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Seems to be. Kind if a PITA to make such fussy fakes.

My Old Ass. Very sweet, mostly predictable, picturesque and under 90 minutes. A good use of my time. The performances are natural and effective.

Someone on another board says whitebait, likely baby sardines.

Oh! What is it really? Like surimi eel?

What is this? I bought a piece of yellowtail (buri) at Japan Village, and the vendor gave me three packs of this. It has the texture of al dente pasta. It tastes a a little salty and that’s about it. Anyone recognize it? Is it little tiny fish? I think I see eyes.

Bitter melon and scrambled eggs. Seemed right, today.

Make sure your afternoon is free.

Oh, I do have a xanax! That is a reason to be cheerful.

Well...okay.

I don't have any. Please give me a couple.

If you wait long enough, we'll all be dead. Spill!

Thanks! I will see if I can get my family out of my sister's house, but odds are poor! Maybe my sister's bluegrass jam band is playing somewhere, so we can at least go to that.

I just need to plan one lunch, for the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Friday we're booked at GW Fins.

Very odd. Corkage offsets the restaurant’s loss when you don’t order from their wine list. If they don’t sell wine at all, they’re just taking your money for no reason. Maybe they’re members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

Of course. Well, Formaggio Essex had little sealed shot glasses of (the correct) salt. They're buying in bulk and repackaging, the upshot being I just bought somewhere between two and three ounces for $4. THANKS KAMALA.

I'm still on 6 or 7. I have no idea where I am, most days.

Everyone should, if you ask me. I promise a moratorium on Free Bird.

See if they'll do the 5 Chinese Brothers' "Paul Cezanne." I would come out for that.

Oh, it was YOU.

I continue my shilling for Gouie 2.0, aka SSAW, now in its permanent home in Williamsburg. Before they go into prix fixe only mode, they did some happy hours, first just sake, and then sake + an a la carte menu. Obviously I went. Also obviously, it'll probably be my last visit, since the prix fixe is $160. It was pretty great, though! Assorted sashimi - tuna, grunt fish, some kind of snapper. The grunt fish was lightly seared and quite spectacular. Fried pike mackerel with mushroom. Pressed salmon sushi. Uni with snow crab. Totally forgot what this is. Some kinda fish! There was also quite a bit of sake.

“Ends this nightmare 5th…” No one ordered Halloween baseball!

Razor clams broiled with herbed panko. Braised romanesco stems with other herbs (part of my “waste nothing” vow). The clams were killer. The stems…well, they’re gone. And I’m alive.

Maybe not a household name, but our household is hit hard. He & H were friends and colleagues for decades. https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/longtime-biz-journalist-ledbetter-dies-at-60/

Oh, good one.