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 RH> And we're in the hot spot county of NC politics.  They have been, do I
 RH> dare say, quite "interesting" this past year?
 ML> I'm not sure I envy you.
 RH> I've been feeling like Alice in Wonderland--it gets curiouser and
 RH> curiouser all the time with all that's gone on since we moved up here
 RH> last year.

I detest politics. I figure there should be a two-party system,
the Honests and the Dishonests. Problem is that the Dishonests
would probably always win.

 ML> last I knew was ruled over by a Filipina named Gloria, who
 ML> spends all day doing the prep except if there are guests, when
 ML> she calls in friends and relations from all over Britain to work.
 ML> The food is a mixture of Asian and European. An odd arrangement.
 RH> That must be quite interesting.  Any special reason why they didn't
 RH> hire a strictly European cook? Part of the family have Asian
 RH> connections or something on that line?

1. She's a really good cook.
2. She's cheaper than a European one.
3. Lots of people do this - the Asians are happy for the work,
the tightwad Scots and other Brits are happy for saving a few
pounds, which can be applied to food costs, the rather high
tax rates, or anything else.
4. Diana is in fact Asian but married to the Scottish laird
guy. There is somewhere an old picture of these two gorgeous
women sitting side by side at the Royal enclosure at Ascot
or some similar place, one of them being my Diana and the
other being Prince Charles's Diana. You might say that my
Diana married well, perhaps better than the other one.

CLAMS WITH BLACK BEANS
cat: Chinese, main, shellfish, salty
serves 3 or 4

2 lb clams
2 Tb salad oil
1 Tb minced garlic
2 Tb Chinese salted black beans, rinsed and chopped
1/2 c chicken broth
1 Tb oyster sauce
1 Tb sugar
1/2 ts soy sauce
1/2 ts sesame oil
2 Tb cornstarch
1/4 c water
1/2 c chopped green onions
Chinese parsley (cilantro)

Wash clams; drain. In a wok or skillet, brown garlic in
oil. Stir in black beans. Add clams and stir-fry 1 min.
Add broth, oyster sauce, sugar, soy sauce, and sesame
oil; cover and cook for 1 min. Combine cornstarch and
water. When clams are open, thicken sauce with
cornstarch mixture. Add green onions before serving.
Garnish with Chinese parsley.

4TH Princess Connie Woo, Narcissus Festival, January 1998
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