Ada Palmer said that there is always a trade off between current cultural norms and historical authenticity. For example, in Renaissance times, bright or intensely dark dyes were a sign of wealth, so a 12 year old from a wealthy house would likely wear lots of deep, rich colors in her dresses. But these days we tend to think of, say, a burgundy dress as something for an older person, and we'd expect to see the 12 year old in a costume drama of the period to be in white or pastels. The bit about costume choices starts a little past halfway down, but I think it's all interesting. [link]
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Feb 25, 2020 3:28:28 pm PST #16736 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
DavidS - Feb 25, 2020 3:42:50 pm PST #16737 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but they were gone before I could examine what was inside!!
I can guarantee there was chopped olives because without olives THEN IT'S NOT A DAMN MUFFALETTA!
Jesse - Feb 25, 2020 4:25:23 pm PST #16738 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Agreed, obviously. There did seem to be olive salad left in the box.
DavidS - Feb 25, 2020 4:57:00 pm PST #16739 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There did seem to be olive salad left in the box.
Mmmmhmmm. Checks out.
-t - Feb 25, 2020 4:59:30 pm PST #16740 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm assuming they were too delicious to last long enough to be examined, so well done vegetarian Muffaletta making musician!
I had steak and popcorn for dinner. Not anyone's tradition, so far as I know, but kind of fitting. I need to throw some beans on the Instant Pot for breakfast now...
-t - Feb 25, 2020 5:15:54 pm PST #16741 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I did not think about how to manage making black-eyed peas for lunch when I was buying a ham hock. Oops.
Steph L. - Feb 25, 2020 5:17:32 pm PST #16742 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We had pancakes for dinner, since today is also Pancake Tuesday. (And because I am susceptible to people's pictures on Facebook of *their* pancake dinners.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2020 5:24:22 pm PST #16743 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The hoity-toity restaurant down the street had a special Mardi Gras menu tonight, and although I know their cabbage rolls and oysters are excellent I couldn't pass up the muffaletta burger. Turns out olive salad and salami works really well with a good beef patty.
-t - Feb 25, 2020 5:39:44 pm PST #16744 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds indulgent and interesting!
BTW, if anyone missed out on pancakes today, I believe that Sunday is Butter Sunday - more about blinis than pancakes, I suppose, but basically the same.
Beverly - Feb 25, 2020 6:26:23 pm PST #16745 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Supper tonight is going to be goldfish, a banana, a couple of satsumas, a handful of walnuts, and maybe a rice cake or two. Possibly string cheese.
We've had the not-flu--chills, can't get warm, digestive distress, aversion to food, sit-down-fall-asleep syndrome. Not fun. I'd watch nonstop episodes of The Repair Shop but I turn on the tv I'll just doze off. I don't even have the pleasure of missing school or work for this. Bah.