• Uncategorical Weirdness

    Roast chicken

    Mmmmmm. That was some good chicken! I started here, and made the Lemon Chicken with Garlic version. We didn’t mess around with making sauce from the pan drippings; an ill-considered decision to bung portobello mushrooms into the pan too early resulted in fragrant, flavorful charcoal in the bottom of the roasting pan. However, the chicken turned out to be delicious and juicy, with crispy skin and tons of herby flavor goodness. In addition to which, we made yummy latkes!! MMMMMMMMMMM!! We pretty much followed the recipe for Shirley Edelman’s Latkes to the letter: Shirley Edelman’s Latkes 5 large potatoes, peeled…

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    Torture in Uzbekistan: It’s Not About Democracy, Stupid

    British bloggers are risking a lot by getting this information out. In my own modest way, I have to help. I ran across this at Boing Boing: Ignoring UK Ban, bloggers publish leaked torture memos The following is from a speech former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray gave in York last February, after he’d been sacked for speaking out and before the Foreign Office’s attempt to censor his forthcoming book about his experience. The telegrams are quoted in full and there are graphic descriptions of torture, carried out in the name of “democracy” and “freedom” and “the war on…