Thanks to intensive coaching from the Hogwarts School of Baking and
Computer Repair (Richard and Nancy Backus), I have made it onto the
cooking echo.  Whether or not I can make it off without mismanaging a
lot of mischief is another story.

Since this message marks my entry into the cooking echo universe, I
thought I would start here and say

A) it was an honor to participate in the picnic.

B) I have seen responses and thank members for them. Richard and Nancy
have always guided me in various arcane cooking and computing
mysteries, and I look to the echo to guide and cuff about the ears and
whatnot.

Nancy discovered that I mismanaged mischief right out of the
box, misspelling my own name when setting up my account, so I have not
yet seen any of the messages when searching for them. T_T  She has
contacted the sysop about making a correction because *she* can spell
my name.

C) I concur with the estimation of my potato salad.  Both my parents
were very persnickety with their recipes.  All the pure cooking
intentions in the world cannot do their simplicity and subtlety
justice.

D) My church was indeed blessed during our monthly dinner with the
descent of the Noble Echo Immortals from the heavenly realms, led by
Meat Pie _Sifu_.  Or _Shifu_.  It depends on which Donnie Yen/Jet
Li/Jackie Chan/Kung Fu Panda movie I am using as my secret cultural
key.  (Either way, of course, _sifu_ roughly translated in the ancient
tongue is, of course, _l'enfant terrible_.)

Having stumbled in, I shall now stumble back out.

Edith

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