h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

that of the allergy sounds pretty scaring.
take care

So it is. Mi dispiace! (I don't speak any Spanish - although I can usually guess a lot from my French, Latin and Italian).

It's the pimenton that's smoked, surely?

Oh...and 'prostata' is 'prostate'. Not to be confused with 'prostrate', which is the position adopted while the doctor examines it.

Billy Connolly describes it as:
"You've got this thing up there like a wee donut, and the doctor's job is to make sure it's not turning into a bagel."

the pimentón is red pepper( a special one)dried to the sun and then ground it.

" French, Latin and Italian" you would be the perfect lover for Jami Lee in a Fish called Wanda.

I´m

I speak Latin like a native.

This is the brand of pimenton I use:
http://tienda.com/food/smoked_paprika.html

you are right master.
I´ve visited the page of Pimentón de la Vera. They hang the peppers
( not to the sun, that´s in Andalucia)to get dry in a kind of cave with the smoke from the encina wood (a kind of oak)

I got some of the Spanish pimenton powder at a shop near my office- the spicier one. It's great stuff! I usually use that or else Hungarian paprika, or both. Yum!

Pumpkin seeds are OK. I roasted some last year after I made all the curries and soups. I will give those a try in recipes that call for nuts as well.

This is the pimenton I have at home:

http://www.cybercucina.com/ccdocs/products/SD7018.html?source=gaws&ccq=AdGroupPaprika&gclid=CJKNvri9mI4CFRqsOAodEy-WZw

Now. Roasted, ground pumpkin seeds are used in various Mexican sauces. It's a Pre-Columbian thing. I'd bet you could adapt sopa de ajo blanco that way.

Or...here's an idea - use them to make a peanut-free gado gado sauce to go with beansprouts, chinese cabbage, tofu, etc.

Lateral thinking. I didn't come up with my name for nothing.

"I didn´t come up with my name for nothing"

have no idea, please, translate ( even in Italian or French)

A combination of a Maltese charlatan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_de_Bono
and a sex-mad monkey:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo

And for whatever it's worth, I can eat peanuts and other legumes no problem. They're not actually nuts, and I've no idea why one is an allergen and the other isn't.

I wondered where the Edward bit came from...

Odd. Because other people I know with nut allergies are allergic to peanuts.

Anyway...problem solved! At least, if you manage to come up with a no-cook gado gado. My suggestion would be to try make a dressing out of peanut butter (or crushed peanuts), soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, chilli, shallot and ginger.

Very funny the biography of that man, I think that he had a good time writing it. I can´t believe a word.

About the monkeys... I read an entry of yours (very funny )about Elatio, Geronimo, Virago... that give me an idea of your hobbies.
Very healthy, by the way.

Elatio? Geronimo? Virago? I'd like to take credit for amusing me...but have you confused me with someone else?

The nearest I can think of is something vaguely related to fellatio. A4113811

I also know some people who are allergic to nuts and to peanuts. And a good many people who are allergic to peanuts but can eat nuts to their hearts' content. Allergies are weird things. When I was a baby, I was allergic to both cow milk and soy milk. I had to get some funny prescription stuff that made my poo stink to high heaven, apparently.

Edward has written some brilliant entries here, though. I refuse to do so any more, on the grounds that the editor of the one solo guide entry I submitted for the EG introdced at least 21 errors that were not there before the editing process. Something I worked quite hard at is now a major embarrassment.

But, back to talking food (and why I enjoy cooking and talking about cooking so enjoyable when I find eating itself to be rather a hassle is beyond me...), the peanut sauce sounds great. I've only ever made a Thai style peanut sauce, using peanut butter, cocnut milk, and chili garlic paste. Your suggestion sounds heavenly, Ed.

Yeah...the sub-eds are a law unto themselves. I've just been re-reading my Cultural Revolution Entry. I can't believe someone thought it necessary to add a footnote explaining the word 'quixotic'. I thought I'd successfuly argued against that one. Obviously I was tilting at windmills.

I was confused as to why in one case a proper name of a Us-based establishment *had* to be changed to a UKnian spelling, but was willing to concede that one. But the ed refused to capitalize- in at least a dozen separate instances- yet another proper name: United States Navy. I thought that was ridiculous. And forgetting to put spaces between words? That's just unacceptable- grammar school children know better than that.

Oh, well. Now I know better than to waste time on additional submissions.

On a happier note, it seems like the weather is gradually cooling off here, overall. I always look forward to autumn. While we had amazingly good apricots and tomatoes this summer, I'm eager to start seeing squashes and pears and lots of apples!

Hah! We're just having our first sunny day of summer. Our FIRST!

Hmm. Would they write 'royal navy'?

See if I was writing for a US-based web site, I'd refer to it as the Royal Navy, assuming that was its proper name? Of course, I don't expect the average layperson to necessarily know that, but someone who's going to volunteer for editorial activities should at least be able to demonstrate a reasonable grasp of the English language and grammar.

Have you seen a couple of their newer sub-eds? There's one guy who I have yet to see put together a single sentence that's even passably readable.

I would normally be glad to share some of our surplus warmth and sunshine, but I'm not sure how I;d get it to you! You'll just have to settle for my sunny disposition.

Let me introduce a word to you...a word that's so useful that it's even spread to whole-UK weather forecasts: 'dreich'. (the -ei- is pronounced -ee-, and the -ch involves the production of phlegm. Oh...and the dr- involves a sound that I can't quite reproduce). Anyway...this summer has been unrelievedly dreich. It's the first time I've suffered from Seasonal Affective Disorder in August.