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Wednesday, December 11, 2002

Lott To Wear Traficant Hairpiece As Penance WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican leader Trent Lott, battered by a sharp backlash from a comment at a birthday party, has apologized for implying the country would have been better off had Strom Thurmond won the presidency when he ran in 1948 on a segregationist ticket. Lott then signaled the sincerity of his regret by agreeing to wear the former hairpiece of former Ohio Representative James Traficant, who was convicted in April on federal charges of bribery, racketeering, corruption and tax evasion. Lott also expressed deep regret over remarks he made at a bar mitzvah praising the "innovative" work of pioneer medical practitioner Josef Mengele. He elaborated, stating emphatically that any similarities today between health care in Mississippi and that in Auschwitz are purely coincidental. "This sure as hell ain't Alabama!", he joked, offering a cryptic reference to Taliaferro Clark, whose work over 60 years ago, like that of his contemporary, Sigmund Freud, is widely regarded as ground-breaking but passe by modern standards There were no questions from the assembled press corps, most of whom had neglected to bring writing materials. Senator Lott then quickly donned Traficant's trademark rug, raised two index fingers and, in a dead-on imitation of the convicted felon, screeched "Beam me up!" at the amused but sedated reporters. 4:49:20 PM    comment []

Here's a recipe I'll pass on - too much cholesterol! BISHKEK CHEBUREK 5 one-liter bottles of sunflower oil, refined 2 lamb hoofs 4 bull scrota 500g farsh 6 cups flour 400g butter, very cold 2 egg yolks   Place oil in a large fryer on high heat. Combine meat products in blender (use an industrial strength blade to take the edge out of the hoofs). To make the dough, chop butter into the flour and stir in yolks. Making sure not to wash your hands, ball up golf ball-sized pieces of processed meat product and place in 6-inch circles of dough. Fold circle in half, sealing the meat product inside. Drop the chebureki in the hot oil, removing them when browned. The meat should still be slightly red inside to keep it tender. This recipe makes enough for about 10 chebureki. Priyatnogo appetita! 2:21:42 AM    comment []

The best thing about Marcona Almonds with sea salt? You don't have to cook them. Food that you just pull out of the cupboard and eat is especially welcome when you don't have electricity. They're fried, not roasted. This is food, not a drug, so you can take the health claims with as many grains of sea salt as you like. (My supply was consumed during the 2 days I was housebound without electricity): Compared to their American cousins, Marcona almonds are smoother and juicier with an incomparably sweet delicate taste. This is thanks to their high content of cholesterol fighting oil (50% of their weight). The good news is that current studies indicate that the body, according to current nutritional studies, does not absorb many of the calories from fat in the almonds. 1:37:53 AM    comment []