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Skriven 2008-11-10 10:39:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA
Ärende: things fall 197
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 RH> Sound work isn't for sissies, or for kids either.  A friend's husband
 RH> does the studio stuff, and two friends mix live sound.  Doing it in
 RH> pain is just plain stupid though.  (and yes I've heard of the Melvins)

Truth. The kids have the muscle but not the brains.

Interesting that the guy who does the sound for my July 4 gig
used to be the main sound man for the Grateful Dead (how the
mighty hath fallen, though at least he's still alive) - he
makes us sound, as some of you know, as much like a rock band
as an orchestra.

 -> Well, some of us are thinking of taking a really hot hot
 -> shower right now, since you mentioned it, the left leg
 -> really killing me at the moment.
 RH> Smart idea.  Better yet, use the bathtub if available.  Then the bum
 RH> leg won't have to hold you upright in the process.

No bathtub here. And it turns out the water isn't particularly
hot either. But then the leg is beginning to carry its weight.

=
 -> What a clever idea that online auction thing was. Someone
 -> must be mighty rich now.
 RH> They're all either former employees or FORMER shareholders; the stock
 RH> is under $20/share the last I looked.  Their current practices of
 RH> sticking it to the sellers is causing the stock to tank...and they
 RH> can't seem to figure that out.

Whose idea was this, and are you still transacting through
eBay, and is there a viable competitor?

 -> Though I've had okay fake burgers and breakfast sausages:
 -> these of course benefit greatly from being cooked in butter
 -> or other animal fat.
 RH> There is that.  Bacon grease is of course the best for the purpose.  I
 RH> like some veggie burgers, as long as they don't pretend to be anything
 RH> else.  My mom used to make her own, and those were actually good.  They
 RH> were a pile of work of course.

Any friend of a veggie burger is no friend of mine! I can't
imagine one being better than merely tolerable. Even thinking
of veggie burgers made me go cleanse my mind by buying 5 lb
of short ribs ($2.99/lb at Giant).

GRILLED LOBSTER WITH BACON SALAD
cat: fancy, main, salad
servings: 4 to 8

Lobster
1/4 lb butter,, melted
10 fresh basil leaves, rolled and sliced
4 md lobsters (1.5 lb each)
Salad
3 strips bacon, julienned
6 Tb olive oil
1/4 lb Chanterelle mushrooms
salt and pepper, to taste
3 ears corn, kernels only
1 red onion, diced
1 yellow pepper, fine julienne
1 red pepper, fine julienne
2 heads frisee, washed and dried
2 Tb wine vinegar
1 Tb chives, chopped

In a medium bowl, stir basil into melted butter. Boil
lobster for 4 min. To stop the cooking process, plunge the
lobster into cold water for 1 min and remove. Allow lobster
to cool.

Bring grill to moderately high heat. Split each lobster in
half. Extract lobster meat from claws. Brush meat with basil
butter and put lobsters on grill, cut side down for 3-4 min.
Turn over, and brush open side liberally with more butter.
Continue grilling for 3-5 min with open side up, until shell
becomes a brilliant red. Place claw meat and grill for 3-4
more min. Remove from grill.

Serve with salad.

Salad:
Saute bacon until crispy. Drain on towels. In same pan, heat
1 Tb olive oil and fry chanterelles until golden brown.
Season to taste and set aside.

Add additional olive oil to pan if required. Cook corn and
onion 2-3 min until tender. Stir in peppers, mushrooms, and
frisee and toss together to warm. Heat for 1 min, pour over
any remaining oil, vinegar and season to taste before serving.
Heat only until frisee just starts to become wilted - do not
cook. Top with crumbled bacon and serve with grilled lobster.

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