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Sunday, January 11, 2004

If you love Mary McGrory, go back in time one week and read this David Broder column. 9:49:37 PM    comment []

And these, Savannah Chocolate Chewies (too bad they weren’t invented a few miles north in Charleston, SC - “Charleston Chocolate Chewies” is perfect alliteration), were the first test of the Silpat mat. A little bit of cookie dough stuck to it, but it washed off easily. The next batch, spaced more carefully, came out better. 5:43:14 PM    comment []

Mushrooom! Mushroooom!   A steak! A steak! French cut green beans were steamed and tossed in with the sautéed mushrooms (in butter), and doused with a couple of tablespoons of sauvignon blanc. The steaks were called “breakfast steaks,” a 1/8” thin slice of round cut along the grain. Soaked in half-and-half, coated with flour, allowed to dry, coated with egg yolk (left over from the whites used in Savannah Chocolate Chewies), then panko, and deep-fried in lard. Surprisingly a lot better than it all sounds… 5:31:45 PM    comment []

Before the NYT scrolls this article into paid-only oblivion, read about the "Chinese Box" or "chinee box" or whatever it is. Roast a 50-pound piglet perfectly in 4 hours! Thanks, Rayne! 9:36:10 AM    comment []

Late at night is when they come out! Baby Snakes!   I spent the better part of the summer 2002 dubbing Zappa VHS tapes to computer MPEG files because I had despaired of the Zappa Family Trust ever releasing any of the material in new formats. Zappa.com had quit selling the tapes so there was just no legal way to own them.   Well, now I can buy some of them on DVD and I will. I picked up Baby Snakes yesterday and Does Humor Belong In Music? gets released this coming Tuesday. Mainly concert footage, some of the best musicians ever assembled on stage, though Baby Snakes also has some incredible Bruce Bickford claymation.   Dweezil & Lisa premieres on FOODTV at 10pm Friday, so it will be good week for Zappa fans.   BTW,” Dweezil” was not the name on his birth certificate because the nurse at the hospital refused to put it there. So Frank & Gail put all the given names of the other Mothers Of Invention on it and just called him that at home (“Dweezil” was what Gail's family had nicknamed her big toe, which was twisted and oddly formed). When Dweezil was about 5, he learned that he wasn’t legally “Dweezil,” and insisted that his name be changed, so Mom & Dad complied.     (Once, when an interviewer questioned the propriety of giving children names such as "Dweezil," Moon Unit," "Ahmet," and "Diva," Frank replied that it was the family name "Zappa" that would cause them problems.)   Baby Snakes reviews here and here. 8:21:59 AM    comment []

The Beatles and The Who have been halved by tragic deaths. Keith Moon of natural causes (for him), long ago, John Lennon assassinated in NYC, and more recently the deaths of John Entwhistle and George Harrison.   But Ringo plays “the droooms,” Paul plays bass, Pete Townshend plays lead guitar and Roger Daltrey can still sing as good as he ever could. Hmm…. maybe they should get together and call themselves The Wheatles! 7:31:35 AM    comment []