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Sunday, May 11, 2003

This is one of the minor miracles of our times. Farm-raised shrimp, 31-40 count, veins mechanically removed. They were on sale at Harris Teeter yesterday for $3.87 a pound. The shells are still on, with all the flavor they contribute, but they slip off like a negligee for perfect peel-and-eat. Stop thinking nasty thoughts! I made a cocktail sauce with catsup, horseradish, Worcestershire, lemon juice, and Tabasco sauce, the standard stuff. Cooked up a pound of the shrimp with some Old Bay seasoning (that's the little black flecks), water, and a tad of vinegar for just two minutes. Rinsed down to room temperature quickly and put them in the freezer for 20 minutes. Claudette was going nuts, she won't eat the shrimp but she likes to play with the shells. I suppose she gets excited over the smell as well. These guys peel with minimal effort and I would like to personally thank the person who invented the machine that gets the vein out. Many shrimp-fanciers say they never got hives from a bad vein but I have. Getting them out has always been messy. This way it's easy: Pull off the legs, snap off the tail, and the skin slides right off. Dunk 'em in the sauce and you'll be happy. Time to help Liz finish 'em off. 2:50:33 PM    comment []

Whips are way cool, but "cue rings" are right out. Who decides shit like this? The Committee For Sufficiently Medieval Devices? 7:58:02 AM    comment []

New Find Reignites Anthrax Probe Evidence From Pond May Indicate Killer's Method   Another one of those troubling re- words. When I first saw this WaPo headline, I read “reign-ites” and when I saw "pond" I imagined geological features resembling stalagmites (which, by the way, are also the lice used to torture prisoners in Nazi concentration camps) at the bottom of a scummy pond where Killer Snakeheads breed.    The sheep picture is also from the WaPo. It accompanied this story about the celebration for the return of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir Hakim, 63, the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. I always think of sheep when I think of anthrax so I thought I’d share my prelatte (that’s pre-latte without the hyphen) confusion. Soon there will be democracy in Iraq, despite the return of Hakim and despite the troubling fact that they still sacrifice sheep when they get really worked up, much as they have done for thousands of years. Do you suppose they will sacrifice sheep to celebrate the arrival of L. Paul Bremer III?   5:12:16 AM    comment []