Friday night dinner

Dave Smith

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Jun 1, 2019, 4:20:04 PM6/1/19

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We are in Toronto for the weekend and staying at a downtown hotel. There
are lots of food options. Last night I was thinking of Thai food but my
wife isn't crazy about it because of the high sugar content. I suggested
a Spanish place where I had had a nice meal years ago. I went to Google
and they suggested on a couple blocks away that was well rated. We
showed up without a reservation and got a table before I realized that
it was Portuguese.... not a problem.

We split an appetizer of grilled squids that came with a sort of salsa
of red peppers and grilled pineapple. My entree was tiger shrimps in
house made linguini with a tomato and chipotle sauce. My wife's entree
was the winner. She had grilled octopus, one of those things I will eat
but not order. I wish I had ordered that or myself.

Dessert was a pear poached in Madiera and served with raisins, chopped
dried apricot on top of a ricotta mousse. Delicious.

Ed Pawlowski

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Jun 1, 2019, 4:39:49 PM6/1/19

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It all sounds good but the pear sounds like the best part. I've made
pears poached in port years ago but this version sounds better.

Bruce

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Jun 1, 2019, 5:17:23 PM6/1/19

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I only wonder what Madiera is.

Ed Pawlowski

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Jun 1, 2019, 5:57:37 PM6/1/19

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We are down to picking on spelling errors and typos?

Bruce

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Jun 1, 2019, 5:58:32 PM6/1/19

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Was it a typo? I never really care about typos.

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 1, 2019, 6:00:08 PM6/1/19

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On Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 3:20:04 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Dessert was a pear poached in Madiera and served with raisins, chopped
> dried apricot on top of a ricotta mousse. Delicious.
>

That does sound delicious!

Julie Bove

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Jun 1, 2019, 7:31:55 PM6/1/19

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"Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.xxx> wrote in message
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I made Julia Child's poached pears some time ago. I think they used wine but
I don't remember what kind.

lucreti...@fl.it

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Jun 1, 2019, 8:28:55 PM6/1/19

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Japanese place with a friend and had Seafood Tempura, delicious,
shrimp, scallops, calamari and a wonderful dipping sauce to go with
it.

Dave Smith

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Jun 1, 2019, 8:39:48 PM6/1/19

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If he is trying to embarrass me over a typo he should have checked it first.

Bruce

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Jun 1, 2019, 8:41:55 PM6/1/19

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I wasn't trying to embarrass you, even though it was a spelling error:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_wine>

Cindy Hamilton

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Jun 2, 2019, 6:54:12 AM6/2/19

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He's going to be very busy on Usenet.

I'm a born proofreader but I generally don't mention typos unless
they're funny.

Bruce did manage that rare feat: mentioning a typo without making
one himself.

Cindy Hamilton

Bruce

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Jun 2, 2019, 7:34:29 AM6/2/19

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I kept the sentence really short.

penm...@aol.com

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Jun 2, 2019, 12:10:33 PM6/2/19

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On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:34:24 +1000, Bruce <br...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 03:54:08 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
><angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>On Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 5:57:37 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 6/1/2019 5:17 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> > On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 16:39:46 -0400, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On 6/1/2019 4:20 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> >>> We are in Toronto for the weekend and staying at a downtown hotel. There
>>> >>> are lots of food options. Last night I was thinking of Thai food but my
>>> >>> wife isn't crazy about it because of the high sugar content. I suggested
>>> >>> a Spanish place where I had had a nice meal years ago. I went to Google
>>> >>> and they suggested on a couple blocks away that was well rated. We
>>> >>> showed up without a reservation and got a table before I realized that
>>> >>> it was Portuguese.... not a problem.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We split an appetizer of grilled squids that came with a sort of salsa
>>> >>> of red peppers and grilled pineapple. My entree was tiger shrimps in
>>> >>> house made linguini with a tomato and chipotle sauce. My wife's entree
>>> >>> was the winner. She had grilled octopus, one of those things I will eat
>>> >>> but not order. I wish I had ordered that or myself.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Dessert was a pear poached in Madiera and served with raisins, chopped
>>> >>> dried apricot on top of a ricotta mousse. Delicious.
>>> >>>
>>> >> It all sounds good but the pear sounds like the best part. I've made
>>> >> pears poached in port years ago but this version sounds better.
>>> >
>>> > I only wonder what Madiera is.

I read that as a case of Mad Diarrhea

Bruce

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Jun 2, 2019, 2:40:37 PM6/2/19

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That's how easy some typos lead to complete misunderstanding: pears
poached in mad diarrhea.