What altitude now little white bunny?
hiama gets the prize. is there a prize? woo hoo!
..and so Bill W, patiodog, Margo, Kitchen Pete and hiama rushed out with a net to catch the cute widdle rabbit as she fell.
She shouted, 'You'll let go, won't you?!'
'No, no!', they cried, 'We wouldn't!!'
'Yes you will!!'
'NO, NO! We love you little white wabbit!!'
'OK, now put the net on the ground AND STEP BACK FROM IT!'
<and in a the background, a pair of chattering teeth bust a gut laughing>
(hmmm, got stand-up comedy on the brain. anybody know bob newhart's routine about using reverse psychology to talk a jumper off a ledge? "let me give you a little tip. see those guys with the net down there? when you jump, they're going to try to catch you. so what you do is, you wanna inch your way over toward the corner of the building, then run back over here and jump. they'll be pulling every which way. they'll never get you."
oops, gotta go take a test...)
Tragically, Bunny fell on Mr Stillwater, knockin all his teeth out and suffocating him in the fur on her cute, rounded, bunny butt.
On th plus side, Bunny was unharmed.
Bob Newhart and his telephone comedy. The first and last.
c.i.
"One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small"
Prize no one mentioned a prize, if I had known I would have worn my white suit and a red carnation !
I'm gwad the wittle wabbit is Ok though-enjoy your trip ?
I am not sure if I have stopped falling yet! Midnight may be the witching hour!
So what's this pumpkin doing here then cinderalla get this mess cleared up and be quick about it ! ( he's behind you)
Good lord, don't wear the thing. Whattayoullthinkthisis, the 1970s? (That's white denim, right?)
Some wore nothing at all -
So far, so good.....
Which of you boys makes good pumpkin soup?
Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 pound of bacon, chopped
1 rabbit, diced in 1" cubes
One 15-ounce can of pumpkin
1 cup water
2 cups apple cider
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 cubes rabbit bouillon
1 apple, unpeeled and chopped
Dash of liquid smoke
salt, to taste
2 teaspoons white pepper
1/3 cup crystallized ginger, chopped
Saute lightly onion, rabbit and bacon in large pot. Add pumpkin, water, apple cider, brown sugar, chicken bouillon, apple, liquid smoke salt, white pepper, and crystallized ginger to the pot. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Stir frequently. Blend to thicken in blender-size batches. Serve with sour cream - one dollop on each serving.
CANNED pumpkin???!!!
we shall ignore the rudeness about the rabbit...
Hmmmm -I shall attempt to find my pumpkin soup recipe par excellence - not sure where it is....first, kill your human...
SPICED CREAM OF PUMPKIN SOUP WITH SEVILLE ORANGE
This soup is flavoured with tangy, bitter Seville oranges ñ the kind used for marmalade
ñ a fantastic and much under-used ingredient. They are only available for a short time
in the middle of winter, so if you can't get them use a little lemon juice instead.
The smoked paprika also falls into the category of very nice but not absolutely essential.
You can often find it in the specialist ingredients section of major supermarkets,
and if you see it I'd urge you to buy some. It has a wonderful and distinctive aroma,
and a little goes a long way.
Any type of pumpkin or winter squash may be used.
700 to 900 g (11/2 to 2 lb) pumpkin flesh (buy about a third extra to allow for
wastage)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large or 2 small onions, chopped
1 potato, peeled and diced
3 stalks of celery, sliced
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
1 teaspoon chopped sage leaves
1 teaspoon chopped thyme leaves
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 litre (2 pints) vegetable stock
grated rind and juice of 2 Seville oranges (or the juice of half a lemon)
60 g (2 oz) creamed coconut
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 or 2 teaspoons of sugar if necessary
fresh snipped chives
swirl of cràeme fraàche to garnish (omit for vegans)
Either peel and dice the pumpkin (an easy method of doing this is given in the
Pumpkin risotto recipe on page 98) or, if you have the oven on for something else,
halve, de-seed, and bake the pumpkin cut sides down on an oiled tray in the oven
until tender.
Heat the oil in a large soup pan, add the vegetables (raw pumpkin, onions, celery,
garlic and potato), sage, thyme and paprika, and fry, stirring, over a moderate heat
for a few minutes. Pour in the stock and bring the soup to the boil. Cover the pan
and simmer until the vegetables are completely tender ñ about 20ñ30 minutes. If
using pre-baked pumpkin, scoop out the flesh and add it to the pan towards the end
of the cooking time.
Puree the soup in a food processor or blender in batches and return it to the pan to
re-heat. Add the orange rind and juice, stir in the creamed coconut, and adjust the
seasoning if necessary. It may need a little sugar to correct the acidity. If it seems too
thick, add a little more hot vegetable stock (or milk for non-vegans).
Serve out the soup and garnish each portion with cràeme fraàche and chives.
