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Eagerly, I clicked on an article in the SF Chronicle because it was entitled The Goal is a Lemon in Every Plot.

Only to realize, it was about planting lemon trees, literally. Disappointed.

In other news, fanfic slang seems to have taken over my cognitive functions. I need help. Send in the Marauders!

With the holidays approaching, I'd like to share a terrific, time-honored recipe guaranteed to make you the talk of the table.

Festive Keyboard Crud Stuffing

1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
1/3 cup margarine or butter
1 teaspooon poultry seasoning or ground sage
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
8 cups dry keyboard crud
1/2 to 3/4 cup chicken broth or water

Instructions:

For stuffing, in a medium saucepan cook celery and onion in margarine or butter until tender but not brown; remove from heat. Stir in poultry seasoning or sage, pepper, and salt. Place keyboard crud in a large mixing bowl; add onion mixture. Drizzle with enough broth or water to moisten, tossing lightly. Bake stuffing alongside turkey for 30-45 minutes or until heated through.

Tips:

1. If you're a light snacker at the computer, you may not be able to collect 8 full cups of keyboard crud  on Thanksgiving. You may need to collect it for a month or so before the big day. Don't forget to look to the office computers for extra crud. Store crud loosely covered at room temperature.

2. To keep the keyboard crud from being wasted, put your keyboard into a brown paper bag, and gently tap on the underside to loosen the best chunks of crud.

3. Depending upon what you've been eating at the computer, you may need to adjust your seasonings.

So, my daughter sent me this video yesterday. She frequently laments that she is a Ravenclaw trapped in a world (and a family) of Hufflepuffs, so this was pretty much in keeping.