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Might be easier if we list the next course to be posted. :) OK, so we need a veggie. How about the Cauliflower dish Trudy posted from Food and Wine? Roasted Cauliflower with Green Olives and Pine Nuts ACTIVE TIME: 10 MIN TOTAL TIME: 40 MIN SERVES: 4 Roasting cauliflower caramelizes the florets, making them supersweet. Tossed with crunchy pine nuts and salty olives and capers, this dish is perfect with roasted chicken or steamed fish. Ingredients 1 pound cauliflower, cut into 1-inch florets 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper 2 tablespoons pine nuts 1/3 cup chopped pitted green olives 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley 1 tablespoon drained capers Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 425°. In a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish, toss the cauliflower with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 20 minutes, or until the cauliflower is lightly browned in spots. Add the pine nuts, olives, parsley and capers, toss and roast for about 10 minutes longer, until the pine nuts are lightly toasted. Serve warm or at room temperature. Source: Food and Wine (posted by Trudy on CF) Next vegetable, please?

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chisue-"Why is the government *seeking* to gain the banks' and brokerages' permission to go in and reorganize? Hang-up most recently reported was over the idea of NOT rewarding screw-up CEOs and managers for what they've created. If I am buying it, I am going to run it." I agree. PaulsonÂs words and solution are not credible. He was a wall street banker, so he is not a neutral player. He is, in fact, one of the creators of this mess. It appears that he is trying to bail out his buddies on the Wall street with this "cash for trash" plan. There are many ways for the government to pump money into the lending system, which have been floated by smart economists and ordinary people with common sense during the last week. PaulsonÂs plan is among the worst of those ideas. Let the government become a stake holder in these troubled banks in exchange for capital investment. Some will survive and make money; some will tank. ThatÂs fine. But, let the government not get into the business of arbitrarily fixing the prices of junk securities. Such an exercise goes against the very idea of capitalism.