Alphabet Dinners: CH?

This week's alphabet dinner raised a number of questions. Below we attempt to provide some answers:

1. Is CH really a letter?
In 1994, the Spanish Royal Academy downgraded "ch" from a distinct letter of the Spanish alphabet to a diagraph (a pair of characters used to write one phoneme). We at Alphabet Dinners -- in collaboration with Mexico's most famous superhero, El Chapulin Colorado -- have chosen to boycott this decision.

2. Who is the Chalupa Champion?
Dan. (That's why you'll see him drinking Chopper ale from a chalice.) Dan upped the ante once again with an appetizer of chopped chicken and cheddar cheese chalupas with chard chiffonade. Not only were they chock full of CH, they were so cherished that the last one was almost stolen from Lawrence's doggie bag.

3. Where were Lawrence and Abby?
Lawrence was working late and Abby was getting oriented as a new Taproot volunteer. Both were greatly missed.

4. What had better be the best cheese you ever ate?
Ashleigh and Preston's choice cheddar with salmon...though chabis chevre wasn't too shabby.

5. What is the difference between soup, stew, chowder and bisque?
Not much. And we're prepared to exploit any and all food ambiguities for our alphabetical benefit. We ate a stew-like chickpea chicken and chorizo chowder with chilis and cheese this week.

6. Why were we eating by candlelight?
Because Kuhrt installed a TED electricity monitor at our house and we now know that it takes 0.38KW to see our food.

7. What can you put in a garbage disposal?
It depends on which expert you ask. Preston says nothing; Ashleigh says everything; Kuhrt says no potato peels but lots of ice; and TED says takes 0.41KW to run the garbage disposal.

8. What happens when Steve picks out music beginning with CH?
You segue straight from Chopin into The Chronic.

9. What's the point of these Alphabet Dinners?
To have fun and eat well. Other than that, anything goes. Laborious homemade experiments are perfect, especially if made by the unemployed. Delicious supermarket cheeses are perfect, especially when the chosen portion of the wheel is printed with the Letter of Honor. Beautiful bought desserts are perfect, especially if someone had to read the stimulus bill and give a presentation on it the day they returned from vacation. Anything baked on a yacht is perfect.

10. Can Kristen fit as many CHs into her blog post as Abby did C's?
Not a chance.