The hazelnut, also known as the filbert, is a type of nut that comes from the Corylus tree.  It is mostly cultivated in Turkey, Italy, Spain and the United States.  Hazelnuts have a sweet flavor and can be eaten raw, roasted or ground into a paste.  Like other nuts, hazelnuts are rich in nutrients and have a high content of protein, fats, vitamins and minerals.  Find seven evidence-based health benefits of hazelnuts at https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/hazelnut-benefits

The trend in contemporary American writing and speech seems to be not to omit needless words, but to add words needlessly.  existential crisis – used for crisis.  elephant in the living room – used for elephant in the room.  sea change – used for change.  tectonic shift – used for shift.  underlying problem – used for problem.  thick as thieves – used for thick .  Christopher Daly  https://thebettereditor.wordpress.com/2019/09/30/when-words-are-too-much-of-a-good-thing/



In her new book The Pig: Tales and Recipes from the Kitchen Garden and Beyond , Robin Hutson wraps puff pastry around sausage that is laced with shallots, garlic, chives and fresh savory or thyme.  She pipes the mixture atop the puff pastry, but we had good luck simply rolling the mixture into logs and wrapping them up with the pastry.  Don’t forget the final sprinkling of crushed fennel seed.  serves 2  https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/savory-sausage-rolls


The human chain stretched all the way across Andrews Park in Norman, Oklahoma, snaking between picnic tables and pavilions, past a kickball game, over two roads and across a parking lot.  The chain ended on both sides in libraries, one old and one new.  In between were the people who had loved the old library, some for decades, and people who were ready to welcome the new one. The chain was a book brigade, a line of people passing books from the old Norman Public Library Central to the new Norman Central just across the park.  The brigade showed out several hundred strong, forming a line across Andrews Park to move the Norman Central folk tale collection.  The book brigade offered Norman residents a chance to peek inside the new library before its grand opening, allowing them to ceremonially shelve one of the books they’d helped transport.  While the library could have moved the books in a more traditional way, the book brigade offered Pioneer Library System a way to get the community involved and invested, said Tara McCleod, the children’s services manager at Norman Central.  Blanchard and McCloud libraries have hosted book brigades before, McCleod said, so the event was already established within the Pioneer system.  The brigade brought out library lovers young and old, many with decades of Norman library memories and many wearing Halloween costumes.  Toddlers and grandparents alike passed along beloved books, commenting on personal favorites along the way.  Emma Keith  https://www.normantranscript.com/news/residents-make-human-chain-to-pass-books-from-old-public/article_b86ac1d2-f93b-11e9-a3a1-5f16e955a9e8.html

A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg 

thinko  (THING-koh)  noun  A careless error in thinking.  From think, formed on the pattern of typo (typographical error).  Earliest documented use: 1990s.

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From:  Judson Stailey   When I was a grad student at MIT in the mid 1970s, one of my professors handed out copies of a paper he had published some time earlier.  I won’t go into detail on the subject matter, but it was filled with equations, some of which had pencil annotations correcting errors that had slipped through before publication.  He offered a reward to anyone who could find other errors in the equations.  As I was reading through the text, I found an error where he had reversed a consequence of some phenomenon (e.g., if X happens storm gets stronger; if Y happens it gets weaker).  When I pointed out the error, I respectfully suggested that it was a typo.  He responded, “No, that was more of a thinko,” pausing before “thinko” to come up with the right word.  I think he coined it on the spot to contrast to my reference to the error as a typo.  This occurred in late 1976 or early 1977, and the professor was Dr. Fred Sanders, who taught synoptic meteorology and was one of the giants in meteorology at the time.  It was a privilege learning from him.

Adzuki beans are small, red beans that originated in China.  These legumes (also called aduki or azuki beans) are most often enjoyed boiled with sugar and mashed into a sweet red bean paste that is used as a filling in many popular Asian desserts, including ice cream.  The nutty flavor of adzukis is equally delicious in savory applications:  Festival Rice from Japan combines adzuki with rice, which receives a pleasant pink tint from the beans.  Like many other beans, adzukis are a good source of magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese and B vitamins.  Also of note is the adzuki’s status as the “weight loss bean,” since they are so low in calories and fat, yet high in nutrition. 

Cooking time:  45-60 minutes  Liquid per cup of legume:  4 cups  How to cook adzuki beans:  Soak 1-2 hours.  Drain water and replace with fresh, cold water for cooking.  Place on stove and bring to a boil in a pot with a lid.  Once boiling, reduce to a simmer, tilting the lid slightly to allow steam to escape, and leave to cook for up to an hour, or until tender.  Link to recipe for vegetarian chili at https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/cooking-cookware/cooking-with-adzuki-beans/   See also Brown Rice and Adzuki Bean Bowls at https://www.loveandlemons.com/adzuki-bean-bowls/ and Adzuki Beans Are The Cheap, Protein-Packed Ingredient You Should Try--They're perfect for vegetarians and protein fans sick of chickpeas and black beans at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adzuki-beans_l_5da73442e4b002e33e78a9d8?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

Gallivant is a fine word, which hints of galloping about in frolicsome high spirits.  The Oxford English Dictionary’s definition, written in an earlier age, suggests it means “to gad about in a showy fashion”.  Its origin in an old and obsolete German word gadling for a vagabond points to its disreputable nature.  Gallivanting is much like gadding about, though ideally you should adopt a more ostentatious or indiscreet demeanour.  Its antecedents are rather less clear: the experts wave vaguely in the direction of gallant, meaning a dashing man of fashion, a fine gentleman, or a man who pays special attention to women.  That’s from the Old French galant, from galer, to make merry.

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WHAT'S IN A NAME  Muzak is named for music and Kodak.  https://www.historylink.org/File/10072  Victrola:  Victor was a common name used on all sorts of products from farm equipment to household goods.  Victrola was an amalgamation of Victor and the ola from Pianola, suggesting a musical instrument, with the ola meaning . . .  meaning what?   Well, nobody can be sure.  An Associated Press dispatch about recording industry bribery to radio stations is illustrative.  The writer notes that the practice is known a payola, "a combination of pay and Victrola."  Find theories on meaning of ola at https://www.intertique.com/WhoPutTheOla.htm



One of MLB history’s most improbable championship runs ended October 30, 2019 the only way it could—with an indestructible, indomitable Washington Nationals squad celebrating on the road after its World Series-clinching 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 7.  It was Washington’s fourth win in Houston during the Fall Classic, making the Nats the first major men’s pro team to win four road games in any best-of-seven playoff series.  And that only scratches the surface of just how remarkable the Nats’ run has been.  At almost every stage of the season and playoffs, they had to grind against ridiculously long odds.  We’ve written before about Washington’s early-season struggles, but it’s impossible to overstate how resilient the team was in digging out of a 19-31 hole in the standings on May 23.  The Nats were 12 games below .500—the second-deepest pit any World Series winner has ever climbed out of, trailing only the 1914 Boston Braves (who went 12-28 to start their championship season):  Neal Paine  https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-nationals-wouldnt-say-die/?addata=espn:mlb:teams



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