Vinegar Pie A cousin to chess and pecan pie fillings (minus the nuts), this pie is
made from humble, on-hand ingredients.
For a gluten-free dessert, transfer the filling to a store-bought
gluten-free crust. The recipe is based on one included in an old Grange
cookbook. The Grange, a farmers
fraternal association organized in 1867, is still active today. Marlene Parrish Find recipe at https://www.post-gazette.com/life/recipes/2018/07/02/vinegar-pie-recipe-southern-amish/stories/201807020015
The P.E.O. Sisterhood (Philanthropic
Educational Organization) is a U.S.-based international women's organization of about 230,000 members, with a primary focus
on providing educational opportunities for female students worldwide. The Sisterhood is headquartered in Des
Moines, Iowa, with chapters throughout the United States and
Canada. Among other projects, it owns
and supports Cottey College, an independent college for women in Nevada,
Missouri. The Sisterhood was founded on January
21, 1869, as a seven-member sorority at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
It was the second sorority to be founded
in the U.S., after I. C. Sorosis (now known as Pi Beta Phi) in Monmouth, Illinois in
April 1867. The organization was originally rooted in the philosophy and
institutions of the Methodist Church, which
actively promoted women's rights and education in America during the 19th
century. Further chapters were founded,
and in 1883 local chapters of the P.E.O. founded a "Supreme Chapter"
to coordinate the Sisterhood on a national level. The first International
chapter (i.e. outside the United States) was established in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1911. For much of its history, the meaning of
"P.E.O." in the organization's name was a closely guarded secret and
was never made public. In 1924, it was said that "These letters are
'mystic'. None save the initiated know
their meaning." The organization's avoidance of publicity, and the
secrecy of its name, caused it to be regarded as a "secret society". In 2005, the Sisterhood unveiled a new logo
and an "It's OK to Talk About P.E.O." campaign, which sought to raise
the public profile of the organization while nonetheless maintaining its
traditions of secrecy. In 2008, it revised
its website to indicate that "P.E.O." now publicly stands for
"Philanthropic Educational Organization". However, the Sisterhood acknowledges that
"P.E.O." originally had a different meaning that continues to be
"reserved for members only", and so the public meaning is not the
only one. Sources outside of P.E.O. have
suggested that the secret meaning is "Protect Each Other". Membership in P.E.O. is by invitation but is
not secret. Meetings for members are,
however, highly guarded, and a secret password must be used to prove
membership. They are opened with prayers
and with inspirational readings chosen by members, but P.E.O. meetings and
activities do not reference, require or promote any particular religion or
religious practice, except for a belief in God. Meetings
follow a structured agenda, but do not involve religious rites, and do not meet
any formal definition of "ritualistic". At her initiation, every member receives a
P.E.O. emblem, a five-pointed star. Members
are encouraged to wear their emblems on January 21, Founders' Day. The
emblem is lent to the individual for as long as she remains an active member of
a chapter. On her death, it may be buried
with her if she has requested this in writing: otherwise, it is to be returned to her chapter
or to the P.E.O. Executive. The P.E.O. official flower
is the marguerite daisy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.E.O._Sisterhood Thank you, Muse reader!
A fortified wine is a delicious, viscous wine-based sipping treat that
is often enjoyed as a drink before or after dinner. The most common types
of fortified wines are Madeira, Marsala, port, sherry, and
vermouth. These still wines have been "fortified" with a distilled spirit
such as brandy. The original use of
fortification was to preserve the wine, as casks of wine were prone to turn to
vinegar during long sea voyages. The
spirit added might also enhance the wine's natural flavors. The liquor is added to the base wine during
fermentation. This fortifying of the
wine brings the average alcohol content up to around 17 to 20 percent alcohol
by volume. Fortified wines can be made
in either a dry or a sweet style. The
middle-ground of medium-sweet or medium-dry is covered in virtually all of the
fortified wine categories and they will vary from one producer to the next. Since fortified wines vary by style, it's
difficult to give general guidelines about storing and serving. While it is best to look into the
recommendations for a particular type, there are a few suggestions you can keep
in mind. Unopened bottles of fortified
wine can be stored in a cool, dark location. Some, such as fino and manzanilla sherry,
should not sit on the shelf long after bottling. Others will be okay for a few months. With a few exceptions, you can think of the shelf life of most fortified wine as
falling in between that of wine and liquor.
Once opened, it is best to drink fortified wines as soon as possible. However, vermouth can retain its flavor for up
to three months. All open bottles of
fortified wine should be stored upright in the refrigerator. Stacy Slinkard https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-a-fortified-wine-3510908
Sherry is a fortified wine made from white grapes that
are grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain. Sherry is produced in a variety of styles
made primarily from the Palomino grape, ranging from light
versions similar to white table wines, such as Manzanilla and Fino,
to darker and heavier versions that have been allowed to oxidise as
they age in barrel, such as Amontillado and Oloroso.
Sweet dessert wines are
also made from Pedro Ximénez or Moscatel grapes, and are sometimes
blended with Palomino-based sherries.
The word "Sherry" is an anglicisation of Xeres (Jerez). Sherry was previously known as sack, from the Spanish saca, meaning
"extraction" from the solera. In Europe, "Sherry" has protected
designation of origin status, and under Spanish law, all wine labelled as
"Sherry" must legally come from the Sherry Triangle, an area in the province
of Cádiz between
Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda,
and El Puerto de Santa
María. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry
Essay by Richard Hildreth Aelita abides. Rarely seen, it’s a silent film known mostly
from photos featuring oddly-garbed women posing amid disorienting geometric
shapes. Foreign distributors saddled it
with the embarrassing subtitles “Queen of Mars” or “Revolt of the Robots.” In 1929, Aelita was described by the
New York Times as “far more interesting to read about than to gaze upon.” Faint praise from later generations added to
the film’s burial mound that was first formed by Soviet critics like Anatoli
Goldobin, who wrote in 1925: “The
much-talked-about Aelita was received by worker audiences in the
provinces with considerable doubt as to its usefulness.” By 1948, the film had taken on chimerical
characteristics. British filmmaker and critic Thorold Dickinson wrote, “It
would be interesting to meet someone who has actually seen Aelita.” This neglect belies the film’s popularity with
Soviet filmgoers, its influence over the look of future science fiction films,
and its psychological storyline, which resonates in films noir and in the work
of filmmakers as diverse as Andrei Tarkovsky, Alfred Hitchcock, and David
Lynch. Musician Dennis James, hoping to
spark a revival for Aelita in 1992, told the San Francisco Chronicle
that the film is “a picture window into Soviet society when Utopian goals were
considered positive things.” James then
premiered a new score featuring the organ and the first electronic musical
instrument, the theremin, created in 1920 by Russian inventor Lev Sergeivich
Termen. Some 86 years after its initial
release, Aelita still waits to be acknowledged for its importance in cinema
history. The film’s script is based on a
1923 novella by Aleksey N. Tolstoy, a distant cousin of War and Peace author
Leo Tolstoy. While both stories are set
after the Bolshevik Revolution, the film, unlike the novel, is primarily
concerned with the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), which caused famine and
displacements. The collapsed economy led
revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin in 1921 to establish the New Economic
Policy (NEP), a capitalist mini-economy within the Communist state. Relaxed state control of some industries
created a profit incentive, freeing hoarded capital and boosting living
standards, but also encouraging graft and corruption. http://www.silentfilm.org/archive/aelita-queen-of-mars-1924 Guitarist Marc Ribot will perform during Aelita: Queen of Mars (1 hour, 30 minutes) at Toledo
Museum of Art Peristyle Theatre, 2445 Monroe Street on Thursday, February 6,
2020 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 for
members, $7 for nonmembers and $4 for students and military. https://www.toledo.com/events/concerts-live-music/2020/02/06/marc-ribot-at-toledo-museum-of-art/
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the 2017 debut novel of Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the
2017 Costa Debut Novel Award. The novel focuses on 29-year-old Eleanor
Oliphant, a social misfit who becomes enamoured of a singer she sees performing
named Johnnie Lomond, whom she believes she is destined to be with. It deals with themes of isolation and
loneliness. In May 2017 the film rights
were optioned by Reese Witherspoon's
company Hello Sunshine; and
in December 2018 it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would
also be involved in the production.
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January 22, 2020
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