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Hannieroo wrote:I can see Dubai for what it is but I love it for that. We used to go just to eat.
... and how sad is that for a reflection upon where you lived?
...I hope they paid you shed-loads!
reminds me of being offered a relo to India back in the 90's:
- Them. Think of it, do 3 years there, and you'll never need to work again.
- Me. I've 'done' (know) India, no thanks.
- You'll retire by 40!
- No thanks.
Well, it was somewhere you'd have to view in winter to get a real idea and properly live in to realise it was not even a half way decent location and nowhere near suitable for families. The plane out was full the first day of the school hols and any long weekend was spent in Dubai. I packed my son and my bump and went home.
But it's an experience and we learn. I learned a lot, how to cook corned beef and cabbage in 10 different ways.
But it's an experience and we learn. I learned a lot, how to cook corned beef and cabbage in 10 different ways.
Hannieroo wrote:But it's an experience and we learn. I learned a lot, how to cook corned beef and cabbage in 10 different ways.
I'm getting flashbacks to a Norwegian dish called 'Lap-scause'. Corned beef, interleaved with slices of potato, then baked.
Dunno... expect it was a war/rationing thing...
(It actually was quite a treat, as a child)
Hannieroo wrote:I made something similar. I think we ate it 4 times one week. The boys won't eat potatoes now.
http://www.food.com/recipe/norwegian-labscouse-50244
[Bit stunned this dish really exists, vs it having been just some austerity-dish my mother made up back in the 70s]
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Go to SF to see the Americas Cup? Really? That's a f*cking joke. Larry has turned it into a two team race by outspending every other team and forcing them out of the competition. I guess that's how rich people enjoy competing.
Most lists like this are pretty shallow and worthless, but this one especially. I've been to more than half, and lived in number 1. I've never heard of #4 or #7 except in passing, and had to look in Google Maps to even figure out exactly where they were. I couldn't see spending more than 2-3 day in San Francisco.
Hannieroo wrote:Ham hock? Not available. I did spend £20 on a pack of wall's sausages. 5 bucks each.
Here's a tip. When ever you have friends coming in from the 'civilised world', get them to bring in a few pounds of sausages.
a) ask them to choose the longest sell-by dates.
b) for each pack, wrap/tape tightly in 3-4 sheets of broadsheet newspaper.
c) leave wrapped thus in the freezer until just before leaving.
d) at last minute remove from freezer, and pack inside anything highly insulating, woolens etc., in the middle of your hold luggage.
I have brought sweet sausage-relief to the huddled Brit expat masses (well, my dive buddies

p.s. You can consider whether to split up 1lb-packs before freezing, as you can't easily split them once frozen; and you're unlikely to want to defrost/eat a full pack in one go. I'd quite often by default split packs into halves...
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One of my coolest trip is going from Patagonia (super cold) to seeing Iguazu falls (hot and humid) within 2 weeks. Both places are extremely remote with no shopping at all and you are really exposed to true nature. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have the trip ending in Rio, sipping caipirinha on the beach.
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