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 ML> Though Weller described an Arctic meatpacking enterprise
 ML> that saved some of the choice organ meats for home, I'm
 ML> pretty sure the stateside processors don't do that.
 NB> True, more likely they are being told to toss them by the inspectors
 NB> just on general principles, so maybe they are ending up mostly as pet
 NB> food...  sigh...

Speaking of which, it's time for me to feed the beasts:
Bob and Deb are off taking care of her dad, so I have the
care of an ancient beagly-type thing whose roles in life
are sleeping and peeing on the floor and two cats, a fat
jet-black one called Ink and a moderate-sized pumpkin-
color one with the imaginative name Pumpkin (aka Fat Cat,
because apparently before Ink there was a smaller cat that
was eventually eaten by a coyote). I have cleaned up at
least half a dozen gifts from Lady today; she's gone all
incontinent, but I don't know if all these are unintended:
I haven't given her her full dose of attention today.

One of the reasons I prefer cats is that when they pee on
the floor you know it's intentional ... .

 ML> not better than anything you've had before, so
 ML> not really worth the bother. We can do one at
 ML> the picnic just for demo purposes.
 NB> That could be fun... and instructive... :)

Let's see. Demos so far -

 frying chicken skin (roast vs. raw)

 how to get the most out of a lobster

 the difference between saffron, turmeric, and other stuff.

Anything I missed, or anything anyone else wants?

 NB> Part of my point was that even if the daughter Was trying to make
 NB> herself indispensible, Annie's presence or absence might not make any
 NB> difference at all... except in the daughter's eyes...

Okay, but the daughter's perceptions are all that matter,
as far as the family dynamic goes.

 ML> As long as my immune system is in tolerable condition, it's
 ML> not a huge concern to me personally, but the public health
 ML> implications are not good.
 NB> Quite.  With all the flying you do, your immune system has probably
 NB> already dealt with most of the pathogens out there, or some similar
 NB> ones, so your immune system should be doing reasonably well... But
 NB> potentially pretty scary for others...  
 
Did you see there's been an American case of MERS
(a kind of virus whose vector is camels rather than the
usual culprits of pigs and poultry and civet cats)?
I figure the only danger I am in would be from some such
weirdness that I'd not been exposed to before.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

      Title: Vegetable Stew (Tangarat Khudar)
 Categories: Vegetables, Arabian
   Servings: 6

    500 g  Remnant Meat
    100 g  Chick Peas
    500 g  Tomatoes
      1 md Carrot
      1 md Potato
      1 md Pepper, red
      1 md Courgette
      1 md Fennel
      1 lg Celery, pc. of
    3/4 l  Stock
    100 g  Noodles
      1    Lemon, Juice of
      5 tb Olive-Oil
      2 tb Tomato-Concentrate
    1/2 ts Coriander
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/4 ts Chilli-Powder
           Pepper, black
           Salt

  Give chick peas into water and let rest over night. Heat up 3 tb Olive-Oil
  in a big pot, add chopped meat and fry for 5 min. Add chopped vegetables
  and fry for another 3 min. Add spices and salt, fry shortly. Mix
  tomato-concentrate with part of the stock, give into the pot and add rest
  of the stock. Add drawned chick peas and let cook at mild heat for about 40
  min. (the chick peast must be done). Peel the tomatoes. Heat up 2 tb
  olive-oil in a pan and fry the tomatoes til they crumble. Add tomatoes and
  noodles to te stew and let cook for another 10 min. Add lemon-juice til
  reaching taste you prefer.

  Source: Arabische Kueche

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