last night's chestnut soup was quite a success - for much of today i have been thinking of holding a dinner party incorporating small amounts of same along with hare a la royale. the funny thing is that at each dinner thought experiment the reason for the party, the guests and the location are all different. tonight i made a small daube of beef and thyme and had it for dinner with horseradish cream. it was, perhaps a little large and so i feel a bit full. the meat feast continues tomorrow when i am scheduled to be going to tayyabs with edmond. this is the time of the year when i had my first tayyabs induced vision and tomorrow i shall try and call forth further prophecy.