Adventures in cooking: Potato croquettes

I have had this book since 1989 and finally agreed to attempt a recipe from it.

https://www.amazon.com/Grande-cuisine-traditionnelle-Escoffier/dp/2082005615

I had a ton of help. I don't cook, you see. But my partner in crime doesn't read French, so I did contribute to the overall project! I did!

Yes, the recipe was a total pain in the ass. Raise your hand if you're shocked. On the other hand, it did indeed taste good when it was done. Potato croquettes. Secret power = nutmeg. Challenges included the lack of quantities for seasonings, including the nutmeg.

It amuses me that there are no reviews at all of this book on Amazon. It would also amuse me if the first review were created by an English-speaking non-cook... but not enough for me to go write a basically useless review.

Guitars per capita

"The goal of higher income is not just bigger piles of money. The goal of longer lives is not just extra time. [...] Culture and freedom, the goals of development, can be hard to measure, but guitars per capita is a good proxy."

--Hans Rosling, in Factfulness