Ho, Ho, Ho - What's that in the stuffing? (Rated KV for Kitchen Violence)

[Paul Mackin]

Sorry to hear about your accident, Henry. Get well soon.

       P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Musashi Miyamoto" <scuffling at hotmail.com>
To: "Pynchon List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: Ho, Ho, Ho - What's that in the stuffing? (Rated KV for Kitchen
Violence)


> Ouch! I can't use my right hand ring finger to type this, cause I cut off
> the tip yesterday while helping with a Xmas dinner. Not a big slice, but
the
> emergency room calls every such removal an "amputation," either to justify
> the charges or perhaps simply for the amusement of the patients.
> Tomatoes, pepper, and mushrooms had each been separately roasted the night
> before. Tree was trimmed, stocking was hung. A crown roast was planned and
> blueberry pie (we'd picked the blueberries and immediately frozen them in
> the summer) was in the oven.
>
> I'd brought over a "mandoline" that I'd bought myself a month ago. A
> mandoline is a French food prep tool. Think "horizontal guillotine." You
> slide food along the slippery surface until it meets one or more of a
number
> of VERY SHARP blades. They say to use the enclosed pusher to slide the
food,
> but I'M A GUY. I was preparing stuffing. I'd already used the julienne
blade
> for the carrots and the onions. I had fortunately removed the julienne
blade
> for the celery, but I lowered the slippery surface for a thicker cut. That
> thing is amazing. You wouldn't believe how fast it goes through
> vegetables....
>
> Ho, ho, ho. The people in the emergency room were great. I got bandaged up
> with an artificial scab and pain killers. My daughter got a ride (I had
been
> going to pick her up), and we all had a Xmas dinner that couldn't be beat,
> including the stuffing.
>
> Henry
>
>
> ,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_
>
> Keep Cool, but Care
> Henry Mu