-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-31-19  00:38 <=-

 >  >  ML> though Ms. Anker wnts some of the pieces transposed.
 >  > Depending on the key, that shouldn't be too bad....
 >  ML> For those who can do it on the fly it's a piece of cake. 
 >  ML> Bonnie will have to practice beforehand.
 > I'd need it written out.... and probably would also have to practice
 > beforehand as well... 
 ML> Or have one of those transposing organs.

That would also work...  I had access to one of those once... maybe it
was the one at the church my sister Tait's wedding was at... Haven't
seen that with pipe organs...  

 >  >  ML> It's a common cultural thing, food as consolation
 >  >  ML> best taken with kinship as a sauce. The Jews do it,
 >  >  ML> the Chinese do it, the Irish are famous for it.
 >  > Yup... 
 >  ML> Food is the great comforter, after all. There's
 >  ML> something wonderful about eating all one wants and the 
 >  ML> full stomach that comes after. One can temporarily
 >  ML> ignore the pain and loss.
 > And just the act of having a meal together is stabilizing...
 ML> But there's a reason why they don't have a pinochle
 ML> party after a funeral.
 
Indeed.  

 >  >  ML> It's hard when someone interprets a rise of zero decibels
 >  >  ML> and a greater care in enunciating as shouting. And when one
 >  >  ML> points out that one wasn't shouting, the reply is along the
 >  >  ML> lines of "but you were thinking shouting."
 >  > True, sometimes one just can't win.... 
 >  ML> And then there's the complaint from out in left field
 >  ML> and my puzzled silence, to which the response is always
 >  ML> "it's all about me, is it."
 > Are we entering some sort of early dementia, perhaps...?
 ML> We all are, but in fact I wanted to talk to her children,
 ML> but they were not amenable. Today she tried to cram an USB 
 ML> plug into a 220V European outlet. Luckily it wouldn't go.

Hmmm.... denial on multiple fronts, I see...  And good thing when the
electronics has some protective features... 

 ML> DUCK STEW WITH BLACK FIGS
 ML> 2 4-lb ducks - each cut into 16 serving pieces*
 ML> - (have the butcher do this)*
 ML> *M's note: I can't figure out the 16 pieces - I can only
 ML> count about 8-10 per duck, unless some people get served
 ML> wingtips and parson's noses and stuff. Also, why have the
 ML> butcher do it? M further notes that he would not stew the
 ML> duck breasts but rather either serve them as a separate
 ML> course or hold them out and combine them with the stew at
 ML> the very end. Or best of all, serve them sliced on the
 ML> platter surrounding or beneath the stewed stuff.

Obviously you have a much better sense of how to do things...   I'm
thinking the idea was to have the duck cut into somewhat bite-size
pieces... like what you'd see on an Asian buffet table....

ttyl        neb

... Dew knot trussed yore spiel chequer. Missed steaks rebound their.

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