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 NB> Somewhere along the line I developed the knack of making special
 NB> things last for a while... sometimes it does take a certain amount of
 NB> induced out of sight out of mindness, but that's where the balance has
 NB> to come in, lest the treat go bad for stretching it out...  :)

Fair enough. I'm more like a horse regarding certain treats,
where I will keep eating them as though they were oats until
they ran out or I explode, whichever comes first.

 ML>> She's 40 years old. If she were 25, one might almost be
 ML>> able to excuse her overreaction, but at 40 one should
 ML>> perhaps be held to a higher standard.
 NB>> One might think.  I know some pretty childish 40-year-olds, though...
 ML> They shouldn't be vice presidents of major corporations.
 NB> Indeed.  Unless they were wise/mature beyond their years...

I do know some childish 40-year-olds who are wise beyond their
years, but generally that's an oxymoron if not a moron. I am
impressed by the relative lack of stupid situations endured by
the founders and owners of the major tech startups, making an
exception for Zuckerberg, who seems to do something idiotic
every time he turns around.

 ML> It was takeout, of course; otherwise the problem would no
 ML> doubt have been addressed on the spot, and further, the menu
 ML> at the restaurant would most likely have been up to date. 
 NB> One would have expected, anyway.  The skeptic in me wonders if it had
 NB> happened previously, and not been dealt with, and intentionally gone
 NB> for again just in order to make the big scene... 

I am almost willing to believe that, hating lawyers as I do.

 ML> One of the first LPs, I think. Not very performance
 ML> practice aware but still the introduction to the
 ML> pieces for a bunch of music lovers.
 NB> Wasn't most performance practice awareness a much later deal...?

Mostly. You have to discover something before you can
restore it.

 NB> more...  I think Bach may have written more in that genre than Handel,
 NB> too... Quite a bit more, in any case, than the couple of Handel's that
 NB> get all the play...  :)

Handel wrote tons of music - most of them don't get the
play, as you indicate.

 NB> If I remember the beginning of this conversation, it was in connection
 NB> with your making an aloo saag to someone else's specifications, with
 NB> way more potatoes than you thought necessary, and not sufficient
 NB> spicing.. or spinach.....  ;)
 
Yep, that someone was Nicholas, but I didn't come to the
conclusion from the occasion that potatoes and spinach
didn't go together, unless I was extra grumpy and/or was
voicing my general dislike for potatoes.

Speaking of which, Annie wants me to make latkes in the
next week. I don't mind latkes but making them would make
my hair, clothes, and living quarters smell like potatoes
for the next day or two at least.

SVESTKOVE KNEDLIKY (Plum Dumplings)
categories: sweet, east european
servings: 3 to 5

2 eggs
2 c sifted flour (all-purpose)
2 c boiled potatoes, riced
1 c fine bread crumbs
12 to 15 plums **
1/4 c cinnamon sugar
salt
butter

Cream 2 Tb butter, beat in eggs and salt. Gradually beat
in flour and riced potatoes. Dough should be stiff to
knead thoroughly. On floured board roll out dough to
1/4" thickness, then cut 3" squares. Lay 1 plum on each
square, sprinkle with little cinnamon sugar and fold
edges over plum. Shape with hands into a ball. The wall
of dough should be very thin. Drop dumplings into
boiling salted water, cover and simmer for about 15 min.
Brown bread crumbs in 1/3 c hot butter. Roll dumplings
in buttered bread crumbs, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Makes 3-5 servings.

** M guesses that the plums should be those little
Italian purple ones and that they should be pitted,
but with these authentic recipes it's hard to tell.

from http://www.columbia.edu/~js322/eleanor/eleanor.html
edited only minimally to preserve the flavor of the original

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