So Julia Child is gone. I mourn. She was truly one of a kind.

Some of you may not know this, but she served in the O.S.S. during WWII. It’s true, so help me. She worked at one point with “Wild Bill" Donovon. Scheie told me years ago, and I researched it.

Frankly, I was skeptical. Perhaps that was because I had subconsciously associated French Chef with French Resistance. I immediately had a vivid image of Julia, wearing tweeds and sensible shoes, parachuting into occupied France. It was Southeast Asia, actually. And no parachutes.

Something that none of you know is that Eric Scheie, proprietor of this blog does an absolutely devastating impression of her. Seriously. But with an O.S.S. twist.

“A homemade Claymore mine…well it’s a lot like a casserole really, but you want to fill it with ball bearings and chain links if you can get them, mmpf, you can really use just anything that’s lying to hand. Broken bottles,mmm,…make it look quite nice.”

“With plastique you know, the texture, it’s like a dense bread dough, you can roll into different shapes, mold it into locks, and the smell is just Heavenly. I prefer the older C 3, but remember, you can't let it get too cold…”

There’s more I’m afraid, but it exceeds the bounds of good taste.

Bon Appetite!