Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 01-11-19 11:35 <=-

That Dick Francis? Or another one. Here's a
recipe that brings to mind another mystery
writer, Dorothy Sayers.

You lost me on that one.... how does it bring her to mind....? She's
one of my favorite authors....

Dorothy Sayers was one of the top British
detective story writers of the 20th century.
Dick Francis was one of the top British
detective story writers of the 20th-21st century.

Right.

Title: Steak and Guinness Pie (Irish)

Dorothy Sayers wrote
Guinness is good for you
How grand to be a Toucan,
Just think what Toucan do.
Cf. Murder Must Advertise.

Ah.... I'd not remembered that connection with her and Guinness... And
that reminds me that her day job was working with an advertising agency
at one point... :)

Good composers create and will do whatever it
takes to make music. Good publishers make money
for themselves and their authors and will do
whatever it takes to make a profit. It's all
understandable, but I'm definitely on the one side.

I suppose we need the publishers so that the music gets disseminated...
but the composers are the important part, really... :)

Too many people evaluate based on immediate
financial effect.

Indeed.

New World Symphony, the American Suite, the American
Flag, and the less known but perhaps best of all the
American Quintet.

Was that last a piano quintet....? and are you just tossing in the
flag, or did he write something called that....? The rest I definitely recognize... :)

String quintet. The piano quintet is pretty
Czech, though a lot of the gestures could have
been American (just weren't).

Ok. I'm sure I've enjoyed them both.... :) And you didn't answer about
the Flag.... ;)

It certainly makes things worse to overdo on them.... Once I'm a little better stablilized, I may experiment with drinking my beloved Cherry
Coke again and see if there still seems to be the direct relationship between the two.... the raised BGs and the HFCS ingestion...

Coke does hit the system hard and fast. It's
probably better left for the young 'uns.

The caffeine has never been the issue for me... in fact, it had been one
of the primary parts of my pain control.... I recently found some Coke
made with cane sugar instead of HFCS (not touted as Kosher, just on the

The health issues attributed to HFCS have never
been the problem for me in Coke, it's the way it
makes the flavor less intense.

Not sure if I ever found any Cherry Coke made with cane sugar instead of
HFCS to compare tastes with....

shelf with the other Coke products)... comes in California Raspberry and Georgia Peach flavors... It's a 4-pack... and a bit more expensive, but
I've been getting it recently.... I prefer the raspberry flavor, and I
drink it sparingly (one 12 oz bottle will last me a couple/three days),
but at least I get a little of the coke and the caffeine back....

That's weird (those are weird).

Granted. :)

True.... some things are harder to really take in the big picture....

Wherein I think lies the danger of letting
machines do any important work or that
requires any kind of judgment.

Exactly.

And even we skeptics often take for granted
that what the machine says is real or true.

I try to guard against that... :)

Unthinking trust in anything is troubling.

Indeed.

Indeed, it's important to have good raw materials to start with... :)

Less good food is not altogether insuperable.

True, but it takes a bit more effort... and/or skill... ;)

Good household management minimizes the
availability of less good raw materials.
The best maximizes the use of even those.

Indeed.

Everyone should know what to do with gray
leftover potatoes and sprouted onions.

I suppose.... also sprouted potatoes.... (G)

ttyl neb

... Flying saucer: what follows a flying coffee cup during an argument.

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