she was right out of school, and I should have
marched back into the kitchen and asked her out
on the spot.

So what stopped you? (G)

Youth, shyness, stupidity.

So, you missed your chance at fame and fortune as Mr. Sara Moulton. (G)

Never have I been motivated by the quest for
fame or fortune. Sara Moulton was quite cute,
though.

Fills time and always fun to hear other people's wild speculations.

I suppose.

Do you think you would have done as much cooking as you've done since?

Speaking of idle, I think the answer is yes.

Unless you had a fist full of pills to go with it.

Anyway.

So, it's a pass for now.

Probably for a good long time.

Seems that way here also, since we've not gotten back to Germany since
we left in '92.

It's very modern. Also, from what I've
seen, prosperity has marched eastward.

If it goes to artistic and educational
endeavor, I'm okay with it. Not like the
young folks, who "don't give a fig for
the theatre."

Depending on the theatre, a lot of adults don't either. We missed
"Fiddler on the Roof" at DPAC (forgot to get tickets in time, didn't
know when knee surgery would be). I told Steve I want to see "Cats" in
June tho.

I never had the urge to see either of those but
have had the [s]mis[/s] good fortune of playing
in both.

True, but eventually there may be a new and improved (no time for

drinks > service on a trans-Atlantic flight) one.
Speaking of idle speculation. Science
fiction is generally way beyond mem though
I do like reading it sometimes.

I read some when I was an early teen, never cared for it that much.
OTOH, give me a big fat historic fiction book, and you'll make me a
happy camper-outer, reading it.

If a story can be told effectively in 10000
words or less, you've got me.

Same price, or even a slightly higher one to pay the designer of the

new > box and the advertisers. (G)
And the cost of retooling the assembly lines.

To drop in fewer pieces of whatever.

I was just on an aircraft where they retooled
so as to drop in more pieces of whatever. I was
promised a premium economy cabin of 8 across
(2-4-2) but got a not-so-premium cabin of 10
across (3-4-3). Sizable difference.

Maybe I'll try going to a movie with
binoculars sometime.

Could be interesting. (G)

Sitting in the front row doesn't work,
even if I wear earplugs.

I like about mid theater--works best for the transition lenses I wear.

For me, front and center for the view or in
the back for the sound. The middle is a
please-all-please-none.

work in the library while the other went on
world tours and was on the albums and such.

Lost her chance at fame and fortune.

Well, that's a big old whoops. Harking back
to my discussion with Nancy, there are those
who will do anything for money, and there are
those who won't. Same with fame.

All kinds of people............

Title: Zucchini and Hominy
Categories: Mexican, Vegetables, seriously?

Agreed--one of those "What were they smoking when they came up with this?" recipies.

Either that or hominy and zucchini used to
taste a lot better.

Somehow I'm not so sure about that idea. (G)

I know that zucchini taste different -
actually blander and less fetid, still
horrible. Hominy I don't know about.

Title: Gingered Fig Confections

But this one may be a winner.

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Title: Bountiful Black Bean Soup
Categories: African, Soups, Beans
Servings: 12

1 lb Dried black beans
4 qt Chicken stock
1 bn Celery w/ leaves, chopped
1 lb Carrots, peeled and chopped
2 lg Onions, chopped
Grated zest of 1 large lemon
1/4 c Lemon juice
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper
1 lg Lemon, sliced

Place beans in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover beans by 1 inch.
Bring to boil over high heat. Boil 1 minute. Remove pan from heat; cover
tightly and let stand 1 hour. (Or soak beans overnight in large bowl with
enough cold water to cover by 1 inch.) Drain. Combine beans in 5-quart
Dutch oven or soup kettle with chicken broth, celery, carrots, onions,
and
lemon zest. Bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer,
uncovered, until liquid is just below surface of beans and ingredients
are
very tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Using slotted spoon, transfer soup solids
in
batches to food processor and puree. Transfer puree to large bowl and add
cooking liquid. (Or puree solids and liquids together in blender. Or
force
soup through coarse sieve or pass it through food mill, discarding
skins.)
Return soup to Dutch oven. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper and cook
over medium heat, stirring constantly, until heated through. Place lemon
quarter in bottom of each bowl. Pour in soup and serve immediately.
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Hi Michael,

she was right out of school, and I should have
marched back into the kitchen and asked her out
on the spot.

So what stopped you? (G)

Youth, shyness, stupidity.

So, you missed your chance at fame and fortune as Mr. Sara Moulton.

(G)

Never have I been motivated by the quest for
fame or fortune. Sara Moulton was quite cute,
though.

But do you hear much about her husband? You may have been as obscure as President Lincoln's first vice president. (G)

Fills time and always fun to hear other people's wild

speculations. > ML> I suppose.

Do you think you would have done as much cooking as you've done

since?

Speaking of idle, I think the answer is yes.

If I weren't first daughter in my family, I'd have not done as much
cooking. Neither of my sisters did as much as I did before leaving home.

So, it's a pass for now.

Probably for a good long time.

Seems that way here also, since we've not gotten back to Germany

since > we left in '92.

It's very modern. Also, from what I've
seen, prosperity has marched eastward.

I'm not suprised. It would be nice to get back but don't know if we ever
will.

If it goes to artistic and educational
endeavor, I'm okay with it. Not like the
young folks, who "don't give a fig for
the theatre."

Depending on the theatre, a lot of adults don't either. We missed "Fiddler on the Roof" at DPAC (forgot to get tickets in time, didn't know when knee surgery would be). I told Steve I want to see "Cats"

in > June tho.

I never had the urge to see either of those but
have had the [s]mis[/s] good fortune of playing
in both.

I've seen the movie "Fiddler" (own it on DVD also) but not "Cats".

I do like reading it sometimes.

I read some when I was an early teen, never cared for it that much. OTOH, give me a big fat historic fiction book, and you'll make me a happy camper-outer, reading it.

If a story can be told effectively in 10000
words or less, you've got me.

That's the kind of reading I can do in between steps of meal prep. (G)

Same price, or even a slightly higher one to pay the designer

of the > ML> new > box and the advertisers. (G)

And the cost of retooling the assembly lines.

To drop in fewer pieces of whatever.

I was just on an aircraft where they retooled
so as to drop in more pieces of whatever. I was
promised a premium economy cabin of 8 across
(2-4-2) but got a not-so-premium cabin of 10
across (3-4-3). Sizable difference.

Were you in a 3 or a 4 row?

Maybe I'll try going to a movie with
binoculars sometime.

Could be interesting. (G)

Sitting in the front row doesn't work,
even if I wear earplugs.

I like about mid theater--works best for the transition lenses I

wear.

For me, front and center for the view or in
the back for the sound. The middle is a
please-all-please-none.

Unless you have the transition lenses. Sitting too far down makes you
have to look up/too far up makes you look too far down. Neither is good focusing; the middle is much better.

Well, that's a big old whoops. Harking back
to my discussion with Nancy, there are those
who will do anything for money, and there are
those who won't. Same with fame.

All kinds of people............

Title: Zucchini and Hominy
Categories: Mexican, Vegetables, seriously?

Agreed--one of those "What were they smoking when they came

up with > ML> > this?" recipies.

Either that or hominy and zucchini used to
taste a lot better.

Somehow I'm not so sure about that idea. (G)

I know that zucchini taste different -
actually blander and less fetid, still
horrible. Hominy I don't know about.

I'm not sure. Went to a new to us place, a chain called "Showmar's" that
just opened up in Wake Forest. One of the side options was grilled
(yellow) squash--it was good. They do fish/shrimp calabash style, with
the light coating. Steve had flounder; I had the shrimp. Both were very
good, extremely tender. We both got the squash also, and agreed, that if
they keep up that quality of cooking, they will be around for a good
while in town.

Title: Gingered Fig Confections

But this one may be a winner.

Title: Bountiful Black Bean Soup
Categories: African, Soups, Beans
Servings: 12

This would be good on some of the cold days we've bee having.

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