Text 1157, 85 rader
Skriven 2006-05-06 10:53:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE SACERDOTE
Ärende: old influences 626
==========================
 ML> How much would a 6" Pickett go for these days?
 DS> They're selling for around $20 with case, in well-cared-for used
 DS> condition.  Not worth selling if you've had it since high school
 DS> and it brings back memories, but worth it if you pick it up at
 DS> a rummage sale for a quarter.

What if the memories are bad ones? I too had aversion therapy -
mine was for math and science. It's amazing that my parents
managed to inculcate very strongly in me the exact opposite
values and career path that they envisioned. They wanted science,
money, and fame. They made me phobic about all of these.

 ML> Now there's an interesting phenomenon. I'd have thought that
 ML> the love for music would be robust enough to withstand aversion
 ML> therapy of that nature.
 DS> Bad counsel; negative pressure; wrong choices.  Oh well.

I can't say you'd be much richer or poorer, financially, had
you gone into music. Probably poorer, though. On a personal
level, I'm sure you would be leading a rich life now as a
musician, but your situation as I see it is pretty good as it
is. My college friend Tom Fuller used to spout this silly
platitude about the saddest words being "what might have been"
or something like that. But practically speaking, what is is;
what might have been isn't.

=

 DS> My mom used to make it a lot when we were kids; turns out it's
 DS> a decent way to stretch a meal with sub rolls that are too old
 DS> and stale for subs (I guess I come by my frugal kitchen ways
 DS> honestly...)

A positive influence, but I'm glad you refined the lessons
learned to exclude behaviors such as keeping nasty freezer-
burned bargain items for years and years.

 DS> north from there.  Speaking of which, when did Bedloe's Island
 DS> get renamed "Liberty Island"??)

According to the Web, either 1956 or 1960, although it
was undoubtedly called that from the time the Statue
was erected.

 DS> The town where I grew up has a huge Jewish population, and
 DS> most of my friends as I went through school were Jewish.  The 
 DS> mother of one of my friends, Mrs. F., was not only the most
 DS> stereotypical Jewish mother I ever met, but was also the most
 DS> phenomenal cook.  She taught me how to make both excellent
 DS> schmaltz and marvelous chopped liver.

I learned a bunch about Jewish food from the mother of a woman
I dated; she (the mother) had had a moderately religious but
not draconian upbringing but who (see, the fears of the orthodox
came true) didn't really believe most of that stuff and became
Reform and started using butter in meat meals and serving lobster
once or twice a season. Great cook. I don't have any recipes from
her but did assimilate some of her techniques into my own. I once
had a recipe for blintzehs from her, but I lost it when Judy and
I broke up about 30 years ago.

Stir-Fried Luffa Squash with Diced Shrimp and Garlic
cat: side
Serves: 4

2 Tb canola oil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
10 shrimp, peeled, deveined, and finely chopped
4 luffa squashes, about 1-1/2 lb total, peeled and
- cut into 1-1/2" chunks on the diagonal
1 Tb fish sauce, or to taste
White pepper to taste

Put the oil in a wok or large, deep skillet over medium-high
heat. Add the garlic and stir-fry for 15 sec until fragrant.
Add the shrimp and stir-fry until the shrimp begin to turn
opaque. Add the squashes and stir-fry for a minute or so until
they begin to cook and turn just a little translucent. Add the
fish sauce and pepper, stir well, and serve at once.

Source: Kasma Loha-unchit, in Asian Vegetables by Sara Deseran

___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)