#armagnac au

[general-junot]

Ive tolerated your conneriá long enough but youre fucking insane and a clear danger to my emperor!!!!

FUCK OFF AWAY FROM HIM YOU BURGUNDY BRAT

MACARÉL DE MACAÉREL YOU ARE SUCH AN ANNOYING MERDÓS WHO DESEEVES TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OSCEAN WITH UOUR FU KING OYSTERS

AND NOBODY THINKS YOUR QUIRKINESS IS CUTE

— The Duke of Montebello, @armagnac-army

……Lannes? Mon ami?

I love you, but if you’re going to be aggressive then so will I:

You seriously think that Napoleon, a man who values beautiful handwriting like mine, would even think about you with your caps lock and numerous spelling mistakes? You seriously think he would choose a gawky Gascon like you over a refined gentleman such as myself? Be honest to yourself, bitch. And as to “nobody thinking” my “quirkiness is cute”… Why don’t we compare how many mistresses we each managed to pull? How about that?

Au revoir you nasty backstabbing bitch.

[cadmusfly]

Help I drove to work and while doing that sketched out Napoleonic Dragons AU That Isn’t Temeraire in my head, just jotting it down because I'm unlikely to work on this more than tiny snippets for the moment

Cavalry Dragons AU or Every Infantry Marshal Has Scales Now, The Worldbuilding

Baseline points:

If Temeraire is "dragons as navy" worldbuilding, this can slot into "dragons as cavalry" - things may be stolen from Temeraire though

I don't feel like doing a lot of logical extrapolations to make a coherent alternate history, so I want to restrict the abilities and capabilities of dragons enough so that their existence is still cool but things like Ships Made Of Wood and Napoleon not flying over the ocean to conquer Britain make sense

I like to do things systematically, so I want to have a reason for which marshals are dragons and which ones aren't - I've decided on "all marshals who started out as infantry" which unfortunately means Murat, Bessieres, Ney and Davout aren't dragons, but maybe in the alternate universe next door only the cavalrymen are dragons but

Also, I have decided that many naval ships are bonded with/accompanied by a giant sea serpent dragon who can spit water, because that means that dragons cant burn the ships down and also. friendly sea serpent friends. insert aubreyad/hornblower thoughts here

Anyway, dragons! A lot of rambly worldbuilding thoughts under the cut, followed by brief text descriptions of Dragon Lannes and Dragon Soult and Dragon Junot and a bonus

They range in size from as big as a car to as big as a suburban house - sea serpents tend to be a lot bigger but are constrained to the sea

They have human intelligence and pretty much human minds, though there's room for some quirks and nonhuman POVs

They speak telepathically into people's minds, it sounds like audible speech that bypasses the ears, it doesn't bypass language so a French dragon will be speaking French

They don't really breathe fire - some spit sparks, others spit bursts of flames, but no sustained fire laserbeams

Except for some techniques that involve the dragon eating some special foods, which allow for fireballs/sustained flame, but they can't be flying and they have to be still and prepared

a certain artillery officer didnt invent this but he did work out new and exciting ways to use this

Maybe some dragons have acid sprays instead, others have a very chilly breath

Smaller dragons can fly longer than larger dragons

Dragons come in many different colours and shapes and tend to be categorised into something along the lines of Temeraire's lightweight/mediumweight/heavyweight categorisations but they don't have breeds for reasons I'll get into later

When a dragon likes collecting stuff, that's stereotyped as a hoard lol - yes this means Dragon!Soult has an art hoard, Dragon!Massena has… a pile of gold, Dragon!Lannes has his Armagnac collection and sheep

Dragons don't have a specific magical or psychological bond with a single person or rider, but they do get very strongly attached to people, they do prefer these people to ride them but can be persuaded to take others, and because of the next point, it’s strongly incentivised for dragon-bonded (need a better term) to accompany dragons

The Dragon Stupor:

The big thing about dragons, why they havent taken over the world, is that for all their might and grandeur, they are susceptable to the dragon-stupor.

Basically, when a dragon pushes themselves, when they exert themselves physically to the upper bounds of their ability - during a battle or a prolonged flight - after everything is done, they just fucking go to sleep.

Well it's more like a coma. Smaller dragons fall into the stupor for days to weeks, while larger ones can go up to months or even years

there's rumours about big mountains being Really Big dragons in the dragon-stupor for centuries!

This means that dragons are really good at sort of singular and short term attacks and operations, and they can walk around and push themselves a tiny bit, but they can't do long extended trips or long extended fights without needing long naps

However-

The dragon-stupor can be shortened and the effects lessened by the presence of things they like and feel comfortable with like their "hoard" and their favourite people

For example, Dragon!Soult usually has a stupor of, say, six months because he’s a pretty big dragon, but let him curl up in his Gallery Of Murillos and it’s shortened to about three to four months

Let Louise visit him and chat to him and he’ll wake up in a low energy state, but he’ll be conscious and this state is reduced to 1-2 months

Because Soult even as a dragon is a workaholic, he brings Louise with him and does planning and strategy stuff while low-energy

Napoleon is the bonded for. quite a few dragons. I mean one dragon can have multiple bonded to different extents but Dragon!Junot and Dragon!Lannes both consider him theirs

This is an excuse for cute moments I will admit. It does also solve some questions but it’s cute!

Sea serpents, who are bonded with naval captains and ships, also have the dragon-stupor but slightly less long and also they’re more conscious during it, but this means that naval ships with serpent friends have a cute setup where they harness the serpent to the ship and give their serpent a wind-assisted ride, with the serpent paddling a tiny bit

The reason that dragons and humans work together is that dragons are very vulnerable during the dragon-stupor, dragons don’t have opposable thumbs and good fine motor skills and it’s generally helpful for the dragons to have human help, like an extra pair of eyes in the sky because the dragon is likely looking at where they’re flying

But humans also still need horses for longer journeys that need more consistency - I guess there could be something where a human courier changes dragons on their trip but you’d need to set that up beforehand too

Dragons don’t have physical binary sexes. They do have gender that they identify with, but physically they’re weird magic alien reptiles. Any two dragons can make a clutch of eggs together, and doing this sends both dragons to a low energy stupor state where they’re cuddled up on top of the eggs and will bite anyone who is a threat but won’t leave.

They don’t have breeds because dragon genes are weird and actually kinda environment based sometimes

Many dragons have feathery quills or fluffy manes because I love feathered dinosaurs

Berthier is a small dragon who has actually, unlike other dragons, mastered telepathy to the point of directing it and with an immense range, able to whisper things into people s minds. Along with his dexterous claws that can grip a quill, he uses both letters and telepathic messages to direct the operations of the Grand Armee. But unfortunately, this is not a skill that can be learned easily and quickly.

Technically a dragon could have another dragon as a bonded and if they are bonded with each other they can have sleepy half awake naps together

Oh yeah there's something here about St Martha taming the Tarrasque being a cultureal thing

Dragon People!

The marshals who are dragons are still marshals because even if dragons were not given titles back in the day, the Revolution and Napoleon’s reign shook things up.

Dragon Lannes

On the medium to small side of things, the dragon Lannes is a loud energetic dragon that’s mostly shiny green. His dragon-stupor is unusually short for his size, with him jumping up after a few days of lightly conscious rest. Scars mark his hide and there’s a few places where scales are misshapen and crooked but he doesn’t give a shit.

His first bonded was Paulette but then Something Happened. I’m not sure what his relation to the Lovely Louise is, but it’s something. He does consider Napoleon to be one of his favourite people.

Dragon Soult

Soult of Saint-Amans is a large dark maroon dragon with crimson markings. He really should have been born a human, and he enjoys things like reading and looking at nice art. He limps on one of his legs and one wing is a little ragged, but he can still fly- but it does send him into the stupor very easily.

His favourite person is of course Louise Berg. Unfortunately he can’t have her as a rider because misogyny and also he wants to keep her safe so he wouldn’t accept her as a full time rider anyway, stupid chauvinist dragon, so he has to take other riders.

Like Ney.

He likes strategising and planning more than actually fighting, but he will begrudingly go and Do Dragon Stuff

Dragon Junot

La Tempete is named not just for his ferocious style but for his elongated breath of sparks that resembles lightning in manner. He's either a medium or small dragon with black and navy scales, maybe a white mane/quills?

His favourite bonded person is Napoleon. He sometimes argues with Lannes and Duroc over who gets to carry Napoleon. Lannes and Duroc are chill and usually drop the matter, and then Napoleon picks Duroc anyway.

His rider is Laure Permont who will not shut up.

hmmm. either murat or bessieres..?

there's a myth of those people called melusines who can shift between dragon and human form

but they can only do so for so long

and then they are trapped in one form or the other

[gunkbaby]

if Shuu was a human what would his top 5 favourite foods be?

ooh good one. This is tricky bc shuu is such a picky eater, but still has this ‘eat the world’ attitude, i think one thing abt human shuu aus rly neglect to compensate for is how closely tied Shuu is to the idea of being an apex predator, but I think you can still achieve it, and I will try my best! i do know a bit abt gourmet food! (There are actually a lot of books abt food critics and gourmet chefs who get 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕪 with cooking)

i feel like is also hard bc shuu would probably like everyone to think his favourite food is something rare and exotic so maybe he would twist the truth a little. Narrowing down specific foods is difficult but I will try my best!

Kaneki’s bussy

Orlotan - this fucked me up when i heard about it. But the practice of eating orlotan is utter decadence - to a ridiculous extent. It’s a bit like Foie Gras - the orlotan are wild caught and force fed to double their mass, then drowned and marinated in Armagnac and then cooked. It’s meant to be consumed whole, the bones spat out, and typically, the consumer is traditionally supposed to wear a napkin or towel over their face whilst they eat the bird. I can’t remember why - but I’ve seen it said that is either to maintain dignity when spitting out the bones, or to shield such a disgraceful act from God’s eyes. The latter sounds cool as fuck so i believe it. I love Jesus!!! I think Shuu would lap something like that up. I’ve yet to find something so dreadfully French in the matter of food, and I think he’d probably say this is his favourite food - if only for the amount of ceremony involved.

Cheesecake - Shuu always mentioning cheesecake in early TG and I would like to give him this one as a little treat. I don’t know a lot abt cheesecake bc i fucking hate the stuff but maybe he’d like something like Basque? Which is just burned custard(?) cheesecake - i was reminded of tiramisu but apparently it’s more of a soufflé. I think he’d probably go for something floral too - rose cheesecake’s probably a thing, lavender, peony. I don’t know if I see him as a sweet/dessert person. He’s more likely to enjoy richer desserts like cheesecake and chocolates.

Dark Chocolate - maybe a sneak! I am a Dark Chocolate Enjoyer so total bias but hear me out (yes i do also like black liquorice!). If it is less than 80% cocoa it’s too sweet! He’d be a 100% kind of guy, because bragging rights. I think he might enjoy it with some fruits, maybe with orange biscuits or raspberries. I think he’d like raspberries, they taste like little rubies to me. Dark chocolate goes good with almond butter, he might make it fancy - foamed raspberry with shredded chocolate over almond biscuits with coffee cream. we might call that a rather bizarre mocha, but shuu would say it’s a deconstructed tiramisu. the reason i think he’d choose dark chocolate is because i don’t think he’d eat sweets. Dark chocolate has a deeper taste profile, in my experience dark chocolate is always unique. This might appeal to Shuu. It goes well with far more flavours than typical chocolate - spices, florals, etc - i recently had dark chocolate almonds dusted in matcha! They were utterly divine. Dark chocolate is highly overrhated in my opinion.

Exotic Meat - this is a generalisation sorry 😢 But I believe it canonical - very premium cuts of meat from animals you might not typically farm - zebra, bear, crocodile, rattlesnake, that sort of thing. It’s really controversial for some reason and as a vegan I should be opposed, but I think wild hunting is leagues better than farming, provided it’s not an endangered species, but Shuu would definitely eat an endangered species. Maybe he likes to brag and his favourite meat is snow leopard, or something. Dodo. Dinosaur, even (he was There).

Fugu (pufferfish) - this is shorthand for ‘dangerous food’ lol! Without the danger of being a ghoul, we have to consider how a human shuu might chase this danger. He might hunt his exotic meats, but I think he might try and achieve this by also eating dangerous food - food that’s poisonous or toxic. a bit of a Russian roulette. I wouldn’t even put it beneath a human or a ghoul Shuu to eat something with worms! (Same tbh. Would.)

i think most of the above are what Shuu might want people to believe are his favourite foods, so I’d like to take some time to throw my other ideas in the ring.

I think he’d take comfort in Monte Cristo - if only because in a human universe, I would take it to be his father’s favourite food. He’d probably be given it as a child or something, so good associations. There’s not much rly to say else there, but the idea of Shuu eating a toastie fascinates me. If he eats it when he’s sad, i think he’d look like that little mouse video, but otherwise I think he’d eat a toastie with a knife & fork.

I mentioned dark chocolate earlier, but of course he might also like some luxury chocolates - i think of these wonderful chocolates i saw once, that had been dyed and marbled to look like planets and marbled, filled with pistachio or coffee foams. Wonderful. Straight from switzerland or italy. Maybe he would enjoy ruby chocolate too? I’ve never had it! I said no sweets but white chocolate has a time and place, but it works wonderfully with wasabi or miso - i made wasabi and white chocolate cupcakes once. Good lord. He would like that. White chocolate and nuts is also very good. When I was vegetarian, my guilty pleasure used to be salted liquorice dipped in white chocolate - but I don’t know if he’d like that!

i think he’d eat sea urchin.

Some drinks too! -

Coffee: specifically coffee with blue seaweed or Kopi Iuwak. He’s definitely tried it, but does he like it? Who knows? I’ve always wanted to try seaweed coffee. Kopi Iuwak is coffee beans that’s already passed through the digestive system of a civet. It sounds like a bit of a farce to me, but i don’t think it’s as repulsive as people make out.

matchaaaa - bias i just think everyone should drink matcha

moon milk - i’ve never had this bc broke but it sounds so good. I think he’d like the pink/rose milk the most! maybe the blue spirulina?

Nut milks - vegan bias but seriously who can honestly argue cow juice tastes better than a refreshing glass of cashew milk??? Shuu would probably have something like pistachio milk, tigernut, brazil nut, macadamia -that sort of thing! Stuff you can’t get from the shops!

People will probably kill me if I don’t mention escargot or frogs legs so. Obligatory mention. Personally I find that to be rather typical and cliched - ooh, mandatory french food! So bizarre! Whatever. Partly why this ask took me a long time to get to, is because I wanted to go through my books and notes. It would have been easy for me to sit here and type that human Shuu would eat lobster and ragyu and live baby shrimp in miso soup, but i think it’s too obvious. In my experience, there is so much more to get out of Shuu when you delve deeper and don’t say the first thing!

i also want to say, sometimes i see how we (westerners) talk about food from different cultures. lots of high-class gourmet stuff seems silly, but i dont care to mock it. i can’t enjoy food anymore, but it makes me happy that some people enjoy food enough to make it a silly and pompous hobby. But i think sometimes we look at frogs legs or zebra steaks, orlotan or fugu, fermented egg, people eating guinea pigs, chihuahua or cat, sometimes we have a tendency to say it’s gross and twisted, but i don’t think that’s necessary. if something tastes good, if an animal has good meat, then why not? eating the world is sometimes a good thing. not always, but sometimes.

This question made me think a lot, so thank you! I was thinking about a human shuu - all the stories you could make up! There’s a lot to sink your teeth into!

I’m sorry if this was incoherent last night i took 40 laxatives and i just drank 2 monster energy back to back I feel very sane!!!!

[duxvonzazer]

🔴 Berzé-le-Châtel, un castrum du Xème siècle en Bourgogne

Constitué d’un donjon primitif en bois et d’une chapelle carolingienne en pierre, le castrum de Berzé est attesté dans un cartulaire de Cluny datant de l’année 991, en faisant la plus ancienne baronnie du Mâconnais.

Intégré au réseau de défense de l’abbaye de Cluny dès le Xème siècle, le château prend une importance considérable au XIIIème siècle. En 1229, le sire Hugues de Berzé bénéficie d’un prêt de l’abbaye lui permettant de transformer le château en place forte. Berzé devient ainsi en l’espace de quelques années la plus grande forteresse militaire de Bourgogne du Sud, principal château de défense de l’abbaye. Cluny est alors à son apogée et accueille près de mille moines à l’année.

Au cours de la guerre de Cent ans, le château devient un enjeu disputé et convoité entre les Armagnacs et les Bourguignons. Donné aux Bourguignons en 1417, il est pris par les Armagnacs en 1420 lors de leur attaque du Mâconnais. Après quatre ans d’occupation, il est finalement repris par Philippe le Bon grâce à la présence d’un tunnel souterrain reliant le château à une tour de garde située sur une colline voisine. En 1471, il est à nouveau la cible d’une attaque royale, celle de Louis XI, cette fois infructueuse.

Durant la renaissance, le rôle militaire de la forteresse devient plus secondaire, cette dernière se trouvant pourtant au cœur du conflit déchirant alors le royaume : la guerre des ligues. Catholiques et protestants s’affrontent à travers des escarmouches mettant le pays à feu et à sang. Le duc de Nevers à la tête de la ligue catholique porte un assaut considérable en 1591. Forte de 1100 hommes, 100 chevaux et d’une série de canons portatifs, l’armée du duc vient à bout des défenses de la forteresse qui cède après deux mois de siège.

Après l’attaque de la ligue et l’expulsion de ses propriétaires, le château est laissé à l’abandon pendant près de deux siècles. Lieu de pâturage pour le bétail durant la révolution française, il est malgré quelques dégradations relativement épargné par les vagues de destructions révolutionnaires. Déclaré tout comme l’abbaye de Cluny bien national, il entre dans la propriété de l’Etat mais n’est pas réinvesti. Le château subit alors les affres du temps…

En 1817, les descendants des anciens propriétaires rachètent le château, celui-ci redevenant alors un bien privé. Ayant subi de nombreuses dégradations de par son inoccupation prolongée, le château nécessite alors de nombreuses restaurations : charpentes, toitures et planchers doivent être rénovés afin d’assurer la sécurité du lieu. La famille Thy de Milly agrandit peu à peu les fenêtres, rénove le logis seigneurial et entretient les jardins, permettant bien des années plus tard de l’ouvrir au public afin de partager et donner à voir ce monument remarquable du patrimoine.

[1pied-devant-l-autre]

J 3 -2023

Phrase du jour : La vie m'a dit "écoute les mots que je te souffle".

Prends toi en main plutôt qu'appeller au secours.

Ancres toi dans le présent et son mouvement.

Apprends à donner vraiment sans rien attendre en retour.

Après une grosse étape d'hier (25km), départ pour Manciet et Nogaro dans la brume matinale .

Parcours vallonné dans la campagne Gersoise, nous avons traversé plusieurs paysages, multicolores, maïs, blé,  tournesols,  fèves et vignes à perte de vue.

Nous découvrons  les étangs de Pouy (aquaculture ) et la ville de Manciet avec ses arènes traditionnelles.

Arrêt ravitaillement, pour le pique nique du midi et dégustation des boissons locales (Armagnac, floc.... non pas à cette heure !!!) Plutôt café !

Le parcours jusqu'à Nogaro fut sans difficultés, pour une arrivée au Gite communal dans l'après midi 17 kms.

Après une préparation musculaire pour une étape longue vers Barcelonne sur Gers de demain, nous avons fait un  repas  typique gersois, avec cocktail local...

[margaretdallospedale]

Iniziamo la settimana preparando tutto per salutare il 2022 e dare il benvenuto al 2023. Per dire “ Au revoir” al 2022, durante la festa di fine anno proporremo l’Armagnac ai nostri ospiti. Originale e molto alla moda, perché dona un tocco di eleganza e di prestigio. Si tratta di un brandy distillato esclusivamente da vino bianco. Prende il nome dall'antica contea di Armagnac, il cui territorio storico corrisponde all'attuale zona di produzione. Tra tutti i distillati, l'Armagnac è l'unico a possedere questa incredibile capacità di essere perfettamente associato a molti piatti, dagli antipasti ai dessert. A me è stato consigliato di abbinarlo ai cioccolatini per concludere in bellezza le nostre cene con gli amici. E voi conoscevate l’Armagnac? Con cosa lo abbinereste? Thanks to @explorefrance @barbara.lovato #ExploreFrance #Armagnac #armagnacstyle @baciperugina_it #dolcegabbana #baciperuginadolceegabbana (presso Piacenza) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmqsOEYMzmF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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EU-Strafzölle auf chinesische E-Autos

Strafzölle der Europäische Union auf chinesische E-Autos verschärfen den Handelskrieg mit China. Wem nützt das? EU-Strafzölle - ein Schuss ins eigene Knie? In der EU ist man noch immer nicht bereit, die selbstzerstörerische Sanktionspolitik an den Nagel zu hängen. Ein jüngstes Beispiel sind die EU-Strafzölle auf chinesische E-Autos, über die beispielsweise der Deutschlandfunk am 04. 10. 2024 berichtete: "Die USA haben bereits Zölle auf verschiedene chinesische Produkte erhöht; die Importzölle auf Elektroautos sogar auf etwa 100 Prozent. Auch der Handelskonflikt zwischen der Europäischen Union und China beschränkt sich nicht nur auf E-Autos. Bereiche wie die Stahlindustrie oder die Medizintechnik sind ebenfalls betroffen." Als Antwort verhängte China eine Woche später Einfuhrzölle zwischen 30 und 39 Prozent auf Spirituosen aus der EU, die aus der Destillation von Traubenwein gewonnen werden – Cognac, Armagnac, Grappa. Das dürfte vor allem die französischen Winzer treffen, denn 99 Prozent der Branntweineineinfuhren nach China kamen im vergangenen Jahr aus Frankreich. Chinas Brain Drain führt zur Flucht aus den USA Wohin die Zerstörung der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen führen kann, verdeutlicht unter anderem das nachfolgende Video von Kevin Walmsley, einem US-Amerikaner, der seit mehr als 10 Jahren in China lebt. Es deutet an, wer wen wirtschaftlich braucht: China die USA und Europa oder umgekehrt. Hier einige Argumente aus seinem Bericht: Zunehmend kündigen Chinesische Spitzenwissenschaftler in US-Unternehmen und Universitäten ihre Stellen und kehren nach China zurück. Nach Angaben des Wall Street Journal erwägen auch 40 % der chinesischstämmigen Lehrkräfte eine Rückkehr. Die USA hätten auch ihren Reiz für chinesische Studenten verloren. Sie studieren mittlerweile eher in China als in den USA, denn - sind chinesische Universitäten mittlerweile in der Weltspitzenliga angekommen, - ist es weitaus günstiger als in den USA. Damit gingen den US-Spitzenuniversitäten erhebliche Studiengebühren verloren. Einerseits hätten die antichinesische Politik und der Rassismus in den USA dazu geführt, dass sich viele chinesische Wissenschaftler in den USA einfach "nicht mehr wohl" fühlten. Andererseits könnten sie in China mittlerweile auch mehr Geld verdienen als in den USA. Selbst Top-Führungskräfte von Microsoft haben das Unternehmen verlassen, um in China ein neues KI-Unternehmen zu gründen. "Die Exportverbote für die schnellsten und leistungsstärksten Chips sollen chinesischen Unternehmen den Zugang zu diesen Chips verwehren und sie so von der Entwicklung von KI-Spitzentechnologien abhalten. (Drei chinesische) Spitzenkräfte von Microsoft haben MSFT jedoch verlassen, um ein KI-Unternehmen in Shanghai zu gründen." Sie hätten entgegen allen US-Behauptungen in China Zugang zu den besten Chips für KI-Anwendungen. Übrigens gibt es ein ähnliche Entwicklung bie zahlreichen russischen Spezialisten, die insbesondere auch nach Beginn der speziellen Militäroperation in der Ukraine Russland verließen ... und jetzt nach Russland zurückkommen. Glaubt jemand, dass die Strafzölle China einschüchtern wird? "Der Verband der Automobilindustrie warnt vor negativen Auswirkungen von Strafzöllen. Dies sei 'ein weiterer Schritt weg von globaler Zusammenarbeit', betont VDA-Präsidentin Hildegard Müller. Der potenzielle Schaden sei höher als der Nutzen des Instruments: 'Drei von vier deutschen Autos gehen in den Export', erklärt die Lobbyistin. 'Wir befürchten Rückstoßeffekte, die den Zugang zum chinesischen Markt erschweren, den wir für den Hochlauf von Elektromobilität brauchen.'"     Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel

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The International Open Academy is offering 90% off this accounting and bookkeeping course. Tickets for 'VOGUE: Inventing the Runway' at Lightroom are £19 Save 20% on Släpstick: Schërzo, a comedy-classical musical hybrid Save Big on Flights and Hotels with Lastminute.com Read the full article

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Dernière semaine d'exposition "PAYSAGES" au Château de MONS en Armagnac (Gers-Caussens) !! Marie-Hélène Carcanague artiste et Rob van Veggel Peinture.

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Du coup comment ça marche?

1 paquet de 8 à 10 feuilles de pâte filo,

5 pommes, armagnac, sucre en poudre, eau de fleur d'oranger, beurre.

Allumer le four à 180°

Éplucher les pommes, puis les couper en tranches pas trop fines.

Les faire revenir dans une poêle avec du beurre. Elles doivent être fondantes mais pas trop car elles finiront leur dinguerie de "confitude" au four.

Pendant ce temps faire fondre 40g de beurre.

Remuer les pommes de temps à autre, les saupoudrer de sucre en poudre, arroser de deux cuillères à soupe d'eau de fleur d'oranger, de quatre d'armagnac, mélanger doucement le tout. Réserver.

Poser dans le fond d'un moule à tarte deux feuilles de pâte filo,

en les laissant bien déborder autour. Les badigeonner au pinceau de beurre fondu.

Ajouter encore deux feuilles de pâte qu'il faut poser dans l'autre sens pour combler le vide extérieur, puis même opération avec le beurre fondu.

Puis encore deux autre feuilles en changeant of course de sens de pose, afin que la pâte déborde de tous les côtés. (vous avez donc utiliser 6 feuilles)

Verser les pommes, les étaler doucement afin de ne pas déchirer la pâte. Poser une à une les autres feuilles en les chiffonnant en douceur sur le dessus. Découper aux ciseaux ce qui déborde qui déborde et s'en servir pour boucher les trous en la chiffonnant doucement. (ne pas utiliser les chutes trop petites qui sèchent trop à la cuisson).

Passer le beurre fondu restant au pinceau toujours avec douceur pour ne pas écraser ta pâte et saupoudrer de sucre.

Enfourner pour 15 à 20mn tout en surveillant la cuisson qui peut très vite partir en vrille...

Voilà!

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Armagnac AOC arrangé noisettes et miel

Armagnac AOC arrangé aux noisettes et au miel Armagnac AOC arrangé 70cl  32%vol Réalisé avec des spiritueux 100 % Bio au cœur du Gers. Notre Armagnac, rond et généreux, est vieilli en fût de chêne de Gascogne. La gourmandise de la noisette torréfiée et la douceur du miel d’acacia apporteront des notes pralinées à votre palais. L’abus d’alcool est dangereux pour la santé et doit être consommé avec…

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68. J50 : Dîtes 24 !

Il était temps, nous étions en train de bégayer notre rugby avec trop de RTR. We're back. Le Midol téléchargé, café-viennoiseries dans le train, repos-méditation-concentration dans le silence tout relatif d'un Ouigo, @DirComm pianote quelques idées pour le boulot, @DocMidol (qui sera rebaptisé à son corps défendant dès dimanche matin) dort, @FilsdeDocMidol écoute de la musique les yeux clos. Nous ne sommes que 4 pour la finale à Saint-Denis mais avec le soutien inconditionnel des autres TDJ2023 restés à quai pour obligations personnelles.

Poitiers, 2 minutes d'arrêt. Des enfants chouinent ou pleurent. La pluie menace mais le soleil est tenace. Paris en vue, train à l'heure mais le 91 si rapide habituellement a été long, très long.

Repas "normal" au pied de l'appartement avec clients SudAfs en famille et en terrasse. Ce fut l'occasion pour @DirComm d'assurer sa bonne action du jour pour une belle surprise : filmer l'instant où le fils offre à sa famille 5 billets pour la finale de demain et un magnum de champagne. Émotion garantie, embrassades, larmichettes sur certaines joues, etc. Des SudAfs sympathiques, surpris et aux anges !

Peu d'ambiance dans le stade. Les traditionnels chants anglais étaient aux abonnés absents. Les "allez les Bleus" encourageaient l'équipe argentine.

La seconde mi-temps a réchauffé nos cœurs et le stade qui avait pris parti depuis longtemps pour les Sud-Américains s'est un peu emballé. Le score serré de la fin de match l'a rendue palpitante. Les Anglais ont gagné et se parent de bronze. Bravo Los Pumas !

23h18 : RER D

23h45 : Armagnac

0h45 : Dodo

Demain sera une autre histoire.

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Cannes critics drool over French 'food porn' love story

CANNES

The kitchen of a 19th-century French chateau is home to an endless gastronomic feast in "The Pot-au-Feu", an ode to food with a simmering love story at its heart which left Cannes critics drooling.

The film by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung, which premiered at the festival late Wednesday, stars former real-life lovers Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel in the roles of cook and gourmand aristocrat.

Their romance slowly unfolds in the background of clanging pans, sizzling veal and poaching fish as complex sauces meld together.

"I really wanted to make a very French movie," said Tran at a press conference Thursday at the French Riviera film festival, which draws to a close on Saturday.

"What cannot be said out loud is said through food," he said of the love story between the two main characters.

There is virtually no music in the film, with only the sounds of nature, the kitchen, and the pleasurable groans of those eating the food to accompany the dialogue.

In one scene, the aristocrat and his gourmet friends partake of the now-banned dish of ortolan -- a rare songbird drowned in Armagnac and eaten whole while the diner's head is draped with a napkin.

The title "Pot-au-Feu" refers to the French stew-like dish of boiled meat and vegetables, which also gets a starring role in the plot.

"Food is the subject, the objective and the driving motor of this scantly plotted but utterly captivating love story," said Variety.

The Telegraph said the film was "so vividly and lovingly made, you'll swear you can smell and taste every shot."

Several critics noted the stark difference between the gluttonous film and another entry in the main Cannes competition, "Club Zero", which days earlier had teens starving themselves in a movie set around a nutrition cult.

While English-language critics loved "Pot-au-Feu", their French counterparts -- perhaps less awed by their own gastronomy -- were "left hungry," as Le Figaro wrote in its review.

The movie's food scenes were directed by multi-Michelin-starred chef Pierre Gagnaire, who also makes a brief appearance in the film.

All the food seen in the movie was real, with no props used, and Gagnaire and an assistant prepared mountains of food during filming, while the actors did plenty of their own cooking -- for which they received some training.

"This film perfectly replicates what food is, creativity, emotion, but also rigor, attention, silence, listening to the products," said Gagnaire.

He only had one note for the team: When Binoche's character pulled a poaching turbot out of the oven in one scene "you could see the milk was not hot enough

."

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J 2 - 2023

Phrase du jour :

Accroche toi à ce qui est bon, même si c'est une poignée de terre.

Accroche toi  à ce que tu crois, même si c'est un arbre solitaire .

Accroche toi à ce que tu dois faire, même si c'est pour partir loin d'ici.

Vas, vis et devient libre .

Départ de Montréal du Gers de bonne heure, la ville dors .

Le chemin utilise le tracé d'une ancienne ligne de chemin de fer de Condom à Nogaro. L'endroit est bien ombragé. 

Entre deux parcelles de vigne, dans la  "Petite Maisonnette" le petit Peco nous accueille pour une pause café,  thé qu'il avait lui même préparée, un donativo (offrande du pelerin, participation libre) bien apprécié.

Arrivée sur Eauze, pour la pause de midi.

Au milieu des demeures à colombage, la Cathédrale Saint-Luperc se dresse .

En fin du parcours vers le gîte, nous traversons les vignes qui font la renommée de la région : Tariquet, Armagnac, et Floc Gascon.

Arrivée au gîte Gai Riquet , accuelli gentiment par Fabienne pour un repas pèlerin bien mérité. 

Pour fêter les mamans  apéritif au floc Gascon .

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Dehler 28, un voilier élégant à mettre entre toutes les mains

Le Dehler 28 est un des meilleurs voiliers de 8 mètres en Europe. Ce bateau est sans doute une des plus belles constructions de la plaisance, dans sa taille. Mais ce plan Van De Stadt est surtout un excellent voilier d'occasion. Dans la famille des des voiliers de 8 mètres construits dans les années 80 et 90, certains bateaux sortent du lot et marquent de nombreuses générations de plaisanciers, partout en Europe. Le Dehler 28 fait partie de ces croiseurs capables d’offrir un programme large à nombre de plaisanciers, aux côtés de l’Arcadia et autre First 29. Et la tâche n’était pas facile, de succéder aux célèbres Ecume De Mer ou Armagnac. Oui, j’ose la comparaison historique. Le Dehler 28 n’est pas facile à trouver en France, pourtant, ce bateau reste un des grands succès de l’histoire du chantier allemand.

Histoire du Dehler 28

image HanseYachts Le Dehler 28 est sortie du chantier du même nom en 1987. Soit quelques années après les Aracdia et Kelt 8.50. A l’époque, l’architecte le plus recherché, outre-Rhin, est Ricus Van De Stadt. Ce monsieur n'est ni plus ni moins que le Philippe Harlé néerlandais. Ricus Van De Stadt est reconnu, dans le monde entier pour avoir, entre autres, développé la construction en polyester. Il sera l’architecte de nombreux voiliers du chantier belge Etap et de plusieurs voiliers pour le chantier allemand Dehler. Pour revenir au Dehler, celui-ci sera vendu à 550 exemplaires jusqu’en 1996. Ce bateau porte la signature de l’architecte, avec ses lignes élégantes et sa carène très performante ( l’architecte a dessiné de nombreux voiliers de course au large). Dans le même temps, le chantier apportera sa patte avec une construction soignée et solide.

Un voilier plein de qualités sur l’eau

Le Dehler 28 répond à un programme de croisière côtière à la journée comme pour une semaine. Le bateau est simple d’utilisation, et de préparation. Parfait pour partir faire un tour en mer un après-midi. Il se manœuvre facilement en équipage réduit tout en offrant de belles sensations. En effet, en plus d’être élégant sur l’eau, ce 8 mètres est un voilier sécurisant, facile à mener tout en étant performant. Le Dehler offre de la vitesse sans les contraintes d’un voilier de régate. Enfin, il saura faire face, sans faire peur, quand le vent monte ou que la mer se fait plus difficile. Son foc auto-vireur est un plus en navigation solitaire. Le dehler est donc un bateau familial qui permettra de naviguer sereinement avec des enfants tout en offrant un plaisir de barre certain.

Un voilier bien aménagé sur et sous le pont

A l’image des plans Van De Stadt, le dessin du Dehler 28 a été soigné, jusqu’aux moindres détails. A l’extérieur, le plan de pont est vraiment bien organisé et confortable. 4 personnes auront de la place pour les manœuvres et les longs bords de près. La plage arrière se libère pour faciliter le passage vers l’annexe. A l’intérieur, dans le même esprit que ses grands frères, les Dehler 31 et Dehler 34, le volume habitable sera sans doute moins important que ses principaux concurrents, dans la gamme des voiliers de 8 mètres. Vous retrouverez le volume d’un 7,50m avec une plus grande cabine arrière. En effet, le bateau propose une cabine arrière fermée et une couchette double ouverte, à l’avant. Celle-ci se libère en relevant le dossier, en arc de cercle, des banquettes du carré. La table à cartes, surprendra par son positionnement, perpendiculaire la descente et son siège relevable. Mais le grand plus de la cabine est son contre-moulage et l’absence de boiserie. Cela offre une atmosphère plus lumineuse et aérée au bateau tout en offrant plus facilité pour l’entretien.

L'avis de Mer&Bateaux concernant le Dehler 28:

Le Dehler 28 est un excellent voilier d'occasion. Robuste, marin et bien construit, il e d'excellentes qualités marines. L'espace et le volume intérieur seront inférieurs à la moyenne.

Fiche technique Dehler 28

- Longueur de coque : 8,50m - Longueur de flottaison : 7,40m - Largeur : 2,80m - Tirant d’eau : 1,35m - Poids : 2600kg - Lest : 1100kg - Voilure : 40m² - Moteur : 9ch

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Craigellachie Whisky 13 y.o. Armagnac Cask Finish

Region : Speyside 46 % alc./vol. 0,7l not chill-filtered Type of cask : American oak casks, Finished in Bas-Armagnac barrels Nose : Sweet baked apples and cinnamon combine with a little caramel. Palate : Rich and almost savoury - syrupy, with ripe pineapple, cooked pear, spice and campfire notes. Finish : Long and dry, with fruity notes and a hint of pepper.