#sweet measure

[timetraveltasting]

SWEET MEASURE (c. 1390)

Having recently gone down the rabbit hole of historical dishes thanks to Max Miller and his Youtube historical cooking show, Tasting History, I decided to begin trying to make some of these dishes, especially the ones that look tasty. The first dish from Tasting History I decided to make was Sweet Measure, a medieval dish from the court of Richard II of England, c. 1390. See Max's video on how to make it here or see the ingredients and process at the end of this post, sourced from the Youtube description of the video.

My experience making it:

I made a couple changes from the recipe below: notably, I used chicken instead of capon, I omitted the hyssop (it was hard to find where I live in Germany), and I added some steamed broccoli to flesh out the dish and add some veggies.

The process of making it was quite easy, and not confusing at all. Nevertheless, I somehow forgot to add the pine nuts (even though I had some!), although I think they may have sunk to the bottom anyway in such a light sauce.

My experience tasting it:

While I was hoping this could be a nice savory dinner, Max did warn that it was a little on the sweet side. He was definitely correct. The honey was the star of the sauce (if it could be called a sauce; it was very, very thin). The chicken was very tender and did go well with the sauce, but the broccoli absorbed the sauce even better. My favourite part of the dish was that you could taste the herbs well in the sauce, and the herbs paired well with the chicken and broccoli. While my husband and I ate the whole dish, leaving no leftovers, it was just okay overall, and we will likely not rush to make it again. Still, it was a very interesting first foray into historical cooking, and I was quite happy it turned out as intended. Let me know if you end up making it, if you liked it, and if you changed anything from the original recipe!

Links to harder-to-find ingredients:

King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour

Hyssop

Savory

Saffron

Sweet Measure original recipe (c. 1390)

Sourced from The Forme of Cury

Douce Ame Take gode cowe mylke and do it in a pot. Take parsel, sawge, ysope, savray and oother gode herbes. Hewe hem, and do hem in the mylke and seeth hem. Take capons half yrosted and smyte hem on pecys and do thereto pynes and hony clarified. Salt it and color it with safron and serve it forth.

Modern Recipe

Based on the adaptation from Lorna J. Sass in To The King's Taste and Max Miller's version in his Tasting History video.

Ingredients:

3-4 lbs capon (or chicken) cut into serving size pieces

1/2 Cup flour mixed with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp fresh ground pepper

3 tbsp oil

3 cups milk

1/3 cup honey

3 tbsp minced fresh parsley

2 leaves fresh sage, minced

1 tsp hyssop

1/2 tsp savory

1/4-1/2 tsp saffron

1/3 cup pine nuts

Method:

Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C.

Dredge fowl in flour mixture.

Brown the fowl in oil in a large saucepan until golden on both sides.

Combine milk, honey, herbs, salt, and pepper in a bowl.

Layer fowl in an oven-safe dish and pour liquid over browned fowl, stirring to combine drippings with the sauce.

Cover and simmer in oven for about 20 minutes or until fowl is tender.

Remove from oven and stir in pine nuts.

Serve it forth.

[lucabyte]

Taking pride in One's own appearance.

[yuwuta]

f2l with katsuki but there’s nobody who rides harder for you two being a couple than izuku and not even in a weird pining threeway kind of way. just genuinely, from the bottom of his heart, he’s always believed you two should be together. he’s always watched you two growing up, he’s always chased after you two, he’s always seen the way you both lean into each other and still find space to pull him up too. he thinks you and katsuki deserve each other, he knows you two are meant for each other. it’s excruciating for izuku to watch you two not realize it for so long, heartbreaking to watch kacchan figure it out but not say anything, and the worst pain of all is watching you date other people because you’re too stubborn to realize your soulmate is has been right next to you your entire life. it’s exhausting, and izuku is bitter about it.

and petty. whenever you mention you have a date, his response is always “is it with kacchan?” “huh? no, it’s—” “that’s too bad then.” he pretends not to remember any of your boyfriends’ names and somewhere along the way he just stops pretending and really doesn’t care to learn them. he’s sweet and all smiles with everyone else, but the second someone other than katsuki is interested in you, there’s a straight frown on his lips. he’s out for drinks with katsuki and he’s noticed some guys eyeing him from across the restaurant, so izuku goes to greet them while katsuki is in the bathroom, all bright smiles and hero facade beaming as he signs the shorter one’s baseball cap with a sigh, “kacchan is handsome, right? you should see his girl, she’s stunning too,” capping the sharpie and any potential plans for flirting for the evening. he’s spent many nights gossiping with mitsuki and inko about you two, crying about how seeing you two dating other people is harder than any other mission he’s ever been sent on.

sometimes izuku just wants to shove the two of you in a locker and keep you in there until you decide to be together. he spends so much time with his chin in his palm, sighing with such yearning for a relationship that isn’t even his own. his eyes are soft right now, watching you and katsuki in the communal kitchen of the agency. there’s a slight glare shining through the glass walls, but he can see your smiles bright as day. you lean with your back to the counter, stirring your tea mindlessly as katsuki faces you, arms crossed but posture relaxed, no doubt saying something to rile you up judging by the slick grin on his face. you’re much shorter than him, but izuku remembers the days when you were taller than both of them back in second grade; he thinks the height difference panned out nicely. kacchan could lean down and kiss you right now, izuku wishes he would. a soft smile paints izuku’s face—they only keep that tea in the cabinets for the days you decide to visit, and katsuki only teases to hear your sharp tongue counter him. he must be in a particularly good mood today—or maybe, he’s happy because you’ve visited—judging by the way he throws his head back with a hearty cackle after you’ve said something to him. that’s good, hopefully you’ll keep his spirits up when they leave for patrol later. izuku gets so caught up in his daydreaming that he’s startled when there’s a knocking on the glass, and now you’re next to it smiling at his startled face and waving to him. he looks at you, then back to katsuki, who’s shadowed you to the glass wall, hovering protectively like he always has. izuku shakes his head in disbelief, but waves back. he finds the glass fitting, a window he’s looking into. he just hopes the scene changes to something more romantic sooner rather than later.

[demaparbat-hp]

Zuko looked up and locked eyes with his cousin, who was struck speechless. Then, ever so slowly, Lu Ten's lips twitched upwards. And then he smiled. And then he beamed. And then he nodded proudly once, just once, and vanished.

Lu Ten comes back in For the Spirits Chapter VII: Take Me South, only to leave Zuko with more questions than answers. Just how much is he truly aware of? When will he return? What is Zuko going to do now?

(What will the South bring?)

[essektheylyss]

It really is so fun that Essek started mentioning "my partner" like every three lines because he probably doesn't actually get the chance to talk about it that often.

I think there can often be an impulse when you really care about someone to want to shout from the rooftops all the great things you feel and notice about them, and Essek isn't really in a position to do that. The people who he can talk freely to already know him and Caleb, and the people who don't know them likely aren't safe to tell real personal details to. It's one thing to fabricate a parental relationship knowing that there isn't someone to trace that to, but it's an entirely different thing to tell someone honestly about the people you love when any small detail might put them in danger if it fell into the wrong hands.

The Hells are safe to say that kind of thing to—perhaps mostly on a meta level, in that the DM is aware that they are the protagonists—and they also characteristically tend to offer a listening ear to anyone they meet, and I think it's delightful that Essek actually recognized and responded to that.

[chemblrish]

19 March 2024

Yesterday's classes got cancelled, my thesis lab included, so I didn't even get that to sweeten the fact I have ochem today. Lab mates laugh at my dramatic sighs but I genuinely don't enjoy ochem at all and every lab feels like a battle against the apparatus that refuses to cooperate. Not to mention the smell. I smelled xylene for the first time today and it was not an enjoyable experience 2/10 would not recommend. Thank goodness I have pchem lab tomorrow. Pchem lab save me... Pchem lab... Save me pchem lab...

[crab-people-overlord]

okay but can we talk about 'Mystery of the Urinal Deuce' because this episode is literally EVERYTHING when it comes to Stan and Kyle's friendship. Marsh is playing dumb the whole episode and Kyle is losing his goddamn mind over it. The betrayal. The DRAMA.

Stan in this scene knows damn well that everything is a conspiracy (he admits as much later in the episode and knows that Kyle thinks the same thing). And Kyle knows damn well that Stan out of everyone should also know this, because Stan is the one person he can usually count on to back him up on this type of shit. But Stan is the one messing with him in this episode, so we get these fun moments of Stan letting loose and enjoying pranking his friend Kyle. 

Many see the Assburger's duology as the establishment and turning point of Stan’s character. And while it certainly establishes his clinical depression, I’d argue it in no way establishes either his tendency towards depression/melancholy OR cynicism as both of those have always been present from the beginning (but that’s another discussion for another day. I already basically wrote an essay on that a longgg time ago that maybe I’ll share later).

When it comes to a true  ‘turning point’ for Stan’s character, I think of ‘Raisin’s’ ‘from Season 7, which expands on his already present tendency towards sensitivity and annoyances with general society and evolves it into a deep melancholy and detachment from society (at times bordering on nihilism, something we see more of from Stan post Season 7’s ‘Raisins’ such as in the ‘Douche and Turd’ episode in Season 8 and many other episodes). I don’t see the ‘You’re Getting Old’ episode as the turning point for Stan’s character at all. I see it more as an extension of what I actually view as his turning point episode of ‘Raisin’s’. 

What I love about ‘Mystery of the Urinal Deuce’ is it is a post ‘Raisin’s’ episode where Stan just gets to play around, which is sadly something we just don’t see from Stan post-season 7 as often. 

Kyle has always been the easiest target for Cartman not even necessarily because of his traits, but because of his reactions. He is super reactive to everything, and Stan knows this. Unlike Cartman, Stan respects this and usually stands up for Kyle when this aspect of him is taken advantage of. But at the same time, this doesn’t mean that Stan doesn’t like to tease Kyle at times - because let’s be real; Kyle’s high reactivity would make it so fun to mess with him. And in this episode, Stan takes advantage of that. 

And while usually I hate people taking advantage of Kyle in this way, it is so goddamn refreshing to see Stan just being able to let go of all the heavy shit that’s been so key to his character emotionally post-Season 7 and just play around with his bestie in this episode, something I think that at the core of his character he ultimately just wants to be able to do at the end of the day. you can TASTE the shit-eating grin in his voice. he is having the TIME OF HIS LIFE watching Kyle spiral. stan tries so GODDAMN hard to find happiness throughout the series to no avail, so it’s refreshing the times he succeeds and gets to just actually be himself.

Later on in the episode, Stan is also just able to let loose. His ‘Well dude, maybe we’re just badass, have you ever thought of that?’ later on in the episode is said so nonchalantly with him literally smirking, and it cracks me up every time as he tries to appease Kyle’s doubts. He is thoroughly enjoying pranking his friend. 

like yes give me more of this next season?? give me more of stan actually getting to be a kid and mess around with his best friend instead of drowning in existential dread 24/7? please and thank you?

[electronicdancingghost]

Sebastian Stan

The Last Full Measure

[thebookworm0001]

okay but Gale inviting his good friend tav, regardless of romantic attachment, to sit with him under a sky of stars he made just for you so he can spend what he believes to be his last hours surrounded by the magic and the people he loves? Telling you that he doesn’t want to die because you and the people he’s travelled with have become more important to him than he could have ever guessed? But that he doesn’t know how to stop this so would you please just stay with him for a while?

[gloomy-eye]

Need to learn how to edit videos just so i can put Armand and Daniel from s2e5 to the intro of The Snake by Lana Lubany

[ivystoryweaver]

Oscar Isaac Music Poll

Songs below the cut if you don't know them or just want to hear them again!

[notafanbut]

Ep 6. Shoulder thug, she can't remember, think of me as a penguin, wingman finally eats, flower boy delivers again, chef tries to give them some alone time....in a freezer......

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Dead dashboard confessional parasocial hours: it’s been so nice to see Taylor kind of reclaim her place in the world and work out in real time what does or doesn’t feel good in terms of being out there, and she’s clearly flourishing on a personal level by taking in all these experiences! And idk if it’s just the late hour or the post-livestream hangover or what, but it just kinda feels like something shifted yet again last week — like she and Travis did their goofy little skit because Theatre Kids and it was fun and felt good and she’s like “YES more of that please!”

And I’m not saying that as in “omg she’s going to publish her entire life online now” at all, but more in like, it’s kind of endearing to see her try these new things and figure out her boundaries and be like “yes this sparks joy and I want more of it in my life” (or on the flip side, cutting out the things that don’t and protecting her peace). I know that ET article earlier today was just a fluff piece to keep stoking the fires until they can actually Say It, but there’s something about Tree’s the quote saying they had fun coming up with it and were glad they got to share that moment together and want to keep having fun like that was just really sweet. And again, I don’t think it means they’re going to publicize their lives regularly by any means, I really do feel like it was like, “hey you know what would be funny?” And they took it from there — almost like that skit was for them and we were lucky to be bystanders to the bit lol. They just have so much fun together and it shows. I don’t think they’re trying to capitalize off their relationship, I think it’s just the pop star on a global stage equivalent of that one couple you have in your friend group that always goes all out for Halloween with the elaborate couple costume and commits to the bit every year.

It just seems like they’re really settling into things and figuring out as they go along how they can do the things they want to do within the parameters of what feels safe and joyful and is less scary than it once was. Taylor got to take part in her own way in something meaningful to Travis (e.g. the Super Bowl) and he’s gotten to take part in something meaningful to her (the show) and it’s just really sweet how they embrace each other’s worlds. And maybe it was “new and defining” because Taylor’s never been that overt before on stage on a tour of this scale, and not only did the world not cave in, she had a blast and got to have a chuckle. For someone who said she always wished she had someone by her side to share her successes with and never did even in her longest relationship previously, it’s got to be wild to literally have her partner on stage with her on her record-breaking tour.

No wonder she’s probably gagged at all this. The universe really did shift and it was all for them etc.

[moon-and-stars-selfship]

OKAY NEVERMIND ABOUT FINDING A WAY TO CHECK IN

@one-winged-dreams did a surprise commission for me from @kylilah and I am crying over here holy shit?!?

Oh my god this just so...-clutches chest-

Thank you, both of you. This is amazing, I absolutely have this on my mirror at the parlor (insert is a tattoo artist)

(non-polaroid under the cut because I need to show off both)

[ilovefredjones]

SOUP RECIPE by me :)

1 generous serving, easily doubled/modified

1 carrot

1 baking potato

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

45g red lentils

1tsp veg stock

350ml boiling water

ground cumin, paprika, ground coriander, and black pepper to taste

1. peel & wash the carrot & potato. cut them into little cubes

2. heat up some oil in a large saucepan & add the cubes. stir occasionally on a medium heat so they don’t burn

3. crush & chop the garlic, then add to the pot. season to taste

4. cook until the veg has softened/browned off

5. wash the lentils & add to the pot

6. mix together the stock & boiling water, then add to the pot

7. bring to a boil, then let simmer until the water has reduced & everything is cooked through

8. serve and enjoy! i had mine with some toasted seeded bread with butter :)

[jtl-fics]

Words cannot express how tempted I am to write a side piece to FF that details GS’ POV from finding out her grandson got stabbed to the reveal.

I want to show her full commitment to the bit. Getting Paul to assist her, listening in as Andrew and Neil talked in the car, her thoughts regarding all of this, Wymack having texted her exactly where she needed to go beforehand, her going up to the receptionist and pretending she doesn’t know English to sell the bit further, the stroke of luck that is dear sweet Nicholas, Squeezing the SHIT out of Wymack’s hand so he doesn’t rat her out because he KNOWS she’s speaks English, and the realization that is “Aw shit, they’re good kids Sara and you’ve already lied to this extent already. Time for the Smith family tradition of ‘COMMIT.’”