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A co-worker of mine sent this thread of email, telling me about a prank one brother was pulling on the other. From what I could understand, between the tears of laughter, was that "Dan Smith" was having some issues using a Hickory Farms gift card, given him by his Grandma-ma. He must have contacted Hickory Farms, and was told they would get back to him. His brother learned of this, and decided to send him an email from hickory.farms@yahoo.com ,explaining why he wasn't going to get a refund. What ensues is hilarity... Names and email addresses have been changed to protect my butt. Oh, read from the bottom up. I'm lazy, and I'm not sorting it for you... -- On Tue, 1/27/09, Dan Smith <dansmith24@gmail.com> wrote: From: Dan Smith <dansmith24@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Refund To: Nicholas.J.Jones@corporateamerica.com Cc: Bryan.J.Eberhart@corporateamerica.com, smith0105@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 3:48 PM Jus...

I love Indian food . My wife does too, I think because she knows it's time for me to have a beer, glass of 12 yo scotch or whatever happens to be in our liquor department that night, and get my "creative juices" going. Tonight, I really made something quite tasty. Chicken in coconut milk , and Potlakaya (snake gourd) w/ chick-peas . I saw a recipe for Potlakaya Perugu Pachadi, and it looked pretty good, so I modified it to include chick-peas, and changed some of the ingredients. Chicken in Coconut Milk Image via Wikipedia Couple of skinless breasts 1 TBSP Ghee, or butter, or Olive Oil. Your heart, your choice. Medium onion 1 clove garlic 1 TBSP sugar 1 TBSP vinegar 1 Tsp salt 2 TBSP Garam Masala or your favorite curry 1 can Coconut milk 1 Yam or Sweet Potato 1 bell pepper, your color choosing Chop onion and garlic. Sweat over medium heat in Ghee, or butter, or olive oil . Your choice, your heart. Add sugar, salt, vinegar and curry. Let it bloom for about 1 min...