Letters To The NY Times

[Holly Moore]

I take my Shepherd's Pie very seriously.

Speaking of lamb's testicles - had me a plateful a while back at the Cattlemen's Steakhouse in the Oklahoma City Stock Yard. Lamb Fries on the menu. Breaded and with a marinara type dipping sauce. They look like breaded condoms.

[Fat Guy]

And THAT was problematic enough to warrant a letter to the Times???  Geesh, Holly!!!! 

Not exactly, I gather. Using my mind-reading abilities, I deduce that she isn't sufficiently compelled to actually post a letter, but might be in the mood to send a scathing email...

Holly is a girl. Holly is a girl. Nyah nyah.

[Chef/Writer Spencer]

Curmudgeon? Me? I'm a fucking romantic!!

Hey man, it takes one to know one.

[alacarte]

I'd lay odds that they'd print it. That's an unusual -- and hilarious-- correction to request!

[Holly Moore]

Not exactly, I gather.  Using my mind-reading abilities, I deduce that she isn't sufficiently compelled to actually post a letter, but might be in the mood to send a scathing email... 

I'm not all that impressed with your psychic abilities, Holly being a guy and all.

[Bux]

I take my Shepherd's Pie very seriously. 

Speaking of lamb's testicles - had me a plateful a while back at the Cattlemen's Steakhouse in the Oklahoma City Stock Yard.

I guess that would make it safe for me to have dinner at the cannibals steakhouse. It's kind of like having a beer at the tastefreres du bourgogne club house.

[bourdain]

Ahhh...Good. I am blameless (for a change). The dish's name was lifted directly as printed from the Heathman menu. While classically, I suppose, incorrect (though God knows we've all eaten plenty of all-beef Shepherd's Pie in the lunchroom or at Rikers), I think playing on old, trite and classic menu item names is pretty much the norm these days. (See ""navarin" "confit", "relish" etc.). Perhaps "Hachi Parmentier des Balloches" --or "Hachi Parmentier des Couilles" would be more in keeping with the French theme.

[Marlene]

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Not exactly, I gather.  Using my mind-reading abilities, I deduce that she isn't sufficiently compelled to actually post a letter, but might be in the mood to send a scathing email... 

Holly - you've been de-testicled

[slkinsey]

And THAT was problematic enough to warrant a letter to the Times???  Geesh, Holly!!!! 

Not exactly, I gather. Using my mind-reading abilities, I deduce that she isn't sufficiently compelled to actually post a letter, but might be in the mood to send a scathing email...

Holly is a girl. Holly is a girl. Nyah nyah.

D'oh!

Just goes to show I should pay more attention when typing.

Oh well... whenever I hear other people say, "Sam," they're usually talking to their dog...

[Fat Guy]

Tony would you please arrange to go to Rikers for a meal, and write about it for our Webzine? I think I can arrange for Perlow to send you a free eGullet thong for your trouble.

[Holly Moore]

Tony would you please arrange to go to Rikers for a meal, and write about it for our Webzine? I think I can arrange for Perlow to send you a free eGullet thong for your trouble.

And my company will be glad to provide the appropriate attire. The Shill's Company

[Monica Bhide]

[bourdain]

Funny you should mention that Fat Guy. I happen to have a very good friend currently serving time in federal lock-up in Arizona. And another in a penitentiary in Mass. Should I commission a short log of prison fare from each? Compare and contrast? Both correspondents write very well--and have plenty of free time.

[Holly Moore]

Yes, and hurry before Martha beats you to the punch.

[Chef/Writer Spencer]

I happen to have a very good friend currently serving time in federal lock-up in Arizona.  And another in a penitentiary in Mass.

Go figure.

[Fat Guy]

Funny you should mention that Fat Guy. I happen to have a very good friend currently serving time in federal lock-up in Arizona.  And another in a penitentiary in Mass.  Should I commission a short log of prison fare from each? Compare and contrast? Both correspondents write very well--and have plenty of free time.

Hell yes.

(In exchange we'll send each of them a thong with a nail file hidden in it.)

[slkinsey]

I can already see the recipes in a future NYT Food Section for dishes served "sur shingle."

[Priscilla]

Am I the only one thinking of Norman Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott?

[pixelchef]

This is the greatest thread I've ever read.

[elyse]

I could get Tony into Rikers.

[vengroff]

I could get Tony into Rikers.

Tony could get himself in quite easily. Any of us could. It's the getting out that's the tough part.

[elyse]

I could get him in and out with a belly full of traylunch.

[Holly Moore]

One thing to consider Tony. Many correctional officers, fearing rather disgusting recipe substitutions, pack their own lunch rather than trusting the wholesomeness of food cooked by vengeful inmates.

[pixelchef]

Eww. Gives new meaning to "cream sauce" doesn't it?

[Suzanne F]

I could get Tony into Rikers.

Hey, you're young, but you're not THAT young!