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Skriven 2009-01-02 18:53:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
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 ML> aside from the number of dashes of bitters,
 ML> it's identical to the one you sent.
 JW> Ha! Not so secret after all.

Not a difficult recipe, and furthermore, if you screw up a
little with the measuring or omit an ingredient or two, the
drink doesn't lose much. Although the worst excuse for a
Singapore sling I ever tasted was at the Hilton Rome Airport,
where the concoction that came out of the bar, after half an
hour, was gin and tonic with Campari added: it was as though
the guy behind the bar had seen a picture of one once and had
to work from that.

 ML> Shh! I showed Georgia and various others how back at the
 ML> Montreal Munch, and I made it look like some special art!
 JW> Too late. No longer a secret.

Ah, well. If I give away too much more, people will downgrade
me from "gifted" to "talented," the way they have downgraded
me from "genius" to "gifted."

 JW> helicopter moms
 ML> The reward of such moms is that the kids will turn into something
 ML> like my brother, who was never given the keys to the house until
 ML> after he had graduated from college.
 JW> Or can you imagine what will happen when a sissified little wuss
 JW> grows up and gets drafted? I believe it is already happening; the
 JW> incidence of post traumatic stress syndrome gets higher after
 JW> every successive war.

The balance of course is between protection and fostering
self-determination. In general, the latter is better, except if
there's none of the former, some of the kids will go off and kill
themselves at an early age, leading people to lean toward the
former. As far as PTSD goes, I hadn't thought of this phenomenon
in child rearing as a potential cause, but maybe you have a point.

=

 ML> Opening Port is ruining it. But if you drink it now, you ruin it
 ML> suddenly; if you drink it over time, the ruination curve is fairly
 ML> gentle.
 JW> How about 2 glasses a day:

Hey, I didn't say that my three paradigms were the only ones.
Nor that the valuations were absolute.

 ML> The ideal approach is to invite two of your nearest and
 ML> dearest and each have two glasses at one sitting.
 JW> Better yet. And the guests could bring nibbles.

Secret! The words dear to the heart of the host: "what can
we bring?"

Oysters Rockefeller
cat: shellfish
serves 8

4 dz oysters
1/2 onion, minced
1/2 celery stalk, minced
1 parsley sprig
1 bay leaf
salt to taste
2 c water
2 lg bn parsley, minced
1/2 c capers, minced
1 bn scallions, minced
1/2 bn celery, minced
1 bn tarragon, minced
few chervil leaves, minced
1/2 c olive oil
lemon juice to taste
salt to taste
cayenne to taste
white pepper to taste
breadcrumbs to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste
Herbsaint to taste
rock salt

Shuck oysters and leave them in the deep half of the shell.
Drain off but do not discard liquid. Keep oysters cold.

Boil oyster liquid, scraps, and discarded shells with onion,
celery, parsley sprig, bay leaf, salt, and water for 4 hr,
skimming occasionally. Strain when done and reserve 1/2 c.

Mince together parsley, capers, scallions, celery, tarragon,
and chervil. Saute lightly (do not brown) in olive oil.
Crush this mixture with a mortar and pestle, adding 1/2 c
oyster liquid and all remaining ingredients (except rock
salt). Discard excess liquid and strain through a fine sieve.

Arrange the oysters in pans filled with rock salt. Place a
tablespoonful of green stuff on each oyster.

Roast at 400 for 10 min. Serve immediately in the rock salt
filled pans.

reconstructed by William Poundstone in Bigger Secrets
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