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Skriven 2011-09-18 11:38:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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 RH> Does the house have a dishwasher/does he know how to use it? Won't
 RH> work for all dishes but it's a start. Even if he could just fill

The dishwasher has not worked since the house came into the
family decades ago. It is of course of a nonstandard size.
I told Jonathan once that I would not authorize a disbursement
from the estate to have a replacement made, but he was free to
use money from his share of the estate (6 figures, as he gets
more than I do, because of the clause written in at my suggestion
to protect him when he was a minor child) to do so. Anyhow, he
would likely not use it except perhaps as a storage spot for who
knows what dirty articles.

 RH> something with soapy water and put the dirty stuff in there, it's
 RH> better than nothing.

He has been taught to do this, but nothing is going to correct
his habit of leaving stuff around - not just in the sink - I
often find dishes with crusted and/or rotting food at his place
at the table, at my place at the table, on top of the microwave,
and so on.

 ML> I think it's more like him going to the doctor and having
 ML> some weird concern and the doctor saying okay and writing
 ML> whatever prescription the kid wants.
 RH> Still sounds like the doctors need to check things better, and the
 RH> pharmacies. Cross reactions can be fatal; if one pharmacy doesn't know
 RH> he's been perscribed drug Z that can cross react with his mew scrip

Aside from the mental health stuff, which changes periodically,
everything he's taking is from the standard regimen. One thing
about the kid is that though most of his behaviors are in some
way self-destructive, he is more terrified of death than anyone
else I know.

 ML> Those fires have been burning for way longer than the news
 ML> acknowledged. I guess they waited for a thousand Texan houses
 ML> to be destroyed before any substantial coverage.
 RH> Every major metro area concentrates most on local news.

The network nightlies are supposed to correct for that bias, but
judging from what I saw (in the online editions - I don't watch
TV much) they did not do so in this case until many days into the
crisis.
 
 ML> Really easy. Take butter and olive oil, bring to temperature
 ML> over medium heat, frizzle garlic, lower heat to minimum,
 ML> dump in shrimp (rinsed and dried), and cook an arbitrarily
 ML> long time, I'd guess 7 min, but up to half an hour is fine
 ML> if minimum is minimum enough. I'd season with sherry and
 ML> hot and black pepper; I presume you'd refrain from at least
 ML> one of these. If one were Spanish, one might add a bay leaf.
 RH> Got to get some shrimp, have butter, olive oil and garlic.

I recommend it, of course.

Here's something that looks pretty good and pretty easy. If your
dietary thing prevents you from using sherry vinegar, balsamic
might be a good substitute, in which case depending on the
vinegar, you might want to cut the sugar to half or less. I find
the amount of garlic and mint a little high, as well.

Tomato mint soup
cat: soup, vegan, easy
Serves: 4 to 6

10 tomatoes
15 garlic cloves
5 shallots
5 sprigs fresh thyme
1 oz olive oil
1/2 c aged sherry vinegar
1/4 lb fresh mint leaves
2 c tomato juice
1 oz brown sugar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Cut the tomatoes in quarters. Roughly chop the garlic
and shallots. Toss tomatoes, garlic, and shallots in a
bowl with the thyme leaves, olive oil, and vinegar.
Spread the vegetables on a sheet pan and roast at
375F until the tomatoes have some charred color. Watch
the garlic to make sure it does not burn.

Put all of the ingredients (reserving a small bunch of
mint for garnish) into a stainless steel pot with
straight, high sides. Bring to a low simmer and cook
for 20 min. You may want to give the soup a pulse with
an immersion blender depending on how smooth or chunky
you like it. Season with salt and pepper. Add more brown
sugar or vinegar, to taste.

Presentation: Ladle the soup into a bowl. Tear the
remaining mint leaves and sprinkle on top to garnish.

Roberto Alicea, Andaz 5th Avenue, NYC
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