Having reached this conclusion, he had proceeded to woo Perry, flatter him — pretend, for example, that he believed all the buried-treasure stuff and shared his beachcomber yearnings and seaport longings, none of which appealed to Dick, who wanted "a regular life," with a business of his own, a house, a horse to ride, a new car, and "plenty of blond chicken".
For a princely centerpiece, Uncle Zhou also prepares taosibao, or "four treasures": stuffed boned quail inside squab inside chicken inside duck ($225, with two days' notice).
But just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the Toy of Choice — akin to a treasured stuffed animal — for many 1-, 2- and 3-year-olds.
I went to the market and picked out a dozen clucking chickens and quacking ducks, which I later stuffed with a Chinese eight-treasure stuffing (glutinous rice, dried shrimps, lotus seeds) and roasted in the ovens of the university canteen.
As for treasures, stuffed furry friends are a must.
Throughout each area there are randomly placed treasure chests stuffed with loot, either cash in the form of Glimmers which can be used to buy items and upgrades, or natural resources known as Engrams.
When Tim Eaton, a lobsterman, unloaded his haul at the Greenhead Lobster docks on Thursday, his boat looked like a pile of treasure chests stuffed with large gems — orangy-black crustaceans glistening in seawater and squirming on top of one another, their claws banded.
Apparently aware of the public relations impact of his all-too-brusque reply, he hastened to add that as a child he treasured a stuffed panda.
"It is unbelievable what a vast treasure house of stuff this library has collected," Mr. Seibel said.
Dan and his successors found virtue in the section's weekliness, which allowed time to discover "buried treasure — the interesting stuff on the minds of writers and editors that could be drawn out and developed only in the course of relatively leisurely conversations".
I was successful and found a shop off the beaten path with a treasure trove of stuff, including a Roberto Cavalli jacket from the '80s.
