Bolero, let alone multiple ones in sequence.... ;)

Which leads one to ponder why ravel means both to
tangle and to untangle. The Bolero ravels in the
first sense as it gets bigger and bigger with more
extraneous stuff, such as the catcalls toward the
end. I'm at loose ends over this.

My father first used the term... and I found it quite appropriate... picturing the article of clothing being pulled apart to its constituent threads, quite like my raveling sanity... (G)

And I can tell a Mauser rifle fron a javelin.

Bum buddidy dum buddidy dum buddidyduddidyduddidy dumb.

Swat!!! Very dumb, indeed... Ruuup ruuup um ruuup ruuup um diddlydum.
(The best part of the piece)

Yeah, those are the catcalls.

If they didn't pay you outright, I hope they
were at least extra nice to you for a while.

Oh, generally... It WAS a wedding after all, with all on best
behaviour... ;)

You do run in a classier circle than mine! I've
seen some interesting things in my day, including
one bride's father grabbing me and saying, with
apparently real rage, YOU're the one I wanted to
marry my daughter. As well as numerous arguments
and even a minor altercation or two. The coolest
thing was when I was leading a quartet that had
been paid by the bride's father, and he requested
an aria from a Puccini opera where the girl dies.

One could pretend to die of Fauxbourdon.

Would one then hear the Voix Celeste....? Or only pretend to....?

And be a diaphone-y?

More likely a Diapaison... :)

You know about the nervous guy walking around
in circles - people said he'll diapason.

More Power to him.... ;)

You and the Ruths, sneaking references in to which
the moderator offers a myopic if not blindblind eye.

Payment has not happened as of this writing.

But you've done the gig... :)

Payment was $300. Less than it's been, but I
played an hour counting rehearsal and two shows.

Not too bad... :)

Wasn't too bad, actually.

I told you about the lady who was an okay viola
player but was married to a meek but less-than-okay
violin player ... she would blame every little thing

...
he'd hiss

over to her something like, Ginny! ONE two three ONE
two three - loud enough for people in the audience
to notice sometimes. But in this case it was almost
invariably his fault. The best defense is a good
offense. Playing with these people was never a great
pleasure.

What petty people... no I imagine it wouldn't be a pleasure... :(

What I did for love ... .

made chili con carne sorbet. I've had chile-based
frozen dishes, but not anything with that particular
appealing combo of beef, onions, garlic, cumin, and
dried capsicum powders that we know by that name.

Could be an interesting concept.....

But could it be made to taste good, that is the
question. Whether it's better... oh, another post.

Back to Hamlet, are you...? (G)

And the fowl fiend flibbertigiblet.

I bought some generic Market Basket cheese doodles
the other day. A couple handfuls of these and a
full meal have proven to be well more than enough.

I could see that... I tend to snack on different things than that, but that's about the right quantity... ;)

I ODed on them next day, having no time to fix anything
real, and they turned my poo orange.

How revolting... but expectable.... ;)

One of my taglines when I had taglines was a bit long
but said to the effect of some say things are revolutionary
when tney are merely revolting.

Like people who are fooled into thinking that those who
say a lot have a lot to say. Which leads others to counter
that still waters run deep. Both of which may sometimes
be true. Myself, I just roll into a ball and don't pay
attention to anyone at all.

Sometimes a reasonable coping mechanism... (G)

Orphan, orphan, orphan!

+

I was thinking more of someone that doesn't realize what fresh garlic is supposed to taste like....

In which case no loss to them.

Until they actually do become informed... :)

At which point they won't make the mistake again.

One problem of course is that scientists are affected
by the same selfish desires and aspirations that any
other professional is guided by - including politicians.
priests, physicians, prostitutes, provisioners.

Such a list... (G)

Chefs, clerics, captains, ... .

Turns out that the one banned in the US is the safest
and most effective - cyclamates. It's almost as if the
FDA took the results of the aluminum saucepan study and
amplified them and banned Mirro and Club ware forever.

I don't remember if I had a problem with the cyclamates before they
were banned...

To me they/it didn't taste as bad as saccharin, which
at the time was the major competitor.

And at the time, I think I hadn't started developing migraines from the saccharin, just didn't like the taste...

Saccharin works best in cooperation with other
sweeteners. Of course sugar is the best of these.

... The best Scottish food is the kind you drink.

The Scots were proud of their historical alliance
with the French, which brought haute rather than
oat cuisine to that blasted part of the world.

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Title: Chicken Stock
Categories: Soups, Poultry
Servings: 6

4 lb Fowl
1 Neck and giblets chopped
1 Onion stuck with 2 cloves
2 Leeks, halved lengthwise
2 Carrots
1 Stalk of celery, halved
2 ts Salt
6 Parsley sprigs
1 Unpeeled garlic clove
1 Bay leaf

In a kettle combine the fowl, the neck and the giblets, and 12 cups
cold water, bring the water to a boil, and skim the froth. Add 1/2
cup cold water, bring the stock to s simmer, and skim any froth. Add
the onion, the leeks, the carrots, the celer, the salt, and the
parsley, thyme, garlic clove, and bay leaf and simmer the stock,
skimming the froth for 2 hours. Remove the fowl from the kettle,
remove the meat and skin from the carcass, and reserve the meat for
another use. Chop the carcass, return it and the skin to the kettle,
and simmer stock, adding boiling water if necessary to keep
ingredients barely covered, for 2 more hours. Strain the stock
through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on the solids, and let
it cool. Chill the stock and remove the fat. The stock may be frozen.
Make 6 cups.

from a file called SOUPS.MMF

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