Of course, one could trim the roast closer and use the
suet to make the Yorkshires, but who needs the things.

True... and I do see how that would work, though....

I got another top round and rendered the fat cap
for grease, had 4 servings of stir-fry, and made
a quart of chili with the rest. If I'd been so
inclined, the fat was of high quality and would
have done fine for Yorkshires.

You could have made cabbage sandwiches - my mother did
that occasionally during leaner periods of my childhood.
They actually weren't bad at all - sort of like egg rolls
only not crisp.

Hadn't thought of that option... dunno how Richard would have liked it, though... ;)

Ask him! People can be amenable to the most peculiar things.

And balk at the simplest things... ;)

Yeah, well, that too.

Why do people like casinos so much? Because there you can
always find a paradise. Several of them, in fact.

Heh.

The only good pun is a bad pun.

That is what they say... ;)

My first house at college was Dunster House, which was the
repository of the rebels (acting-out pranksters, drinkers,
drug-takers, athletes need not apply) and misfits (would have
been programmers and such only that wasn't really a viable
profession back then), so we were called the Funsters and
could have been the Punsters.

... Some days, the only good things on TV are the vase and the clock.

Speaking of wordplay.

And wordplay can be fun... ;)

Until it gets to be wordwork.

+

It's kind of a fringey sort of treatment.

True.

Although it was originally suggested to me by a doctor
who was impressed by my bad reaction to lovastatin.

Some doctors understand that GRAF (generally regarded as fringey) things
can be quite useful... like my PCP that prescribed using capsaisin cream

It's become a mainstream treatment, as it's been
proven at least as effective in many cases with way
fewer side effects.

topically for the post-herpatic neuralgia in my back... gabapentin and
before that amitriptyline gave me issues, and I wasn't willing to take

Well, the gaba stuff was what killed my father.

the chance on Lyrica after that, but the cream was actually on the list
of possibles from the very beginning....

You know those cans of writing implements that they
display in doctor offices so you can fill out those
irritating history and insurance forms? That's what I
read your mention of that drug as ... grab a pen tin.

Mine used to be to get the full effects both good and
bad at half the dose, still true of a lot of things,
especially OTC things, such as those travelers' standbys
Benadryl and Imodium, which have caricature effects on me,
making me drowsy or stopped up for days.

Benadryl I've only used topically, Imodium never helped me anyway...

My parents used to put Caladryl (calamine + Benadryl) on
my bug bites when they got too torturesome (the mosquitoes
loved me even when I was a wee tyke, despite my being B+),
but mostly the diphenhydramine has been an internal medicine.
Imodium, well, if you did any kind of exotic travel, believe
me, you'd want it around.

gabapentin was just beginning to be therapeutic (at still a rather low
dose) when I got slammed with bronchitis out of nowhere, a known but
rare side effect... also was getting some of the brain fuzz, so just
tapered off and let the doctor know...

You and your side effects. But see above.

Which reminds me to start shopping for hotel and air
for the annual Singapore trip.

When does that happen...?

MLK weekend, so third week in January.

So a ways yet, but not too early to start planing... :)

And looking at the fares, complaining.

Too bad they probably didn't appreciate the goodness...

Letitia's mom, a delicate soul (which her father is not, and
the kids also are not), was visibly squicked out by the red
jiggly meat on her plate.

Sigh...

I could have said, I'll trade you my done to sand chicken
breast for your raw beef, but she folded it in a napkin
and said she'd recook it at home.

Oh, well..... hopefully she enjoyed it later... :)

One hopes, but I suspect her to be someone who, like
Bonnie, would discreetly tip it into the bin when
nobody was looking.

... Actually we're all semi-normal, except for the food obsession

thing.

It's in our genes, same as the tendency to duck when an
eagle flies over, and is perhaps one of the most normal
things about us.

Ok... :)

I'm sure that after a hard day out in the wilderness, the
cavemen would compare notes about how the day's hunting
and gathering had gone.

Could be... :)

Ooh, ug ug? Ug ug ug! Ooh, ooh.

... The OPTIMIST sees the doughnut. The PESSIMIST sees the hole.

And the realist sees the whole, too.

Ginseng chicken bowl
categories: airline, Asianesque, main, soups
servings: 4

h - ginseng broth
2 Tb olive oil
1/2 c celery, diced
1/2 c carrot, diced
1 c onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tb peeled, diced ginger
1/4 ts minced lemongrass
3 scallions, sliced 1/2"
1/2 ts ginseng powder
1/4 ts coriander powder
1 serrano, split lengthwise
2 Tb chicken soup base
6 c water
1/2 ts salt
h - other ingredients
4 grilled chicken breasts, sliced
12 chicken potstickers, cooked
1 carrot, peeled, in 1" matchsticks
2 celery ribs, peeled, in 1" matchsticks
h - garnish
2 bn scallions, trimmed, sliced 1"
2 Tb pickled ginger
1/4 c cilantro leaves

Heat oil over medium heat and sweat vegetables with
spices until onions are translucent. Add sopu base
and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer
and cook 1 1/2 hr. Strain, set aside, and keep warm.

Divide celery and carrots in the bottom of 4 bowls.
Arrange chicken and pot stickers on vegetable bed.
Pour broth over. Garnish and serve immediately.

Gerry Gulli and Gerry McLoughlin, United Airlines
Hemispheres magazine Auggust 2019
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