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 ML> I've not been so worried as various other people who
 ML> make up for my relative nonchalance with an abundance
 ML> of concern. I do figure that it would be rude to keel
 ML> over and disappoint my constituency.
 NB> That would indeed be rude... ;)  I can relate to the nonchalance,
 NB> though, and worry doesn't make much difference in the long run..

There have been moments (especially in the ICU a few
months ago) when I had my doubts.

 ML> United is doing its best to make more costly than
 ML> necessary attractive - in order to requalify for
 ML> status next year, I have to spend $12K exclusive of
 ML> taxes. Not going to happen, think I, as I just don't
 ML> have that kind of dough.
 NB> Seems that status is being offered more to those to whom money is no
 NB> object... what's a measly $12K/yr, after all, when one might drop that
 NB> on a single party... ;/

I was thinking that I have made less in my life than many
and perhaps most of my classmates (both the ritzy high
school and the ritzy college) make in a year. Pretty
bizarre. I am of course pretty far on one end of the
spectrum and they on the other. Sad that part of my life
is more appropriate to their end, but whatever.

 ML> Right. But there are few if any places that could match
 ML> the advantages that Singapore used to offer. Maybe India,
 ML> but that's a little dodgy even for my taste.
 NB> Hygenics, unrest..?

Both, though the unrest can happen anyplace. Also the huge
disparity in rich vs. poor - here it's bad enough, but there
it's scary - which of course causes both of those issues.

 ML> Of course, as intimated above, that has become less
 ML> important. 
 NB> Since spending more money has become more important to United than how
 NB> many miles you fly...?

Yes. And because the number of "miles" one earns is tied
to the number of "qualifying dollars" you spend. Plus a
multiplier that means that the average person will now get
approximately 1/4 the "miles" expected, and being of high
status I'll get about 1/2 what I used to. A faster and worse
devaluation of programs I have never seen, and the media
haven't tumbled to it yet.

 ML> I actually thought of moving to Haiti - a friend started
 ML> a music school there, but it was wrecked in the earthquake.
 ML> I don't know its current status, but the country doesn't
 ML> seem to be appropriate to my own current status.
 NB> Health care isn't particularly a strong point there, for one thing...

Exactly.

 ML> Singapore is wild over pork belly. That's always been a
 ML> mainstay of southern Chinese cooking; it's just that
 ML> recently there as here it has gotten cult status among
 ML> the affluent "foodies" (I hate that word and all the
 ML> shallow trendiness that goes with it).
 NB> Probably an appropriate name, given the shallowness it implies...
 NB> and the faddism... One hopefully doesn't get lumped in with them,
 NB> though... ;0

I told Annie that she should never, ever call me or my
friends that. She was taken aback.

Sloppy Joes Lasagna
Categories: main, Singaporean, Italian, American, pasta, cheese
Servings: 8

250 g lasagna noodles (20 sheets 7" x 3.5")
1/2 c marinara sauce
1 1/2 c grated cheddar
3/4 c grated mozzarella for topping
h - Sloppy Joes
350 g minced beef
150 g minced pork belly
1 md yellow onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 green pepper, 1 cm cubes
1 1/2 c tomato puree
1 ts cumin
2 ts brown sugar
1 Tb cider vinegar
1 ts dried thyme
1 ds cayenne
1 Tb Worcestershire sauce
2 Tb bacon fat-infused oil

If not using no-precook noodles, cook them.

Fry onions in oil about 1 min on medium-high heat. Add
garlic, and fry till soft and caramelised, about 4 min.
Add peppers, and fry till softened, about 3 min.

Add beef, frying till the pink is almost gone, 4 min.
Add pork, frying for about 4 min and making sure to
break up the chunks.

Add tomato puree, cumin, brown sugar, cider vinegar,
thyme, cayenne, and worcestershire.

Start to assemble the lasagna. First slather 4 Tb marinara
sauce all over the base of the casserole.

Layer with a row of lasagna noodles above it. It's okay to
overlap the noodles a little. Layer with marinara sauce,
and the sloppy joes.

Layer with 1/2 c grated cheddar.

Repeat twice with lasagna noodles, marinara sauce, sloppy
joes, cheddar, so you end up with 3 layers of fillings.
Top with lasagna noodles, marinara sauce.

And finish off with a generous sprinkle of grated
mozzarella. Cover the casserole with a loosely fitted
aluminium foil and bake for 20 min at 200C/400F before
taking off the foil and baking for a further 15 mins at
190C/375F or until the cheese is browned.

Rest 5 min before serving.

If not eating right away, don't take off the foil, but
take the tray out from the oven and store in freezer for
use up to a week. To eat, defrost it in the morning
before you go to work by transferring it to the fridge,
and when you get home, heat it up for about 10 min at
190C/375F covered with foil, and 15 min uncovered.

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