The only times I've had goat was in Indian, and it was pretty cheap Indian buffet. It was OK, but nothing I'd order. I may have had a bite or two of lamb, but it didn't stick in my mind. I'd be willing to be persuaded.

And I like cheese, most all kinds except bleu. And I like stinky cheeses, I just can't get into bleu. I can go to town on the goat cheese all day long.

God, I've been sleeping weird. Up, down, up, down.

The best thing about escargot, aside from the butter, is the Paris restaurant scene in I Love Lucy.

I've come to like bleu cheese. I wouldn't stuff a whole hunk in my mouth, but I do like it on or in stuff. And one of the best meals I ever had was chicken with gorgonzola sauce, which I never thought I'd like.

I use ground lamb in my tomato meat sauce and meatballs whenever I can. I keep meaning to getting around to making lambburgers sometime.

I'm all for goat in Caribbean food. We had it for thanksgiving one year when my bestie wanted to make goat stew. We had to find a halal butcher way out in the burbs to get goat.

I'm not sure I've ever had lamb though. Not something I'd order for the heck of it, nor something my mom would make.

My mother's favorite Easter dinner is a cavalcade of stuff I don't like. Or at least, two things I'm not crazy about: lamb and ratatouille. At least I'm now willing to eat both of them.

It's especially sad for me because ham and asparagus are two of my favorites! And equally good for Easter dinner!

Theo, I left the hotel at 515, my flight was at 630.

Our flight is pretty damn early tomorrow, though not as early as yours. We need to leave the house by 6:15 at the latest.

Wait, what is the conventional wisdom on how early to arrive for a domestic flight? I've been assuming 2 hours (which is something I picked up post-September 11). Is that too much? I haven't flown in years, so have things gotten a little less crazy? Is 1 hour okay? 90 minutes?

I wouldn't stuff a whole hunk in my mouth

Oh, god, I would, and do. I regularly give thanks to whatever brave soul figured out that stuff was edible and delicious.

Lamb is the meat my mom is most likely to sample if I order it when we eat out together - she's generally pescatarian, never really liked beef and doesn't miss chicken, but lamb she's glad to get a bite of on occasion.

Speaking of cheeses, I have been meaning to ask the hivemind: what cheese goes best with bacon? I am on a big mini-quiche for breakfast kick and am kicking around some "standard" combinations of flavors to stock up my freezer with. Sausage and cheddar with a half coffee custard. Canadian bacon and hollandaise for quiche benedict. Bacon and blue cheese and a half bloody mary mix custard. But I want a more basic bacon and coffee quiche and I want cheese in it, but what kind?

Wait, what is the conventional wisdom on how early to arrive for a domestic flight? I've been assuming 2 hours (which is something I picked up post-September 11). Is that too much? I haven't flown in years, so have things gotten a little less crazy? Is 1 hour okay? 90 minutes?

I think it actually depends on the airport/airline, but I never plan for much more than an hour. (Like, the worst-case regular traffic scenario would get me there an hour ahead.)

I generally plan 1 hour normally, 90 minutes for extra big or pain in the ass airports (O'Hare, LaGuardia, cities with super-awful traffic), and 2 hours for dealing with customs or super-complicated baggage.

Swiss is good, also blue or Gorgonzola.