Sealing wax drippings can resemble both blood and hair.

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In Robert St. John's entertaining Deep South Parties, there are a number of denominationally themed punches. The ingredients:

- Presbyterian Punch: lemonade, pineapple juice, ginger ale
- Episcopalian Punch: 1/5 bourbon, 1/5 brandy, 1/5 sherry, 1/5 sparkling red wine, juice of 12 fresh lemons, 2 c. sugar, 1/5 soda water
- Catholic Punch: burgundy, gin, ginger ale, sugar, lemon juice
- Baptist Punch: cranberry juice, apple cider, pineapple juice, orange juice, lemon juice, ginger ale
- Mrs. Lampkin's Methodist Punch: pineapple juice, lime gelatin mix, sugar, lemon juice, almond extract


(I don't expect to be assembling any of these anytime soon. Sweet potato brownies, on the other hand...)

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I'm going to try to catch Ellingtown at the library later today. From Hentoff's At the Jazz Band Ball:

And on the bandstand, Duke's musicians weren't just reading scores -- even though their own names were on them. When a newcomer to the band asked Duke one night what he should play in a solo on a piece that night, Duke said, "Listen, sweetie. Listen!"