Who knows what inertia lurks in the hearts of man?
Or mustard in the fridges of friends?
I just inspected the fridge door of some friends
- two kinds, both of a certain antiquity.
We just have spicy brown.
These guys have Grey Poupon and brown with honey.
Robert Frost's real point in The Road Not
Taken is that it all likely makes little
difference - our lives are determined more
by what we are than where we go.
Too many factors to pin it down the just one or two "what ifs", actually.
And in fact another topic for arid speculation
if any. But by and large, you are what you are.
Heredity and environment, not one or the other. (G)
But it's not as though you get pushed all in one
direction or another - in the end, all the
diverse influences end up guiding you in pretty
much the same direction, because that's the
direction you wanted to go - or so the Frost poem
says, or so Frost says the Frost poem says.
I'm around viola players we tell viola jokes.
Seems each occupation has its own set of related jokes.
How many football players does it take to
change a light bulb?
Haven't heard the football varient yet.
I just made that up, but it turns out that
there is one, and the answer is "just one,
but he gets three semester hours for doing it."
In his case, he didn't have a family. Mentioned one other
person in > ML> his > current life tho.
There are still other factors, which I can't
think of at the moment - most of them relate
to lack of funds or encouragement.
I think the latter was more of a reason for his non pursuit of a
career > in opera at an earlier age.
What's this late-blooming singer's name?
TBH, since I wasn't going to go see him, I didn't take especial note of
his name & don't recall it.
Oh, poop, it sounds like a sort of cool
special interest story. I've known opera
singers who started off doing other things,
but yours sounds particularly intriguing.
Hydration is not an issue for me, but she has had
fainting spells, so it may be more important.
True, but you may want to consider carrying a bottle also.
I didn't use to drink water; still do less than
most, often going several days without additional
fluid. Perhaps I took after my doctor from the
'70s, who said "don't drink water - it rusts
your pipes."
I like to put mozzarella on the top, then sprinkle with more
Parm or > ML> > Romano--really cheesy. Also, before I put the cheese on, I'll top it > ML> > with marinara, not just warm tomato sauce.
Why do people lump Parmesan and Romano together?
They're completely different.
I'll use one or the other; they're both in the fridge.
Another observation from my recent travels -
I can smell Romano from a room away. This is
about as close as I'd like to get to Romano:
Strip House Potatoes Romanoff
categories: starch
servings: 6
3 lg russet potatoes (2 lb total)
3/4 c minced shallots
2 1/2 c grated white cheddar cheese
2 ts kosher salt
1/4 ts freshly ground white pepper
1 1/2 c sour cream
Scrub potatoes clean but do not peel.
Preheat an oven to 425F.
Wrap each potato in aluminum foil and pierce
several times with a fork. Place the potatoes
directly on the oven rack and bake until tender,
about 1 hr. Remove the foil and let the potatoes
cool to room temperature. Place the potatoes on
a plate, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate
overnight.
The next day, preheat the oven to 350F.
Using the large holes of a box grater, grate the
potatoes, including the skins. Transfer to a bowl
and sprinkle the shallots, 1 3/4 c cheese, salt
and white pepper on top. Using your hands, gently
toss the mixture together to combine, then fold in
the sour cream in 2 additions.
Transfer the potato mixture to a 1 1/2-qt gratin
dish; do not compress. Sprinkle the remaining
cheese on top. Bake until the potatoes are hot
and the cheese is golden brown, about 30 min.
Recipe courtesy of Strip House, NYC and Las Vegas
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