thin a limb with your menu, Finbar. You didn't stuff squab with rabbit or something, did you?

Far from.

1. Zucchini soup. Lacked its usual "bottom" because I actually started with too much zucchini in the pan meaning it tended to stew rather than caramelise. Caramelising's the key with this one.

2. Slow-roated Shoulder of Veal. I bought it boned and already rolled from Sydney's best Italian butcher. I'm always wary of buying them pre-prepared, even from the best butchers. I discovered, to my surprise, when I sliced it, that it had also been stuffed with artichoke and a green that I think was spring onion. It wasn't too bad, slightly chewy in parts, but that's the risk you take with cuts like the shoulder. I slow-roasted it on a bed of rosemary and onion which added a nice base flavour. Served it on a bed of braised fennel and silverbeet with a jus from the cooking juices and some demi-glaze, with a couple of braised borlotti beans just for fun.

3. For the fish-eaters, Grilled Swordfish with a Salmoriglio sauce - a Sicillian sauce you can use on any meaty fish, basically a sort of oregano vinaigrette. Served on the same braised fennel and silverbeet. Mrs finbar seems to be the only person in the universe - that I've met anyway - who likes her swordfish cooked well done.

4. The veg was the Roasted Pumpkin & Celeriac that I made when Hydey came and declined it. I like it.

5. Pud was a Rhubarb Crumble Cake with Vanilla Cream. Bastard of a recipe this one. Pre-cook the rhubarb in the oven with sugar, brandy, orange zest and a cinnamon stick. Prepare a cake batter. Layer the cooked rhubarb on top of the cake batter, top with a crumble mixture and bake. So you're cooking three different textures. I've tried it a few times now, I think I'll retire it for a while.

Ms MOBIUS brought along some absolutely delicious chocolates which we scoffed with coffee.

And we shot the breeze till 2am.

	30-07-2002 05:57									#75
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I drove all the way from Canberra just for a second seat at finbar's table.

The truth is I hardly noticed Mobius until the food was finished. I meant "nice couple" - without her he's obviously the sad Welsh git we all know from here.

	30-07-2002 06:37									#76
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I meant "nice couple" - without her he's obviously the sad Welsh git we all know from here.

Did I forget to mention that we shot the breeze with Ms MOBIUS till 2am? MOBIUS had long since dozed off.

	30-07-2002 06:40									#77
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He kept looking at his watch. I tried not to feel offended.

	30-07-2002 06:45									#78
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And his watch was set to Welsh time. He thought it was 1947.

	30-07-2002 06:50									#79
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He was smaller than I expected......

	30-07-2002 07:20									#80
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Yes, a few years ago Ms MOBIUS took pity on me and decided to take me under her wing as her lifetime's project...

I have come a long way since, but evidently still have much to learn in the realms of etiquette, especially this unfortunate tendency checking my watch while asleep...

I hope Dermott wasn't too traumatised by his ordeal.

	30-07-2002 07:29									#81
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS I hope Dermott wasn't too traumatised by his ordeal.

Actually, he's pestering me for your number.

	30-07-2002 07:37									#82
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Actually, he's pestering me for your number.

Well, I guess I could take him for a 'walk' from time to time...

	30-07-2002 07:43									#83
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Listen, it mightn't be an offence where you come from - in fact, judging from what I see on SBS news every night, it seems to be compulsory! - but it's frowned upon here. In certain quarters. From time to time.

	30-07-2002 09:29									#84
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS I hope Dermott wasn't too traumatised by his ordeal.

Hard to imagine anything which would traumatise Dermott.

That dog has a lovely nature. As for Snowy, f*ck..........

	30-07-2002 09:37									#85
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Hard to imagine anything which would traumatise Dermott.

Try ignoring him.

quote: As for Snowy, f*ck..........

The Big Needle is long overdue.

(Jeez, if it really is true that spouses know what we post ... )

	30-07-2002 09:57									#86
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Snowy is the only dog I know with the mien of a concentration camp survivor.

	30-07-2002 10:17									#87
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Snowy is the only dog I know with the mien of a concentration camp survivor.

Snowy like me, I gave lots of pats.

	30-07-2002 10:18									#88
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That's about the most apt description I've ever heard of the little twayt. I might try it on Mrs finbar tonight.

I wouldn't anticipate seeing me online tonight.

	30-07-2002 10:30									#89
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because you will be engaging in MPS?

Jon Miller

	30-07-2002 10:32									#90
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