Rabbit Stew
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007The most exciting news of late is that I made rabbit stew on Sunday afternoon. I’ve never cooked rabbit before, and other than the poor bunny itself, the ingredients and method were completely ad-hoc and random. I have to say it was excellent. We both preferred it to the hare discussed previously, but unfortunately I didn’t have it ready in time for Mia’s tea, so her verdict will have to wait until we get her portion out of the freezer at a later date.
Other highlights have been a lengthy power cut, and an attempt to explain to a Dell representative in India the meaning of the word “left”. The fact that the laptop’s down arrow key didn’t work was recorded with no problem, but left was a big issue. The explanation that it’s the opposite of right didn’t help either. There are only four arrows to choose from, but in the (lengthy) end, it seemed better to just let him record that it was the down and right arrows. Why the details of which specific keys didn’t work were relevant is beyond me anyway, but the replacement keyboard was duly delivered the next day, to the correct address. Unfortunately, bearing the name of a completely unrelated company nobody had heard of, meaning reception sent it away again. The man from Dellhi (haha, I don’t suppose I’m the first to try and be funny with that mis-spelling) wouldn’t allow me to phone the courier and ask them to bring it back. Instead, he kept me on hold (the worst on-hold music I’ve ever experienced) while he phoned and asked them to return the keyboard to Dell, and then he arranged to ship out a second keyboard, which thankfully arrived the next day.