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Welcome back to The Bachelor, where Sean Lowe is dating 15 or so women on national television and no one is calling the cops or the county health officials.
This week on his path to love, The Bachelor slogs through yet another tedious group date with approximately 9,432 girls playing beach volleyball for love. Some of the women will bravely make their "I'm not here to make friends" declarations, while others will be content with their way-too-early proclamations of love. And, yes, there will be tears. Whatever it takes for Sean to find love (and for ABC to cheaply fill two hours of primetime television.)
Here's what happened this week on The Bachelor:
First Date: Sean invites DC political consultant Lindsay to the Guinness Book of World Records. There they see the world's smallest woman who was only 24 inches tall and still managed to find love without a reality show.
Fun Fact: Turns out that Sean's dad holds the Guinness Book World Record for world's longest road trip, which is kind of unimpressive as far as World Records go. It also seems wildly unlikely as there is undoubtedly some Grateful Dead fan who has only just now realized that the band broke up and they've been following a Greyhound bus for the last ten years.
Hope You Brought Your Breath Mints: Sean and Lesley are tasked with the chore of trying to break the ten-year old Guinness World Record for world's longest on-screen kiss in the privacy of the middle of Hollywood Boulevard while a crowd watches.
Most Romantic Moment?: Bachelor host Chris Harrison earns his salary by showing up on set a few days early to egg the crowd on while Sean and Lesley kiss. According to Sean, the kiss was so mesmerizing that there were actual "moments" where Sean forgot that there was a crowd watching and cameras filming. They break the record and collect their commemorative herpes plaque and pose for the cameras.
Sad Reality: Their kiss lasted longer than most Bachelor relationships.
Poll Question: Which is more unsettling to hear on a date: Lesley saying, "People say they hated junior high, they hated high school. I loved every minute." Or Sean saying: "I'm glad I make you nervous, because you made me nervous right out of the limo. I took control back." Lesley earned her rose.
Bachelor Milestone: During her post-date interview, Lesley admits that she's falling in love with Sean.
(MORE: The Bachelor Watch: Is Sean Lowe the New Fabio?)
Most Pressing Legal Question: Is Sean contractually obligated to be shirtless for half the show? The fact that he did push ups with a girl on his back was just icing on the beefcake.
Worst Group Date Ever: Beach volleyball. The winning's team prize? Spending "serious quality alone time with Sean" while the losers had to go home.
Poor Losers: Leslie H. and Kristie, the model, burst into tears after losing at beach volleyball. Life's not a beach, apparently. And work on your poker face Leslie, after all you're a professional poker player.
Line in the Sand: When Tierra opens the date card, she reads Ashlee's name she playfully adds, "and Selma!" Everyone gasps as the specter of the gruesome two-on-one date rears it's ugly head. Then Tierra laughs, "Just kidding!" No one laughs and Sarah glares, "That wasn't funny." You don't joke about the Date Card.
Biggest Rookie Mistake: As Bachelor contestants and toddlers are wont to do, Desiree and Amanda are bickering. Kacie B., who has been a contestant before, decides to report the behavior to Sean. "Why are you saying something to me? They both seem fine," he responds. When she complains that the drama is making her uncomfortable, he adds, "I want you to act like Kacie, not like this crazy person I see." Lindsay, the substitute teacher who told Sean that he's everything she wants in a husband during their five minutes together, gets the rose and Kacie tries not to ugly cry on camera.
(MORE: The Bachelor Watch: Sean Lowe Is Back Whether You Like It or Not)
The Big Drama: As AshLee eagerly waits to tell Sean about her adoption during their one-on-one date, Tierra totally ruins her big moment by falling down the stairs. The producers call 911 …and Sean. While she's concerned about Tierra, AshLee's more concerned about her one-on-one date with Sean. Tierra refuses all medical assistance, but is totally cool with Sean helping her recover.
Highlight: Sean admits that he's had several concussions, which may explain his decision to go on The Bachelor.
Best Game Face: AshLee is pretending she's not pissed that Tierra stole half her date with her "head injury" nor that Sean insisted on driving the Jeep with the top down ruining her hair, or that she wore a too short dress to an amusement park. Can't wait to see how she does pretending that she's not annoyed that Sean invited two more girls on their date!
Make A Wish: The girls Sean invited to the amusement park are BFFs who met on a social networking site for sufferers of chronic illnesses. (No, liking The Bachelor is not the illness.) The girls have never met in real life, but don't appear to be potential stars on Catfish. Sean thinks this group date will be a good test to see if AshLee has a soul or is angry that she has to share her fake boyfriend with girls with real diseases.
Most Unlikely Sentence: As the amusement park outing draws to a close, Sean tells the women that he has one more surprise, "My favorite band, the Eli Young band" is to perform. Sure it is, Sean.
N.B.: It's fairly distasteful that The Bachelor is using these two young women as props on a date on a reality show. On the bright side, at least they didn't have to stand in line at Six Flags.
Most Genuine Moment on The Bachelor: While Sean didn't bring Sarah on a date this week, he wants her to know that he hasn't forgotten about her. So he put her beloved dog in a limo and brought him for a visit. Sarah was clearly touched. Also, the French bulldog is far more attractive than half the contestants on the show.
(MORE: White Roses: The Bachelor Sued for Racial Discrimination)
The Cocktail Party: Desiree steals Sean from Tierra, Tierra steals Sean back, Amanda steals him again. These aren't potential life partners, they're potential criminals! Regardless of which woman steals him at which moment, Sean swears he is following his heart when it comes to doling out roses.
The Rose Ceremony: Sean saunters into the room where all the women stand on risers waiting for their fate. He announces that he is confident that he will find the woman he wants to marry in that room, but before he hands out any roses, he needs to talk to Kacie, who appears to be wearing a scuba diving dress.
Kindest Let Down: Sean pulls Kacie outside and tells her that he has "too much respect" for her to make her "stand through another rose ceremony." So he sends her home in a mini-van. Guess Sarah's dog got the last limo.
Most Likely To Pop Up in A Future Episode: Kacie B. She wanted closure from Bachelor Ben, and while she was crying in the mini van she said she she wants to find love, but knows it's not Sean, ominously adding "right now."
Rose Ceremony, Take Two: Tierra and her head injury get a rose, followed by Leslie H., the poker player, Catherine who we haven't seen much of so far, Daniella, Robyn, Selma, Sarah and her little dog, too, Jackie, who may have just wandered in off the street, and Amanda. The final rose tonight goes to Desiree, because Sean is determined to prank her into submission. That means Kristy the model and Taryn, who feels brokenhearted because she was too guarded and didn't open up her heart in time and would have loved to be married. Kristy is sad to no longer be a contestant on the path to love, "It would have been a fairytale!"
Best Reason To Come Back Next Week: Tierra finally has a meltdown! Also, roller derby.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Rhubarb and Red Berry Pie
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...When the family gets together there are always requests for pie in various guises. This beauty is known to the gang as Daddy's Birthday Pie. It was Bob's favorite as a child and it was his choice for dessert on his birthday. This version of the pie won best of show at the National Pie Championship. It was created by Susan Gills. Everyone other than Bob swears they dislike it and refuse it when offered. I suspect that's not so because we have a mystery in my kitchen. Let's call it the case of the mysterious shrinking pie. When we went to bed last evening only two slices had been taken from the pie. When I pulled it out for dessert this evening less than a third of the pie remained. My family has a tendency to cut slivers of pie when they think they are unobserved and this pie had been slivered to death. Folks who like tart berry pies will love this rhubarb and red berry pie. It's incredibly easy to make, but you will need lead time, so plan to begin it the night before you intend to serve it. You can use ready-made pie crusts. I make my own but my pastry comes from a recipe on the back of a can of Crisco and it's as easy to make as the filling. Here's the recipe for the mysterious shrinking pie.
Rhubarb-Strawberry-Raspberry Pie...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 cup fresh strawberry halves
1 cup fresh raspberries
2 cups rhubarb pieces, cut in 1/2-inch dice
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Pastry for a two crust pie
1) Mix sugar and flour in a bowl. Add berries and rhubarb and mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
2) Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3) Line a 9-inch pie pan with pastry. Pour berry mixture into pan, dot with butter and drizzle with lemon juice.
4) Cover top of pie with remaining pastry, crimping edges to seal and create a decorative border. Cut vents into pie and brush with milk.
5) Bake pie for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temp to 350 degrees F. and bake for 40 to 50 minutes longer, or until crust is golden brown.
40 comments :
- Mary said...
Oh that's so funny about the case of the missing pie. Those "not me" folks get around don't they?
- August 4, 2009 at 3:09 AM
- Martha said...
Looks wonderful and I love your story -- about the "shrinking" --
- August 4, 2009 at 6:46 AM
- Debbie said...
The pie looks and sound delicious. I can totally understand how it would shrink overnight!!!
- August 4, 2009 at 7:05 AM
- Selba said...
What a wonderful pie! I really like the color of the berries :)
- August 4, 2009 at 7:28 AM
- NKP said...
Totally delicious! I love berry pies.. and peach pies.. and apple..
My birthday is in September, in case you were thinking of fashioning a Natashya's birthday pie... - August 4, 2009 at 7:48 AM
- Cathy said...
Delicious looking pie, Mary. Love the addition of raspberries to the classic strawberries and rhubarb. That's a funny story.
My Mom really believed that, if she ate only a half cookie at a time, there weren't any calories in it. - August 4, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- Jersey Girl Cooks said...
Mmmmmnnn! Nice flaky crust.
- August 4, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- Hootin Anni said...
Mmmmmmmmmm. Just mmmmmmm. I could go for a slice of that please...and super size it for me.
Happy Tuesday Mary. - August 4, 2009 at 9:05 AM
- Puna said...
I'm a rhubarb pie enthusiast but I've never had it with anything other than strawberries. What a different take on it this is.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:20 AM
- Lori said...
I'd like to sliver that pie a few times. My new fruit obsession in rhubarb. I think it s a pretty good obsession as obsessions go.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- Creative Classroom Core said...
We visited my family last weekend, and my mom sent me home with an INSANE amount of rhubarb - what a tasty way to use it up!
Thanks for sharing such a yummy recipe! - August 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- Heather S-G said...
LOL...same around here...a sliver here, a sliver there! Looks perfect :D
- August 4, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Ann said...
That looks fabulous and super deslih
- August 4, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- La Bella Cooks said...
We always have missing pie slices around here as well! I love the tart flavors used here and would love to give this one a go. Gorgeous photo as well!
- August 4, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Country Wings in Phoenix said...
Good Morning My Precious Angel Mary, I just had to pop over this morning and get my palet going for the day. I would like a slice of that pie and ice cream, and yes I know it is only 9 in the morning here. I just can't resist it. A glass of ice tea would be delightful also. I would so love to have tea with you. Thanks for sharing my friend. I always love to come here in the morning. It starts my day off right. Country Hugs and Love, Sherry
- August 4, 2009 at 11:48 AM
- Joy Tilton said...
My alltime favorite pie! Thanks so much for sharing the story.
- August 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM
I have been longing to cook with rhubarb for more than a year now... Never been able to find it in markets around here. So frustrating!
this recipe sounds wonderful... - August 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- Lyndas recipe box said...
This pie would shrink in my house too, Mary! I love your addition of rasberries and would love to have a very large slice of this now with my coffee!
- August 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
- Karen said...
Haha... what a mystery ;) I'm sure this pie tastes as good as it looks!
- August 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Catherine said...
I just picked rhubarb and thought oh another rhubarb tart is sorta boring, what else could I do?then I saw your post on my blogfeed! Heaven sent for sure! I will have a go, as I have pastry made already, and while I only have a few fresh strawbs from the garden as they are finished, I have frozen ones which are fine, and will get raspberries, should be nice. Have everything so. Off I go! Thanks a lot.
Catherine - August 4, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- My Little Space said...
Mary, can we exchange food? Two, no, make it three cheezy sausage breads for a slice of your yummy pie...pls! he he
- August 4, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Rachel said...
Rhubarb grew in our farm back in my hometown....missing them since I moved to the city..
- August 4, 2009 at 12:36 PM
I haven't tried this pie yet...I have no idea what rhubarb tastes like! Looks gorgeous inside.
- August 4, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- theUngourmet said...
So, you've got yourself some pie bandits eh?
The is a really nice flavor combination and very pretty! - August 4, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Elaine said...
I will absolutely have to try this one. My hubby loves rhubarb pie. So of course he loves strawberry-rhubarb pie too. I don't know how I could possibly miss with this one since raspberries are his favorite berry! Great idea!
- August 4, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- Dee said...
mmm .. that pie looks mighty tasty Mary! I havent had rhubarb pie in ages, and we go have some growing out back ... hmmm
i am guilty of always just picking the filling out of pies ... makes for quite an unattractive left over pie haha - August 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
I have never had anything with rhubarb I should try this!
- August 4, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Gaby said...
Mary this looks so beautiful! Great Job
- August 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Lori E said...
My mouth is gushing right now. This looks so fresh and delicious.
- August 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Gorgeous pie--I love berry pies and that crust is amazing!
- August 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Pam said...
Must wipe drool off of keyboard. This pie looks PERFECT!
- August 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM
- Katy ~ said...
This pie sounds FABULOUS! I would love its tartness.
For the life of me I've had the worst luck with the back-of-the-Crisco-can pie crust recipe. For years, it was my pastry recipe but for whatever reason it has stopped working for me and I now use another recipe. Your crust looks terrific!! - August 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- Lance @ FoodBlogs.com said...
Mary, Congrats! This post was our www.FoodBlogs.com post of the day. Great post!
- August 4, 2009 at 9:10 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Lance, I am really appreciative! Thank you for the shout out. I love the work you're doing.
- August 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- Sasha said...
I'm a newly found rhubarb lover although I've yet to cook with it myself.
This pie looks great! In my house, it would be the "not-so-mysteriously vanishing" pie : / - August 4, 2009 at 10:46 PM
- Lisa said...
I've just come around to adoring Rhubarb Pie this year. this variation sounds wonderful. I'll have to try it!
- August 5, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- Catherine said...
Just to say I made this today and it is delicious! I made my own pastry (see it on some recipes on my blog) and varied it slightly as I didn't soak the fruit for hours, just mixed it all up added sugar and put in pastry shell with flour sprinkled on base. Served it to friends who dropped in unexpectedly tonight when it was just out of the oven, with fresh whipped cream - divine! A lovely variation on plain old rhubarb!
Thanks for sharing it.
Catherine - August 5, 2009 at 7:23 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Catherine, I'm so glad you enjoyed the pie. I hope you'll visit with us often.
- August 5, 2009 at 8:10 PM
- Kristin said...
This sounds wonderful, we have also had this "mystery" at our house. Thank you so much for your kind comments today, that was very sweet.
- August 5, 2009 at 8:11 PM
- Donna-FFW said...
A slice of this with some ice cream on top is my idea of perfection!
- August 6, 2009 at 12:37 AM

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Eating Well is the Guests Revenge
I've become the cliché I've always dreaded, the Hamptons houseguest hoping to be invited. Alas, I have only modest virtues to earn my welcome --
my scrambled eggs are rich as Croesus and lush as curdled hollandaise. In a pinch, I'll throw together my Danish meatloaf for a potluck dinner. Best of all, as a restaurant critic for 43 years, I have a way of getting tables in hot restaurants when there are none. But a few weekends ago when I arrived in East Hampton, assigned to check out a handful of restaurants, I needed to be anonymous. Our host
parked us at
the Maidstone Arms, in a whimsically odd but luxurious little suite. I was totally spoiled by the banana nut muffin, satiny Greek yogurt and cookie-crumble-like granola of the continental breakfast. From a roster of new arrivals, old faithfuls, gourmand contenders, club scenes, and luncheonettes, I chose four to review -- three I can't wait to go back to, one you might like more than I do.
South Edison
, Montauk
With Montauk breaking out in rashes of chic, I find South Edison refreshing. It still feels local, laid-back, and welcoming, with its communal tables in the front room, a noisy bar, and cookies baked to order. I would swear the foursome across the room, like us, are gourmanically motivated, back again for Todd Mitgang's cooking: a cross between rich comfort and daring creativity. The table across from us is going all out for the raw bar. I could have been more adventurous and ordered Berkshire pork belly braised in cherry cola, with breakfast radish, sorrel, and spring garlic, or Amber Waves Farm's slow poached egg and asparagus with "crabby butter" and roasted pistachios, dishes that speak of a fetish for local and perhaps a tendency to go one step too far.
But splendid fluke sashimi with glazed baby turnips, crispy shallot, and chili jam, and a generous side portion of wondrously lumpy grits with guanciale (cured pig's jowl) and aged cheddar suggest that too much is just enough. Perhaps toasting the sourdough bread might have added pizzazz to the tomato clam chowder that reminded me of Tuscan pappa al pomodoro. But the local black sea bass is carefully cooked. Black garlic mayonnaise and fresh warmed butter lubricate a superior lobster roll (we like the crab seasoned fries, too). And the braised chicken leg in a deep bowl with a puddle of kale, tomato, and piquillo jam could have been designed for a dark-meat chicken fan like me. Camembert with toast and jam is as unconventional a starter as you can find, but in this case I'll give it a pass—Nancy's Hudson Valley is Camembert in its creamiest prime, sensuous on a homemade oyster cracker with house strawberry preserves and spicy pickled cauliflower.
The baked-to-order chocolate chip cookie is just three dollars. I like that as a modest closer. But I'm a plum lover. Give me more plum in the warm fruit crostata, please; and though I tend to reject lawn cuttings in my sweets, for some reason the lemon thyme streusel is not annoying. Summer sundae layered in a juice glass—vanilla ice cream, strawberry preserves, hot fudge, and candied peanuts with curls of sugar cookie—is a little constricted.
"Reach your spoon down," says Kevin, the Irish waiter so peppy and adorable my friend seems ready to take him home.
I'm not a cupcake lover either. At least I wasn't till I tucked into the house's amazing carrot version—the cake itself moist and not too sweet, the cream cheese frosting sugary enough to curl your teeth, the sprinkles of funfetti to amuse the kids and candied ginger on the plate for no reason at all except that ginger and carrots are born for each other.
Portions are generous—my grits side dish was easily enough to make a starter for four. There is a $16.50 burger made from house-ground grass-fed rib eye and aged cheddar. Entrées start at $22 for that chicken leg to $29 for seared yellowfin tuna steak. With one glass of wine each, we've spent $100 per couple.
17 South Edison St., Montauk, 631-668 4200; southedison.com
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Sag Harbor
You can't drag me somewhere that doesn't take reservations. I never understood standing in line, certainly not for a burger. Cute as it is, with pots of purple and shocking pink posies along the front patio, I might never have discovered Liza and Joe Tremblay's four-year-old Bay Burger on the Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Turnpike except that the Sag movie broke at six and we were early for dinner on Shelter Island.
"Let's just look at it," our local friends urged. "Let's check out Martha's fish burger."
So here we are in a lull on Thursday. No queue at all. Steven wants a hot dog. Howard has to have a falafel with tahini sauce, cucumber—the works. "Are you crazy?" I cry, ordering fried potato tots and the fried cod burger. "We're having dinner at eight." But then the damage is done after all, I surrender to a $7 burger too—with a dollar's worth of bacon and sautéed onions (50 cents). That's the drill. You order from Tom at the butcher block counter, specifying add-ons. Liza may jump in and advise. Then someone delivers everything neatly wrapped in parchment to your table or window ledge (50 seats inside, 25 al fresco).
And it's true, not that I would ever doubt Martha Stewart who blogged about her tasting. Great fishwich, crumbed with panko, on an exceptional house-made bun with homemade tarter sauce. Superior burger. Only flaw with tots, not enough (next time, we'll get them loaded with $1 worth of bacon crumbles and a melt of cheese). It's a fine $3 dog, too—spicy all-beef frank with sauerkraut and sautéed onions for an added 50 cents each. I even understand the appeal of falafel as the vegetarian option, ground chickpea pattie with herbs and greenery. And since we're here we'll taste the homemade ice cream too—pistachio, coffee, chocolate. Yes. Yes.
Now the place is filling fast with a line to the door. It's jazz night Thursday, I'm told, and musicians have pushed aside tables to set up a giant xylophone, a keyboard, amplifiers. Anyone can bring an instrument and play along.
"Shouldn't we taste the grilled cheese sandwich?" Steven asked. "We didn't do the BLT."
I guess we're coming back.
1742 Bridgehampton Sag Harbor Tpke., 631-899 3915; bayburger.com
Foody's Pizza-Grille
, Water Mill
I had to hear about Foody's from a friend who lives in Connecticut. "It's supposedly sort of a dump in a strip mall," he told us, "but my serious food friends go there every weekend. You want to order the pulled pork." Impressive indeed that pulled pork: juicy with its scent of smoke and crusty caramelized edges from a brine, a rub, a smoking, and a last-minute braise. Does that seem ambitious for a pork butt in a strip mall in a town most people are just passing through? Born to a family of Brooklyn and Queens deli caterers, chef-owner Bryan Futerman's five years at Nick & Toni's instilled a certain pride in craft. "It's French techniques meet barbecue and Jewish deli," he declares. Perfect for locals and bikers and weekenders desperate for a break from chic.
Our Easthampton pal orders the house-made falafel on a handmade pita. It's a luscious version of the chickpea croquette, with local greens, house-made hummus and tahini vinaigrette. His wife favors the grilled vegetable tower with house-made mozzarella. A hopeless healthy gesture today since none of us can stop eating the marvelous sweet potato fries and have already demolished a small margarita pizza, cooked to order (the whole wheat crust is so crisp it stays up by itself). The slices on display looked vintage to me.
Now we're dividing an outsize grilled sausage, pepper, and onion hero. Soon we're halfway through the St. Louis pork ribs just off the smoker, meaty, not too tender, maybe just a whit oversauced. My guy, who's never seen a hot dog he didn't have to try, must have a Foodydog, a spicy Hebrew National beef sausage with sauerkraut on a brioche bun.
Just when I'm thinking it's about time for rhubarb pie, the chef delivers his celebrated $24 rib eye steak charred from the oven. It's rare and good enough for $24 worth of cow. And it's reassuring to know that the lemon-chive in the risotto is from his garden. He buys as much as he can locally, he confides, stopping at farms in his pickup truck on his way in each morning from Springs. Honey for the pizza dough comes from a fifth-generation beekeeper. And he bakes his own strawberry rhubarb tart—it's primitive but satisfying.
760 Montauk Hwy., 631-726 3663
WARNING! We went back in August and sad to find nothing we ate resembled the fod we loved in May. So let's just say. Foody's can be listless when the chef is away.
Or was that the dishwasher cooking?
La Maison Blanche
, Shelter Island
My favorite moment of dinner at La Maison Blanche was the ferry crossing to Shelter Island. Sorry about that. When you come around the curve on Stearns Point Road and first see the whitewashed inn with its row of porch rockers, you think this could be wonderful. And in the beginning—a tranquil setting before the Friday night hordes arrived—it had promise. The "simply baked calamari," simply crumbed and simply lemony, is surprisingly good. A side of not-too-cooked asparagus made a pleasant opener for me. But the oversalted gelatin spoiled something rashly called a crab Napoleon. And the crispy goat cheese turned out to be a crumbed and fried squash ball of very ordinary cheese, dense and boring.
Something about the way the dining room crew moved, in a hurry as if alarmed, or in the other direction as if hoping to avoid customer contact, made me think it was too soon to judge them.
I was a bit startled when one of our companions asked the server what was special tonight and she responded, "You mean besides me?" She's nervous I thought. I'll forgive her.
Maybe it was too soon to judge executive chef Charles Le Tous. His kitchen was skilled and it was careless. The seared branzino was full of flavor and nicely seasoned, and served with lush ratatouille. Seared sea scallops were properly rare with sweetly caramelized edges on more of that thin green asparagus, but $29 for just four medium-size sea scallops seemed aggressive. It took a while to get our server's attention and ask her to have the chef drain a cup or so of excess "soup" from the pasta bowl… but it was still a misunderstanding of carbonara. My steak took longer to arrive than everyone else's dishes.
"Do you think I could get the fries darker?" I asked the waitress.
"Of course" she said. Ten minutes later she dipped by the table to say the fries were on their way. But 20 minutes later it was clear they were never coming. Absorbed in serving a newly arrived table of eight, she never looked our way. Indeed it was as if we no longer existed. Our finished plates sat for 15 minutes, uncleared. Finally I got up and walked to the cash register, where I caught a host and asked for the check.
Well of course the inn will figure it out. Or they won't. Surely less-fussy eaters who drink enough might be happier. I worry how they staff the house when the garden is warm enough for more diners. As much as I love that romantic passage across the river from Sag Harbor and back, it won't be La Maison Blanche that ever tempts me back.
11 Stearns Point Road, 631-749-1633
This story appear in Plum Magazine, July 2011


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In another event in the series of meetings leading to the KDE 4.0 release, the developers of the core libraries will meet in the Norwegian woods (this bird has flown) from July 1st to July 7th. This meeting, co-sponsored by Trolltech and SUSE, is labelled KDE Four Core, as it is intended to be the direct successor of the KDE Three Beta and KDE Three meetings, that led to the refining of KDE releases 2.0 and 3.0 respectively. But, unlike those, this meeting is only one in a series of "KDE Four" meetings, that started with KDE Four Multimedia.
KDE Four Core has been organised by the Technical Working Group and aims at stabilising kdelibs, kdebase and the new module kdepimlibs and to lay foundation to the porting and development of the KDE 4.0 applications. For this reason and to create a group with coherent focus, the number of developers invited was limited to 24, selected among those who are most active in the porting efforts of the target modules. The meeting has been timed so that most of the new technologies are in the Subversion repository already, but sufficient time is left for other meetings before the final "sprint", which is expected to happen during the aKademy 2006 hacking sessions.
There is no doubt that Suse still support KDE :)
They'd better do that, because a lot of users (at least in the home/desktop area) prefer SUSE exactly because of the good KDE support this distro offers.
Nevertheless, with 10.1 I have to say that quite a lot of ex-Ximian techologies become core components of SUSE. Which is, IMHO, not always desirable. You have to install more and more Gnome/Mono/whatever stuff. And not all that technology is really ready for the real world (see the desaster of the Red Carpet based packet manager stuff in 10.1).
Therefore I'm really glad, as a devout SUSE user ;-)), that they still go strong for KDE.
In 10.1 you can use all YaST package manager parts (including online update) without having Mono-based zmd installed/running. 10.2 will have again an update notification applet which doesn't require zmd (either susewatcher-zypp [1] written by Duncan Mac-Vicar or [2] with libzypp backend) and likely also non-Mono using sophisticated package management command line utilities.
[1] http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse/2006-Jun/0526.html
[2] http://en.opensuse.org/KDE_ZMD_Updater_Applet
great, as all new (gtk and/or mono based) tools in Suse 10.1 just plain suck. the update applet only gives some errors, beagle is just dog-slow - i wish Novell would just fire all gnome-related hackers. It is a waste of money, I think suse 10.1 clearly shows that. They did nothing to integrate the new tools with Yast, and are duplicating loads of work. Sorry, but its just plain silly.
And the bad thing about it: you'r right!
Package-management is unstable and extremely slow. To slow for productive usage. (I don't recommend openSuSE 10.1 for this reason)
Beagle also is slow. Although if beagle get's some fine-tuning, it may become better.
I also tried banshee. Well - a lot of hype it seems. Although it's a nice application, it's speed is bad also.
So my conclusion is that mono-based applications currently tend to be slow...
You're dead right I'm afraid. Look at the Google Summer of Code person doing a KDE applet for ZMD. He was suitably impressed by what kdelibs had in there, and neither Novell or Suse or him needed to put any effort into doing that.
Look at the resources that Novell are expending on Mono, GTK, low-level Gnome components and applications as well and you can tell how it's all going to end. It's like Microsoft with open soyrce software. Granted, it's Novell's choice, and what their managers get flashed in front of their faces, but it is merely one of the milestones that will sink them (and Suse unfortunately).
I tend to agree with superstoned, though it looks pretty much like flaming if you post such a opinion online ;). So I personally wouldn't use hihs harsh words...
IMHO all this Ximian stuff looked great on the paper, but the technical merits never quite matched their marketing. SUSE 10.1 (and, to state that, I don't bash the distro as a whole, I am still a SUSE fanboy ;) was a proof for this.
I am glad to hear that a) SUSE still backs KDE and b) that some design decisions seem to be re-evalued.
Nevertheless, there is still some Gnome Bias in SUSE, if you see, how many Gnome/GTK-dependencies some packages require. (Example: If you want to try out the "desktop agnostic" xgl, you get a whole Gnome install in dependencies).
'Example: If you want to try out the "desktop agnostic" xgl, you get a whole Gnome install in dependencies'
Well, in their defense here, there's really no point in trying out xgl unless you have a window/composite manager that takes advantage of it. So far, the only such program is compiz, which has been built with the Gnome desktop in mind. All the configuration is done through gconf, which is Gnome, and requires Gnome apps if you want to configure it well. Further, the only working window decorator is the gnome one.
There's no way to test drive Xgl in a purely KDE setting, at least as of yet.
> (Example: If you want to try out the "desktop agnostic" xgl, you get a whole Gnome install in dependencies).
That's a simple packaging problem: just move gnome-xgl-settings (which pulls in gnome-control-center and hence "the whole GNOME") into a compiz-gnome sub-package. Such splitting has be done before, like for Beagle in 10.1.
This might be true. To be honest, I really don't need XGL - I just wanted to play :-).
However, in many cases I have the strange feeling that nowadays I'm overly forced to install Gnome components with SUSE (no Gnome bashing intended - I just made the decision to use KDE). When I go through the list of installed packages I always wonder "why do I need gnome-vfs and stuff like that"? (I guess it's often because of OpenOffice, to be sure.)
And AIGLX?
well, it was harsh, but if you've been seriously bitten by these things... I expect more from suse. they HAD a great track record, until Ximian chimed in - at least, that's how it seems to me.
Yeah, that is what is my problem, too:
I was used to buy, yes, really buy, every single version of SUSE since 5.something. For this money (not too much money, admittedly) I got a very well designed, smoothly running distribution, which - for my use - was always better than all other distros on the market at the given time. All was coherent, I could always laugh at the kind of Unix-archaic problems users of other distros had - and KDE was always the default and a good choice.
But SUSE 10.1 fails to fulfill the quality criterias that I'm used to apply to SUSE distros - and disturbingly, mostly it is because of the integration of Gnome/Ximian technologies.
This is no flaming, this is the way I see it as a longtime SUSE user. And, but this is another flamewar, I would gladly pay a few bucks every half year to get the (controversially semi-free but always ahead-of-the-pack) SUSE distribution of old times back :(.
I completely agree. It seems they threw out the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" for politics. Sad, as SuSE was about technical workmanship before politics :( Maybe (I hope) they'll correct their course for the next release.
If I learnt that those ximian employees were looking for jobs, I'd feel something between relieved and happy...
> Sad, as SuSE was about technical workmanship before politics :(
Yeah, and Ximian is all about politics. Not a good match. I've tried to use every single version of Evolution for almost 10 years now and i have yet to see it work for 15 minutes of real life use. Where's the quarantee that given 10 more years it would work at some point? What is the amount of $$ that will make it work? Will it ever make it without some serious G rework? Some things in Kontact are arguably more arcane to use, but it generally works well enough for daily use [ with exchange connectivity being the biggest usability concern ] no matter which distribution and/or setup you run it in. If Kontact would only have had fraction of the money that evo has had..
That said, all comments here about SUSE 10.1 seems perfectly valid to me - luckily, 10.1 is the first SUSE distribution in years I didn't pay for, as it wasn't too hard to see what was coming. It has been extremely annoying to hack around all the zmd issues it has.
"I've tried to use every single version of Evolution for almost 10 years now and i have yet to see it work for 15 minutes of real life use."
Umm, it was only started at the tail end of 1999.
Ever think that the problem is not Evolution, but yourself? Many people have no problem getting it to work for more than "15 minutes of real life use". You clearly just suck.
"Umm, it was only started at the tail end of 1999."
Almost ten years.
"Ever think that the problem is not Evolution, but yourself? Many people have no problem getting it to work for more than "15 minutes of real life use". You clearly just suck."
Depends. Circa 2001 Evolution was just about OK as an e-mail client, because I used it full time. However, the way that it's been expanded since then to incorporate things like groupware functionality has been a bit of a disaster. The software just doesn't have the ability to grow gracefully. It's always running on empty.
So, go write an email to Novell and tell them.
Tell them, that as an long time costumer, a paying long time costumer, you are disgusted by the way Novell treats KDE and how the Ximian stuff destroyed the reasons to use Suse.
Be open! Tell them!
If you don't they will continue with that. And we really don't need another gnome-centered distribution.
If I want to be treated like a noob or eternal noob or idiot (nothing wrong with noobs, but gnome's target audience does more and more look like the 'I need instructions to find my ass' crowd) I can use ubuntu...
But please note:
"_This project is not supported by Novell_"
So the community tries to iron out Novell's bad decisions... which is good, but it would be better if Novell would make better decisions...
It's not supported at the moment, but who knows what will happen? Duncan is a Novell employee and the Google SoC projects are of course also mentored by Novell employees.
They aren't going strong for KDE
"When companies come to Novell and say, 'I want to build a fantastic KDE application' on SUSE Linux, we say, 'that's great'. When they want to build a Gnome application, we say that's great again. But when companies come to us and say 'what should I do?' now we can give them them answer. Before we couldn't - we'd say 'you choose' and that's not really helpful. So now we can the default is Gnome."
The interviewed is a monkey aka Ximian employee, they have been known to lie about Novells GNOME commitment in the past.
"The interviewed is a monkey aka Ximian employee, they have been known to lie about Novells GNOME commitment in the past."
Well, that's really your problem if you want to lie about the reality of the situation. The guy is director of Marketing for Open Source and Linux at Novell and that's official company policy.
> The guy is director of Marketing for Open Source and Linux at Novell
Small correction: he WAS director of marketing for open source and linux at novell. I think he left some weeks ago already.
Nevertheless, he said this words as an official representative. So his statements don't loose their meaning just because he quit. As long as there is no other official representative of Novell saying something else, they are official company policy.
But since he quit, it seems as if his own views did not match those of Novell as a whole.
As nobody knows why this guy quit (or was quit), your conclusion is not necessarily right, but only one of several possible reasons.
And a fat lot of good it's going to do Novell as a whole, attempting to make that kind of politically motivated decision over a desktop that doesn't amount to a hill of beans in their current circumstances. And let's face it, it's not based on technological merits. It's based on politics.
One other thing to note with regards to Novell's involvement with KDE is that all of the PR material on Novell's web-site about Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop is gnome-based as is all the documentation.
They have basically relegated KDE to the backburner. I think they are sincerely hoping that it will just go away. I have deployed KDE countless times and know that this decision is a politically motivated move and has little to do with the overall software quality of the KDE project. In fact, it is sad that the Ximian guys seem hell-bent on destroying KDE out of spite. In the recent past, I attended a free software lecture by Miguel de Icaza in Barcelona only to hear him spout venom for over half an hour about how terrible KDE was and how Gnome was the BMW desktop and KDE was a Yugo.
Really freaking sad! I think communities are built on trust and I simply do not trust these guys anymore.
All the documentation? Please check your 'facts': http://www.novell.com/documentation/beta/sled10/
I don't know who is trolling here...
As it has been said again and again, Novell has NOT (yet?) banned KDE. So your link showing some KDE related documentation doesn't prove anything at all. (You probably will even find e.g. lpd-docs somewhere on the Novell site, even if they have long switched to cups as printer spooler. Thus the availabilty of documentation doesn't mean anything at all.)
But fact is - and are you a SUSE user? - that they send out very mixed signals concerning the future course of their distro. And sometimes there are pretty big gaps between some official statements and the reality in the current distro.
Can't there be a single posting without your drivel following up? :-(
Well, as you pick out single, isolated points of other people's complaints and try to invalidate them with arguments (which mostly unfortunately miss the point and don't prove anything), that doesn't seem to surprising to me.
If you completely forget about this discussion here, you might nevertheless have noticed that on IRC, mailing lists, news sites and so on the number of complaints on the way SUSE is heading has risen _significantly_ since Novell took over and especially since 10.1 has been released. Much more than the usual, unavoidable "SUSE sux, everything was better in former times" noise level. The noncritical "SUSE rulez" fanboys, on the other hand, have become a bit more hushed.
And concerning the point that one Ex-Ximian employee has left Novell: You might have noticed that all the times people leave companies without this affecting the corporate policy. And even if this is so, I can very well remember that also quite a number of veteran SUSE hackers have left Novell in the last months...
"They have basically relegated KDE to the backburner. I think they are sincerely hoping that it will just go away."
For Icaza, I'm afraid not. The desktop situation is not going to change, just like it hasn't for the past six or seven years. In fact it has changed - KDE has got more popular. They may want to jump on this enterprise desktop fantasy world they've perpetually been in, but there it just isn't going to happen.
"In the recent past, I attended a free software lecture by Miguel de Icaza in Barcelona only to hear him spout venom for over half an hour about how terrible KDE was and how Gnome was the BMW desktop and KDE was a Yugo."
He's done it in lots of places, particularly those that might threaten the crap he's come up with. The DotGNU project has had many such run-ins with him. It really is very, very said, and when you put your side of something he then tries to cast you as a bit of a zealot and that he's somehow 'above it all'. Very sad, and a very strange individual, along with his mate Nat Friedman (and he's attracted a fair share of criticism from many quarters - http://natslies.blogspot.com/). Always thought Icaza was strange, and having seen him live a few times I now know he is. Wouldn't like to discuss anything or work with him.
I am a SUSE user. I have been a SUSE user since version 6.1. I use KDE. I like it when KDE is supported by companies selling Free Software and related solutions. I am therefore pleased by Novell choosing to support the KDE Four Core conference, even if the decision came from within the SUSE division. I am a bit surprised and confused by Novell's decision to publically declare Gnome the default desktop on their new SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and accross many press releases, and then to maintain the employment of several KDE related developers and promoting KDE conferences. I am not at all willing to be anything but thankful for the support of KDE. I do wish however that what was being said by Novell representatives was clarified a bit in regards to KDE and Gnome, especially when compared to behavior.
As for SUSE 10.1, I feel it has some very rough edges. The package installation capability as available by default was quite bad by most accounts. I agree with those sentiments. SUSE 10.1 though was an unofficial beta. It was the beta for the upcoming SLED 10. SUSE 10.1 provided Novell a great platform to test package management and upgrade changes, XGL, several of the new Gnome applications (banshee, F-Spot, ...), etc. Considering the ammount of heavy development going on at Novell around Linux, this was a neccessary step to ensure that the new SLED will be most likely to meet expectations in the enterprise. Also, remember that this was the first version that was done within the openSUSE system from start to finish. Right now the openSUSE team is working to complete the build service which will make the entire process more versitile and robust, but I'm sure there will be issues along the way. All of this is about taking risks and growing.
Now to Trolltech, I say thank you. Thank you for QT and your other projects. Thank you for sponsoring KDE and KDE conferences. Thank you for paying the wages of KDE developers (Aaron Seigo comes to mind).
To everyone not listed in my above rant who works on KDE and will be at KDE Four Core, thank you for your efforts, have a great conference. Blog please.
Jonathan Lee
Yes, openSUSE ist considered a beta version for the enterprise SUSE. That's OK for me. But they should clearly label it as such.
I installed 10.1 at a friend's computer, who wanted to try out Linux, and I naively trusted that 10.1 would simply be a logical improvement over 10.0. The mess with the package management and other inconsistencies (NetworkManager, Beagle making the machine unresponsive etc.) drove my friend - no Linux geek obviously, but otherwise quite experienced with computers - away from Linux within a few days (OK, at least to MacOSX and not back to XP ;).
Considering that many users, espacially in Europe, might try to switch to Linux with the traditionally userfriendly SUSE distro... Novell is on the best way to destroy the reputation of SUSE. Lection: You definitely can't roll out a distro with a completely f***ed up package management! That's a core component!
I don't have the link here, but I remember a Novell bugzilla entry about one of the many package management related bugs, where the developer in charge closed the bug, because he could "only" reproduce it on one out of his five (or such) development computers. This sloppy attitude is exactly what SUSE did not have in former days.
Problem is, that Ximian guys are running the Novell Linux department. Hey, if Novell is heading for the enterprise desktop, that's OK and probably a wise decision, but why the hell is e.g. a new MP3-player (banshee) relevant for this strategy? Why are ressources wasted for something like that? Quite obvious because somebody wants a alternative to KDE's amarok. But a MP3 player has nothing to do with enterprise desktops.
Just to add to the rant... but I'm hoping that either SUSE comes back to senses (you might see this sponsoring of the KDE meeting as a sign) or Kubuntu is able to take its place...
> Yes, openSUSE ist considered a beta version for the enterprise SUSE.
It's not. And for sure not because SUSE Enterprise is based on every third or fourth release of it.
> Problem is, that Ximian guys are running the Novell Linux department.
I doubt that. Former Ximian managers like David Patrick have already left Novell.
> It's not. And for sure not because SUSE Enterprise is
> based on every third or fourth release of it.
Maybe an Alpha then?
> I doubt that. Former Ximian managers like
> David Patrick have already left Novell.
Others haven't, so your point is right but inconclusive.
> Maybe an Alpha then?
Please troll elsewhere...
c'mon, it's sad, but he is right. After upgrading my suse 10.0 laptop, things got worse in almost every aspect. I've not been able to install any software, the upgrade tool gives cryptic errors. Sorry, but 10.1 is a disastrous release, while 10.0 was already worse than the 9.x series.
I don't know if you are a SUSE user. Only in this case you could maybe take part in this discussion, if not, it is you who is trolling...
I think this discussion is not misplaced here, as this dot news article once again shows Novell's strange ambiguity concerning the SUSE distribution. Not only, but especially, concerning the desktop question. Go for Ximian/Gnome, but give the KDE community some hope sometimes in order not to drive away all the old customers maybe?
Many long time users of SUSE are simply wondering what is going on. Considering the fact that SUSE was always the distro I could wholeheartedly recommend, recent releases have been significant steps backward. Not only because of the desktop question, but also in terms of software engineering quality.
Sometimes it seems like only some committed Novell employees keep alive not only KDE, but also the traditional SUSE spirit, against corporate policy. Clarification of this impression still pending.
> Clarification of this impression still pending.
I couldn't agree more. Facts with SUSE are that:
- any sense of direction seems completely missing (marketing gives mixed signals and does NOT indicate what the company is aiming for)
- software engineering quality has dropped significantly
- amount of software produced has went through the roof (they try to do everything and the kitchen sink)
This sure sounds like a best possible way to destroy a company. Given a mess like this, why would anyone buy SUSE? What is it good for?
> I don't know if you are a SUSE user. Only in this case you could maybe take part in this discussion
As you can see I can take part in this discussion without you knowing who I am and without your accreditation.
If you don't understand the "two desktops, GNOME being the default" message I cannot help you. My guess is that you would rather like to see KDE development, shipping and support stopped at Novell to see your conspiracy theories proven.
As a SUSE user, following the relevant mailing lists, you would know what the discussion is about. So I didn't intend to insult you, I just wanted to point out that the core of the discussion is maybe better understandable for SUSE users.
It's not only the desktop question, it's the general lack of coherency and quality of SUSE since Novell took over. As a longtime user of SUSE one has become accustomed to quite high standards. OK, in every release there where one, two minor annoyances (mostly fixed soon thereafter), but recent versions show a really dramatic decrease of quality (still better than many others, though).
Concerning conspiracy theories: Well, the citations of Novell managers have been posted often enough, even here in this thread. Reading them leaves the users pretty disoriented as how to Novell will pursue its distribution. That's no conspiracy, that's fact. And based on the facts, the average annoyed SUSE user is allowed to make his speculations as to what the reasons for this chaos are...
I think he ( and I) would like to see KDE as the default, as it used to be, when Suse was a REAL distro ( and arguably, the best).
To address your previous assertion of the ximian mgmt having left, I think he was referring to the fence-crossers. They are still there and are converting everyone else.
I think you are either too stupid to know the truth or you know it and are trolling KDE boards. I have met RH developers ( I live in Raleigh, NC) - I know how they feel about KDE and what RH and other gnome proponents would like to do to KDE. I have already made up my mind - if Gnome is the sole desktop remaining on linux, I would rather use windows.
And I think that the guy behind "AC", "ac", "aac" and "Anonymous Coward" is in reality a developer of a with SUSE competing distribution...
who cares ? At this time, I wouldn't worry about competition among linux vendors - the opportunities are plenty and they haven't even scratched the surface.
I think that the problem with linux on desktop is that the US morons have banded together to push the $hitty gnome over KDE for years. Eventually gnome might become 'good enough' but OS-X and windows would have moved on. No customers are clamouring for gnome or even linux on desktop. The intertia and momentum heavily favours windows. Heck, even apple hasn't been able to capture a bigger slice of the desktop - do you think people give a $hit about gnome, or for that matter, KDE ?
There MIGHT have been a chance for linux if, 5 years ago, RH, Sun and others threw their resources to make KDE better. Perhaps, even buy QT and make it O.S. as they did with open office. But stupidity seems to reign rule among m$ competitors.
Would the comments be more plausible to you if they would have been posted as "Paris Hilton", "Linux Torvalds", "Albert Einstein" or so ;)? Wouldn't make any difference, because anybody can take on any name to post here, so you could consider taking the nick "AC" more honest... ;).
Apart from that I think your conspiracy theory is complete and utter nonsense. I'm trying very hard to image Redhat, Ubuntu, Debian and Mandriva software engineers spending their time at dot.kde.org in order to smash SUSE - but I just can't ;).
Another possibility is that the complaints here about the direction Novell is pushing SUSE conatin some grain of truth?!
As you say, anyone can pick the name they want and post with it... and obviously it is more honest a true AC that a false "Bill Gates"... so here I am... feeling the rechiest man in the world for a sec or two... BTW... I will take advantage of this opportunity and tell everybody a little secret... M$ (The company that I rule) sucks... we keep on top just because we have a LOOOOT of money, we pay hardware folks to make things as obscure as possible for you linux folks and to make almost impossible to get any piece of hardware working on Linux... And remember, we pay a GOOOODDD deal of money to Corel so they stop the development of CorelDRAW suite for linux!!!!
Jejeje, I RULE THE WORLD!!!!
PD: To probe my identity, I attach a photo of myself! :P
>> Maybe an Alpha then?
> Please troll elsewhere...
I'm not trolling at all. It's just a matter of logic. The guy's proof of non-beta was flawed. And please excuse my language and only mind the matter. Not all (bad) jokes are trolls.


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1The LORD answered Moses: See! I have made you a god to Pharaoh,a and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.* 2You will speak all that I command you. In turn, your brother Aaron will tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land. 3Yet I will make Pharaoh so headstrong that, despite the many signs and wonders that I work in the land of Egypt, 4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Therefore I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring my armies, my people the Israelites, out of the land of Egypt. 5All Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of their midst.
6This, then, is what Moses and Aaron did. They did exactly as the LORD had commanded them. 7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
The Staff Turned into a Serpent. 8The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: 9When Pharaoh demands of you, "Produce a sign or wonder," you will say to Aaron: "Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will turn into a serpent."b 10Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it turned into a serpent. 11Pharaoh, in turn, summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magiciansc of Egypt, did the same thing by their magic arts. 12Each one threw down his staff, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs. 13Pharaoh, however, hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the LORD had foretold.
First Plague: Water Turned into Blood.* 14Then the LORD said to Moses: Pharaoh is obstinate* in refusing to let the people go. 15In the morning, just when he sets out for the water, go to Pharaoh and present yourself by the bank of the Nile, holding in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.* 16Say to him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you with the message: Let my people go to serve me in the wilderness. But as yet you have not listened. 17Thus says the LORD: This is how you will know that I am the LORD. With the staff here in my hand, I will strike the water in the Nile and it will be changed into blood.d 18The fish in the Nile will die, and the Nile itself will stink so that the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.
19The LORD then spoke to Moses: Speak to Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—its streams, its canals, its ponds, and all its supplies of water—that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the wooden pails and stone jars.
20This, then, is what Moses and Aaron did, exactly as the LORD had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the waters in the Nile in full view of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water in the Nile was changed into blood. 21The fish in the Nile died, and the Nile itself stank so that the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt. 22But the Egyptian magicians did the same* by their magic arts. So Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said. 23Pharaoh turned away and went into his house, with no concern even for this. 24All the Egyptians had to dig round about the Nile for drinking water, since they could not drink any water from the Nile.
Second Plague: The Frogs. 25Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. 26Then the LORD said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and tell him:e Thus says the LORD: Let my people go to serve me. 27If you refuse to let them go, then I will send a plague of frogs over all your territory. 28The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up and enter into your palace and into your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your servants, too, and among your people, even into your ovens and your kneading bowls. 29The frogs will come up over you and your people and all your servants.
* [7:1] Prophet: Hebrew nabi, one who can legitimately speak for God and in God's name to another or others. Just as God spoke to Moses, so Moses will speak to Aaron, who will be a "prophet" to Pharaoh. Cf. 4:16.
* [7:14–12:30] After a brief preface (vv. 8–13) drawn from the Priestly source, a narrative depicting the series of ten disasters that God brings upon Pharaoh because of his stubbornness ensues. Although most of these disasters, known traditionally as the "ten plagues of Egypt," could be interpreted as naturally occurring phenomena, they are clearly represented by the biblical authors as extraordinary events indicative of God's intervention on behalf of Israel and as occurring exactly according to Moses' commands. See Ps 78:43–51 and 105:27–36 for poetic versions of these plagues, which also differ significantly from the account here.
* [7:14] Pharaoh is obstinate: lit., "Pharaoh's heart is heavy" (kabed); thus not precisely the same Hebrew idiom as found in vv. 13 and 22, "stubborn," lit., "Pharaoh's heart was hard(ened)" (hazaq) (cf. the related idiom with Pharaoh as the object, e.g., 4:21).
* [7:15] The staff that turned into a snake: the allusion is to 4:2–4 rather than 7:9–12. The latter comes from the hand of the Priestly writer and features Aaron—with his staff—as the principal actor.
* [7:22] The Egyptian magicians did the same: this is an exaggeration, presumably influenced by the similar statement in v. 11; whereas the magicians could turn their staffs into snakes after Aaron had done so, after Aaron's sign there should not have been any water in Egypt still unchanged to blood for the magicians "to do the same" with it (cf. v. 24).
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