Pineapple. Suitable for vegetarians.

[Thanks, Nic.]

Something rather delicious arrived for me today! As you can see the customs guys took a bit of a peek into two of the boxes inside. They
didn't actually remove the foil inside the lindt packaging though.

I had a short look at libferris shortly a number of years ago, and was slightly awed at the crazy stuff you can do with it. Since then, the software has grown to provide even more crazy interfaces to data. Ben Martin showed how you can mount your Flickr account and simply copy images in and out, and also how to mount a Google Documents spreadsheet, echo two numbers into a cell each, echo a formula into a third cell and cat the result. Mind boggling and totally crazy. (The slides of his talk are online.)

During drinks after the show on the last day, Paul, Josette, Tony and I spent a couple of very amusing hours with Ben, who also confessed as to the origin of libferris' name, and it turns out he loves Lindt chocolates, particularly the Excellence 99% Cocoa variety, which, he says, is impossible to get in OZ. (I had a bit of trouble obtaining the bars myself actually: supermarkets don't readily stock this, but I found a source easily enough. )

I enjoyed the chat so much, that I asked Ben for his address, promising to get him some of the chocolate.

This afternoon, a package of Lindt Excellence with 99% cocoa leaves for Australia, and I really hope there will be no problems at customs. Thanks, Ben, for a most enjoyable afternoon.

Thanks, Nic.

Rince chicken breasts well, dry and slice them open along the long side, adding thin slices of feta cheese. Fry the chicken in a skillet in a bit of oil, until breasts are brown.

Add vegetable mixture to a pyrex dish or similar, and decorate with chicken. Cook in oven for about 20 minutes. Serve with white rice or crispy baguette.

Das etwas abgekühlte Tier spießt man auf eine Scheibe Ananas und Emmentaler Käse. Sau-Spießchen werden vor dem Essen als Aperitif gereicht. Man rechnet pro Gast etwa eine Sau.

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As starters we'll be preparing a Tom Ka Gai soup (thanks Britta!), followed by Thai-Style Steak with Basil served on rice, and the missus is preparing a Lemon Cream in Hüppen, thin crispy pancakes.

Da ist mir der Mund derart waesserig geworden, dass es das morgen Abend bei uns auch gibt. Warum erst morgen? Weil ich heute Abend ein Rinderbraten in Barolo zubereite.