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 NB> I have noted a distinct likeness between Japanese and French cooking. 

Formal French, a mostly 19th century phenomenon, isn't
much like Japanese, but as it has evolved to be lighter
and more "nouvelle," Asian influences have become
prominent - not unlike in art, where the Impressionists
were heavily influenced by the Japanese.

 NB>> Some things are better not even thought of... ;)
 ML> One really does have to plan for the worst.
 NB> I suppose.  :)

It needn't be a detailed plan, just a thought out set of
coping strategies for just in case.

 ML> It's difficult enough. Of course, the Northwest being eaten
 ML> by Delta was old hat, and in that case it was the minnow
 ML> being eaten by the shark in normal fashion, rather than
 ML> the other way round.
 NB> Although sometimes one wonders if the smaller isn't just a more
 NB> voracious, if smaller, shark anyway...  :)

Leveraged buyouts never made any sense to me, especially
given the magnitude of the shenanigans allowed during the
process.

 NB> Cuckoo, to be sure... Pathological liars often do make their own lives
 NB> very intricately convoluted, often most to their own harm, though... 

Of the many diagnoses that fit or partially fit my brother
I don't believe pathological liar to be one. Lying requires
substantial awareness of falsehood.

 NB>> Perhaps not having received the attention he thought he'd get,
 NB>> it was just easier to go back to driving... 
 ML> I doubt it. The world goes on, and anything he does is only
 ML> marginal to it and to me, and nobody besides his therapist
 ML> has ever pretended otherwise.
 NB> Maybe it was his therapist that went along just so far, and then
 NB> talked him back into driving... dunno..  No fathoming some people, and
 NB> not much use even trying sometimes...  ;)

Possibly; hard to speculate.

=

 NB> there's gases that exit the body through the tissues, especially up
 NB> through the shoulders... a little known fact that a tech (IIRC) told
 NB> me while prepping me for my first laparoscopic procedure... that might
 NB> also explain your trouble with your arms...

That is very strange, but in my case I might be convinced
that it was a factor.

Black Pudding with Apple Wedges and Mustard Mash
categories: British, offal, main
Servings: 4

2 Tb vegetable oil
2 md onions, peeled and sliced
5 oz instant mashed potato mix
5 fl half fat milk (i.e., 2%)
1 Tb English mustard
1 lb black pudding, sliced
2 eating apples, such as Braeburn, cored and cut into wedges
instant gravy granules, enough to make 300 ml (10 fl) gravy
1 Tb freshly chopped parsley to garnish

Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onions for 10 min,
stirring occasionally until soft and golden brown.

Meanwhile, combine the instant potato mix with 600 ml (20 fl)
boiling water and stir in the milk and mustard and keep it warm.

Remove the onions from the pan and stir into the mashed potato. Set
the pan back over med heat and fry the black pudding in batches
according to the instructions on the packet, keeping the first
batches warm while you fry the rest.

Add the apple wedges to the pan and fry over med heat for about
5-10 min until they are tender.

Use the gravy granules to make 300 ml (10 fl) gravy according to
the instructions on the packet.

To serve, spoon the potato mixture on to individual plates with
slices of black pudding, some apples and a little gravy, then
garnish with parsley.

http://recipes.tesco.co.uk/recipes/November/BlackPudding.htm
posted to NCE 19 May 98

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