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11793. Magoseph - 10/27/2004 11:53:25 PM More about the chocolate pie, the man who made it and where to eat it.--Everyone knows Ladurée has the best macaroons, and Pierre Hermé's new shop on rue Bonaparte (number 72) has a "Cérise sur le Gateau" worth admiring (if not indulging in). L' éclair au chocolat at La Maison du Chocolat (19, rue de Sèvres) everyone says is "light as the wind" and Poîlane at 8, rue du Cherche Midi makes the best Tarte aux Pommes.
But I've never had a Tarte aux Chocolat quite like this one. On top, it was decorated with fresh "groseilles" (red currants), chopped pistachios, a log made of a thin layer of white chocolate rolled into shape and bits of gold leaf. The pastry bottom was flaky, but held together in a solid way, so you could pick it up with your fingers and it wouldn't fall apart. The chocolate filling was creamy and not too sweet. The texture was perfect.
We all agreed, it was the best. And who made it? Eric Brunet at Au Bon Panneton, 105, rue Saint-Charles (at the corner of rue de l'Eglise), 15th, 01.40.59.84.70. 11794. Ms. No - 10/28/2004 1:17:38 AM Ah, red currants, of course. Far more likely than the pedstrian cherry of my heart. ;-> 11795. judithathome - 10/28/2004 2:55:18 AM Update on my health:
The doctor's visit was quite a trip! First off, I was going to a new doctor because my beloved one quit so I wasn't sure what I'd get when I showed up. Really nice guy, around 50, serious and very tall. Right off the bat he asks me in a rather perplexed tone...why did you HAVE this test? So I explained about Women's Health Month at Curves and all the screening they were doing...he interrupts me right there and says an echocardiogram is NOT a screening test, it is a test given only when something is seriously wrong and then he asks me who paid for this, anyway?
I'm thinking I'm going to be changing doctors pretty quickly. I said "I did!" and then he starts to settle down and we talk back and forth and finally he tells me it is literally the best echocardiogram he's ever seen...because by the time they order them, you see, there is usually a lot wrong. Anyhow, he gradually came around to discussing it with me and he said I am perfectly fine. He also said I shouldn't have had this done. I asked what he might have done had he been a lay person, a 61 year old woman with high blood pressure whose father had died of a massive heart attack even though he was a daily walker and healthy and not overweight, and a woman who had just heard a presentation about how one out of two women die of heart disease and how a test like this could show early problems if there were any...what would he have done? He replied he could see my point and then he said "Sixty-one? You look incredibly younger than sixty-one." So now I like him...ha!
So the upshot is I am fine and there is nothing to worry about. He made a copy of the thing for my records and said since I had taken VIOXX so long it might be a good idea to hold on to the results, just in case. 11796. judithathome - 10/28/2004 2:56:19 AM MsNo, cherries come on individual stems. Something to keep in mind when looking at red fruit. ;-) 11797. wonkers2 - 10/28/2004 3:22:07 AM Good news, Judith! 11798. Ulgine Barrows - 10/28/2004 6:29:27 AM What's with the VIOXX records? 11799. Ulgine Barrows - 10/28/2004 12:04:35 PM alistairconnor, baby boy, are you going to order from http://www.museumtour.com/ again, or are they idiots about currency , and don't deserve repeat business? 11800. Ulgine Barrows - 10/28/2004 12:11:28 PM God it’s so painful
Something that’s so close
And still so far out of reach
who sings that? 11801. alistairconnor - 10/28/2004 12:45:58 PM Aha, yes I'll look at that Museumtour catalog again... hey their website is much better! it was really awful last year. 11802. Macnas - 10/28/2004 12:51:41 PM That would be Tom Petty, but I can't remember the song. 11803. Magoseph - 10/28/2004 2:12:49 PM Hi, Mac. Is this the song?
Well she was an american girl
Raised on promises
She couldn’t help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, an d if she had to die
Tryin’ she had one little promise
She was gonna keep
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an american girl
It was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
She could the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin’ in the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it’s so painful
Something that’s so close
And still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an american girl 11804. Macnas - 10/28/2004 2:25:11 PM Hello Mago!
That is the song alright. 11805. Magoseph - 10/28/2004 3:42:25 PM Flexy told me this morning that in all the USA and even maybe in the whole world, he’s certain that no one had a breakfast like mine: 1/2 cup of Bob’s Red Hall 10 Grain hot cereal mixed with 1/3 can King of the Sea Pink Salmon and one egg. Ugh, he said, how can you?
Well, could you? 11806. alistairconnor - 10/28/2004 4:11:16 PM Is that what the doctor ordered?
What's the ten-grain hot cereal? A sort of porridge? 11807. alistairconnor - 10/28/2004 4:11:47 PM ... Well if not in the USA, then certainly nowhere else in the world. 11808. thoughtful - 10/28/2004 4:21:22 PM While not tempting my tastebuds, that's a pretty healthy breakfast with a balance of carbs, fats and protein. Only thing missing in my book is some nonstarchy vegetables.
Good for you. 11809. Magoseph - 10/28/2004 4:44:28 PM The cereal name was mistyped, Ali, it is Red Mill and is composed of whole grains--wheat, rye, oats, oat bran, corn barley, brown rice, millet, and flaxseed.
I couldn't find anything else in the house this morning that would give me the necessary protein breakfast I need for jogging. The last time I saw the doctor, he told me that whatever I was doing was good since all the tests came out fine. I'm about two kilos from the ideal weight for my frame now. It's fun to run around and wear tight funky gym clothes again. 11810. Ms. No - 10/28/2004 4:48:21 PM Congrats, Judith! Excellent news on the med front.
Stems? Wow, you know, I didn't even notice the stems. I just thought they were decoratively arranged. 11811. Ms. No - 10/28/2004 4:54:31 PM Ulgine,
Great tune. One of my all-time favorites. Used to sing it at the Round Corner Bar with the Babes of Thunder. We'd pile into the booth next to the jukebox, pour about ten bucks in it and totally control the bar music for the next couple of hours. American Girl was always in the mix.
wow, now I'm wondering how many tunes I can recall from our regular rotation
American Girl - Tom Petty
Take it Easy - Eagles
Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles
Heartbreaker - Pat Benetar
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaugn's version
Light My Fire - The Doors
Roam - The B-52's
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
One - U2
Come Together - The Beatles
Renegade - Styx
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
I know there were others, but that's all I can recall for now. Maybe kaykaye will show up and add a couple. 11812. judithathome - 10/28/2004 6:06:41 PM Magos, I would eat that in a heartbeat...I often have steel-cut oatmeal with a fried egg on top and my tests all came back good, too. Hadn't thought of adding salmon to the egg-oatmeal mix but some chopped ham might be good!
I never use milk on my oatmeal, either.
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