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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (103764)	2/22/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: jhg_in_kc	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

ARE YOU HUNGRY? FETTUCINI BOSCIOLA. To console my self about my recent rash investment decisions and the behavior of Dell Computer I took the day off and had lunch at Kansas City's premier Italian restaurant the new bistro, Lidia's of Kansas City, Italy, and New York. It was very nearly orgasmic, the food was so fine. First came the bread, a very Crusty Rustica peasant bread, the kind with holes (air bubbles) inside the pieces and a rich brown crust , you dipped the breads into olive oil and chick peas puree which had the mouth feel of butter but a lightness not a heaviness. the salad was also remarkable but hasten on to describe... The restaurant offers pasta tastings daily in addition to your entrée; you have three pastas served to you by strolling white coated waiters as an accompaniment to your main dish. For the main dish, I chose something that sounded comforting but also robust on a cold rainy winter's day, a medallion of pork loin lightly encrusted and breaded and baked and stuffed with fontina cheese and a bit of proscuitto, and residing on and surrounded by braised red cabbage and sliced apples. But first came the pasta: number one, a masterpiece ,fettucini bosciola, the fettucini in a light garlic cream sauce just thick enough to cling to the aEl dente (to the tooth) pasta but not too heavy. And what was in the pasta, ah, oyster sauce, crimini mushrooms and big green peas. The waiter stood at the side of the table and lifted up a big steaming helping of the pasta, holding it up in the air to let the ends of the pasta clear the top- of his large stainless steel serving bowl, the steam rising into the dining room. Heads turned he deposited this on a plate on my table. I swirled my fork and took a huge mouthful. and swallowed. I could feel the wonderful warmth going all the way down my esophogous to my tummy. If I had been a cat I would've started purring. The warmth told me you are being nourished in a really fine way; close your eyes and enjoy. This was every bit as comforting as the very best macaroni and cheese casserole of your childhood served on a winter's day only much more flavorful and healthy. Next came a helping of raviolis, which actually were more like Spanish empenadas but filled with ground veal, pork and beef in a savory reduction sauce, a bit sweet but wonderful. And then rigatoni in a crushed tomato sauce with a hint of basil. I asked the waiter for extra mozzarella cheese and he fished into this steaming bowl and pulled up a long string of cheese which just wouldn't let go of the tittle cylinders of pasta which it clung to Finally the mozzarella plopped onto my tomato red rigatoni and I shoveled several of them down. Very fine As I was struggling with these three pastas on the same plate, the entree, the pork medallions arrived. One resting at a 45 degree angle on top of the other (like the letter E in Dell) the buttery red cabbage on one side and a red and green mix on the other. Granny Smith apples had been shredded to about the size of hash browns after being sautéed with the cabbage in butter and a garlicy red vinagerette sauce. I cut into the one of the pork medallions and oh my goodness, out squirted a yellow creamy substance and steam again rose out of where I had punctured the surface of the meat, It was the rich melted ricotta cheese inside the seared pork flesh spurting out. the light but gooey yellow cheese making the pork less dry but best of all was the gamut of flavors (and emotions) arising from each bite of the apples and the red cabbage mixture. sweet and sour, cool and light and heavy at the same time with a hint of butter as well. The strolling pasta vendor came back and I had a second helping of the fettucini with mushrooms oyster sauce and peas. This time I had more of the mushrooms wonderfully fresh and steaming hot again. I realized I had gone too far. I had had two lunches simultaneously. when I finished, I had to leave some of the animal flesh uneaten, I felt so sated that I almost dozed off for a minute. Already relaxed from a 20 minute work out on the elliptical cross training machine at my health club, now I was a rubber man with a distended tummy and standing in awe at the wonderful tasting lunch I had just had in such gargantuan helpings. Ah yes, the pleasures of the table, they are the first of life's pleasures to come to us and the last to leave.

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (103764)	2/22/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: JRI	Respond to of 176387

Burke is SI's answer to Johnny Cochran...he crafts a beautifully flowing arguments that would easily win most legal arguments, but often miss out on easy truths.........he totally disregards (and even mocks) the most obvious evidence to (his) contrary, often with enjoyment.......focusing instead (and constantly harping) on the same themes, trying to hammer the jury (and all casual observers) into submission.. I don't believe that even he believes (or invests by) some of the hookey that he throws out...but, obviously, there are plenty of lemmings that do...... Wannabes like Tippet and Lucretius. They conspicuously hang out in HIS courtroom when things are not going their way HERE (which is much of the time)....and then barge into our house a couple days each quarter with their "I told you so's", "The sky is falling" and little else....the only thing missing for Burke is a low-rated talk show on cable....instead, his disciples get the ASK MICHAEL BURKE thread instead... I find him entertaining and he serves a useful function for bulls (unlike most bears)..he forces us to think even more critically about important issues....He even has (some) sense of humor....Can't argue with that......I agree though, at a certain point, it doesn't make sense to discuss (further) issues with him... The bottom line in this game is % return.....Re Dell: Burke's only proven success was his successful call of the parabolic blow-off from 80-110 (You also called that too, Chuzz, and, additionally and more importantly, you have handsomely profited from going long and even, on the short-term downside, selling calls). However, even with Burke's recent nice call......it far from makes up for him missing Dell's run-up over the past few years, nor his spectacularly wrong puts bought many months ago.....Dell longs (ex buyers in the last month) are way up on him on this issue.....so laddy da, Mikey....He may have looked great on other issues, but we sure have looked smarter than him on this one (so far)... And, at this point, that is the bottom line.....BTW- Funny how the Jim Jones' crowd are nowhere to be found anymore....