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This is currently my favourite kind of salad. It's super-easy to make, and deliciously tasty: Larp of Chiang Mai (which I believe loosely translates into "F*ck that's one tasty salad!") Ingredients for the sauce: 350g chicken or pork mince 1 tbsp thai jasmine rice a couple stalks lemongrass 4-6 deseeded red chillies several (4-6) kaffir lime leaves 4 tbsp nam pla (fish sauce) 6 tbsp lime juice several spring onions, chopped Ingredients for the salad: mint leaves, chopped but not too finely corriander leaves, chopped but not too finely a variety of vegetables (I use tasty lettuce (aka not crappy iceburg), cucumber, red/orange/yellow bell peppers, tomato - not all particularly thaiesque I suppose, but still super-tasty) What to do: First of all, toast the rice by dry-frying it over a medium heat. Make sure to keep an eye on it so that it doesn't burn. Once it's all pretty much browned, set it aside to cool down. Next, cook the mince in a frying pan. You may want to add a little water to help the cooking along. If there's a lot of fat once the meat is cooked, feel free to drain it off. While the meat is cooking, grind together (using either a mortar & pestle or a hand-blender chopping device) the lemongrass, lime leaves, and chillies, until it's a relatively fine paste. It doesn't have to be pureed (as it won't be if you use a m&p) but as paste-like as pos. Then, add the lime juice and nam pla. Stir so it's all blended. Finally, grind the toasted rice into as fine a powder as possible. The finer the better. Now, add all of the above to the meat, stirring the rice in last. The point of the rice is that it acts as a thickener, so it's best to add it once you've added the lime juice and nam pla mixture to the meat. Stir it thoroughly so that all of the ingredients are well mixed together. Finally, add the spring onions. This delicious mixture is now ready to be put over your salad veg. Don't forget: food tastes better when it looks fabulous, so arrange your salad greens attractively, and then spoon the warm meat mixture overtop. This quantity equates to approximately four servings. Yum!

Well ffs! No wonder there are only four of them left.

ie+s Shaker fact #1: Shaker furniture is not uncommon in NA, and some of it is very beautiful. ie+'s Shaker fact #2: They penned the hymn "The Lord of the Dance". (And I don't mean the Irish dance troupe!) It's one of the very few hymns I actually like. Basically, this is all I know about the Shakers. But because I like their furniture, and because I like their hymn, I've always had quite a positive opinion about them. Sorry to hear there are only four left - they're probably all a zillion years old, too.

Damn! I don't think I could survive seven years in prison...

Congrats Lady G!! May you live the life of a whore for years to come...

My deepest sympathy with the outcome of the finals: almost there. From experience I know that getting roaringly pissed helps, for a while. Welcome to the World Cup. Tonight: Netherlands v Argentina. The match has lost most of its relevance, so it could well turn out an entertaining one. regards, Hein Thanks MH. The final was heartbreaking... absolutely heartbreaking. On a brighter note, however, I reckon we're gonna kick some ass next year. Watched the Netherlands/Argentina game. Not particularly dramatic, was it? Thank god the group stage is almost over! Hopefullly some proper, interesting football will ensue. [Let the flames begin?]

Hm... I nominate Lady Grendel to go to the festival and get us the 411 on Pinter. LG - you obviously love books and reading, and you're already in Scotland, so this seems the perfect taskette for you! Maybe the DLWG can fund your expenses out of petty cash. 'Taskette' accepted ie+, glad to see the DLWG will meet my expenses, will I get the Hotel to bill you directly???? Sounds good to me - kegger in LG's room!

Hello my luvly!

Ooooh! Lady Die, you need to get yourself one of these so we will recognise you when the camera pans across the spectators!

Oof! Not sure we could condone that approach, then again I'm not a mod.... It would, like, take all the skill out of it. But it would certainly put some sport into it. You know what they say: "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, and then it's Deathlist.net".

Hm... I nominate Lady Grendel to go to the festival and get us the 411 on Pinter. LG - you obviously love books and reading, and you're already in Scotland, so this seems the perfect taskette for you! Maybe the DLWG can fund your expenses out of petty cash.

Try being a student - it's like one long holiday, but you get paid for it! Hm... kinda sounds like the FBI got to your friend in the end, doesn't it? I'm quite keen to know what the "Dynomite Hall of Fame" is, and who else is in it.

Ta much, Hein! Wiki's credibility aside, this doesn't really get us much farther in the debate, as I suppose CLS's Belginity is still possible or not.

This is not a wish list And besides, isn't there an existing thread for that sort of thing (that I can't be bothered to find and post a link to)?

Okay, this I'm willing to concede. I personally have no evidence that he has dual citizenship; I also have no idea how lenient the French/Belgians are (were) about allowing dual citizenship between the two countries. I just assumed that since he was born there, he would automatically have Belgian citizenship. Case in point: I have friends - both Canadians - whose son was born in the US. The son can have US citizenship, even though his parents can't/don't. Ae there any Belgians out there who can advise on their country's citizenship allowances?

Welcome, Bloody Mary! May I recommend the eigth level of hell for all of your afterlife pleasures.

As a result of a crashed computer, I missed most of this lively debate, which seems to have been more exciting than most of the World Cup matches thus far. And of course, I would never argue with a Mod . I shall therefore simply make these two points: Point the First: How do you know CLS does not have dual citizenship between France and Belgium, thus making him Belgian? Point the Second: Everyone in my office has heard of CLS. Furthermore, after reading your post above I asked both my sister and brother-in-law if they'd heard of him. Not only had they both heard of him, but my sister has read some of his work. They had not, however, ever heard of Brooke Astor.

I had. Ah, well if that ever-reliable source Wiki doesn't reference him...

As conclusively demonstrated elsewhere, there is actually a famous belgian on the list!

Quite. I'm not sure it's as simple as that, at least from a gene inheritance point of view. I was given to understand that it isn't any of the particular muscular degeneration diseases that are in themselves hereditery, but rather the gene that means a person has the propensity to develop a muscular degeneration disease is. Thus, if my bloodwork had revealed the presence of this gene, it wouldn't have meant that I was definitely going to develop ALS, but that there is the possibility that I might develop it in future. Which I think is worse, to be honest. At least if you knew for certain your muscles were going to go at some point, then when you started to see changes in your body you could go to your doctor and be like 'right, here we go' sort of thing. If I were told that I definitely might develop ALS, I'd be at the bloody doctor every day, worried about some new (quite possibly imagined) change in my body. Nightmare! Not that I have hypochondriac tendencies or anything...

As was I! Although for me it was for a month, while I waited for the results of my bloodwork. Admittedly I hadn't gotten as far along with my pre-demise plans as you had (and yours sound excellent), aside from the part where you kill yourself before the complete loss of muscle control set in. My dad had ALS - not a pretty thing to watch someone go through (and, I would guess, not pretty to actually go through, either). Unlike Mr Hawking, however, my father never got a super-deluxe, space-age robotic wheelchair contraption. Not fair, really...

mpfc - Your 75th thread seems the ideal location to wish you a hearty CONGRATULATIONS!! on your Twunt and post-Twuntdom. May you bask in the glory of your multiplicitous posts.

I understand. During my undergrad, a friend's boyfriend wrote an essay on the composer Chopin. As he wrote it at the very last minute, he auto-spell-checked it and went rushing off to the department at top speed, taking with him an essay all about chopping.

Ode to Members Past "Happiest of Days!" to the Mods of old, Though where they have gone has not been told. Their posts of eloquence, charm, and wit, Were of top-notch quality, I must admit! So let us all proclaim "whey hey! To Poetry Man and Teddy, a very Happy Birthday!"

That's a good point actually... what about 'seizure'? Man! All of a sudden the rules that shaped me as a child are eroding away.