The Met Gala Theme Was Not Cats, But You'll Be Forgiven for Thinking So.
Unmaking a Priest: The Rite of Degradation. The defrocking ceremony was meant to humiliate a disgraced member of the clergy while discouraging laypeople from viewing him as a martyr. (via Strange Company)
The Search for the Lost Jeopardy! Tapes Is Over. The Mystery Behind Them Endures. At least we now have Barbara Lowe's side of the story. (via Metafilter)
12 World-Class Con Artists.
The Real Difference Between European and American Butter. The discussion of this article at Metafilter goes further into the richness of cultured butters, with recommendations .
Three unlikely creatures seen sharing the same den. They haven’t eaten each other yet. (via Fark)
7 Facts About the Stone of Scone. The rock will be sitting underneath Charles III at his coronation on Saturday.
5 Simple Front Yard Projects Realtors Say You Should Do Every Year.
Three unlikely creatures...
ReplyDeleteSounds like the part of a Disney movie where they start singing about what a great life they have together right before the problem crops up.
Our cousins haven't a coronation in awhile so when I first heard Stone of Scone, I thought what? Does it have a sword stuck in it or something?
ReplyDeleteNo, but it has some lovely jam on top.
ReplyDeleteMy history teacher in HS was a classmate of the students who brought the Stone of Scone home. She was quite proud of them.
ReplyDeleteThe Scone of Stone – https://wiki.lspace.org/Scone_of_Stone
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sir Terry Pratchett.
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For me the main difference is whether or not it's cultured. It's just tastier that way. For years we've been making our own cultured butter with a starter a friend gave us. It's delicious--and you end up with very fresh cultured buttermilk in the process.
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