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Skriven 2009-07-18 17:44:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 DS> I doubt if there is any better alternate site, especially at this late
 DS> date.  You have a decent kitchen with ajoining sitting and gabbing
 DS> area in the dining room.  It will be hard to replace that.

I was actually thinking of Nicholas's, but he has a dim view
of some of my culinary habits - he is very, very elitist at
times, and if anyone brought Jell-O mold, he'd probably throw
us all out. Or Dirk's, which involves a 40-step walk upstairs
and the potential of Jackie (I'd attempt this only if she was
out of town). My friends the Levines have an ideal location,
but they keep Kosher.

 DS> As to the parking -- we'll have to do the best we can.  It may well
 DS> mean carpooling and cargo hauling from the motels to the house, and
 DS> then driving back to the motel and getting a cab from there to the
 DS> house. 

It probably will not be worse than any standard weekend here
(which is pretty bad, actually - it's an urban area). Most
sensible probably would be to have everyone meet in front of
the municipal garage on Derby St. just before Congress St.
and load stuff into one car (though I really don't see the
point of crockpots, etc. etc. etc.); then have the one car
proceed to the house and everyone else park in the garage.

 DS> Do you have tables and chairs?  We have two canvas folding chairs that
 DS> we can bring.

There are probably 50 chairs here, no exaggeration. One
picnic table and a big oak thing that can be brought out
if necessary. Unfortunately, in June there was a huge
crackdown on parking, with just a month's notice, so
I'd wager no more 50-guest parties.

Spanishish rice
cat: found ingredients, main, casseroles
servings: 6

2 c brown rice (that's what there was)
3 1/2 c chicken stock
1 Tb thyme
1 Tb cumin
1 ts red pepper flakes
1 ts oregano
1 ts basil
s, p, chopped parsley
1 c diced tomatoes (that's all there was)
3/4 lb pork sausage
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 lg onion, chopped
1 sm green pepper, chopped

Cook rice in stock. When half done, stir in seasonings
and tomato. Continue cooking, covered.

Meanwhile, crumble sausage and dry fry, retaining all
the fat unless it's a really huge gross amount. Add
vegetables in the order listed and cook until wilted.
Fold sausage, vegetables, and some of the fat into
the rice when it's nearly done.

If the rice is soupy and too al dente, finish in the
oven.

Made for the meeting of the neighborhood association
tonight.

You could cover this with cheese and finish it in the
oven anyway, but the neighborhood association isn't
worth it, and I've used too many pills lately.

You could substitute Spam for the sausage, in which
case it would become Spamish rice.

Source: moi


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