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 ML> is inexcusable. One can only hope that that chocolate is as
 ML> bad for cats as it is for dogs.
 NB> Wish I could confirm that for you

Lola was not sufficiently poisoned, though she might have
gotten some kind of mental weirdness from the chocolate.
I found her hiding under my bed, as she must have sneaked
in when I was in the bathroom or something.

 ML> theatrical types, some arteesteek types, bunches of folks from
 ML> restaurants - I didn't see the Franco guy there, but his
 ML> brother, who is the chef at Cloud Nine, was, and he said hi.
 NB> Always nice to run into folks you know at things like that... :)

It is - they serve as anchor points from which further
forays can be made. I can deal with groups of complete
strangers, though that's not my preference. Annie is, as
she says, like a pig in mud in such situations.

 ML> I was solicited twice, first by a waitress from the restaurant
 ML> who thought I must be wealthy and desirous of companionship,
 ML> and then by someone on behalf of the symphony, who thought I
 ML> must be talented. Actually, I ended up sharing a few laughs with
 ML> the former and stories about mutual friends with the latter.
 NB> Sounds like those were reasonably enjoyable encounters... :)

They were, and entertainingly a day or two later at the
restaurant the waitress did not acknowledge me at all.

--
 ML> It was our absent moderator who opined this, and the conference
 ML> has taken it as a tenet for a decade or more. Perhaps I should
 ML> write it into the echo rules, but everyone understands it as
 ML> easy as breathing, so it's probably not necessary.
 NB> It is something quickly learned...  ;)  Yup, learned it here,
 NB> myself...  Too bad the world at large (particularly strident vegans)
 NB> don't necessarily concur...  (G)

I have recently tried two bacon substitutes - one smoked then
fried beef point-cut brisket (two varieties, varying quality)
and the other smoke-flavored chicken lunch meat (nasty). It's
cool living in halal land for a while. Since I was last in
Malaysia the presence of the haram is much less apparent -
I took Lilli to a tapas bar where I'd had serrano ham before,
and it's all halal things now, even though it offers alcohol.
Religious conservatism is coming to the fore all kinds of
places now. 

 ML> The bacon mac and cheese might have been better, but I was
 ML> working and didn't steal a taste of it before it left the
 ML> kitchen. When I went out to load a plate, there was half
 ML> a tray left, so I saved room for it later, but when I went
 ML> to load my plate again, both macs and cheese had shuffled
 ML> off, so I made do with a big helping of dirty rice.
 NB> Should have grabbed your tastes before it left the kitchen... or made
 NB> sure of at least a small taste when you filled your plate...  must
 NB> have been pretty good, to have vanished so well... :)

At the kitchen, it was an intact casserole, and when I got to
the table, I wasn't much thinking.

 NB> Does sound good.  :)  I noted in further reading that the early dinner
 NB> didn't come off... I forget whether you eventually made a stroganoff..

Nah, the meat disappeared into the freezer, sigh, but
better than the garbage.

 ML> One of the best stroganoffs I ever
 ML> had was at Red Square, a pseudo-Russian bar/restaurant/den of
 ML> iniquity in Las Vegas - it was just this, nothing more, and
 ML> it was totally delicious. Of course, it's hard to make a bad
 ML> stroganoff (unless you omit meat or sour cream). 
 NB> Since meat and sour cream are the signature ingredients... :)  Red
 NB> Square sounds like a fun place...  ;)

I've had stroganoff with the sour cream omitted, and it was
not surprisingly beef stew. Red Square was a very noisy place,
but what in Las Vegas isn't? Fun, who knows. Depending on my
budget, I figure I could have picked a wide variety of
entertainment from what was there.

Mango Lassi
categories: Nepal, beverage
Yield: 1 batch

2 c natural yogurt
1 c whole milk
2 c ripe mango chunks
4 Tb sugar
1 ts cardamom seeds
1/2 ts salt
1 c crushed ice
Slivers of ripe mango for garnish

In low heat, bring milk to a boil. Add cardamom and simmer
at least 5 min. Allow cooling; strain milk to filter the
cardamom out.

In a blender, combine yogurt, milk, mango, sugar, salt,
ice, and cardamom flavored milk. Blend all ingredients to
a smooth drink. Pour in a drinking glass, garnished with
mango slivers. Serve immediately.

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