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 DS> I am sure I've never made $4300 in a week!   That's not bad pay for
 DS> a month's work.

Depends on what one has to do to get it. I'm used to making
that much in about half a year ... musicians work pretty
hard for not much money - one counts on $100 a service, so
one has to have a lot of work to make a go of it (do the
math and bear in mind that concerts usually happen two or
three per weekend); in recent years my frequency is way down,
and I'm bottom of the barrelling it. Poverty has fit me like
a glove, though I've had some fairly high-paying short-term
assignments (all of them legal) in my youth. Did some
paralegal stuff once and was paid per hour what a day's
music would earn.

PARSNIP STEW WITH SMOKING-DAY BISCUITS
cat: main
servings: 4 to 6

12 oz good thickly cut bacon
- (without nitrates and nitrites, if possible)
- cut into 1/2" pieces
2 Tb extra-virgin olive oil
2 md carrots
1 lg onion, peeled and cut into 1/2" dice
S, P
3 to 4 large or 5 to 7 small parsnips
- peeled and cut into 1/2" dice
1 1/4 c chopped green cabbage
1 lg redskin potato, peeled and diced
5 c vegetable or chicken stock
1 bay leaf
4 whole cloves
1/2 ts ground allspice
4 to 6 branches fresh thyme
- or 1 generous ts fresh thyme leaves
h - Garnish
4 Tb parsley leaves

Cook bacon with olive oil in a large heavy pot over
moderate heat until bacon is crisp. Lift bacon out
of the pan with a slotted spoon and reserve. Pour
off all but about 2 to 3 Tb of fat from the pot.

Add the carrot and onion, along with salt and pepper.
Turn heat up to med-high and saute until the onion is
starting to brown. Add 2/3 of the bacon pieces and all
the remaining ingredients, except the parsley.

Bring to a gentle bubble and cook, uncovered, 15 min
or until vegetables are tender but still somewhat
firm. Correct seasoning.

Serve the stew in deep bowls topped with the parsley.
Pass the hot Smoking-Day Biscuits with honey and/or
soft butter on the side.

Rogers Morning News 3-12-08

SMOKING-DAY BISCUITS
cat: bread
Makes about 2 dozen

1 c all-purpose unbleached flour
1 c cake flour
4 ts baking powder
1/2 ts salt
1/4 c chilled unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
1/3 of the cooked bacon from Parsnip Stew (crumbled)
2 sm whole scallions, thinly sliced
3/4 c cold milk
Unsalted butter
Honey

Preheat oven to 425F. Grease baking sheet and set aside.
Combine the flours, baking powder and salt in deep bowl
and mix well.

With your fingertips or a pastry cutter, work the butter
into the flour mixture until the mixture looks like coarse
cornmeal. Toss in bacon and scallions, using fork.

Add enough milk to make dough moist but not wet, tossing
with a fork until just blended; do not overwork dough.

Turn the dough onto a floured board and knead only once
or twice. Gently nudge it into a rectangle about 1/2"
thick. Cut into squares and place them on the baking
sheet about 1/8- to 1/4" apart. Bake until puffed and
golden, 15-18 min. Serve the biscuits hot with
unsalted butter and honey.

Biscuits can be kept warm, wrapped in foil in a 150F
oven for up to 40 min.

Lynne Rossetto Kasper in Rogers Morning News 3-12-08

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