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 ML> A terrible but understandable side effect of staring at
 ML> a field of white and a bunch of medical apparatus and
 ML> personnel all day. It's a different reality and one that
 ML> makes one want to break out of it altogether. 
 NB> To say nothing of the almost constant background noise, sometimes more
 NB> annoying than other times, but always not the normal

Earplugs. God's gift. On one of my recent admissions I'd
forgotten to bring my own, and the hospital claimed it
provided them. After two days of asking, I merely wadded
up a piece of Kleenex for each ear.

 ML> (long stays in bed with scant mental stimulation) and its name
 ML> (hospital-induced psychosis). 
 NB> Yeah... that's the big brother of the hospital-induced delirium... ;0
 
The one time I saw it it was truly impressive, in a bad way.

=
 ML> As you know, fashion is everything to me. Not.
 NB> Quite.  But the frames pusher assumes the opposite... that everyone
 NB> wants to be super fashionable...  ;)  We push back... (G)

The frames pusher saw me in my frayed, not-too-perfectly
fitting flannels.

 ML> mosquito hawk doesn't do anything useful, because its
 ML> mouth is not built to crunch mosquitoes or anything like
 ML> that; in fact many never eat at all in their short adult
 ML> lifetimes.
 NB> Ah... well, in that case, it son't munch us, either...  :)

I was kind of glad of that when I read it. The things are
rather impressive (3" legspan sort of thing).

Apple tart
categories: fancy, sweet, English, Middle Eastern
Serves: 4

h - For the almond cream filling
1/2 c unsalted butter
1/2 c caster sugar
2 lg eggs
1/2 lemon, juice of
1 Tb flour
1 c plus 5 ts ground almonds
h - For the pastry base
3/4 c unsalted butter
3/4 c caster sugar
2 lg eggs
1 7/8 c flour
h - For the apples
4 apples, sliced into thin, long pieces
1/8 c unsalted butter, melted
1 pn cinnamon powder
1/8 c caster sugar

Filling
Cream the butter and sugar together thoroughly in a
mixer. Slowly add the eggs, lemon juice, flour and
almonds. Mix continuously until all lumps are gone
and the mix is light and fluffy. Refrigerate.

Mix the butter and sugar thoroughly in a mixer on
low speed. Then add the eggs slowly until thoroughly
mixed. Add the flour slowly and keep mixing into a
smooth paste (do not overmix). Place in a bowl in
the refrigerator for 1 hr to harden.

Once the pastry has chilled, heat the oven to 350F.
Roll out the chilled pastry on a floured surface
until the pastry is flat and 1/2" thick. With a
round pastry cutter, cut 4 circles from the pastry.
Place each disk into a pie pan (4 small ones or 1
large). The sides have to come up higher than the
base and fit the pan. Place in the oven for 12-15 min.

Spoon some almond cream filling into each baked pastry
case. Arrange the slices of apple on top of the almond
cream, totally covering the top. This apple acts as a
lid on the pie. Brush melted butter over the whole
surface of the apples, covering thoroughly and
generously. Mix the cinnamon powder and caster sugar
together and sprinkle over the top of each pie. Place
back in the oven for 12-15 min and remove when the top
is golden brown.

Serve on large white plates with a scoop of vanilla
ice cream on top of each pie.

Ben Tobitt, The Ivy, Dubai
Global Traveler magazine 8/2013

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