It's a recurring theme in art and literature
- I guess you'd say "lore"; whether that has
anything to do with reality, maybe some scholars
know, but the truth is probably less interesting
than the fiction so doesn't get publicized..
Dunno.... sometimes truth truly is stranger than fiction... fiction has
to be at least somewhat believable... truth is what it is... :)
True - some amazing real events are too improbable-
sounding to sell copy or views.
They were amusing and tuneful and well crafted,
but they didn't sound anything like the works of
the composers whose names they bore or even of
the period they were supposed to have come from.
Exactly. Sometimes there was at least a hint of it, though...
Kreisler messed with the heads of his naysayers
by including real pieces by Gluck and Mozart in
the mix.
manuscript collection contained only one piece
each by a whole lot of unrelated composers. And
only a Sicilienne and no other associated pieces
by Francoeur ,,, a Sicilienne wasn't a standalone
piece (not until the Romantic period, anyway).
I guess the public was in the right mood to be
duped at that particular moment.
Apparently... and then incensed when it did come out... He was right
about one thing, the works would be better received if attributed to
other, established, composers than if he put them out as his own... even though they did have sufficient merit on their own...
He wasn't famous when he pulled the stunt. It
might have been to sell his pieces or a ploy
to sell himself.
Guys & Dolls is a pretty old show and no doubt informed
that, which I'm guessing is 1776, despite its name a
quite younger show?
Probably... :)
Undoubtedly, you mean?
Oh, ok... undoubtedly... ;)
Well, my observation is that there is a sort
of 200 limit, but I like to keep things
under 150. The old rules discouraged anything
over 100
At one time, that was a real limitation of some bbs systems, as well as
some offline readers, to not be able to deal with any message more than
100 lines... but that's not the case any more... just some offline
readers that still do the breaking of messages to accomodate that....
I once appended my entire primary recipe file, some
20000 lines, to an echo message. It went through
some places and not others; to my knowledge it
didn't break anything too seriously.
and had the seemingly quixotic limit
of one recipe or at most two very short ones,
which is fine with me as it had the side effect
of keeping things on- but not too on-topic.
Also keeps things from getting too complicated... :)
Yep. I'm sticking with a semi-enforced 100-line
preference and 200-line de facto limit.
Some of the readers may not believe it, but
I'm not treating you all like babies except
when you are.
:)
... Sorry, my taglines are in a box somewhere.
No, they're not.
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Faux Jack in the Box tacos
categories: copycat, Mexicanish, main, can be vegetarian
yield: 1 batch
1 c dried green lentils
3 c water
1/2 ts salt
1/2 c refried beans, more to taste
1/2 pk taco seasoning
tortillas
taco sauce/hot sauce of your choosing
sliced cheese, folded in half to make a triangle
lettuce, tomato, sour cream
Heat oven to 400F. In a medium sauce pan bring
water to a boil. Add salt and lentils and simmer
for 35 to 40 min until tender. Don't overcook
them and turn them into a pile of mush, but you
do want them tender. dd taco seasoning and refried
beans to make a thick paste.
Warm tortillas in the microwave to make them
pliable and to prevent cracking. Place 1/4 c
filling in the tortilla, add hot sauce, and
triangle of cheese. Fold over.
Place on a cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick
spray or oil or place on parchment paper. Coat the
tops lightly with oil. Cook for 12 min. I like to cook
for 6, and flip them over, but it's not necessary. If
you want it more crispy, you can cook for 2 min more.
Pry open and add lettuce and more hot sauce if you
like. Garnish with extras if that's how you roll.
Style That Food via thebeardedhiker.com
ALL
489 tastes in preference order
Trediberri Nebbiolo delle Langhe 14 - dried fruit, not
just raisins but also blueberries and maybe even
raspberries. Just beginning to thin out and go light
around the edges. Nice long blueberry finish. I
forget where we got this.
Creation Pinot Noir 16 (Walker Bay South Africa) -
Lilli picked this up on one of her trips. as it
was well recommended by our South African friend
Hermien. It stood the trip out west well. Medium
red, aroma of flowers and a taste of dark cherries
and light raspberries with pepper and some tannin.
As the winery (very good at self promoting) reminds
us, this was awarded 95 points by Decanter Magazine.
I was fairly enthusiastic about it, not perhaps so
much as the magazine, but at least it got Lilli to
revisit Pinot with pleasure.
Santa Fe blush "premium blush table wine" - M's review
March 2006 - fresh and fruity, with a hint of
strawberry, medium sweet. Apricot, honeycomb. Enjoyable,
ideal swigging wine. Carol said fruit punch; the guy
suggested cutting some fruit into it for sangria.
M's review July 2018 - last bottle from the same
batch, having undergone a subsequent fermentation
and fizzing over just a little on opening. Wonderful
aroma of peaches, continuing on with raspberries on
the palate. None of that bitterness that a lot of
these wines have and I vaguely recall it having had
years ago. Moderately sweet but with good acid. Nice
stone-fruity finish and after, lasting maybe 15 seconds.
A youthfully engaging wine: bear in mind that I bought
this bottle 148 months before; if I knew it was going to
age this well, I'd have bought the entire production.
Dita lychee liqueur - pleasantly rich and gooey texture,
authentic flavor long on the palate and with a long finish.
Way, way sweet, though, without enough acid balance.
Alcohol a sneaky 21%.
Argento Malbec 16 - prune nose, plums and almond on
the palate. A little acid overbalancing. Decent but
I thought overpriced.
Suntory The Chita single-grain whisky in a bottling
meant for Europe - somewhat sweet with vanilla and
tropical fruit (mostly banana) scent. Pretty smooth
on the palate. Decent but way overpriced.
Mer Soleil Silver unoaked Chardonnay 14 - I could have
gotten the Trefethen for the same price, but I figured
unoaked would go better with the food we were getting,
I was wrong - this stuff was way too citrusy, way too
acid. I recall having liked the oaked Chardonnay, with
the wood balancing out the sour and had been curious
about this. No longer.
Far From the Tree strawberry basil apple cider -
there few nondairy beverages that I use the term
nauseating for, and this is one of them. The Internet
reviews, though as uncomplimentary as my impression,
seem to be about a different product altogether; they
cite a lack of the named flavorants and diss the
alcohol content, finding it too sweet, I found an
aroma of strawberry pop with pleasant cider on the
palate. I found it alcoholic enough and dry enough;
perhaps this was an aged can of it. A strong finish
of weedy basil, which along with the normal old shoes
made me want to lose my lunch. I toddled downstairs
after finishing my pint and fell asleep for two hours
- it appears that the stuff has at least the 7.5%
alcohol listed on the label. This stuff is made in
Salem, Mass., so I was favorably inclined to it before
actually yasting it. Oh, well, too bad.
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