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 ML> 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep and might in fact be able to
 ML> function most of today.
 NB> Sleep is a good thing... especially when one has been somewhat
 NB> deprived thereof... 

I try my best to make the time, as there is little I enjoy more
than eating and sleeping (my mother used to point that out,
repeatedly, as I slogged through school and into Harvard - "all
you ever do is eat and sleep." What a pain in the tushie was she.
Anyhow, often one can't make the time, and when one does, actually
getting the rest is often easier said than done.

 ML> one committee that had been charged with both duties got. The
 ML> bad thing is that the second committee as described seems bent
 ML> on squandering its appropriation.
 NB> So, double the money available...?   Is the squander mostly because of
 NB> the emphasis on young rather than accomplished...?

Perhaps that's part of it, but the main thing is that they're
caught up in charisma and buzzwords and other things that I
find dishonest and sometimes hateful.

 ML> My brain is beginning to adapt! I cannot now read with any
 ML> facility at any distance.
 NB> Oh, great...  ;0   Not quite the right adaptation...

I've found that perching them way at the end of my nose may
help, as no doubt will the building up of the nosepieces at
the optical shop next month.

 NB> lovely (mock) tartan umbrella in Edinburgh station one VERY rainy day
 NB> when I had taken the train from Glasgow (where we were staying) with
 NB> two young lads (my son and the same-aged son of our hosts) to do the
 NB> sights... That one was big enough to keep the three of us mostly dry as
 NB> we did the walk up to Edinburgh Castle...  :)  I lost it a few years
 NB> later, when I wasn't allowed to take it on the plane as carryon, and it
 NB> never arrived with my checked luggage... 

Lilli and I were given lovely pale blue Austrian Airlines
umbrellas during one of our events, and we had to leave
them behind when we got on a plane that wasn't Austrian.
Too bad, also.

 ML>> Heh, heh, they'll have figured it out.
 NB>> Yeah... she already has... ;)   So now she's expecting it.  :)
 ML> Hah, maybe I'll cross you all up and not do one.
 NB> Oh (she says disappointedly)...  And here I was looking forward to
 NB> it.... :)

Nagging may have its effect.

 ML> I have had offers from various members here and have on a
 ML> few occasions taken you up on them. They have all been
 ML> pleasant stays, but why doesn't anyone live within walking
 ML> distance of a United hub?
 NB> We're at least (potentially) walking distance from the airport,
 NB> anyway... didn't have the forethought to settle in a hub city... ;)

Relatively few do, and of the hubs, only Guam and maybe San Fran
and Newark (if you want to do some traffic dodging) are really
accessible on foot to residential areas; who would want to live
in the one or be able to afford the other.

 ML> If you want what the rest of the world thinks of as
 ML> a milkshake, you order a frappe (no accent on the end).
 NB> I've heard of those..  :)  Both of them... ;)

I've actually had both of them, despite their obvious detriment
to my health and well-being.

 NB> ... I've repeatedly reiterated, again and again, don't be redundant.

That's an ancient old adage of unimportant insignificance,
as one of the Rumpole characters might have said.

Luchow's Kartoffel Kloesse
categories: dumpling, starch, German, detriment to health
yield: 16

3 lb potatoes (9 medium)
3 egg yolks, beaten
3 Tb cornstarch
3 Tb raw farina
1/2 ts white pepper
1 ts salt
1/4 ts freshly grated nutmeg
2 sl white bread
2 Tb butter
potato flour

Peel the potatoes and cook them in boiling salted water
for 30 min or until they are soft enough to mash. Drain
them well and mash them thoroughly. Beat in the egg yolks,
cornstarch, farina, pepper, salt, and nutmeg.

Dice the bread and saute it in the butter until golden
brown. Drain the croutons on a paper towel.

Shape the potato mixture into dumplings about the size
of a golf ball, with a few croutons in the center of each.
Roll each dumpling lightly in flour (preferably potato
flour).

In a large pot, bring 1 1/2 qt salted water to a rapid boil.
Reduce heat to simmer and gently lower dumplings into water.
Cover the pot and poach the dumplings 15 to 20 min without
allowing the water to boil. Remove the cooked dumplings
with a slotted spoon and serve hot around a platter of
Sauerbraten.

Vincent and Mary Price, A Treasury of Great Recipes: Famous
Specialities of the World's Foremost Restaurants
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