The Loss of Serendipity

I have to admit that I lack much of a formal education. What little education I do have, seems to have come through serendipity.As an example, as a child I loved the encyclopedias. I would find a sudden interest in Butterflies. So down came Volume B and in I would dive. As I searched for Butterflies I came across Battles.Battles led to trying to figure out who Wellington was and why Napolean was fighting which led to Moscow and the Winter Retreat and Lithuanian History which made me wonder why Latvia and Lithuania were not on my modern maps which led to what the Soviet Union was and who Joseph Stalin was and where did Trotsky go and why did he settle in Mexico and who was Diego Rivera and...But today, that would not happen. Today, I would simply enter Butterflies and the electronic equivalent of my dogeared encyclopedia would take me straight to...Butterflies. I would just bypass all that other stuff and go straight to the answer.But is that good?Does the modern electronic equivalent of the encyclopedia only assure us that all we know is what we knew we needed to know?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

TBL is one of my heros.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Not Scraf and I realize this is a recipe that's full of boy cooties, but here goes.Get a bunch of tomatos (I prefer the Better Boys if you can find them), slice in quarters and blend in blender. Add olive oil, basil, a clove fresh garlic run through a galic press and blend again. Once it's fully blended add salt, a small amount worchester sauce and some water to bring it to the consistency you want. Add the water slowly blending and tasting between each addition.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Actually, one of the modifications I often make to it is to add ginger and very finly chopped onion. Makes a great Ginger dressing as well. When available you can substitute fresh fruit. Fresh berries also work well but if you used seeded berries be sure to strain them before adding.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Glad you enjoyed it. Mahaps we can start a favorite XYZ recipe thread.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion