November 2007
“In a hundred years or so, under a cold uncolonized moon, what we call the...”
– Paul Theroux, Down The Yangtze in Fresh Air Fiend
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A fairly downbeat and dystopic view, but I am sure that, unchecked, the breakneck development of China, India, and other bustling nations, coupled with the dwindling of the West, could lead to something like Theroux’s conjecture....
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Word Of The Moment: Spatchcock
It’s thanksgiving, and we have decided to avoid the long, long cooking time for the turkey by spatchcocking it.
[from A Turkey That Really Comes Together by Tony Rosenfeld]
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Instead of trussing the turkey to create its iconic rounded shape, cut out the backbone and flatten the bird (a practice referred to as “spatchcocking”) before roasting. Yes, you give up that...
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Word Of The Moment: Vegansexual
[from Carnivore sex off the menu - The Press - Get the latest local, national and world news from Christchurch’s daily newspaper]
Vegansexuals are people who do not eat any meat or animal products, and who choose not to be sexually intimate with non-vegan partners whose bodies, they say, are made up of dead animals.
Yes, my body is made up of dead animals.
