The facts were there. People in and out of the business
actively ignored them, but the closer one was to the
action, the more the outrage. I knew of them from the
Cleveland and Chicago days (having had friends and
acquaintances in both circles) and was aghast when
Levine was given jobs at the Met and the BSO despite
overwhelming evidence and credible testimony.
Ah... so it does go way back, and still ignored by those who should have known better... as you say, being blinded by what they perceived as
genius or at least great talent.... And I agree that even great genius wouldn't excuse that sort of behaviour...
It was at one of those gigs where people would tape
"child molestor" up over the "music director" sign
on his door. To the best of my knowledge nobody was
challenged, investigated, or disciplined for this all,
on either side.
True.... We've told the story of how the official make-up/recipe for Peanut Butter included shortening and sugar, so if one just sold peanuts ground into a butter one had to call it something other than peanut butter... And that 2% milk is allowed to use coconut oil to bring the
fat content up to the requisite 2%....
That's called "filled milk" and is acceptable in some
jurisdictions but not others. It doesn't bother me
(anyone who drinks milk deserves whatever s/he gets),
It's why we (Richard and I) don't like to drink 2% (or 1%) milk... we've actually tasted it in there... Dunno if that's still allowed, but at
one point, they didn't even have to label it as "filled milk" or list as
an ingredient... Some of us don't have issues with milk... real milk, anyway.... :)
The taste will vary based on the liquid used to dilute
and the origin of the fat used to make up creaminiess.
I myself have filled milk in recipes meant for my own
consumption to cut down on the number of lactase pills
I needed to use.
Real milk has taste variations, too, largely from the
feed used by the dairy but also (some say) from the
breed of the cows.
but what gets my ire up is that chocolate is now allowed
to contain noncocoa fats in many countries.
That's yet another abomination....
Oh, don't you know it. And it's being countenanced in
various countries, most notably in Great (or Lesser)
Britain, where Cadbury and others successfully lobbied
to be an exception to European purity laws.
I've really been spoiled by Wegmans... we've been getting their flavored sparkling waters, non-sweetened, and I've found them a good way to stay hydrated without having other issues... and they now have them
conveniently in 12 oz can 12-pks... Now, up in the North Country, not
only could I not find it in that form, the one-liter bottles I bought
turned out to have sucralose in them... I opened a bottle and was
shocked by a sweet taste... The Wegmans sweetened ones say so on the
main label, which these didn't... I'd run out of the supply I'd brought
That is somewhat strange. Was the terminology at all
different from what you are used to, and the ingredients
list, what did it say?
up with me... I did find a liter bottle today of Poland Spring lemon
("lively lemon") flavored sparkling water, in the cooler case at
Nature's Storehouse... that will have to last me until I can get some
more Wegmans water, maybe on my daytrip back tomorrow for a doctor appointment I couldn't reschedule.... forgot to take the sweetened
waters back into town with me today, in the hopes of getting my money back....
Poop. Would you know anyone who could use them? Or you
could save them for the picnic for an experiment.
Sometimes it's interesting, especially when it
doesn't get out of hand. There have been
performances that benefited from bizarre levels
of nervous tension, angst even.
If the adrenaline rises to meet the occasion... ;)
There are any number of factors that contribute
to an effective performance, and producer
satisfaction is not necessarily one of them.
True.
Referring back to Kreisler and Heifetz, Itzhak
Perlman says that
he became the opposite of Kreisler, who would play
as if saying, "Here's a beautiful tune", whereas
Heifetz would demand, "You! Listen to this!"
Heifetz wasn't relevant to the story and might or might
not have been dead at the time. I never met the man,
though I did encounter a niece of his, who unfortunately
looked just like him (didn't play like him, though - only
Erick Friedman and possibly Fredell Lack played like him).
Poor child... ;)
I believe she became something other than a musician.
There are these two brothers I've known, Danny and Ronny
Heifetz, no apparent relation to the supereminent one.
Danny became a violinist but luckily had a bunch of talent
and ended up concertizing widely and teaching at Juilliard
and Peabody, among other places. Ronny was a cellist whom
I used to work with but who decided not to go on in music
- he ended up a professor at the K-School and is head of
some kind of institute at Harvard.
... All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt
Chocolate is less fickle, as well.
Topping
Categories: dessert, garnish
Serves: 15
2 c sour cream
1/2 c packed brown sugar
1/2 ts vanilla extract
3 c sliced fresh strawberries
Mix sour cream, brown sugar and vanilla until smooth.
Serve over cola cake and topped with strawberries.
Taste Of Home via Elliah Heifetz, singinthekitchen.com
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