Mark Thorson wrote:

> I've thought about approaching a restaurant to negotiate
> getting them to make my food my way, and in return I'd
> eat there every day. That might be a good idea, but I've
> never gone further than the thinking stage with it. The
> only advantage would be saving some of my time, and maybe
> I'd ask for foods I don't normally make because it's too
> much work, like deep-fried squid.

Deep fried squid isn't much work. Buy clean squids, pull out that
thingamagig that looks looks like a piece of clear plastic, slice them
in rings and let them soak in milk for a while. Then shake dry them dry
and toss them in mixture of 4 parts flour 1 part cornmeal and pop them
into the oil for two minutes.