asterisk 7mo ago • 100%
Spinney is a nice word for a smallish gathering of trees, alongside copse, coppice, etc. I'm not aware of a term for one specifically in an open field, though.
asterisk 10mo ago • 100%
Apart from the hole, that could be chicken on a raft, an old Royal Navy dish.
asterisk 10mo ago • 100%
I haven't tried it myself yet, but you can get yeast improvers , a powdered 'mother yeast' that claims similar results to sourdough.
I have a starter in the fridge that I only use once every two or three weeks, and have not had any mould problems; perhaps you just have to be only a little less lazy to keep a viable one, and feed on that sort of a schedule?
I agree though, that making sourdough bread can be a nuisance time-management-wise until you find some sort of rhythm that suits you.
While living in Southampton and working at a local newspaper, photographer Rachel Adams, to her delight, discovered a new generation of Morris dancers performing at pubs, events and festivals. The fresh choreographed figures jumping up and down to music, clad in costumes covered in bells, and waving handkerchiefs and bashing sticks sparked her curiosity. She wanted to know more about what these young people found so intriguing about this English folk tradition, which usually has a bad reputation.
asterisk 12mo ago • 100%
I can't go on. I'll go on.
(Samuel Beckett)
asterisk 12mo ago • 100%
I think it's a very good idea, and I can't see any obvious disadvantages except, perhaps, the loss of posting and comment history from the currently existing communities.
Maybe also consider merging !foodporn@lemmy.world ? That one seems to be quite general too, and posts often become discussions of how to cook the showcased dish (plus I really dislike the name of the community).
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
I don't think I've come across that before, but I'd say it depends on what is meant:
- I don't know what that thing is.
- There is a thing, but I don't know what it is.
- There is a thing such that I don't know what it is. I.e., I do not know what all things are.
There may well be some other ones, but I don't know what they might be.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
I use emacs's org-mode for most recipes and notes, some written out, some links to web pages.
As well as that, I have a piece of paper stuck inside a cupboard door with ingredient ratios for things such as pastry, béchamel, vinaigrette, etc.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
I very much enjoy the extraordinary nexus of art, science, technology, and technique afforded by cooking. And how this all occasionally comes together into something delicious and beautiful.
But what I really enjoy most of all is feeding my family and friends, and seeing the happiness it brings, if that doesn't seem too twee.
I also can not abide washing up, so I enjoy the division of labour where I cook and someone else does the dishes.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
Yes, it is a famously polarizing taste, but a small amount in something hefty like a ragout adds umami without adding too much of the marmite flavour. I'm vegetarian, and find it's really handy for adding meatiness to such things.
If you try it and like it, do try marmite spaghetti.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
Miso, Marmite, MSG, and Maggi are all good.
Not all at once, though.
asterisk 1y ago • 85%
I have a Xerox colour laser printer that I'm very happy with: accepts off-brand toner, speaks postscript, good quality printing, no problems at all. I've also been very happy with Brother laser printers in the past.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature by C C Bombaugh, one of my favourite reads, feels like it might be an obscure book.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
Swot is a venerable and frequently used word, derived from the word sweat. Neek is what's current with my children's generation (South London): it's a portmanteau of nerd and geek, apparently. Spod may well be regionally and temporally specific, as it's what I used to be called in SW England in the 1980s.
asterisk 1y ago • 97%
These kinds of insults definitely exist here in the UK too, e.g., swot, spod, as well as geek, neek, nerd, etc. I don't think these are imported from the US, as they've been around for a long time. Perhaps a manifestation of anglo-saxon anti-intellectualism?
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
It reminds me of Vermeer's Milkmaid. Not Renaissance either, but a beautiful photograph never the less. Accidental Baroque?
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
A red Majohn A1 with a Pilot VP stub nib in place of the standard EF nib, Lamy Peridot ink.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
That's interesting. I wonder why we're getting different results.
Different versions of xetex, perhaps? I'm using
XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/Debian) (preloaded format=xelatex)
A little out of date, as I haven't got around to updating my Debian yet.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
Did you try my minimal example? I don't use xelatex, but I've just tried running it on my example code and the output is the same as with pdflatex.
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
Isn’t that what you get if you use the ’ character for apostrophes? For example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
My apostrophe's curly. Or is it?
\end{document}
asterisk 1y ago • 100%
Isn't that what you get if you use the ' character for apostrophes? For example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
My apostrophe's curly. Or is it?
\end{document}