Recipe blogging! (Many thanks to Aditee who first introduced us to this lovely dish.)

Kheera Ka Raita (Cucumber in Spiced Yogurt)

• 2 large cucumbers, peeled, finely grated
  
• 1 green chile, finely chopped
  
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped cilantro leaves, plus a sprig of cilantro for garnish
  
• 4 teaspoons sugar
  
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 cup plain yogurt

Remove excess juice from cucumbers by straining through vegetable strainer or use your hands as strainer. Set aside.

In medium bowl, mix green chile, cilantro, sugar and salt with yogurt. Add cucumber and mix well. Garnish with fresh sprig of cilantro leaves. Serve chilled. Makes 1 1/2 cups or enough for 4 to 5 servings.

Note: Fat-free yogurt can be substituted for plain yogurt. Artificial sweetener can also be substituted for sugar, if needed.

RE: previous post. Actually, we can't run a logit. What I'm sure is due to secrecy laws, CNN is not allowing us to see the actual records. But we could conjecture one, which would be just as fun.

Labor economists have taken over the CNN Primary Exit Poll pages. Check out the big MO. Now everyone can run a logit. We're not just inv(X'X)X'Y anymore!

Also, if you're following the numbers as a time trend/VAR-cum-VMA, I highly recommend the following Matlab commands to help you deal with all of the lagnomial nastiness: this and that.

That presidential futures market is one unpredictable... market.

Frontline consistently delivers superlative television quality. Now they direct me toward this (fake) presidential futures market.

This is such a lovely, innovative, and satisfying idea of late. It pained me greatly when public backlash stoped DARPA's terrorism futures market.

However, the University of Iowa seems to operate something with real money. After yesterday's poker performance, I'm not about to start trading.