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 ML> An appropriate comparison: here, the Berri Estates Traditional
 ML> Dry Red, much better than I remember, is currently on offer at
 ML> $10 the cask, or $2 a liter. I can't say much for the stuff,
 ML> but at least I can't say anything against it, either. Lilli
 ML> (who left just now) and I put down a whole cask since Glen's
 ML> departure, which was Monday.
 DD> That sounds like a Kevink wine. Or has he sunk lower than that?

It's better than what he drinks but was on sale for approximately
the same price he pays.

 DD> I bought my last Virgin Mobile phone (Kyocera Oyster) at Best Buy for
 DD> U$20 with U$20 air time included. It was a nice, reliable flip phone
 DD> (my preferred style) and did very well

This thing that has mostly served me well the once or twice a
month I need to make a call is pre-flip. Unfortunately, I had
to call for a shuttle bus a couple days ago, and the service
cut me off about five times (charging me I think $1.25) - I
ended up having to get traveler's aid to call for me, which
probably I should have done in the first place.

 ML> I log in every month or two, I usually have five to ten
 ML> calls, all or all but one of which are spam.
 DD> I get *very* few of those since I registered my number(s) with the
 DD> national do-not-call registry. Only one persistent robot caller from
 DD> some credit-card repair outfit on the land-line. I have sicced the
 DD> authorities on them and read of them being fined lotsa bux, etc. But it
 DD> doesn't seem to have slowed them down.

In my experience, the DNC doesn't work, as the call robots
operate from someplace outside US jurisdiction. Annie, who
lives in Pennsylvania, which has specific monetary penalties
for unwanted calls, still gets beset with them frequently.

Portuguese mussels in cataplana
categories: shellfish, starter, sauce
Servings: 2

h - For the soffrito (sauce)
1/2 c olive oil
1 lb chrico (Portuguese sausage), diced [chourico]
2 yellow onions, julienne
2 red bell peppers, julienne
2 yellow bell peppers, julienne
6 cloves garlic, minced
4 bay leaves
2 ts sweet paprika
1 ts pimenton (smoked paprika)
1/2 ts chili flakes
16 oz cn plum or roma tomatoes, drained and chopped
1 1/2 c white wine
1 bn parsley, chopped
1 bn cilantro, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
h - For the mussels
12 mussels cleaned and debearded
3 oz soffrito (see above)
1 oz white wine
1 Tb chopped cilantro
Salt and pepper to taste


Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and sweat the onions,
peppers, chrico and garlic. Add the spices and bay
leaves. Add the white wine and chopped tomatoes and
simmer for 30 min. Add the herbs and season with the
salt and pepper. Cool. Set aside until ready to use.
Makes about 2 qt.

PRESENTATION: Spoon 2 oz of the soffrito into the
bottom of the cataplana (the name for both the dish
and the copper pan in which it is cooked). Place the
mussels on the sauce. Top with the remaining 1 oz of
sauce and a splash of white wine. Bring to a simmer
on the stovetop (about 4 min) and clasp shut. Place
in a hot oven for 5 to 7 min. Remove from the oven
and open. Shake well and discard any mussels that
have not opened. Taste for seasoning and garnish with
chopped cilantro. Clasp shut and serve.

David Machado, Lauro Kitchen, Portland OR


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