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[maypoleman1]

25th October

St Crispin’s Day

Battle of Agincourt (detail) by Graham Turner. Source: Studio 88

Today is St Crispin’s Day. Crispin was a Gaulish Christian martyred in the third century. He was also patron saint of shoe makers. The cobblers celebrated their favourite martyr by spending most of his feast day getting drunk. Apparently:-

The twenty fifth of October,

Cursed be the cobbler who goes to bed sober.

Also:-

Now shoemakers will have a Frisken,

All in honour of St Crispin.

The feast day was made famous and turned into a long-lived public holiday by the spectacular victory of a disease-ridden and heavily outnumbered army of bedraggled English and Welsh soldiers over the flower of French chivalry at the battle of Agincourt on this day in 1415. King Henry V had resurrected the old English claim to the French throne and invaded France to “take back�� his kingdom. The expedition was heading for total failure until the complacent French nobles, who made up the bulk of France’s army, attacked Henry’s struggling force near Agincourt, only to be devastated by a combination of the deadly English longbows and their own military incompetence. The victory led to Henry being acknowledged as heir to the French throne at the subsequent peace treaty. The unlikely victory, popularised in Shakespeare’s play Henry V, became a source of great national pride and St Crispin’s Day was celebrated with church bells and bonfires until well into the nineteenth century, eventually being absorbed by the universal Bonfire Night.

[rustbeltjessie]

Cobbler’s bench. Boots and Shoe Shop, Crossroads Village, Old World Wisconsin.

(September 21)

[carbone14]

Cordonniers japonais – Tokyo – Japon – 24 octobre 1945

Photographe : Official U.S. Navy photograph of USS Chenango (CVE-28)

©National Museum of the United States Navy - 80-G-264837

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[postcard-from-the-past]

Jewish cobblers from Algeria

French vintage postcard

[yourfoodiedesires]

Oreo Chocolate Cobbler | How Sweet Eats

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[loveerran]

I've been enjoying this post and it reminded me of my fruit trees! I have planted pears, peaches, cherries (sweet and sour both), blackberries, blueberries, apples, kiwis, strawberries...

It all began with one peach tree bought from a hardware store on a random whim (it died). Next thing you know, I am pruning to an open-center plan, shopping for disease resistant varieties and good pollinators from quality nurseries, installing bees (a whole blog by itself), and watching in intense satisfaction as my home becomes a mini orchard.

Do you know how many peaches a mature peach tree produces? 2-4 bushels each depending on the year. Apples may be twice that much. How big is a bushel you ask? It's 4 pecks (the occult knowledge is fantastic!). Bushel:

Cherry Bushes? We have 3 and just got about 10 gallons of cherries. 3 pies, jams for days, giving away a couple of gallons today and there's more on the little buggers (/affectionate).

Will I ever make a profit on these? Who cares? The upfront costs are minimal, but there's no way to pay for the labor other than love and the satisfaction of a beautiful, organic fresh peach for breakfast or a PB&J made with your own J. We give away to the neighbors, church folks, friends and family. We get sick of the best fruit pies you have ever tasted. We are overstocked in jams and jellies and make interesting new flavors (like peach + cherry w/ a bit of cinnamon). Neighborhood kids have been known to 'steal' the occasional fresh fruit off the trees near the edge of the property. Help yourselves dears.

And I have a hobby! I imagine this will give me something to putter around doing in my old age, something to chatter about with like-minded individuals and maybe even something to pass on to children (whether my own or the neighborhood kids). In fact, it pleases me to imagine some of those neighborhood kids 'stealing' off my trees will grow up with fond memories of picking fresh fruit and choose to plant their own orchard someday.

There's some dude (derogatory) on FB who is PISSED people are pricing their farm fresh eggs at $2 and $3 a dozen instead of $4+, saying it's "disrespectful" and "undignified" and "I'm trying to feed my kids" like Sir, you are on a Facebook group page bitching about your neighbors egg prices because your pet chickens aren't earning you a living wage and you think it's your neighbors' fault, you do not have a leg to stand on here wrt dignity.

Also half the answers are like "I give them to friends and family free" or "I donate them to food banks" or "I'm making them affordable to folks who might not otherwise be able to get them now that they're so expensive in the store" and "if you think you're going to turn a profit keeping backyard chickens you have been wildly misled" and so on, and so forth, and I'm so living for it.

and I can tell you right now, he did NOT like my answer of "if you're trying to feed your kids, I hear eggs are edible."

[septembergold]

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Caramel Apple Cobbler

[dracula-smokes-weed]

Drawing For Nothing is out!

Forgot to announce this here but the first ten chapters for Drawing For Nothing have been released! For those who missed the last post, this is a free, digital art book for animated films that were either canceled or bombed due to complicated issues.

https://www.drawingfornothing.com/

More chapters are to come. A few highlights in the next installation will be My Peoples and Larrikins.

Also, if anyone wants to help research, feel free to send a DM! We're also working on a new cover that will feature custom artwork of various characters from these movies. If you think you got what it takes to draw in the style of another artist, we would appreciate the help!

[bibliographicpoetry]

PPQ: Pear Maple Cobblers

[miinstrel]

Cranberry Apple Cobblers

[montyashley]

Desserts - Crescent Roll Apple Cobbler Recipe The time-saving crescent roll dough and apple pie filling with a cinnamon flavor are key ingredients in this apple cobbler recipe, which is delicious served chilled or at room temperature.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Jewish cobblers from Algeria

French vintage postcard

[alexstolze]

Mini Peach Cobblers

[alphapowerbear]

Crescent Roll Apple Cobbler The time-saving crescent roll dough and apple pie filling with a cinnamon flavor are key ingredients in this apple cobbler recipe, which is delicious served chilled or at room temperature. 2 cans apple pie filling with cinnamon, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 cup cinnamon-flavored applesauce, 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 2 packages refrigerated crescent roll dough divided