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THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIAH CAREY

Monday is many times my film/food day.  I'll get to the Mariah/cuisine part, but will start with a dream to which I awoke this morning that was unique in two aspects.   All this began last night when I began watching on Netflix  Something in the Rain , a Korean series starring Son Ye-Jin.  This was her return from a five year absence, and led to Crash Landing on You , which was rated 98 by Rotten Tomatoes.  Only scored 75 from Rotten Tomatoes , but has an appealing nature, where popular American songs are inserted to set the right mood.  Two in particular, Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette, and Save the Last Dance for Me by Bruce Willis were repeated numerous times.  I couldn't quite recognize the singer of the second song, and was astonished to later find that this was the Bruce Willis of all those action films. So anyway, I began viewing from around 7:45PM, and this series apparently has 16 episodes of 2 hours or more each.  To shorten my travail, I did not realize I was

BELMONT JEWEL and UFOs???

I've previously featured Mint Julep from the Kentucky Derby and Black-Eyed Susan from the Preakness Stakes.  Tomorrow is the final race of the Triple Crown.  The drink of the Belmont Stakes is the Belmont Jewel : 1.5 oz Woodford Reserve® 2 oz Lemonade 1 oz Pomegranate Juice Orange Zest Shake vigorously with ice and serve in a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a lemon. In case you didn't know, Grenadine is made from pomegranate juice, and is sometimes mentioned as the ingredient in this drink. Wait a minute, I searched further, and this source said that The Belmont Crown was the official drink: Peach Orange Ketel One Botanical Vodka Elderflower Grapefruit Sour Pressed Lemon Sparkling water What is elderflower?  Sure, it's a flower, but apparently it is also brewed into a kind of cordial, with or without alcohol.  But I went to other sources , and they all sided with the Belmont Jewel.  So I'll skip the Belmont Crown. What is the cuisine of the Belmont Stakes?  This is a