As a sidebar — this is hardly a suffering, I realize, and if the combination doesn’t immediately appeal to you it’s probably because you don’t know the proper way of making scrambled eggs".
You are so right. Well prepared eggs and champagne -or a good Chardonnay- will always make a good combination.
You had me until the trash can. Brussels sprouts and bacon go well together. Or even sprouts roasted in bacon grease. Our 3 and 4 year old boys agree: crispy, caramelized Brussels sprouts are delicious.
Hope everyone at the Condon household is feeling better. Many blessings to you all and JD and his family in 2022!
The section regarding Bishop Chow is convoluted to the point of being incomprehensible to a reader without in-depth understanding about current Catholic-China intrigues. Is Bp. Chow appointed by and suspected of being loyal to Beijing, or the other way around? I cannot figure out from the the text. Why would he potentially be snubbed for Cardinal? Because he is too loyal to Beijing or because he is adverserial to Beijing - or is it simply because everyone would rather not talk about China at all? Even the Pillar text seems to be be walking on egg shells here.
On one of the The Pillar Podcast episodes, JD and Ed made the point that for then-Bishop-elect Chow, Hong Kong and China were intrinsically two different countries, which is very much in opposition to the "One China" policy the mainland tries to enforce in pretty much everyone in the world's minds regarding Taiwan, Hong Kong, South China Sea, etc. etc.
In the Not-Our-Christmas Episode, Ed and JD discussed why Bishop Chow would or would not be snubbed for the cardinal pick - essentially, making him a cardinal increases the public spotlight on a situation on which both sides would rather not have more attention focussed, but not making him a cardinal means there is no Chinese cardinal of voting age in the conclave to elect the next pope, which is a loss of face that mainland China would not want to see happen. It's a very (lowercase "b") byzantine game of political chicken, it seems to me.
I am very much here for any The Pillar Post that features a recipe at the end.
Mr. Condon, are you aware that within the last fifteen-odd years, the brussel sprouts that have been commercially available are from cultivars that have been bred to express significantly lower levels of glucosinolates, the chemical responsible for the disgusting bitterness? I myself have not yet attempted to prepare such products of traditional plant breeding techniques, but I have heard good things from those who have.
Gotta love bacon!!
Any vegetable will be rendered edible with that recipe.
Absolutely love the Brussels sprouts recipe. Think I would leave out the alcohol. Add as a garnish when served.
"I dined solo on champagne and scrambled eggs.
As a sidebar — this is hardly a suffering, I realize, and if the combination doesn’t immediately appeal to you it’s probably because you don’t know the proper way of making scrambled eggs".
You are so right. Well prepared eggs and champagne -or a good Chardonnay- will always make a good combination.
You had me until the trash can. Brussels sprouts and bacon go well together. Or even sprouts roasted in bacon grease. Our 3 and 4 year old boys agree: crispy, caramelized Brussels sprouts are delicious.
Hope everyone at the Condon household is feeling better. Many blessings to you all and JD and his family in 2022!
The section regarding Bishop Chow is convoluted to the point of being incomprehensible to a reader without in-depth understanding about current Catholic-China intrigues. Is Bp. Chow appointed by and suspected of being loyal to Beijing, or the other way around? I cannot figure out from the the text. Why would he potentially be snubbed for Cardinal? Because he is too loyal to Beijing or because he is adverserial to Beijing - or is it simply because everyone would rather not talk about China at all? Even the Pillar text seems to be be walking on egg shells here.
Here's a good primer: https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/this-isnt-about-me-new-hong-kong
On one of the The Pillar Podcast episodes, JD and Ed made the point that for then-Bishop-elect Chow, Hong Kong and China were intrinsically two different countries, which is very much in opposition to the "One China" policy the mainland tries to enforce in pretty much everyone in the world's minds regarding Taiwan, Hong Kong, South China Sea, etc. etc.
In the Not-Our-Christmas Episode, Ed and JD discussed why Bishop Chow would or would not be snubbed for the cardinal pick - essentially, making him a cardinal increases the public spotlight on a situation on which both sides would rather not have more attention focussed, but not making him a cardinal means there is no Chinese cardinal of voting age in the conclave to elect the next pope, which is a loss of face that mainland China would not want to see happen. It's a very (lowercase "b") byzantine game of political chicken, it seems to me.
I am very much here for any The Pillar Post that features a recipe at the end.
Mr. Condon, are you aware that within the last fifteen-odd years, the brussel sprouts that have been commercially available are from cultivars that have been bred to express significantly lower levels of glucosinolates, the chemical responsible for the disgusting bitterness? I myself have not yet attempted to prepare such products of traditional plant breeding techniques, but I have heard good things from those who have.
https://xkcd.com/2241/
https://www.bhg.com/news/brussels-sprouts-less-bitter/