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Vegemite – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vegemite – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vegemite is a dark brown, salty food paste made from yeast extract, used mainly as a spread on sandwiches and toast, as well as a filling of pastries like Cheesymite scroll, in Australia and New Zealand. It is similar to British Marmite and Swiss Cenovis.
Vegemite is made from leftover brewers’ yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacture, and various vegetable and spice additives. The taste may be described as salty, slightly bitter, and malty – somewhat similar to the taste of beef bouillon. The texture is smooth and sticky, much like peanut butter. It is not as intensely flavoured as its British counterpart Marmite and is also less sweet.
Vegemite is popular with many Australians and New Zealanders, who often comically described it as their “national food.” Nevertheless, Vegemite is an Australian cultural icon and can be found in various shops around the world, particularly where there are large populations of Australian expatriates. It has not been successfully marketed in other countries.
Vegemite was invented in 1923 by food technologist Dr. Cyril P. Callister when his employer, the Australian company Fred Walker & Co, tasked him with developing a spread from brewer’s yeast, following the disruption of supplies of imported yeast spreads after World War I. Vegemite was registered as a trade mark in Australia that same year. The registration was later transferred to Kraft Foods, a U.S. multinational, which has maintained an interest in Vegemite since the 1920s.
Irish bog psalter – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An early medieval Christian psalter (prayer book) was discovered in a bog in July 2006, in the townland of Faddan More in north County Tipperary, Ireland. It is estimated to have been in the bog for between 1,000 and 1,200 years, but the book itself has yet to be formally identified, named or dated by Irish archaeological authorities. This discovery was hailed by the National Museum of Ireland as one of the most significant Irish archaeological finds in decades. An expert who was called in to advise on the discovery said that he believes the psalter is the first discovery of an Irish early medieval manuscript in two centuries.
The book is written in Latin on vellum pages and extensive fragments have survived. Large illuminated initials, typical of Insular art, are visible at the corners. Early research shows that the approximately 20 recovered pages are rectangular sheets, folded in the centre, with a wraparound vellum or leather cover (like “a very thick wallet in appearance”. It does not have a modern binding. It is believed to have been made by monks in the scriptorium of an Irish Celtic monastery. Low oxygen levels in the bog provide unusual preservation conditions, and bogs were often used by Irish monks as hiding places for valuables in the face of Viking raids. In addition to low oxygen levels, sphagnum moss, of which the peat bog is composed, produces an antibiotic substance called sphagnan that binds with proteins on the surface of microorganisims, immobilizing them. Its highly reactive carbonyl groups can alter chemicals and nutrients that would otherwise decompose organic matter. And above all the sphagnum moss causes organic material to undergo chemical changes itself that make it impervious to rot.
Vellum – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vellum (from the Old French Vélin, for “calfskin”) is a sort of parchment, a material for the pages of a book or codex, characterized by its thin, smooth, durable properties. Strictly speaking, vellum should only be made from calf-skin, but the term early on was used for the best quality of parchment regardless of the animal from which the skin came. There is also modern imitation “vellum” made out of cotton, although a small amount of true vellum is still made. The term can also refer to a manuscript or book written on such material.
Vellum was originally a translucent or opaque material produced from calfskin that had been soaked, limed, and scudded (a depilatory process), and then dried at normal temperature under tension, usually on a wooden device called a stretching frame. However, animal vellum can include any material made from calfskin, sheepskin, or virtually any other skin obtained from a relatively small animal, e.g., antelope. The terms vellum and parchment became confused early on; traditionally the former was made from an unsplit calfskin, and consequently had a grain pattern on one side (unless removed by scraping), while the latter was produced from the flesh split of a sheep or goat or other kind of skin, and consequently had no grain pattern. The important distinction between vellum (or parchment) and leather is that the former is not tanned but is prepared essentially by soaking the skin in lime and drying it under tension.
Blackletter – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackletter, also known as Gothic script or Gothic minuscule, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 to 1500. It continued to be used for the German language until the twentieth century. Fraktur is a notable script of this type, and sometimes the entire group of faces is known as Fraktur.
Blackletter is not to be confused with Old English, despite the popular, and untrue, tradition that Blackletter was used to write that language. Old English pre-dates Blackletter by many centuries.
Ankh – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ankh (symbol ☥) was the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stood for the Egyptian word ˁnḫ “life”. Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. It is also known as the Egyptian Cross, the key of life, or as crux ansata, Latin for “cross with a handle”. It has been taken as a symbol by many Neopagans.
If I remember correctly, in the Commandeer Keen series of PC games, picking up an Ankh would give Keen temporary invincibility.
Mohair – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohair – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohair usually refers to a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the docile Angora goat.
Mohair is shorn from the goat without harming the animal. Shearing is done twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. The Angora goats are well groomed and brushed regularly in order to ensure the finest product. One goat will produce 11 to 17 pounds of Mohair a year. Shearing is done on a clean swept floor with extra care taken to keep the hair clean and free of debris. The hair is then processed to remove natural grease, dirt and vegetable matter. Mohair grows in uniform locks and a mechanical process called dehairing is used to separate the coarse hair from the down hair. Mohair should not be confused with the fur from the angora rabbit, which is called angora.
How To Cook Corn On The Cob, and other food prep
A weird series of food-based how-to webpages.
So you want to know how to cook corn on the cob. Cooking corn on the cob is actually quite easy to do, and there are many ways to do it too! In these pages I will show you how to boil corn on the cob, how to steam corn on the cob, how to microwave corn on the cob, and how to make the most delicious grilled corn on the cob you’ve ever tasted!
http://www.howtocookcornonthecob.com/
See also:
http://www.howtoopenacoconut.com/
http://www.howtocutapineapple.com/
http://www.howtobakeapotato.com/
http://www.grilledcornonthecob.com/
http://www.microwavecornonthecob.com/
Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch was a prolific Early Netherlandish painter of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Many of his works depict sin and human moral failings. Bosch used images of demons, half-human animals and machines to evoke fear and confusion to portray the evil of man. The works contain complex, highly original, imaginative, and dense use of symbolic figures and iconography, some of which was obscure even in his own time. He is said to have been an inspiration for the surrealist movement in the twentieth century.
New nicknames?
This evening I received a rather strange, simple email from someone in Germany:
Subject: That bed
Body: hey
The noteworthy part was the choice of receivers. The email was sent to all of the following addresses at charter dot net:
- mat_the_w (that’s me)
- mat_the_mormon
- mat_the_skipper
- mat_the_spark
- mat_thematic
For some odd reason, mat_thematic seems pretty cool. I may consider switching.