>  ML> And does as it sees fit. Not much you can do about
>  ML> it except statins, which will no doubt end up killing 
>  ML> more people than it saves.
> Most people I know well didn't do well with statins... Richard is on
> something else now, Zetia (azetimibe [or something like that]), which
> seems to not be so nasty to him...

Ezetimibe works better in conjunction with statins.

>  ML> Flying has been one of the obsessions of the
>  ML> forward-looking since basically forever.
> True... including Leonardo Da Vinci... 

Probably many before him, too, but they all ended
up a heap of bones at the bottom of a cliff.

>  > I do recall various discussions of the concept, over the years, hadn't
>  > realized or at least remembered if there had actually been one built and
>  > tested.... Only seen, that I remember, on the TV show the Jetsons....
>  ML> Ah, the almost as silly counterpart to the Flintstones.
> Yup.  

The Smithsonian Air and Space museum has a couple
examples that actually flew and drove. At that time
the roads weren't so crowded that you couldn't spread
your wings and fly (along the Alcan highway, Swisher
and I saw planes parked by the side of the road, so
that condition still obtains in some of the remoter
parts of our world).

>  >  ML> McVities should be available, and couverture should
>  >  ML> be available. Wax paper and tongs, and you're set.
>  > I've not seen the McVities, at least not at Wegmans, that I remember (so
>  > at least not recently)... forgot to check the import section, though... 
>  > Also possible at Lori's maybe....  I did see the Carr's whole wheat
>  > biscuits, essentially the digestives, though not with chocolate...
>  ML> I'd not speak until I checked out the imports aisle.
> Maybe by the time this comes around again I will have remembered to
> check that out...  (G)

I didn't see any in the Carrefour or the Super U, but
Letitia brought her own supply of Weetabix and Walker's
from wherever.

The Auchan 85% (notes of tropical fruit, coffee, with 
of course a huge chocolate punch, good snap below 90F)
and the Super U Breton cookies (super buttery sandy
shortbreads) were good supermarket things that I've not 
seen the equal of in US stores at any price, though.
The Carrefour viennoiseries (27c each in packs of 10)
were inferior enough that I had to use up a substantial
bit of the chocolate to remedy their shortcomings, though.

>  ML> My preference for kitfo and gored gored is, of
>  ML> course, for raw, but I wouldn't cry if offered
>  ML> cooked..
> As long as not too much overly done... 

I prefer too little overly done myself!

>  ML> Pate de country
> Looks good... 

It was better than the (not bad) pate we got at the
Super U.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Phipps Famous Shortbread
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 48 servings

  2 1/2 c  Flour, all purpose                  1 lb Butter, soft
      1 c  Fruit sugar                         1 c  Sifted rice flour
    1/2 lb Belgian chocolate

  Spread the all-purpose flour on a cookie sheet and place under a
pre-heated
  broiler about 4-5 inches from the element.  Roast the flour, watching it
  all the time until it is medium brown.  Turn the flour with a spatula to
  brown the other side.  The entire procedure takes about three minutes and
  gives the flour a rich nutty flavour.  Let the flour cool.
  Mix the soft butter with the fruit sugar and add the sifted rice flour.
  Fold in the roasted flour and blend well.  Chop the chocolate into chunks
  just a little smaller than a sugar cube.  Mix them into the dough, taking
  care you don't soften the chocolate too much.  Shape as desired.  Bake at
  300F for 1 hour.  Cool, then store in an airtight container.  Yield
depends
  upon size and shape. Source unknown

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