Pintle, gudgeon,
chock: Luis Jaramillo on the weird and wonderful jargon of the high seas. | Lit
Hub
How Judith Jones radically transformed American food writing. | Lit Hub Food Barn 8 author
Deb Olin Unferth shares five books popular in the Connally Unit maximum security prison,
from The Sellout to Their Eyes Were Watching God.
| Book Marks Costica Bradatan on
conspiracies and
meaning-making in the life of Umberto Eco. | Los Angeles Review of
Books Let us now praise the onion,
“singularly useful allium” and one of the Holy Trinity of vegetables. | Lit Hub Food https://lithub.com/ March 10, 2020
Books are
the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and
nations. The question is not what you
look at, but what you see. Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me
truth. The greatest compliment that was
ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my
answer. Henry David Thoreau American essayist, poet, and philosopher
(1817-1862) quotes reported by Flavia
Medrut https://www.goalcast.com/2018/09/05/henry-david-thoreau-quotes/
In wildness is the preservation of
the world. https://www.azquotes.com/author/14637-Henry_David_Thoreau/tag/conservation
nepotism noun : favoritism (as in appointment
to a job) based on kinship During his papacy from 1471-1484,
Sixtus IV granted many special favors to members of his family, in particular
his nephews. This practice of papal
favoritism was carried on by his successors, and in 1667 it was the subject of
Gregorio Leti's book Il
Nepotismo di Roma-titled in the English translation, The History of the Popes'
Nephews. Shortly after the
book's appearance, nepotism began
to be used in English for the showing of special favor or unfair preference to
any relative by someone in any position of power, be it ecclesiastical or
not. (The "nep-" spelling is
from nepote, a
17th-century variant of Italian nipote, meaning "nephew.") https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nepotism
The most
important thing to know about barley is that it comes in two basic forms: hulled and pearl. Hulled barley has had the tough, inedible
outermost hull removed but still retains its bran and endosperm layer. It is the most nutritious of the two and can
be considered a whole grain. A light
golden brown in color, it’s the nuttier and chewier version as well. Pearl barley has been polished to remove the
bran and possibly even the endosperm layers, resulting in a pale,
creamy-colored grain. It is less chewy
and cooks faster than the hulled variety, but has less fiber, is less
nutritious, and is not considered a whole grain. Combine
one cup hulled or pearl barley and three cups water or stock water in the
saucepan. Add a generous pinch of salt
if desired. Bring the water and barley
to a boil over high heat. Keep an eye on
the pot as barley will give off a lot of foam at first and can cause the pot to
boil over. When the barley has reached a
boil, lower the heat to a low simmer, cover, and continue to cook until the
barley is done. For pearl barley, start
checking at 25 minutes. For hulled
barley, start checking at 40 minutes.
The barley is done when it has tripled in volume and is soft yet
chewy. Add more water if the pan becomes
dry before the barley has finished cooking; check every 5 minutes until desired
chewiness is reached. When the barley is
done, it will have absorbed most of the water.
If there is a little water still left in the pot, just leave the barley
to sit for 10 minutes, covered, until it has all been absorbed. If there is a lot of water left, drain the
barley in a strainer over the sink. With
a fork, fluff the barley to separate the grains. Dana Velden https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-barley-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-198693 See also Mushroom Barley Soup at https://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/mushroom-barley-soup/
and Chicken Barley Soup at https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chicken-barley-soup/
The most common method is
to add barley grains straight to a broth or stew. Cooking this way, at a gentle simmer, takes
approximately 30 minutes. Another option
is to use pearl barley as a substitute for rice in a risotto--it has a similar
capacity for absorbing liquid and the cooking time will be roughly the same. If you want to add pearl barley to a soup or
stew but don’t want the barley to thicken it then cook it separately first in
water for 20-30 minutes and rinse before using.
The Apple from The Botany
of Desire by Michael Pollan * A land grant in the Northwest Territory
required a settler to “set out at least fifty apple or pear trees” as a
condition of his deed. * Europeans brought with them to the frontier a
kind of portable ecosystem—grasses, herbs, fruits and flowers. * In Geneva, New York, the Plant Genetic
Resources Unit maintains the world’s largest collection of apple trees, with
some 2,500 varieties. * A small seedling came up in Jesse Hiatt’s
orchard in Iowa—he named it the Hawkeye and mailed four of them to a contest in
Missouri. The Hawkeye received first
prize and was renamed the Delicious.
* In the forest around Alma-Ata,
Kazakhstan, the first wild apples were identified by Russian botanist Nikolai
Vavilov.
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country
largely located in Central Asia with
the most western parts of it being located in Eastern Europe. It is the world's largest landlocked country,
and the ninth largest country in the world,
with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). Kazakhstan
is the most dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating
60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources. Kazakhstan is officially a democratic,
secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. Kazakhstan
shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part
of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes
flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. Kazakhstan has an estimated 18.3 million
people as of 2018. Its population
density is among the lowest, at less than 6 people per square
kilometre (15 people per sq mi). The
capital is Nur-Sultan, formerly
known as Astana, where it was moved in 1997 from Almaty, the country's largest city. There are ten nature
reserves and ten national
parks in Kazakhstan that provide safe haven for many rare and
endangered plants and animals. Common
plants are Astragalus, Gagea, Allium, Carex and Oxytropis; endangered plant species
include native wild apple (Malus sieversii), wild grape (Vitis vinifera) and several wild tulip species
(e.g. Tulipa
greigii) and rare onion species Allium
karataviense, also Iris willmottiana and Tulipa
kaufmanniana. Common
mammals include the wolf, red fox, corsac fox, moose, argali (the largest species of
sheep), Eurasian lynx, Pallas's cat, and snow leopards, several of which are
protected. Kazakhstan's Red Book of
Protected Species lists 125 vertebrates including many birds and mammals, and
404 plants including fungi, algae and lichen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan
Gestures–usually
made with the hand, but in some notable cases with other parts of the body
entirely–form a symbolic, non-vocal language; a shorthand way of sending a
message without the need for words. Many
gestures we make today have a long history, and some are supposedly connected
with particular historical events. Here,
Robert Hume considers the history–both real and imagined–of six popular
gestures from the handshake to the high-five.
The handshake dates back at least as far as Ancient Greece. In the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, a funeral
stone from the 5th century BC depicts two soldiers shaking hands. The base of a column at the Acropolis Museum
in Athens, meanwhile, shows Hera [the wife and sister of Zeus in the Olympian
pantheon of Greek mythology and religion] shaking hands with Athena [the
goddess of wisdom, courage and inspiration in ancient Greek mythology and
religion]. By shaking hands, rather than
bowing or curtseying, both parties proved they were equals and that they felt
sufficiently comfortable in each other’s presence not to bring weapons. https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/a-brief-history-of-gestures-from-the-handshake-to-the-high-five/
Greetings without touching
to lessen possible transmission of infections:
wave the hands, smile, blink the eyes, tap the feet, bow, put hand on
heart, say words of welcome or recognition.
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 2238
March 11, 2020
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