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Old December 26th 04, 02:59 AM
Dan Koren
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incisions,
and placing whole cloves deep into the meat.
Grease a baking pan, and fill with a thick bed of onions,
celery, green onions, and parsley.
Place roast on top with fat side up.
Place uncovered in 500° oven for 20 minutes, reduce oven to 325°.
Bake till medium rare (150°) and let roast rest.
Pour stock over onions and drippings, carve the meat and
place the slices in the au jus.



Bisque ŕ l?Enfant

Honor the memory of Grandma with this dish by utilizing her good
silver soup tureen and her great grandchildren (crawfish, crab or
lobster will work just as well, however this dish is classically
made with crawfish).

Stuffed infant heads, stuffed crawfish heads, stuffed crab or lobster shells;
make patties if shell or head is not available
(such as with packaged crawfish, crab, or headless baby).
Flour
oil
onions
bell peppers
garlic salt, pepper, etc.
3 cups chicken stock
2 sticks butter
3 tablespoons oil

First stuff the heads, or make the patties (see index)
then fry or bake.
Set aside to drain on paper towels.
Make a roux with butter, oil and flour,
brown vegetables in the roux, then add chicken stock and
allow to simmer for 20 minutes.
Add the patties or stuffed heads, and some loose crawfish,
lobster, long piglet, or what have you.
Cook on low for 15 minutes, then allow it to set for at least
15 minutes more.
Serve over steamed rice; this dish is very impressive!



Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Babies really can be found under a cabbage leaf -
or one can arrange for ground beef to be found there instead.

8 large cabbage leaves
1 lb. lean ground newborn human filets, or ground chuck
Onions
peppers
celery
garlic
soy sauce
salt pepper, etc
Olive oil
breadcrumbs
Tomato Gravy (see index)

Boil the cabbage leaves for 2 minutes to soften.
In skillet, brown the meat in a little olive oil,
then add onions, peppers, and celery (all chopped finely)
and season well.


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Old December 26th 04, 03:30 AM
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onions
7 - 12 cloves garlic
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
˝ cup milk, 2 eggs
Oregano
basil
salt
pepper
Italian seasoning, etc.
Tomato gravy (see index)
Fresh or at least freshly cooked spaghetti or other pasta

Mix the ground meats together in a large bowl,
then mix each of the other ingredients.
Make balls about the size of a baby?s fist
(there should be one lying around for reference).
Bake at 400°for about 25 minutes -
or you could fry them in olive oil.
Place the meatballs in the tomato gravy, and simmer for several hours.
Serve on spaghetti.
Accompany with green salad, garlic bread and red wine.



Newborn Parmesan

This classic Sicilian cuisine can easily be turned into Eggplant Parmesan
If you are planning a vegetarian meal. Or you could just as well use veal -
after all, you have to be careful - Sicilians are touchy about their young
family members...

6 newborn or veal cutlets
Tomato gravy (see index)
4 cups mozzarella, 1cup parmesan, 1cup romano
Seasoned bread crumbs mixed with
parmesan
romano
salt
pepper
oregano
garlic powder
chopped parsley
Flour
eggwash (eggs and milk)
Peanut oil for frying.

Pound the cutlets.
Dredge in flour, eggs, then the bread crumb mixture.
Fry till golden brown in 350° peanut oil.
In a baking pan, place a layer of gravy,
then one of meat, gravy, and cheese.
Another layer each of meat, gravy, and cheese.
Then bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
Serve on hot pasta with romano cheese.



Southern Fried Small-fry

Tastes like fried chicken, which works just as well.
In fact you may want to practice cutting up whole chickens
for frying before you go for the real thing.
Whole chicken is much more efficient and inexpensive than buying pieces.

1 tiny human, cut into pieces
2 cups flo


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Old December 26th 04, 03:57 AM
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this classic holiday feast.
Although time consuming, this dish seems to take longer than it actually does;
as the entire house is filled with such a heavenly aroma,
the waiting becomes almost unbearable.

1 whole child, cleaned and de-headed
1 batch cornbread stuffing (see index)
˝ cup melted butter

Remove the giblets from the infant and set aside.
Stuff the cavity where the child?s genitals and anus were located
using ˝ cup per pound of meat.
Tie the arms flat to the body, then pull the skin flaps up to close the cavity.
Now tie the thighs up tight to hold it all together.
Place breast side up in a large metal roasting pan.
Bake in 325° oven covered for 2 hours.
Remove cover, stick a cooking thermometer deep into one of the
baby?s buttocks and cook uncovered till thermometer reads 190°,
about another hour.



Pro-Choice Po-Boy

Soft-shelled crabs serve just as well in this classic southern delicacy.
The sandwich originated in New Orleans, where an abundance of abortion clinics
thrive and hot French bread is always available.

2 cleaned fetuses, head on
2 eggs
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
1 cup seasoned flour
oil enough for deep frying
1 loaf French bread
Lettuce
tomatoes
mayonnaise, etc.

Marinate the fetuses in the egg-mustard mixture.
Dredge thoroughly in flour.
Fry at 375° until crispy golden brown.
Remove and place on pap


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Old December 26th 04, 10:20 AM
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Dan Koren wrote:

>> As I said in an earlier posting, I've been in several cars, both as
>> driver and passenger, with Conti Sports, and always found them very
>> good in both dry and wet conditions.

> Did anyone pee on them? ;-)


Nope!

Even been down my road in snow as a passenger in a Mercedes C220 fitted
with Conti Sports. Only time the traction warning came on was when we
pulled out from the bottom of the road after stopping. The roads had
been gritted after that point, so no problem.

>> Also I don't tend to drive on pavements - you tend to risk knocking
>> down pedestrians if you do that!

> In the US "pavement" is used differently than in the UK. It is used
> generically for any kind of road surface, rather than just
> cobblestones.


Ah, fair enough. Over here it's what I think you refer to as a
"sidewalk"... the road surface being either tarmac ("black top" I
believe you call that) or concrete ("white top"?). And riding a
push-bike on the pavement is highly illegal...

>> Anyway, back to the original question. Can I get 225/50 tyres on
>> the A4's standard 16" rims, which currently have 205/55s?

> It depends on the width of your rims. If you have 8" or 8.5" rims,
> yes. If you have 7.5" rims, I wouldn't recommend it. If you habe 7"
> rims, it is an absolute no-no.


Without taking the tyres off the rims I couldn't really say. I've spoken
to my local tyre fitter this morning though and they've said they keep
both profiles in stock, and they'll quite happily check once they've
taken the old tyre off the rim.

Is there an accurate way of measuring the rim width while the tyre is
still on, and the wheel still fitted to the car?

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Old December 26th 04, 10:23 AM
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Glenn Richards wrote:

> this classic holiday feast.


Actually no I didn't. I've seen a number of these, someone is forging
posts from myself and a number of other posters to alt.autos.audi with a
large amount of crossposting.

Headers saved for reference...

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Old December 26th 04, 11:17 AM
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"Glenn Richards" > wrote in message
...
> Dan Koren wrote:
> >>
> >> Anyway, back to the original question. Can I get 225/50 tyres on
> >> the A4's standard 16" rims, which currently have 205/55s?

> >
> > It depends on the width of your rims. If you have 8" or 8.5" rims,
> > yes. If you have 7.5" rims, I wouldn't recommend it. If you have 7"
> > rims, it is an absolute no-no.

>
> Without taking the tyres off the rims I couldn't really say. I've spoken
> to my local tyre fitter this morning though and they've said they keep
> both profiles in stock, and they'll quite happily check once they've
> taken the old tyre off the rim.
>
> Is there an accurate way of measuring the rim width while the tyre is
> still on, and the wheel still fitted to the car?



You don't need to!

The rim size and width are usually engraved on the rim ;-)



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Old December 26th 04, 11:20 AM
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"Dan Koren" wrote
>
> Standard A4 rims are 7.5"@16", 8"@17", and 8.5"@18".
>
>
>> I would say 225's will go on a 16" rim, but its
>> impossible to tell.

>
>
> If the rims are 7.5" wide, the fit is marginal for
> 225 tyres, and the combination is definitely not
> recommended. If you want 225/50 tyres, you should
> put them on rims that are at least 8" wide.


Nah... on the B5 A4, people have successfully mounted 225/50/16 tires on
the OEM 16x7 rims. If you look at the specs provided by most tire
manufacturers, 7" wide rim is still allowed for that particular tire
size. Of course it doesn't look too pretty (kind of bloated), but it
works OK.

Cheers,

Pete


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Old December 26th 04, 12:05 PM
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Dan Koren wrote:

> The rim size and width are usually engraved on the rim ;-)


Whereabouts on the rim would I find this? (The car is currently covered
in snow, so I'll have to check it later...)

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Old December 26th 04, 12:32 PM
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"Glenn Richards" wrote
>I have a 2001 A4 1.9TDi (the 130 engine), currently fitted with 205/55
>tyres. According to my calculations, I should be able to fit 225/50
>tyres on the 16" alloys without affecting the circumference - I
>probably have around 5,000 miles left on the existing tyres.
>
> So - will the standard 16" alloy rims take a 225/50 profile, or would
> this be too wide for the rim.


FYI... the A4s sold in the US come with 215/55/16 tires standard mounted
on 16x7 rims. You might want to try that.

Cheers,

Pete


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Old December 26th 04, 12:43 PM
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Not true.

MY 01 came with 15"s stock.

I have since replaced them with 18s thank you very much.

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"Pete" > wrote in message
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>
> "Glenn Richards" wrote
>>I have a 2001 A4 1.9TDi (the 130 engine), currently fitted with 205/55
>>tyres. According to my calculations, I should be able to fit 225/50 tyres
>>on the 16" alloys without affecting the circumference - I probably have
>>around 5,000 miles left on the existing tyres.
>>
>> So - will the standard 16" alloy rims take a 225/50 profile, or would
>> this be too wide for the rim.

>
> FYI... the A4s sold in the US come with 215/55/16 tires standard mounted
> on 16x7 rims. You might want to try that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
>



 




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