> > The really adept crooks are widely regarded by the 
> > innocent and the stupid as legitimate enterprises.
> > Apple, Microsoft, Tyson, Dyson, and so on.
> Conagra at least isn't shy about it. 

They have us all over a barrel, and absolute barrelocity
corrupts absolutely.

> > > >  University of Rhode Island) in 1894.
> > > Even then, Brown was a group of Weird who had turned pro!
> > Better than criminals turned pro.
> Depends on the criminals, and the Weird.  Who are sometimes the 
> criminals.

It's the ones who don't appear strange and go to The City 
on the 7:29 local with their coats and ties and briefcases 
that we have more to worry about.

> > > > He co-wrote Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, The Roar of the 
> > > > Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, and Willy Wonka and the 
> > > > Chocolate Factory. Appeared in many movies, of course none of 
> > > > which I saw. Won a Grammy.
> > > I've only seen one of the three.
> > I saw most of Willy Wonka, none of the others.
> I've seen that one more than once.  Scared me a bit as a really 
> little kid, but that was part of the fun.

I saw bits of the Johnny Depp version and found it
really inferior to Gene Wilder's, though it would 
have been fun to see Depp sing Pure Imagination, 
which Wilder gave an only slightly menacing, not
wholly deranged, aspect to.

+

> > I've been in that kind of condition, who am treating
> > the invalid Lilli to two nights in the Hilton Paris
> > (as opposed to Paris Hilton) and then flying to Munich
> > on Lufthansa business class.
> Not the worst itinerary.  

By a long shot. Lilli bettered up a bit, and we remet
after a little snag caused by United abetted by Lilli's
not getting my messages and did a laundry ... where some
foreign matter got into the wash machine, and two learns
were learned today - don't run panty liners through the
wash, and don't drink a mouthful of root beer down the
wrong pipe while laughing about it. I'm still coughing
up sugar water an hour later.

> > > > makes me wonder if anyone has ever devised an edible
> > > > potato (not yam) ice cream.
> > > I'm told some have done a mashed potato ice cream.  I'm not sure 
> why. 
> > As Edmund Hillary said, Because it's there.
> Challenge accepted?  I've heard of black pepper too.
> The one that weirds me out is olive oil ice cream. I mean ... why?

The last I've had. It's not horrid, just a little
strange - it's served with an appetizer, not as
dessert.

> > > find a Thai joint now. Two Thai places have opened in my area in 
> the 
> > > last year.   
> > Are they Kosher?
> Only on Christmas. 

A custom I always found peculiar.

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      Title: Gulai Kambing (Spiced Lamb)
 Categories: Indonesian, Lamb
   Servings:  6

  1 3/4 lb Lamb, Fresh
      2    Onions
      3    Thai Chiles
           Ginger, Fresh, 3/4" Knob
           Lemon Grass Root, 1/2" Knob
      1    Lemon Grass, Stem
      2    Garlic Cloves
      8    Macadamia Nuts
      2    Tomatoes, Ripe
    1/3 c  Oil
    1/2 ts Cardamom, Ground
    1/2 ts Cumin Powder
    1/2 ts Turmeric
    1/4 ts Fennel Powder
      1    Cinnamon Stick, 2"
      4    Cloves, Whole
           Salt To Taste
           Pepper, Black To Taste
      4 c  Coconut Milk

  Cut the lamb into bite-size chunks. Chop the onions, chiles, ginger,
lemon
  root and lemon grass.  Crush the garlic and grind the macadamia nuts.
Skin
  the tomatoes and cut the flesh into small dice.  Heat the oil in a large
  pan, add the onion, chiles and garlic and saute until the onion becomes
  translucent. Then add the lamb, ginger, lemon root, lemon grass and
tomato
  and cook for another three minutes, stirring frequently. Add the spice
  powders, cinnamon stick and cloves and season to taste with salt and
  pepper.  Pour in the coconut milk and bring to the boil, stirring
  constantly, then lower heat and allow to simmer until the meat is very
  tender; approximately 45 minutes.  Serve immediately with steamed rice.

  Source unknown

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