"Xeno" > wrote in message
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> On 23/02/2015 9:27 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Tim w" > wrote in message
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>>> Nothing I have read here tells me that there is any point in trying to
>>> discuss cooking.
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>> Ignore those that tell you to Google instead of asking. There are some
>> of us who are interested in discussing food and not just in being the
>> 'know it alls'!
>>
>> Today I am cooking a simple dish called 'Modenese Pork Chops'
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>> Recipe available on request ;-)
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>> ... and I shall make Lyonaisse potatoes to accompany the chops!
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>> What are you cooking today?
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> I had steamed brown parboiled rice with fried eggplant suitably spiced up
> with the usual suspects - including hot chillies.
> The eggplant was a type I hadn't seen before, an unusual one, at least for
> here; http://tinyurl.com/plsrz2t
> It was the long purple type at the bottom of the picture. The more usual
> variety we have are the dark pear shaped ones at the top of the picture.

I have only ever seen the dark pear shaped ones here.

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