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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: What do I cook for a lover, firstdate.
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 18:09:12 EST
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Make a very light appetizer/main dish (broiled or fried fish)
and a very sensuous dessert (that you can prepare in advance):

1. Melt at least 1/2 pound top-quality chocolate (Lindt extra-bittersweet
   or Merkins Yucutan if you can find it), possibly adding up to 1/4
   pound unsweetened, in a suitable dish.  (I use a flat-bottomed
   heavy copper "pommes-anna" casserole.)  Be careful melting chocolate
   as it scorches easily, use very low heat and careful stirring.
   Don't let even one drop of water get into the chocolate.  After
   it's mostly melted, I put the casserole on a heating pad to
   keep it warm.  It shouldn't get above 90 degrees F.

2. Go to your favorite yuppie grocery and buy a carton or two of
   fresh strawberries.  Clean and core them.  Arrange them nicely
   on a platter.  Serve them as finger food on the living room,
   in front of the fireplace.

Note: you and your date probably can't eat 1/2 pound of chocolate.
Just let it cool and cover it.  It will keep until your second date.

Martin Minow
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