Lawrence R. (Dick) Tartow, M.D. wrote:
>
> Hate to carp (not really), but since I am as
interested in cooking as in
> murder mysteries, I would like to point out that one
does not hard boil
> something down, in cooking terms. In cooking one only
hard boils an
> egg. When one boils (or simmers) something to reduce
the volume of
> liquid and thus thicken it without adding cornstarch
or roux, one does
> not "hard boil it". And since "hard-boiled
detectives" are indifferent
> to violence, I really don't think that there are any
female hard-boiled
> types. Tough, unsentimental, yes. But "indifferent to
violence"? I
> think not.
>
> Of course, one might reasonably add, what difference
does it make? I
> don't think we want to discuss Miss Marple on this
list, or even Nero
> Wolfe, but I think that anyone who packs a gun (even
occasionally) and
> gets beat up on a fairly regular basis is fitting
fodder for this list.
>
> "Boiling the nonessentials away. For that reason, I
always include David
>
> Mamet and Fran Lebowitz. Terse. Stripped down
language and lifestyle."
> I must admit that I have thought of Mamet and
Lebowitz in many ways, but
> never as hardboiled..
>
> --
> Dick
>
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