Dody, if you were talking to me--it's pretty good, isn't it? My huggy fixed it, while I ran an errand. He said that once he started using the melon-baller, it was...er...a piece of cake, so to speak.

Now--Consuelo, obviously you lived long enough to make this post, so I am guessing that the sumac powder listed in your fatoosh recipe must not be the only sumac I know of, which is poison. In the restaurant, another customer asked what spice had been used in whatever she was eating, and I thought the guy said sumac; but I couldn't believe I'd heard correctly.