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direct descendants of Haile Selassi live in Fairbanks, Alaska (so far from home ) Alaska is the home of amazing salmon, (not that fish farmed crap ) got to have salmon to make gravlax Spike Milligan and lamingtons

I feel a tad uncomfortable with this but.... Steve Irwin was stabbed thru the heart by the barb on the tail of a stingray Taco Baha Ensalada in L.A. is serving stingray tacos Kevin Pieterson and rabbit

Donald Trump and Martha Stewart have had a falling out over her version of The Apprentice (apparently they have made up; she bought his new baby a faux fur wrap - nice) chicken paillards with prosciutto and fig is a Martha Stewart culinary creation a fig newton is the force required to accelerate a fig 39.37 inches per second John D. Rockefeller and roast pig

Rache, oops, I was so fixated on not regurgitating the whole of my camera's contents onto this thread I was not really paying attention to what I wrote. That was my first post on this thread and first pix post. I should have used English, old habits...... papaya salad pork larb spicy coconut fish mousse spicy prawn soup green curry of chicken

yep, he's a pilot; that's a 747 cockpit, the breakfast is from Narita, pink and yellow isn't it so it's not so cramped in economy after all

hehehe thanks guys, guess I am a technophobe cos I thought I had posted a reply about the haw mok but it has gone to that place where the missing socks go I made some little boxes by stapling banana leaves, then in the bottom put some shredded cabbage and a thai basil leaf (bai krapow) Finely sliced some cod fillet, added it to coconut milk enriched with red curry paste,nam pla and shredded kaffir lime leaves, added 2 lightly beaten eggs Steamed them in the microwave (sorry, a shortcut, but it works) for 3 mins, then spooned thickened coconut cream on top and steamed for a further 1 min. Topped with shred of red chili and thai basil.

first post and I am a total technophobe so fingers crossed. today was my husb.'s birthday and he requested Thai. Som tam Larb moo with sticky rice Tom yam gung gathi the little guy looks like he's trying to escape. Haw mok pla Gaeng kiew wan gai Couldn't find any Thai beer in rural Somerset so got the nearest sounding one, Ti..ger He really appreciated the food as this is what he gets for breakfast at work

first post and I am a total technophobe so fingers crossed. today was my husb.'s birthday and he requested Thai. Som tam Larb moo with sticky rice Tom yam gung gathi the little guy looks like he's trying to escape. Haw mok pla Gaeng kiew wan gai Couldn't find any Thai beer in rural Somerset so got the nearest sounding one, Ti..ger He really appreciated the food as this is what he gets for breakfast at work

As did the very rev. Jerry Falwell

Oscar Wilde developed a severe allergic reaction to the hair dye he used as he grew older Peanuts, boiled or otherwise can procure an extreme allergic reaction, resulting in anaphylaxis and death Oscar Wilde is dead Dale Evans and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

it is slightly addictive, but I feel like a bit of a pillock so no points would be GOOD it is a lamington desert in England

Harry Houdini was a freemason the founder of the Mayo clinic, Charles Mayo was too, mayo = mayonnaise apparently Harry Houdini's father's nickname was 'Mayo' ..........small world sorry, I'm being frivolous again eminem and winkles

Hey Tolliver, you asked about my thinking behind Pablo Neruda and icecream sundaes I heard an interview with Brian Keenan who had been a captive in the Lebanon for some years and two of the things that had kept him going had been the poet Pablo Neruda and llama farming with his fellow captive, John McCarthy, and one of his food dreams had been icecream sundaes. but the sheer beauty of this game is the infinite variety of 'correct' answers

D.M. Thomas's 'Eating Pavlova' is a book about Freud on his deathbead looking back on his life Pavlova is a meringue dessert which is controversially, and until this day, claimed as its own by Oz and NZ after a visit by the Russian ballerina Pavlova is traditionally decorated with strawberries, altho Kiwis will say it's kiwifruit Charles Lindberg and sushi p.s. I'm sure Janet knows who owns pavlova??

The left panel of Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights' has been described as the inspiration behind Salvador Dali's 'El Gran Masdabador' Ferran Adria has been described as the Salvador Dali of food Jose Andres cooked at el Bulli And as chef at the Minibar in Washington DC has on his menu olive oil bonbons Howard Hughes and spam

In Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' a mother's maternal instincts cause her to her kill her baby, who had been referred to as the devil's child Mia Farrow's maternal instincts in Rosemary's Baby lead her to save her baby, although she knows it is the devil's child Rosemary, Sage, Parsley and Thyme is a renowned song by Simon and Garfunkel Paul Simon sang Here Comes the Sun with George Harrison, a member of the Beatles, in a live performance in 1976 The Beatles song 'I am the Walrus' includes the words semolina pilchard, which is a substitute for the officer's name in the London Met Drugs Squad who arrested John Lennon Semolina is the ingredient from which polenta is made John D. Rockefeller and roast pork

In King of the Pecos John Wayne's foe is a lily livered cattle stealing land grabbing thief Foie gras is made from liver, please yourself, duck or goose Meatloaf and meatloaf

Queen Juliana was queen of the Netherlands where Indonesian food is prominent and rijstafel a favourite way of eating rice Muhammed Ali and courgettes

Petula Clark is signed by Sony Wheatus was signed by Sony but left in 2005 after a dispute, shortly followed by their album Suck Fony and released a single called Truffles Barry Humphries and pheasant

We had food wars in the kitchen when I was growing up....the funniest involved my father placing a tom thumb cracker (firework)in my mother's mashed potato as she had her back turned to the stove and lighting it just before she sat down...hahahahaha snowdrifts of mashed spuds on my mum's eyebrows......poor mum.....but he did do the washing up

Sun Tzu famously said 'All warfare is based on deception. Hey, what's that behind you?' He also said 'A victory is only made official by a celebration involving icecream, Hanson's diet black cherry soda and party hats.' Jack Black and steamed rice

Helen Mirren plays the Queen in her latest movie In a contest to see who would cook for the Queen recently held on the BBC Nick Nairn was criticised for using avocado in his Scottish food menu Avocado is the vital ingredient in guacamole Pablo Neruda and an icecream sundae

there is a Jacques cousteau resort on Vanua Levu in Fiji (I used to live there long ago) Earl Grey tea gets its flavour from bergamot oil which is great as a mosquito repellent (you need it in Fiji) Johnny Knoxville and taro

Some scholars believe that works attributed to Shakespeare were in fact penned by Francis Bacon Bill O'Reilly and yoghurt ....couldn't resist, now back to work

tha reminds me, how about that little gem 'pizza pie'?