Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 05-11-18 08:11 <=-

I don't think there are any exceptions to this (i.e.,
timeless truths). Modern medicine is a product of the
last couple centuries only and has a long way to go.

Not that there aren't still some good solid aspects from the medicine of bygone years... as well as the repudiated ones... :)

I'm not saying it's discredited the way a lot
of the alternative practitioners like to think
but just that it has a long way to go.

I agree... and was just saying that there's good and bad, historically,
from both modern medicine and the alternatives... I trust much solid
progress will be made, on both sides... :)

For sure. The complicating factor for me is
a possible house sale in which I may want
to be involved. Or not, there now being a
perfectly good lawyer dealing with it.

What's the timeframe on that...?

Don't know. The guy said 60-90 days post-contract,
and who knows about how the property is being priced
relative to the market.

Do you have any idea yet what your brother plans to do when the house
is sold....?

The lawyer made a gentle suggestion that he
should find a place to live, and my brother
didn't seem to fazed by that notion.

I trust he is also looking for a decent place to resettle... ;)

My May board meeting has settled on the 26th... I should have a better idea about my September/October after that...

Let us know; I hope your date is compatible with
those I suggested.

I will... also, now that dates have been floated, I can try to get the
board to avoid them... :)

Excellent, except that your first preference
was not on the Hafflys' list at all. Both of
your second choice was 9/7-9, so things are
leaning in that direction.

The fall board meeting wouldn't have been in late August anyway... it's
lately been generally in October... but the most likely weekend in
October also happens to be Richard's 50th highschool reunion, which we
are planning to go to... I'd hope that the following weekend would work
for the board meeting, actually....

Is this a symptom of the public tumbling to the
fact that the thighs are the best part of the
animal? Good for the public, bad for MEEE!

I suspect that only using legs is a cost-cutting measure on their part, but they are quite tasty, too... :)

Undoubtedly - I wonder what premium dish they
put the thighs into, if they buy them at all.

I'm pretty sure that some of their chicken dishes are made with thighs rather than breast.... some are still obviously made of the white
meat.... :)

If it were up to me, the white meat would be
reserved for meatballs and cutlet and so on.

Indeed. I think that they use white meat for the chicken makhani...
possibly also for the chicken curry, although I didn't have any of that
last time we went, so not sure about that...

I think you would have liked the chicken stirfry noodles at Saigon Pho
that Richard had when we went there this past Thursday... It was all
dark meat chicken, and nicely underdone.. ;) I had the beef, and it
was so thinly sliced, it couldn't help but be done through, but it was
juicy enough and tasty enough all the same... :)

Spanish Bar Cake

Now THAT brings back memories.... Daddy used to buy that as a treat (probably only when marked down), and we'd have it for dessert.... A
dark spice cake with raisins, with that yummy buttercream frosting...

I had it only once or twice.

We had it fairly regularly... I think Daddy was quite partial to it,
which made it most likely to be purchased... :)

Caramel & whisky sauce
Categories: booze, sweet, British
Yield: 1 L (3 x 330 mL jars)
200 g butter
140 g soft brown sugar
397 g can condensed milk
397 g can caramel
1 ts ground ginger
150 mL whisky
Put the butter, sugar, condensed milk, caramel
and ginger in a pan. Heat gently until the butter
melts - make sure you don't boil the sauce. Remove
from the heat, then stir in the whisky until
smooth. Pour into sterilised jars and allow to
cool before sealing.
BBC Good Food magazine, 12/2011

Now that looks interesting... :)

ttyl neb

... "May I have a chocolate?" she asked sweetly.

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