European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Whipped Cream or Jam then rolled up Jelly Roll fashion and dusted with confectioner s sugar. It looks like a Standard Jelly Roll cake or an unvarnished French Buche de Noe Yule log. I m always amused by food writers who profess not to know where this cake got its rather colourful name. Anyone who has Ever seen a Gypsy beggar with his Arm bandaged to appear As if his hand had been severed from it will immediately recognize the origin of Brazo do Citano. As you might guess most if not All traditional Gypsy food is cooked on a spit or in a Large pot or in a Skillet Over an open fire. Stews and one pot meals Are quite . The Fco a Reg recipe for Olla Cit Ana Gypsy pot or Gypsy Stew is one of several similar Spanish Gypsy recipes for stews. Some versions contain vegetables Only others include tripe blood sausages and calves feet All of which i have avoided in this recipe. Serve this delicious Stew with rough red wine coarse White bread and a bowl of olives on the Side. And when your stomach is full and your soul is warm find a sympathetic Gypsy Fortune Teller to predict a Happy future for you. Olla Gitana Gypsy slew 2 cups dried Garbanzos Chick peas 1 Tablespoon Salt 1 Bay Leaf 1/4 Teaspoon whole Black Peppercorns 2 cups coarsely chopped yellow Squash or pumpkin 4 firm pears 1 Pound fresh Green Beans 2 medium to Large onions 2 medium tomatoes 2 red Bell peppers i Pound 250 Grams Chorizo it cup Olive Oil 20 whole blanched almonds 8 Large cloves of garlic 2 slices homemade Type White bread a Inch thick 2 Tablespoons Spanish Sweet paprika v4 Teaspoon crumbled Saffron threads 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 Teaspoons Salt 1 Teaspoon crumbled dried mint freshly grated Nutmeg Spanish garlic paprika sausage. Hungarian paprika Salami is an acceptable substitute although the taste won t be quite the same. Put the dried Garbanzos in a bowl cover with cold water and let them soak for 12 hours overnight. The next Day Drain the Garbanzos and put them in a Large Stock pot with 8 cups of cold water plus one Tablespoon Salt Bay Leaf and whole Peppercorns. Bring the Garbanzos to a boil Over nigh heat then reduce the heat partially cover the pot and let the Garbanzos simmer for 1 hour before adding the next ingredients. While the Garbanzos Are simmering Peel and coarsely chop the Squash. Peel and Core the pears and Cut them into eighths. Remove the strings from the Green Beans and break the Beans crosswise into halves or thirds. Peel and finely chop the onions. Seed Devin and finely shop the red Bell peppers. Core and chop the tomatoes. Slice the Chon o crosswise into / Inch thick rounds then Cut them into Quarter. Put a Kettle of water on to boil. When the Garbanzos have simmered for 1 hour add 2 cups of boiling water to the pot. Then add the Squash pears Green Beans and Chorizo. Bring the mixture to a boil reduce heat and simmer partially covered while you prepare the next ingredients. Put the Olive Oil whole almonds and peeled whole garlic cloves into a Large Skillet Over medium High heat. Remove the garlic and almonds As soon As they begin to Brown. Sei a site. Ray Ine Iedd slices in Iii ii Oil until they Are browned. Set aside with the Fried garlic and almonds. Add the chopped onions and Bell peppers to the Skillet and saute Over medium hat for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the paprika and tomatoes continue sauteing the mixture Over medium heat until the tomatoes Are completely soft. Turn off the heat under the pan. In a Small bowl dissolve the crumbled Saffron in the wine vinegar. Set aside. Using a mortar and Pestle or blender Rush the garlic almonds Fried bread and 2 Teaspoons Salt to a smooth paste. Add the Saffron vinegar and mix Well. If the mixture is too dry add 1 Tablespoon of Stock from the pot add this garlic bread paste to the Tomato mixture in the Skillet and mix Well. Then put All the ingredients from the Skillet into the Stew in the Stock pot. Add the crushed dried mint. Stir Well bring to a boil Over High heat then Cook Over medium heat for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Serve very hot with a Little fresh Nutmeg grated Over the Stew in each bowl. Makes 10 to 12 Servings. How can one help a Heartbreak in the making dear miss manners i have a very Good Friend with whom until recently i could discuss just about anything. The problem now is our disagreement concerning the girl he is dating. They began seeing each other when he had just graduated from High school and she was a Sophomore. In those Days he was Lucky if he saw her once every two weeks her reason being that she was too Young to be lied Down. Personally i never thought of a weekly dinner As a lifetime commitment. When my Friend succeeded in securing a Date with her these appointments would often be forgotten or she would Call him at Home often after he had been to her House to explain that she simply could t break off whatever she was currently involved in. Usually it was because her friends had stopped by and she just had to do something with them. This situation is almost in its third year. My Friend will be a Junior in College this fall and his Girlfriend will be entering the same school. She is the first girl he has Ever dated. I think he is getting a distorted picture of How a relationship should work. He is taken for granted used for status he is very wealthy and worst of All he has developed a severe Case of Puppy dog syndrome with an elastic complication he follows her around like a Loving devoted Puppy but the harder he gels kicked the faster and More directly he returns. When any of his friends try to approach him with the idea of maybe taking another girl on one Date he flatly refuses. Any persistence on the part of the suggested is met with a condescending someday you la understand. How would miss manners act in this situation gentle Reader miss manners would first solemnly  that this situation is not her business any Ore than it is yours. She would next remind herself that nothing is less rewarding than trying to talk sense into someone in the throes of emotion. Then she would try to cure your Friend of this by miss manners United feature Syndicate degrading involvement. Knowing that it was both impertinent and close to hopeless she would nevertheless make an Effort because like you she hates the sight of suffering. Her approach would at least initially be More successful than yours however. That is because she would not Ever try to persuade the gentleman to look for happiness elsewhere. Instead she would offer him a formula for extracting satisfaction from the Only lady who interests him. That would be to feign indifference and give the impression of being cured of his passion to the Point of seeming unable to remember that he once had it. If he cheerfully neglected the lady who finds him such a nuisance and subtly allowed her to discover that he had found happiness elsewhere As she supposed she had wished he would find her taking a new interest in him. If you predict this to him and it then happens the object of his love will stand exposed like a magician whose tricks Are explained. Miss manners is sorry that such a cynical trick would work but it would. Should your Friend truly succeed in appearing to be free the lady would be unreasonably annoyed by the disappearance of what she now considers an annoyance his attention. Paradoxically those who believe most in the durability of love Are those who scorn it. Struggle As one might to rid oneself of a Lovesick pest Success is marred by resentment. Even those who have Laboured to obtain divorces from clinging spouses Are nevertheless disturbed if they find that those people go on to become oblivious of the past and Lead Happy lives after All. It seems like the basest desertion to leave off a hopeless love. It is not because miss manners doubts the Power of this reversal that she warns you of the unlikelihood that your Friend will be cured. She just doubts thai the poor Man can carry it off. It takes strength As Well As acting ability to pretend indifference to the object of one s love. And the Power to keep up this act after it begins to work rather than Rushing in with renewed supplications at the first sign of interest is almost beyond human abilities. Dear miss manners when i was about to move from my Home of Many years to another state a Farewell dinner party was Given for me by two friends. The Day before the dinner one of the hostesses called to say that she would be unable to attend because she had the Chance to attend the Indianapolis 500, but she had prepared the food she is a gourmet Cook and knew we would have a Lovely Lime. She was right and we did. The food was very Good and her absence was never mentioned. My dilemma now is How do i write a thank you note or do i even owe her one i have already decided thai her behaviour makes in quite Clear where our Friendship ranks in her priorities and i do not plan to go out of my Way to seek her company in the future. I do not however want to be As thoughtless and insincere As she and it seems a major Faux Pas to completely ignore her contribution to the evening. Gentle Reader certainly you owe this woman thanks for her contribution. Just because you Don t want to be friends with your Cook that does t mean that you can ignore her having provided food for your party of friends. Tell her what a marvelous time you had with your friends whose Send off made you realize again How dear they Are to you. Then be effusive in Praise of her food which made you reflect How hard it will be to find a caterer of equal Merit in your new Hometown. September 19,1985 stripes Magazine