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  1. Barbara
    Yes, and it was very slow to heat up and never got hot enough to cook much of anything. Admittedly, this was about 20 years ago and the electric grill was subbed for a simple Weber kettle--which we inherited and still use.
  2. Barbara
    Tom Boswell has a column in the WaPo today that speaks to all the issues. He lays out his case in precise detail and, of course, writes better than all of us put together:
  3. Barbara
    I think what the younger folk are forgetting is, exactly, why gambling among players and/or management was such an anathema to the sports powers-that-be. It was the fear that organized crime (which ran the gambling operations, for the most part) would gain a foothold into the operations of the sport and use that entry to distort the game(s) to their financial advantage. Heck, I even remember when the great Paul Hornung got suspended for involvement in gambling back in the 1960s. Pete Rose was found to have gambled on the team he was managing. Sure, he always bet that they would win; but, what would happen if his losses mounted up? This was the real stupidity of his actions. Yes, he was a great player and played during the time when he didn't make the kind of money great players today make. Still, he has also shown himself in the succeeding years to be as dumb as a box of rocks. There is no way he will be allowed back into baseball in any capacity and there is also nothing he could bring to the proceedings that many, many other just as talented people couldn't also bring--without the baggage. What he did was simply unforgivable and there are people who can influence the outcome who will out-live him. There it is.
  4. Barbara
    There is a PM function here. Try to message her through that.
  5. Barbara
    My brother had a real crush on her when he was in his late teens-early 20's and he is more than 25 years older than you!
  6. Barbara

    Musicals

    Barbara replied to goodeats's topic in Film

    I'll bet he would love "Oliver!" Also, I don't think "Into the Woods" is for kids. Neither is "Avenue Q." although I don't think it has been filmed.
  7. Barbara
    To Mr. Johnson (Dame Edna to Rockwellians). He's a real keeper.
  8. Barbara
    All I know is that I thought listening to a baseball game on the radio had to be the most boring enterprise in existence. Then, I got the bug--because of the Baltimore Orioles and Jon Miller. The Senators had already left town for the second time just before I moved here. (It is a mere happenstance that I married the son of Bowie Kuhn's one-time law partner--when their firm had the National League as a client.) Now, for six months of the year, I just don't care what's on TV because there's a game on the radio to listen to. Further, last year, I discovered the most civilized, knowledgeable chat room on the Intertubes--the Washington Post chat room for every Nats game. Seriously. You all remember the playoff game last year that went to 18 innings? There were fans in Europe staying up and commenting for the whole thing and it was 5 o'clock in the morning over there when it ended. I have no idea what time it was in Taiwan, where another of the faithful joined in. The spring training game on Sunday will be on the radio and I am going to take my $10 Radio Shack transistor radio outside with me and listen while I prune my roses. This, people, is the definition of BLISS.
  9. Barbara
    Tuscan Ribollita soup. It's what's for dinner.
  10. Barbara
    I was watching Perry Mason late last night and who should appear, as a minor character who nevertheless turned out to be the murderer? None other than Leonard Nimoy! The ME TV programmers were obviously on their game!
  11. Barbara
    I've always wondered the same thing, too. From K through 12, I went to 8 different schools--3 High Schools in 4 years. OTOH, there would have been a big difference in growing up entirely in El Paso or San Francisco. So, I'm not at all unhappy about how things turned out.
  12. Barbara
    Last winter, which made us very familiar with the Polar Vortex, turned into a very late Spring and the most comfortable summer I've ever experienced here in DC. I could count on my fingers the number of awful, humid and hot days which made me stay home and hug the AC. If this current winter produces the same, then I will be a very happy camper.
  13. Barbara
    I don't even want to know.
  14. Barbara
    Born in El Paso, TX as an Army Brat. Lived in San Francisco, Germany, and plus two more stops in El Paso. Moved to LA, then Monterey, before moving to DC. I've lived in the same building in Adams Morgan since 1976. Got my wanderlust slaked in childhood and never want to move again.
  15. Barbara
    It doesn't matter to me about the taste of eggs at all. Any egg prepared without salt is going to taste pretty bland. Eggs have many other uses in cooking, other than taste, so Kenji's test is irrelevant to me. It's funny how the talk is all about the yolk. It should be more about the whites. I avoid industrially-produced eggs sold at the supermarket at all costs--just as I don't buy meat at the supermarket, either. I buy eggs from a farmer in Pennsylvania (who travels down here every other week during the winter). The color of yolks can be manipulated, I will grant that. But, how one can manipulate whites is another matter, and farmers market eggs have whites that are completely superior to supermarket eggs. You just have to look at them. It may well be the age factor. Nonetheless, organically, humanely grown eggs have whites that are much less "watery" and are much easier to whip. Plus, I don't have to worry about the welfare of the chicken who laid them in the first place. Yes, there is a cost factor. I pay anywhere from $4.50 to $5/dozen for these eggs. But, I look at it in the same way I look at whole chicken sales at Mr. Safeway--I am well aware of just where those 39-cent/lb. chickens come from and I will not patronize Mr. Perdue or Mr. Tyson. And, yes, I am well aware that I can afford to make such a choice when others can't.
  16. Barbara
    Dame Edna and I partook of this special menu on Friday, the 13th. I was a bit dismayed to see the Shrimp Ceviche because I remembered that from the two special DR.com nights at the old Corduroy years ago. The flavors were wonderful, but the texture was "icky." Not to worry; Ferhat used more traditional ceviche ingredients and marinated the shrimp long enough to "cook." Accompanied by homemade tortilla chips, this was just lovely. The soup was just another reminder that he learned at the knee of Tom Power. If you like the soups at Corduroy, you will be very happy with the soups at Fishnet. That is all. The fish was listed as "Branzino" and was perfectly prepared, as was the eggplant. I actually make better Tiramasu at home, but only because I put booze in mine. Perfectly fresh ingredients, simply cooked wonderfully and at a price that can't be beat. That is what's on offer at Fishnet (or Fishnook). Ferhat has created a little jewel of a restaurant and I dearly hope it succeeds.
  17. Barbara
    To Sally Willey, my Goddaughter, who told everyone withing earshot, "Daddy is an awesome cook!" Why, yes, he is.
  18. Barbara
    You could, actually, PM him here. No guarantee he'll respond, though.
  19. Barbara
    I first read To Kill a Mockingbird when I was in the 8th grade and wrote a report on it. I had already seen the movie when it first came out. This was all during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, so both the book and the movie spoke to just about everybody with tremendous immediacy. A couple of years ago, we watched a DVD of "Capote" (with Philip Seymour Hoffman) and I astonished to learn that Harper Lee went with him to Kansas to help grease the skids with the locals. Had no idea. That lead me to a non-authorized biography of Harper Lee, Mockingbird, and also to reread TKM when the 50th Anniversary edition was issued. That lead me to reread In Cold Blood, which I had read when it was first published in the 60s. Both of those books hold up perfectly as absolute classics. However, I read Capote's book with a more jaundiced eye, since he dedicated the book to Lee, but wrote not a peep about the help she gave him. And, of course, he was Dill in TKM. Apparently, he was quite miffed that Lee won the Pulitzer Prize on her first effort (that we knew of). My summer of reading the Lee/Capote oeuvre, lead me to the Gerald Clarke biography of Capote, along with a volume of his classic short stories and novellas, including "Breakfast at Tiffany's." The movie has a different, happier, ending than the story, FWIW. When I finally finished with all of this, I came to conclusion that Capote was a pretty miserable creature who wasted his talent and spread his misery around to anybody within reach. He and Lee had pretty much parted ways long before then. Lee, on the other hand, is going to go to her grave with most, if not all, of her secrets intact. Let's hear it for the girl! Needless to say, I will be preordering a copy of her new book as soon as that is possible. Can't wait to read it.
  20. Barbara
    What's changed for me over the years is the number of places I can forage for food on foot or a quick, convenient bus ride. There is even a Halal meat store a block and a half away. I don't even think about hitting the 'burbs for anything (with the exception of Costco). Smucker Farms on 14th Street is now carrying Jamie Stachowski's sausages, so I don't even have to trek to Georgetown for those. Compared to what was on offer around here in 1976, the mind boggles; truly it does.
  21. Barbara
    Ask Ferhat.
  22. Barbara
    Toller Cranston has died. He was Canadian, but died during the US Figure Skating Championships. He was one of those people who changed figure skating forever. I'm starting to feel very old, for some reason.
  23. Barbara
    R.I.P. Ernie Banks. "Mr. Cub." Pitchers and catchers report in 26 days.
  24. Barbara
    The name came from the way he moved on the floor with the ball. He was also a terrific dribbler (this was back when the college game didn't have a shot clock and slowing down the game was a strategy). I was born in El Paso and my parents retired there, so I became a commuter student after HS. Absolutely hated the school and didn't stick around to graduate. I've always been envious of people who actually got to go to good schools.
  25. Barbara
    My first year at UTEP coincided with Nate Archibald's final year. Actually met the guy once. He was known then as "Nate the Skate." Don't know where "Tiny" came in.
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