Richard's Almanac: Learning — or not —from mistakes - Shelter Island Reporter
It was “deja vu” all over again, as they say. Redundancy jokes aside, last Sunday I felt as though I was repeating the past, and not in a good way. I was getting ready to prepare something tasty for dinner. I had a fat pork chop in the freezer that I thought might work better for me if it was thinly sliced. So I spent some time getting a fine edge on my long carving knife. The thick boneless chop was in a plastic bag in cold water to accelerate the defrosting. When I felt it was ready to be sliced–still slightly stiff with frost, I placed it on my cutting board and began to make my very...
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