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Mushrooms

    I'll pass a tip I just learned from Julia Childs. If you love mushrooms the way I and my relatives do, lay them flat in the pan to saute. It's the only way to brown them. I tend to pile them up; the liquid seeps out with heat, and the olive oil coats them as they shrink, but they don't all brown. So I've tried laying them all flat, and cooking only half at a time, or whatever the pan holds, and they really do look nicer. They also end up with that nice carmelized outside with tender insides, instead of mushiness.

    As I approach another milestone birthday, I really am beginning to see my life as mostly over. I should pass on a little good advice that might help someone else. If only a cooking tip, then why not? Bon appetit!!