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Skriven 2008-10-27 16:33:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 15452 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: moooo 99
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Seriously, you probably don't have that wide a range in any piece of
 RH> music anyway that reaching an octave is enough.

 ML> Anyway, the kinds of music you and I would be capable of playing. [g]

You would be able to play better music than I could. (G)


 RH> I don't know enough about violin fingering to know what an octave's
 RH> reach is is but it is interesting that you have basically the
 RH> same reach on that and the piano.

 ML> I think it's coincidental but am not sure.

Not a subject for deep scientific research in the realm of musicians
then, I guess.


 RH> octave.  But, I can read both bass and treble lines.

 ML> So can I ... oh, you mean, both at the same time? You've
 ML> got me beat there.
 RH> No, not at the same time.  I can read one or the other, knowing what
 RH> keys to hit on a piano or sing.

 ML> One of the amazing things about pianists is that they can
 ML> read both at the same time. And organists have to read three
 ML> staves at once, coordinating hands and feet.

Definately beyond my musical ability.


 ML> I must admit that it looked mighty good, nice and crusty on
 ML> the outside, nice and red on the inside with the grain just
 ML> developed. If any of the steaks I have sent back over the
 ML> years had been done so perfectly medium-rare, I'd probably
 ML> not have sent is back.
 RH> And you'll probably never be able to cook one so perfectly again.

 ML> Wouldn't take bets on that ... I can cook a perfectly
 ML> medium-rare steak probably 8 out of 10, but choose not to do so.


But there's probably always some sort of unknown factor there as well.
Maybe something distracting just before you need to flip the steak or a
seasoning gone bad or whatever............making the steak not quite a
perfect medium rare.  That's OK, almost perfect medium rare is just as
good. (G)

 ML> Bistecca alla fiorentina (Tuscan-style)
 ML> serves: 4 hungries
 RH> Sure it'll feed as many as 4? (G)

 ML> When we were in Tuscany, one of the guests at this fancy
 ML> restaurant insisted on having a steak for one, despite the
 ML> fact that they didn't sell steak for one. What came out
 ML> was a steak for two (about 2 1/2 lb), served - and charged
 ML> - for one. We all got tastes.

Sounds good but if you're really hungry, I suspect you could eat it all.
It was nice that the guest shared, instead of taking the steak for a
later meal (or 2 or 3).

 ML> In order to enjoy a steak cooked more than to rare, I
 ML> would probably have to rely on something like

 ML> Homemade Worcester sauce
 ML> cat: sauce, spicy
 ML> yield: 3 c

Is it really worth the taste to make your own? If so, how long can it be
(reasonably) kept>


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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