Silken mushrooms

Every year on January 11^th, to commemorate the death in 1874 of Gail Borden who developed condensed milk (to which he is addicted) Yvegeny Huxtable, noted pianist, holds a formal dinner party for eight people.  This year he has invited Felix and Frab, Samuel Quinine (owner-manager of Yifitsin Print Bookshop), Kugarita Zinfandel (daughter of Rabbi Oud Ramonides) who is writing a biography of Borden, Tabitha and Hedre, and Sister Veracitude – ex- Mother Superior of the Cruxicogentes Convent of Theodora. He is preparing an ethnic Lithuanian meal featuring three varieties of mushroom soup, and potato monstrosities called Cepelinai. The ritual involves all the participants giving an account of themselves whilst downing shots of iced vodka. He spends today preparing the soup.