From: Argrath@aol.com
Date: Wed 03 Aug 1994 - 04:58:57 EEST
John Strauss:
Oops, gotta flame you about hummingbirds. They do not live only on nectar. They get most of their protein from insects, so the "harming no one" bit goes right out. Also, they're belligerent little blighters. The one thing a hummer can't stand is to have another hummer at HIS feeder/flower/whatever. They dive bomb and body-slam each other. Hardly C.A. activity. I can't imagine that people who observed hummers, as most anyone in a pre-air conditioning society would, would think they're "nice" birds.
Well, folks, you've seen it all now: even a hummingbird flaming ;-)
Liked the evil twin Skippy, though.
Joe Lannom:
Jello, indeed. That's how the G.L.'s cut off the paths to Arkat's stead on the heroplane: they bulldozed the jello mold.
So what's the Winnie the Pooh bit?
Michelle:
Thanks for your Yelornans. What do they think of each other? I may be able to answer that myself:
"Stuck-up priss."
"Man wannabe."
Somebody asked about Soda.Berkeley. They're moving between buildings and will be down for a day or two more.
George Winter:
Did you see Harald's comments on "why Imtherian tricksters don't get lynched" a few weeks back? In short, there are several reasons, chief among them (at least in my mind) is that they're kin. "I remember Sam, he was the village idiot, and though it seemed a pity it was so. He loved to burn down houses just to watch them glow, but nothing could be done because he was the mayor's son." (Name that composer.)
I saw a comment on alt.rec.games.live-roleplaying or some such newsgroup to the effect that no one plays RQ because their characters' limbs got lopped off in the game. I'd say that was a lame excuse, but someone might say I was politically incorrect.
More stuff from Michael Jackson's beer book, since it touched at least five readers of this list:
Captain Cook made beer in New Zealand in 1769 from spruce tips.
Seefahrt Malz: unfermented, heavily-hopped black beer for sea journeys.
One recipe for beer soup: black beer, rye bread, lemon peel, sugar.
Another recipe for beer soup (it's not just for breakfast
anymore):
2 oz. butter (56 grams for you metric folks)
1/4 cup sifted flour (er, 1/16 liter?)
4 1/2 cups pilsner lager (1 1/8 liter?)
pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (what's a metric pinch?)
2 pinches of sugar
salt
freshly ground black pepper
2/3 cup creme fraiche (er, some fraction of a liter; can never
have too much creme fraiche)
4 slices French bread, toasted (baguette? recipe doesn't say)
snipped chives, to garnish (sounds a little frou-frou, if you ask
me)
Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed pot over gentle heat. Stir
in the flour, beating vigorously with a wooden spoon. (In other
words, make a roux. MJ doesn't say whether it should be a light
roux or a dark roux.)
Pour in the beer, holding the bottle at an angle to prevent it
from frothing, and stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Add the
nutmeg, sugar, salt, and pepper. Simmer gently for 20 minutes,
stirring occasionally.
Just before serving, whisk in the creme fraiche. Put a slice of
toasted French bread into each bowl and pour the soup over the
bread. Sprinkle with snipped chives.
Variation 1: use rye beer, cinnamon instead of nutmeg, and 1-2
tablespoons of sugar.
Variation 2: saute onions and garlic in butter, then add the beer
and spices; serve without cream, but with grated cheese
(parmesan? aged gouda?).
Variation 3: saute onion, carrot and celery, sprinkle with flour,
simmer with light cream and beer. Lots of grated cheese
(cheddar?). Mix a little hot soup with a beaten egg, then add
the mixture back to the pot.
Gloranthans wouldn't have stick celery, which was uncommon until the 20th c. in our world and is still uncommon (I hear) in Europe; maybe celery root or seed. Cinnamon and nutmeg only in port cities (no Crusades to give the upper classes a taste for spices).
Now there's something exotic and down-home at the same time. Just like Glorantha.
Re: copyright and fair use doctrine
The answer to whether photocopying published materials is "fair use" is: probably not. Some Chaosium materials specifically say "permission to photocopy for personal use." Otherwise, do so at your own risk. Or at least wear an eye patch and go "Arr, matey. Kiss the black spot."
The recipe above doesn't count a) because the person I stole it from stole it from somewhere else and b) because I changed it slightly, and that is a common thing with recipes. (Cookbooks often draw criticism, but rarely if ever litigation, for plagiarism.)
--Martin
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