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 NB>> BTW, speaking of errant memory and such... if/when you see Benita, you
 NB>> could tell her from me she was right about Westminster being on the
 NB>> east side of Rochester, near my parents' old home...  I was getting
 NB>> confused with Warrington in our neighborhood
 ML> OK. I am in touch with her in only the most cursory way.
 NB> But probably before I'd see her again... ;)   Unless she comes up this
 NB> way...  ;)  

Perhaps. 

 ML>> fill the tank, and zoom, a bumblebee came up (according to
 ML>> Lilli) and stung me and then crash-landed on my seat, whence
 ML>> I shooed it off, not being that vindictive a fellow. I began
 ML>> to swell up right away, but Lilli came up with a Zyrtec, and
 ML>> the cashier gave me some ice wrapped in paper towels. Result,
 ML>> not much inflammation, and what there was went away quickly.
 NB> That sounds more like a yellow jacket than a bumblebee

In this case I can attest to its being a bumblebee - it bumbled,
sounded buzzy, was fuzzy and black with yellow blotches rather
than being sleek with stripes. I saw it with mine own eyes, as
it sat there on my seat after I vacated it, sort of wondering
what to do next. There are rogue all sorts of animals, for
whatever unknown reasons. Maybe this bee had been raised from
infancy in a family of yellowjackets? I don't know.

 ML> Ah, but wasn't it you who gave me a taste of it? Must have
 ML> been on your first-timer plate.
 NB> It was indeed one of the goodies on the first-timer plate.  That's
 NB> probably what confused you. 

No, I confused me. It's getting commoner. The capacity for
taking in stuff has plummeted, and this year has been fuller
of interesting stimuli even than usual, the result being that
half of it goes away really fast.

 NB> That one wasn't on the freebie, that was Butch... she'd ordered it,
 NB> and gave you some of hers in exchange for a bit of your moussaka...

Okay, that makes sense. Speaking of which, has Burt been
around lately?

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04

      Title: Galette of Potatoes and Tomatoes
 Categories: Side dish, Vegan
      Yield: 2 servings

      1 md Onion; finely sliced
           Oil for sautéeing
      3    Sticks of celery, diced
    350 g  Potatoes; peeled
           - sliced 3 mm thick
    225 g  Tomatoes; skinned
           - and finely chopped
      1    Garlic clove; crushed
           Dried mixed herbs to taste

  Serves 2-3

  This recipe has invariably proved to be very popular - and rightly so.
  The combination of potato, celery and tomatoes, highlighted by garlic
  and herbs, is a memorable one. Serve it either as a meal in itself, with
  a salad, or as a side dish.

  Sauté the sliced onion in 2 tbs of the oil over a gentle heat for 5
  min until it begins to brown lightly. Add the celery and cook for a
  further 5 min. Remove from the pan.

  Fry the sliced potatoes in 3 tbs more hot oil, adding more as needed,
  shaking the pan until they begin to brown. Then lower the heat, cover
  with a lid and cook for 5-10 min more until the potatoes are tender.
  Season to taste.

  Then stir in the tomatoes, garlic and herbs, along with the onion and
  celery mixture, and cook for 5 min, stirring all the time. Put into
  a heatproof dish and finish under a hot grill for 3-4 min.

  Copyright Rosamond Richardson 1996

  Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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