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I assume that recipes in the book were aimed at the fairly well off or did the spices 'trickle down' to the peasantry? Peasantry? No. Minor Lords and some of the richer Guild-heads? Yes. Besides the fancier feasts, which included a whole chicken "gilded" with saffron sitting atop a whole ...

I'd always wondered why **THE BOOK** of Medieval Cookery, was called "The Forme of Cury" TIL that "Cury" is a very old term for "Cooking". BTW: There's some GREAT Recipes in this book, and several translations with good modern redactions. Medieval Cooking is far more va...

More of what should be a War Crime from Russia -- Russian 'double-tap' hitting civilians then rescuers with airstrikes On the night of 3 April, a swarm of Russian drones attacked Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast. The country's second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start o...

That's his MO, with sources that are either located behind a paywall, do not support his position and in one case, actually undermines it . He once asked if he could be in the parting shots thread, I have the feeling he'll be the guest of honour. :mrgreen: If he asks again about Parting Shots he'll...

Do we take Sisko returning to years old, pretty laughable talking points as evidence that there's no positive news coming out of Russia? Ie this is what their 'you're interested in this, so you may like that' algorithm news feed is currently feeding them. I know for sure I'm getting tiny puff piece...

Solauren wrote: ↑2024-04-10 07:43pm Okay, that's GOT TO HURT

Broken jaw at least, or should be. Critical roll for damage

Zaune wrote: ↑2024-04-10 03:00pm What was even the point in that...?

Getting a 10-lead EKG done, mostly. The rest was just the basic checking of vitals.

TIL They have a way to hear a person's heart/lungs via Telemed. Not sure how loud it was for him but it worked.

TIL that even if they tell you "Your appointment is now TELEMED", they do NOT MEAN 'stay by your home phone, we'll call you there'. Oh no. I was supposed to go to Summersville like it was a REAL appointment, and see the PA while the doctor talked to us via phone app. Would have been VERY N...

Crazedwraith wrote: ↑2024-04-10 10:00am 1301 is up

Way to go V!

Sometimes, V has just the right spell at just the right time.

Ralin wrote: ↑2024-04-09 05:21am Man. Is someone suggesting that the Ukrainian population collectively wants to surrender to Russia as opposed to keep fighting? Because I feel like that is being implied but not said.

I feel like Sisko is being disingenious with his sources.

They found two scapegoats. "Hooray". What bullshit. It doesn't solve the problem(s) that led to this. Poland called the Israeli Ambassador in, so I guess they needed to finger someone quick to take the blame. Probably not going to help much, because I doubt they'll release the scapegoats ...

Finally, Ukraine has become a dictatorship run by Zelensky and his Military Junta, Ukrainians know this, and if they get unhappy enough with him they'll force him to flee to the West just like they drove out Viktor all those years ago so the war can end and Ukraine can get back to the business of n...

I trust an outsider's numbers to what we're hearing from Israeli sources. The damaged schools, religious sites, and especially the damaged hospitals are what makes my blood boil. Aren't those covered by Geneva? Aren't those supposed to be UnTouchable, and yet they've been #1 targets from the first, ...

World Central Kitchen halts operations after Israeli Strike kills staff International food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is suspending its operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in an Israeli air strike. Three of the killed aid workers were British citizens, WCK said. ...

Rather harsh, but hard to refute. What does Haiti produce besides cane sugar and rum? A completely unacceptable amount of telling white slavers to get fucked. Backed up with violence. Or are we just going to ignore the decades of post independence pariah state status they had to choke on? https://e...

I asked my brother his thoughts on the matter, as he'd been in Haiti in the late 80s. His comment was blunt -- LET IT BURN. "Haiti is nothing on the world scale, they produce nothing that isn't done more and better elsewhere. Let it burn and then afterwards go in and loot the body" Rather ...

Maybe the D.R should start shoring up their border defenses and patrols 'just in case' then. There was an article about DR denying entry to Haitian refugees, so they already may be upping patrols. I was never sure how the island was split and how porous the border actually is. I know there's offici...

TIL FFXIV is so popular fans can and will crash the online store attempting to log in and preorder the new expansion. I'll try to buy it next week. I've seen that before with other MMOs. With lots of very vocal people who demand to make their preorder that instant, even when waiting a few months wo...

The UN stepped in as a result of the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. This is no different conceptually. Do I expect anything to happen? Probably not. I don't remember the UN being much use during that 2004 mess. I could be wrong. Either way, I do not see the UN going in with "peacekeepers" in a...

Solauren wrote: ↑2024-03-27 01:03pm Well, shit.

You have a gang leader telling the Prime Minister to resign, and possibly be able to cause it to happen.

Haiti needs direct military intervention at this point.

From whom?
Dominican Republic?
USA?
NATO?

Who really wants to stick their foot into that wasp nest?

TIL FFXIV is so popular fans can and will crash the online store attempting to log in and preorder the new expansion.
I'll try to buy it next week.

Sounds like possible Endometriosis gone cancerous. I see a lot of speculation on line that Kate has a gynecological cancer. In reality we just don't know. Here is where I point out that the abdomen is chock-full of various organs and any of them could have started rebelling against the common good....

Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore MD struck by Container Ship and Collapses -- LIVE UPDATES Summary A bridge in the US city of Baltimore has entirely collapsed into the Patapsco River after being hit by a container ship Up to 20 people and several vehicles have fallen into the river, says Balti...