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Skriven 2015-04-28 14:43:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> And once in a while I'll deign to go out to lunch with
 ML> him (or he'll deign to go out to lunch with me), so I
 ML> get my pound of flesh.
 NB> Balance out the diet a little bit, anyway...  ;)

I've never eaten a balanced diet, being an opportunistic
feeder myself. I prefer a high-protein high-fat low-carb
diet, but that's not always what I get. The pound of flesh
gets metabolized on its lonesome (possibly helped out with
a few carbs from beer) and thereupon has little effect (i.e.
doesn't interact with other intake) on my well-being.

 ML> Today, though, there was nothing for me to do, so I
 ML> ate lots of chocolate. I can foresee a restless night.
 NB> Sigh.  Hope it at least was good chocolate....  :)

To the extent that all (dark) chocolate is good chocolate,
yes. Otherwise, well, chocolate is expensive on the island.

 ML> This week the special was on Hershey's Special Dark,
 ML> and I can verify that it tastes quite similar.
 NB> Less peanut-like undertone...?

Pretty much the same, actually. Special Dark, as I noted
someplace earlier, has added lactose for reasons unknown
to me. I was too greedy with the Cadbury to be able to do
a direct comparison (i.e., I forgot about this goal and
wolfed the bar down without thinking).

 ML> see - I just plunked down $490 for the prescription; the
 ML> glasses arrive in 10 days to 2 weeks.
 NB> The new glasses employ the new technology...?

The main problem was that a full correction would have
required inch-thick glass, and the astigmatic correction
could not be properly done with that material anyway, and
one has to think about my poor nose; so the nice thin plastic
lenses were a compromise in the first place. Now a couple
things have come up - my right eyeball has rounded enough that
they are not going to bother to correct for the astigmatism
any more; also, plastics technology has apparently come a ways
since I last looked into the subject. So I am going to be
correctable to -3 or so, which I think would be legal to
drive, but I'm still not going to do so.

 ML>> I thank my lucky stars.
 NB>> Do you have him officially designated as health proxy?
 ML> Proxy and HCPOA. I'm taking no risks in that arena.
 NB> Very wise.  :)

I don't want to be under my brother's control in any way -
not for his bona fides, which are I believe genuine in a
fanatic Catholic sort of way, but for his incredible judgment.

Ballottine of snapper
categories: fish, main, pork, pretentious
Serves: 1

4 oz red snapper filet, skin on
1/4 c sliced fresh mushrooms
1 Tb chopped onion
2 Tb olive oil
2 1/4 c spinach
1 1/2 Tb sliced celery
4 sl cooked bacon
1 Tb almond powder
1 1/2 ts fresh thyme
1 1/2 ts fresh parsley
1/2 oz clarified butter
1 red bell pepper, skinned and diced
2 Tb white wine
1/2 c chopped shallot
1/4 c cream, whipped
Salt and pepper to taste

Red snapper mini ballotine stuffed with wild
mushrooms on a bed of crispy bacon and fine
herbs with red bell pepper cream sauce

Saute mushrooms and onion in olive oil. Layer
on skinless side of fish and roll closed to
form ballotine. Saute spinach and celery in
clarified butter. Mix thyme with bacon,
parsley and almond power. Add to spinach and
celery. Set aside. Combine shallot and white
wine. Reduce by 3/4. Add red bell pepper.
Season to taste. Simmer mixture for 5 min and
drain in a cone colander. Reserve liquid in
bain Marie. Steam rolled fish ballotine for
a few min. Add whipped cream to wine mixture.

Place ballotine on plate with spinach to the
side. Garnish with sauce.

Thierry Dufour, Canto Del Mar, Los Cabos

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