On 26 May 2006 23:06:50 -0700, "Leila"
wrote:

Furthermore, the civilized atmosphere makes the food taste better. Ob
Food: Tonight was pot roast in the pressure cooker, a simple recipe
with red wine, diced tomatoes, onion and garlic. I should have put in
celery and carrot but I just forgot...ANyway, you can bet that the
father of the household was happy to come home to well-behaved
children, a lovely dining room (most of the kid clutter had been swept
elsewhere) and a nice pot roast (and me, smiling serenely in the
candlelight). Here's to the finer domestic niceties.

Leila

Amen, sister. It's the difference between the raw and the cooked, as
ole Levi-Strauss would say. Thanks for the good story.
--
modom