[Chapter: 6, title: Hacktown Fry] [EventTag: timestamp: 20yyddmm/hhmmss.nnnn node: [id: SP1.Hallings.0, owner: David Hallings, partition: 1, detached] location: (HackTown) ] [Recipe: HackTown Fry; marinade = (soy sauce, ethanol, sugar, garlic, ginger, chile peppers), marinee = (meat, bean crud, onion), vegies = (black mushroom, straw mushroom, bok choy, bamboo shoot, carrot, anything lying around), procedure: [ leave marinee in marinade for at least 1 hour. shake vegies with a little hot oil (in a baggie). flare vegies til done (about 10 sec). flash marinee to sear, then zap until done. mix marinade and ground roasted peanuts, zap to near boiling, thicken with cornstarch. mix, adding fresh green onion. form into ball. coat with s-f noodles. ] [Note: The authentic HackTown Fry is served in zero-G at the center of a sphere of guests, who eat it with chopsticks. It can also be served in bite-sized balls, but this is considered unsporting. ] [Gloss: flash = cook briefly in very concentrated sunlight.] [Gloss: flare = cook in somewhat less concentrated sunlight.] [Gloss: zap = cook in microwaves.] [Gloss: space = expose to hard vacuum. This creates many tiny bubbles. As in space-flared shrimp.] [Gloss: bean crud = bean curd.] [Gloss: s-f noodles = space-flashed bean threads, which makes them white, crisp, and fluffy. Sometimes called "cellophane noodles" by old-timers. ] ] === Scraps of conversation floated by: Would you believe she'd actually specify _linear _shading on that costume? Maybe she was aiming for an old-fashioned effect... ...so when the dragon on level 15 asks you for a cookie, you... Hank has this 4-D Mandelbrot space in his node that you can fly around in, and he can actually sort of navigate around it, so...