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-=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> Probably a combination of the usual factors

 DS> There is also a vicious cycle.

Yeah, that too.

I once ate at a place that was for sure a money laundering front.
The service was very slow (see below) but the food was fantastic and
the waiter kept bringing freebies. I guess they ordered enough food
to keep their margins in line with their reputed sales. Ottawa had a
famous steakhouse that was legitimately famous and prosperous. Young
people with the same last name as the owner were picked up at
Customs with steamer trunks full of hashish twice but he was never
implicated. He had a second place out in the country near a defunct
ski lodge. After the lodge closed he had virtually no customers but
get reporting sales in the $2M range and taxable profits in the
$400K range (He banked at my branch but he's passed on now and the
restaurants are in other's hands so I can tell the story).

I took my mom there once. There were no customers, just four big,
beefy looking guys playing cards, smoking and drinking. They got up
and one of them became a waiter, one a cook, one a bartender and the
last one bussed our table.

Mom ordered a Caesar salad with a grilled shrimp garnish and got a
truly massive salad smothered in scampi plus a lobster tail. I
ordered a small strip steak with baked potato, no sides as I
suspected I'd end up with lots of salad and it came out as a huge
porterhouse with TWO lobster tails with large sides of sauteed
straw mushrooms and lightly steamed asparagus in Bearnaise sauce.
There were also complimentary desserts and glasses of port and
brandy. Our tough guy waiter turned out to be very smooth and
professional; the service was slow only because the cook had to turn
on the kitchen before starting the meal. Even my naive mom could
figure out what was going on.

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     Title: Lemon Ginger Bars 
Categories: Bars, Spice, Frosting, Tnt
  Servings: 24

           GINGER BARS:
  2 1/2 c  all-purpose flour
    3/4 c  sugar
      2 TB ground ginger
      2 ts baking powder
      8 oz unsalted butter
      1 lg egg
    1/4 c  finely chopped crystallized
           ginger
      2 TB honey
      2 ts finely grated lemon zest
           LEMON GLAZE:
      2 c  confectioners' sugar, sifted
           after measuring
      3 TB lemon juice, strained before
           measuring

Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 375
degrees.

Mix the flour, sugar, ground ginger, and baking powder in a medium
bowl.

Melt the butter over medium heat and immediately add to the dry
ingredients; use a large rubber spatula to stir to a smooth, shiny
dough. Add the egg, crystallized ginger, honey and lemon zest and
beat vigorously to make a smooth dough.

Scrape the dough into the prepared pan and use the palm of your hand
to evenly press it over the bottom of the pan.

Bake the bars until well risen, firm, and lightly golden, about 20
to 25 minutes.

While the bars are baking, use a small rubber spatula to beat the
confectioners' sugar and lemon juice together. Add water, 1/2
teaspoon at a time, if it's too thick to spread.

As soon as the bars are baked, place a cutting board on the pan and
use oven mitts to invert the hot bars to the board. Remove the pan
and paper and immediately pour the lemon glaze on the bars; use a
small metal offset spatula to spread it evenly. It will set as the
bars cool.

Use a ruler to mark, then cut 2-inch squares.

Serving: Arrange the bars on a platter, the icing is dry so they can
be stacked. 

Storage: Keep the bars in a tin or plastic container with a
tight-fitting cover between sheets of wax paper.

:Posted by Nick Malgieri
:Recipe from Nick Malgieri's Bake!

  From: Serious Eats                    
 
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Cheers

YK Jim


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