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I'd be happy to bring a few more folding chairs, but I don't know the capacity of Klink's trunk. If any of you haven't yet headed to the Map Room, please ask him. Dean, you know the chairs in question.

Here you go, Maggie. Overnight shipping gets it here in time for dinner tomorrow. Thanks, Alex, but it's the wrong yellow on me! And the Harry Winston diamond necklace would just be so wasted inside a polo shirt.

Oh, Rochelle...to have you there with us this weekend! As a matter of fact, to recreate our entire Raleigh kitchen brigade! Dean, Dawn and I will lift a glass to you, Erin and Dave...and all the others. (Um...I don't own a polo shirt. Little Black Dress maybe?)

Absolutely superlative, Jack. I'm going to print it out and insert it into my kitchen binder. (I've been trying to find a way to quote that Sydney Smith poem for about six months now. You found the perfect place!) A note on slurries: I took a couple of Chinese cooking lessons from a lady from Hong Kong. She always mixed the cornstarch into the water with her forefinger. It's quicker than using a whisk and ensures no lumps. Thanks again.

You're on! (Who says Midwesterners ain't got no class? )

OK, I'm packing the tiara. You might be a little chilly in the shorts.

I'm sure Alex has mentioned it, but I'm lazy, so I'll ask here. Dress code at the restaurant tomorrow night? Do I pack my tiara or leave it at home?

To quote Paul Harrington: "If you make the strong parts cognac, the sweet part Cointreau, and the sour part fresh-squeezed lemon, and if you shake it over ice vigorously [405k .mov] and serve it up with a twist, you will get instant transpo back to the days before vodka arrived on the scene and ruined everything. " Word. I'll bore you all with the story about my first Sidecar.

Grrrrrr. The only damn place I didn't look!..Hope they're still edible. But Maggie, we did look. Remember how we took Varmint's keys and left them where he couldn't find them? That's right, we did! (Must have burned off more brain cells in Raleigh than I thought.) So why didn't we find them, Archie? But I did know where the car keys were. Matthew, they are just beautiful, kinda mottled red and yellow.

One of my favourites too. (Jerry's Calvados: ) C'mon, Varmint, make it happen, My Man. Maybe you could organize your very own NC Lawyers Legal Conference in Chicago?

Bruce: Pith works too, as long as it's Brilliant Pith! Matthew: I love it too. Dean: I'll deal with you in Grand Rapids.

Oh my oh my! What an embarrassment of riches! I am so there. Cubs: An excellent excuse to drink a whole lot (as if we needed one. ) BTW Alex, many thanks for all your research and logistics

Grrrrrr. The only damn place I didn't look!..Hope they're still edible.

Yes, Matthew, report in full, please. This recipe is on the schedule in the next week or so. (Lots of Gorgonzola in the fridge.)

Obviously, the deadline for this Smackdown has come and gone; in fact the Dark Lady was revelling in Raleigh and didn't get back until Monday afternoon. So I'm extending the competition until midnight October 18th. Be brilliant!

Everett puts Dad down for a nap.

Study and retain. There will be a quiz! Chicago Dean on the left. Raleigh Dean on the right.

You do want to share a kitchen with this quartet. Malawry, Dave the Cook, Edemuth, Guajolote and the fabulous shrimp grits meal Friday night.

Would you want to run into these three men in the woods? Guajolote, Varmint, Al Dente

Sent in mine today for Opera.

Indeed we are. The Heartland Social Schedule

Call in sick, Babe! Matthew/Alex: Where can I help out gastonomically? Your wish is my command. (Suzanne...Katie...check out those cheap fares.)

OK, I looked it up. (Spitchcock is good too.) Mike: Note the second definition. Spatchcock the baboons and the bagpipers and you're really cookin.' From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Spatchcock \Spatch"cock`\, n. See {Spitchcock}. spatchcock n : flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) v 1: prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock, of foul 2: interpolate or insert into a sentence or story, as of words

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I am Inner than In. And because of its proximity to Lady T's Bday, perhaps it could be a Natal Day Celebration?