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[himblebo]

Hi Mrs. Beeton - you seem to be an expert re: history of domestic service. Do you by chance have any book recs? I'm predictably interested in early 20th c. high-income households and their senior staff (y'know - #JustRebeccaThings) but pretty much any topic, or overview, would be more than welcome

Hi there! Definitely not an expert by any means (it’s the field I’m currently working in but is not what my degree is in at all), but I do have decent research skills and lots of experience in this one specific topic!

I always recommend that for a primary source, you consult Mrs. Beeton herself—my ask button is a reference to Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, first compiled/edited by Mrs. Isabella Beeton in 1861 and continually updated/re-published as recently as 2010. By the early 20th century it was a household standard, and I have zero doubt that Mrs. Danvers would have referenced it regularly(or even have committed several chapters to memory).

Here’s some information ABOUT the book/its legacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Beeton%27s_Book_of_Household_Management

And here is a link to one archive edition of it (there are many available for free online, and as there are near infinite editions you can find printed copies very affordably secondhand): https://archive.org/details/b20392758

One of the great things for research about the late 19th/early 20th centuries is the rapid evolution of the printing and publishing industries in that time, as well as the VAST amount of material written for and by women specifically about housekeeping, entertaining, homemaking, etc.

There are just countless extant examples of women’s magazines, lady’s journals, etiquette books, home guides, etc etc out there! Brittanica gives a good overview of some of the more successful ones: https://www.britannica.com/topic/publishing/Womens-magazines

In terms of contemporary resources, I think this might be right along the lines of what you’re looking for:

I also recommend you check out the British reality/history series The Edwardian Country House! It’s not currently streaming anywhere that I know of (available for digital purchase on Amazon and AppleTV it looks like), but the majority of it is available on YouTube (in varying different uploads and playlists and resolutions lol). Here’s one video compiling a couple episodes, the sound quality gets better after the intro: https://youtu.be/ILfXMhFNE7c?si=vygvafS_ESpwfz4d

And then here are some other books I’ve used in my work, though your mileage may vary for your own purposes (the time periods vary and these are US centered).

[fenrislorsrai]

Duck, duck, GOOSE

Good Omens fic. 

Prompt: SHENANIGANS

While the duck pond’s actual structure may have been made by miracle, Crowley enjoyed picking out appropriate plants to go around the edges and on the tiny island. It wasn’t a big pond, but Aziraphale had insisted on an island in case the ducks wanted somewhere safe to nest.

Which then led to Aziraphale deciding that they’d hatched their own eggs so the birds would imprint properly on them.

Crowley couldn’t argue with that logic. He didn’t have the best track record with animals. 

That was where it all went wrong. Aziraphale, being himself, consulted Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management on what ducks would suit them and set his sights on Aylesbury ducks. Which then involved a lot of scouring local newspapers and posting a flyer at the local grocery, like the internet didn’t exist.

Crowley had grumbled the whole way out to go fetch eggs, but Aziraphale had beamed the whole way back. Worth it.

If they’d been slightly more competent, they would have noticed one egg was a lot larger.

Once they hatched, they were suspicious, but the breeder had several other types of ducks, so…

Once the feathers came in, there was no more pretending that was anything other than a goose.

“At least it’s not a swan” Crowley said.

“Swans are majestic.” Aziraphale said.

“They’re right bastards and I don’t want to deal with any nonsense about whether or not we’re allowed to eat it based on medieval laws.”

“We’re not eating Cuthbert!”

“I’m not calling our goose Cuthbert.”

They also disagreed on what to name the ducks, but eventually they each named a few and that worked out.  The Goose remained unnamed. Did it really need a name when it was The Goose? Or when the neighbors referred to it as Your Damned Goose? 

The ducks were clearly Aziraphale’s favorites as they followed him about the yard looking lovely and white. That they provided a good excuse for why there might be any stay feathers about, well. Aziraphale loved giving away duck feathers to the local children.

The Goose was Crowley’s favorite, and much to his chagrin, Crowley was The Goose’s favorite. He’d been roped into pets and now he had a bird that followed him around and hissed at strangers. Why was The Goose allowed to hiss at strangers and he wasn’t? Kvetching about it got him kissed, so it worked out.

The goose was better at weeding than the ducks. The ducks were good at keeping slugs out of his garden, but The Goose was happy to pull up weeds or gently take ones from Crowley’s hand. It was nice having his own pet. 

When he saw the note on the local bulletin board advertising Black Orpington chicks, Crowley knew it would be easy to convince Aziraphale to get more pets garden helpers. This time with black feathers! What could possibly go wrong?

[aroturier]

Please notice, this is our very fist look at the Servants’ Hall in the Phantomhve Manor. There might even be a few comfy chairs and a small ‘library’ of books at the other end of the room, that is, the one we can’t see in this picture. Selections might include Mey Rin’s trashy romance novels, a book on identifying British birds Finney likes, a Mrs. Beeton Sebastian occasionally consults and perhaps a nice picture book of Japanese Gardens and Shinto shrine grounds, for when Tanaka gets a bit wistful. Sebastian probably slipped in a copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy in there just for fun.

Bard keeps his ‘library’ under his matress. Ahem...

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D+Q is thrilled to be exhibiting at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) in the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8).

This year's special guests include Guy Delisle who will be debuting Hostage, Elise Gravel who will be debuting If Found... Please Return to Elise Gravel, Seth who will be debuting Palookaville 23,  Jillian Tamaki who will be debuting Boundless. In addition, D+Q will host Joe Ollmann, who recently launched The Abominable Mr. Seabrook, R. Sikoryak who recently launched Terms and Conditions, Michael DeForge who recently launched Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, as well as legendary Toronto cartoonist Chester Brown.

TCAF takes place on Saturday, May 13th from 9am-5pm and Sunday, May 14th from 10am-5pm. Read on and check out what are authors are up to in this full programming and signing schedule. 

TCAF SIGNING AND PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

For extended descriptions of any panel, please consult the TCAF website. Most programming takes place in the Toronto Reference Library (TRL) or Marriott Bloor-Yorkville (Marriott). All signings take place at the Drawn & Quarterly booth in the Reference Library.

Saturday, May 13th, 9am-5pm

10-12: Chester Brown signing at D+Q Booth

10:30-11:30: Joe Ollmann signing at D+Q Booth

11:30-12:30: Guy Delisle signing at D+Q Booth

12-1: Jillian Tamaki signing at D+Q booth

12:15 PM – PANEL w/ Seth: Canadian Reading Series: Alt Canada at Hinton Learning Theatre (TRL)

1-2: Joe Ollmann signing at D+Q Booth

1:00 PM – PANEL: Draw Along with Elise Gravel at The Beeton Auditorium (TRL)

1:30 PM – PANEL: Spotlight on Guy Delisle at Forest Hill Ballroom (Marriott)

1:30 PM – PANEL: Spotlight: R. Sikoryak x Gary Panter at The Pilot

1:30-2:30: Seth signing at D+Q Booth

2-3: Elise Gravel signing at D+Q Booth

2:30-3:30: Guy Delisle and R Sikoryak signing at D+Q Booth

2:45 PM – PANEL: Spotlight: Jillian Tamaki x Eleanor Davis at Forest Hill Ballroom (Marriott)

2:45 PM – PANEL w/ Michael DeForge: 21st Century Webcomics at High Park Ballroom (Marriott)

4-5: Michael DeForge and Jillian Tamaki signing at D+Q Booth

4:00 PM – PANEL w/ R. Sikoryak and Joe Ollmann: Comics Carousel at The Pilot

Sunday, May 14th, 10am-5pm

10:30 – PANEL: Make Your Own Sketchbook w/ Elise Gravel at The Beeton Auditorium (TRL)

11-12:30 Seth signing at D+Q booth

11:30-12:30: Elise Gravel signing at D+Q Booth

12:00 PM - PANEL w/ Michael DeForge: Koyama Press Spotlight at Hinton Learning Theatre (TRL)

12:30-1:30: Guy Delisle & R Sikoryak sign at D+Q Booth

1:30 PM – PANEL w/ Joe Ollmann: Telling Other People’s Stories: Comic Book Biography at Learning Centre (TRL)

1:30-2:30: Chester Brown signing at D+Q Booth

1:30-3: Jillian Tamaki signing at D+Q booth

2:30-3:30: Joe Ollmann signing at D+Q Booth

2:45 PM – PANEL w/ Guy Delisle: Canada 150 – Canada at Home and Abroad at Forest Hill Ballroom (Marriott)

3-4: Michael Deforge signing at D+Q Booth

3:30-4:30: Chester Brown signing at D+Q Booth

4-5: Guy Delisle signing at D+Q Booth

TCAF 2017 poster design by Eleanor Davis.

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Bella the sprocker spaniel’s nose has disappeared into the earth and she’s furiously pawing the ground. It’s a rainy Welsh afternoon on Matt Sim’s farm in Monmouthshire, where lines of young hazel and ­Mediterranean oak cover fields rolling back from his cottage.  Planted fewer than 10 years ago, they’re already producing truffles and Bella, not even a year old, has proven ­herself an expert truffle hunter. In March, aged just 14 weeks, she unearthed a 16-gram (½oz) perigord black truffle, the first of its kind to be found in the UK and the farthest north the Mediterranean funghi, one of the world’s most prized ingredients, has ever been found. Although Sim’s trees started producing more common summer truffles last year – his first discovery was in May – the winter truffles were always more of an experiment. But it’s a gamble that’s paid off.  “At first when I spotted something dark in the hole Bella was digging I thought it might be a rogue summer truffle,” says Sim. “But as soon as I smelt it I knew it was a perigord.” I didn’t think they would grow, but I was proven wrong. And I’m quite happy to beDr Paul Thomas The black truffle is one of the most expensive delicacies in the world, worth as much as £1,700 per kilogram (£770/lb) to the producer. Given that he planted the trees in lieu of a pension, Sim is unsurprisingly pleased: “Not just from a financial point of view. It’s fun. It’s great going out with the dogs and searching for truffles,” he says in his lilting Welsh accent. As we walk the lines of trees Bella shoots in and out of sight with boundless energy. There’s not a moment to waste when she finds something. “You have to pull her off quite quickly. They’re very warty, the truffles, and the claws can pull those off and expose the flesh underneath,” ­explains Sim.   The 49-year-old is now truffle mad. “He’s obsessed,” says his wife, Sarah, back in their warm kitchen, cooking up truffle tortellini, from Aldi, for lunch. A bottle of Lidl truffle oil sits on the work surface. Twice a day Sim walks the 11-acre ­orchard with Bella and Truffle, the aptly named Jack Russell trained to sniff out the prizes. Those he finds he often gives away to local chefs, or eats himself. “I generally just slice a bit off and eat them,” he smiles. Today though, there’s no such decadence. Those holes Bella dug? Simply mouse holes. Truffle Numbers Back in March though, when Bella came up with the goods, the first person Sim phoned was Dr Paul Thomas, who is behind the UK’s nascent truffle ­industry. His company Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd (MSL) has 30 UK plantations, as well as those in 22 other countries, as far away as Nepal. A keen forager as a teenager, he studied environmental science at the University of Sheffield and while there became intrigued by truffles. “I wanted to know why they were so hard to find,” says Dr Thomas. Truffles grow below ground in a symbiotic relationship with the root system of trees in soils with high limestone content. More than 100 years ago there was a thriving industry in wild truffles, with Mrs Beeton one notable fan. But loss of woodland destroyed their habitat.  He explains: “The way it works is that if a seed drops beneath a tree with the fungus growing it becomes inoculated naturally. But once you’ve lost that habitat, there’s not a system for them to reproduce.” Dr Thomas’s response was to hit the lab out of hours from studying for his PhD, to work out a process to inoculate the trees with the fungus.  Fast-forward 15 years and Dr Thomas, now 37, has a thriving business growing inoculated saplings on a site in Lancashire. In 2015, MSL successfully cultivated a UK native burgundy truffle. While predominantly involved in the academic side, he retains a 30 per cent interest in all the farms he ­provides with trees. “It’s a bit like a co-operative. We provided the trees essentially at cost price and do the consultancy and science for free.” Sim, who doesn’t think of himself as a farmer (he works in the metal recycling business), was looking for something to do with the 11 acres of grassland attached to his cottage. Something, he says, with minimum input and maximum potential for returns. “There’s not really anything to do but treat the soil and wait. That’s what I thought in those days, but there’s actually quite a bit of work to do with upkeep and pruning,” he laughs.  In 2008, 4,900 hazel and oak saplings inoculated with summer truffle spores went into the ground, along with 100 winter truffle species. The summer trees started to show positive signs within nine months (five years is more typical), specifically a brûlé, a depression in grass growth around a tree that shows when truffles are growing well. In May 2016 Sim’s first summer truffle was discovered. The winter truffle followed less than a year later.  The Good Food Guide unveils 2018's top restaurants - but which seafood superstar stole the top spot? Sim had wanted to plant more winter truffle species, but Dr Thomas was cautious. “I didn’t think they would grow but it might be interesting from a science perspective. I was quite bearish about it,” laughs Dr Thomas. “But I was proven wrong. And I’m quite happy to be!” However, there’s a bittersweetness to the discovery of a perigord. Ordinarily Britain would be too cold for the winter truffles and Sim’s success suggests the effects of climate change. “The climate has already shifted one degree since the industrial revolution, two degrees by some estimations in certain regions,” says Dr Thomas. “We think that’s just enough to tip the balance.” Having published his findings in the academic journal Climate Research this month, Dr Thomas is now working on modelling what areas of the country have the same microclimate of mild winters and warm summers as Sim’s farm. “What I want to do is kick-start the industry in the UK. We’ve got 30 sites, but it’s still small compared to Europe.” Dr Thomas’s analysis comes at a time when the industry on the continent is in decline due to drought.  “France was producing 2,000 tons of truffles a year at the turn of the last century and now they ­produce maybe 50 or 80 tons,” he ­explains. “They’re planting trees but it’s not increasing. That’s a climate thing.” Yields may be falling but global demand continues to rise. It’s a huge opportunity for British farmers with the time and patience to plant and nurture truffle woodlands. And indefatigable dogs like Bella are prepared to do the dirty work. plantationsystems.com

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