jw
746 blow out dinner

when you say a thing is "like" something, it means
that it's not that something. If I said, as
I would to some here, that you spoke AS someone
who had never tasted the stuff, that would mean
that I was accusing you of never having had the
experience.

Ah, a subtle difference but a difference all the same.

A difference that, as with many such, is mostly
honored in the breach these days. English is a
language of, at its higher levels, beauty and
precision. Both are rapidly going away.

Next week Lilli and I are going to have our
blowout Christmas meal at Yan Toh Heen, where
we have preordered a crispy squab, the roast
suckling pig platter, and pan-seared Wagyu
with duck liver in spicy sauce.

Wow. Just Wow. I just might be able to afford the meal, but not the
airfare! Yeah, I know you have bejillion miles but I'd have to pay
full tilt.

The meal is going to cost $2000 with wine. Luckily,
that's Hong Kong dollars. Unluckily, it's still a
sizable amount of money. P.S. It ended up costing
about 2400 - something like US$300.

Title: Episcopalian Chopped Liver
6 Whole eggs
1 lb Chicken livers

That's a bizarre amount of eggs.

Agreed. One, maybe two would be fine.

I was thinking one, myself. If making the
stuff for me, I wouldn't add any.

What's an Anglican bridge party? Four
Episcopalians and a fifth.

I hadn't heard that before. But then I don't know a lot about the
Anglican faith and the ways of the members. My grandparents were
Anglican but my parents never attend any church unless somebody was
getting married. Half the family were drunkards, the other half
teetotalers, my parents being two of the few who were and remained
moderate social drinkers.

One of the more obscure Monty Python sketches
involved an Anglican vicar who kept a supply
of sherry on his roof instead of a rain water
reservoir. The best parody has an element of
truth in it. This sketch might not have achieved
massive popularity because relatively few Pythoners
of the latter generation have substantial
experience with Anglican vicars or perhaps vicars
of amy sort. Say no more, nudge, nudge.

Speaking of steaks and prices, as we have been lately, I note that
Costco Canada has Canadian raised Wagyu Black beef; the sirloin is
$30 per pound and the ribeyes $50. Based on the website ad's image,
if it can be trusted, it looks very nicely marbled, certainly
Canadian prime, and almost to the level of fattiness of Kobe or the
other two Japanese "Big Beefs".

In our 2400- meal we had a dish of 3 oz of A5
Kagoshima I believe they called it ribeye and
2 oz of foie gras de canard. It cost us 250
($32, just about $100/lb). The liver was
perfectly fine, but the beef was truly amazing.

Cocotini

Now you're just messing with me!

Well, yeah.

... Fat free cheese is like meat-free beef.

Now you're messing with me.

Margo Knudson's chili
categories: stews, beef
servings: 6

2 md onions, chopped
6 cloves garlic, approximately
2 Tb kidney suet or lard
2 oz Gebhardt's Chili Powder
1/2 oz regular dark chili powder
3 lb cubed or coarsely ground prime beef
white pepper to taste
1 c beef broth
3 oz bulk pork sausage
1 md green chili pepper, minced
1/2 ts hot New Mexico chili powder
1/2 oz cumin
1/2 ts coriander (opt)
6 oz tomato sauce
1/2 c oregano tea
= (1 Tb steeped in hot water 30 min.)
1/2 oz salt
1/4 ts cayenne pepper
1 ds Tabasco

Saute onions and minced garlic in suet3 min. Add
Gebhardt's and regular chili powder. Mix well.

Brown beef in a pan, 1 lb at a time, adding
white pepper while browning. Add meat to onions
and spices, using a little broth to keep from
sticking.

Saute sausage and green chili pepper together 2 min.
Add to meat and onions. Cook 15 min. Add New Mexico
chili powder, cumin, coriander, tomato sauce and
remaining broth. Mix well and cook for 30 min.

Add oregano tea (strained). Cover and cook over
low heat about 2 hrs or until meat is tender,
stirring occasionally. During the last 20 or 30
min add salt, cayenne pepper and Tabasco if needed.

Winner, 1987 World Championship
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