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Conger eel for Christmas, oe how an eccentric laird’s plans went horribly wrong amid a shower of blood

Joe Gibbs recounts a dinner party which he will never forget. And neither will you.

Before Christmas, a seasonal invitation blew in on the west wind from the Lovelorn Laird. It was a summons to a pow-wow in his mountain fastness on the 33rd of the month, a date that I felt was stretching the elasticity of time even for a West-Coaster.

The laird wanted to run past me the menu for an alternative Christmas lunch designed for the times we live in. The bird-flu hullabaloo,…

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