My wife insists that I make an announcement on Apolyton

[Pax]

Congratulations!!!!!

[Elok]

Awesome news! Pray for minimal colic.

[molly bloom]

Awesome news! Pray for minimal colic.

Welcome back after your Lenten abstention.

[Elok]

Sorry, can't hear you. Too busy gorging on Spreadable Cholesterol, AKA Paschal cheese.

[giblets]

Why can't you gorge on candy on Easter like a normal person?

[Elok]

Because you can eat candy all Lent, so it's not much of a celebration. Besides, it's insipid compared to kielbasa, ham, paschal bread and the cheese spread that goes with it. Ingredients include eggs, butter, farmers' cheese (this year we used homemade ricotta instead, it turned out slightly sweeter), and pretty much everything else bad for you that isn't meat. As for the bread, if it had more butter it would actually be a cake. Nuts to some little chocolate bunny and some jelly beans.

Anyway: To JM! And his progeny in progress!

[Alexander's Horse]

Jon, if you don't let her post I'm going assume you have her chained up somewhere for breeding purposes...

This is what children turn you into, sentimental old fools

[Lonestar]

Congrats Jon

[Robert]

Great news jon! Congrats.

[molly bloom]

Because you can eat candy all Lent, so it's not much of a celebration. Besides, it's insipid compared to kielbasa, ham, paschal bread and the cheese spread that goes with it. Ingredients include eggs, butter, farmers' cheese (this year we used homemade ricotta instead, it turned out slightly sweeter), and pretty much everything else bad for you that isn't meat. As for the bread, if it had more butter it would actually be a cake. Nuts to some little chocolate bunny and some jelly beans.

Anyway: To JM! And his progeny in progress!

Strangely enough, creamy &/or fatty foods were what mediaeval peasants used to dream about- hence the Land Of C0ckaigne reference.

[Elok]

Well, yeah; in Western Europe, at least, wasn't the peasant diet a bit heavy on starches? I'd lust for fatty cheese and ham even more if I ate porridge and cabbage every damn day.

EDIT: "The European medieval diet was largely determined by social class. For the majority of the of the people, peasants, a large portion of their daily diet was made up of grains such as wheat, rye, oats or barley(carbohydrates). The grains were boiled whole in a soup or stew, ground into flour and made into bread, or malted and brewed into ale. Estimates from the late Middle Ages indicated that a gallon of ale a day was not unusual, but the actual alcohol in the drink was low. Protein was usually provided legumes such as beans, peas or lentils, fish where available, or on very rare occasions, meat such as poultry, pork, or beef. Additional nutrients were provided by seasonal vegetables and fruits. The peasant's diet rates high on modern nutrition standards. But seasonal fluctuations in food availability and poor harvests often caused long periods of very poor nutrition."

http://people.eku.edu/resorc/Medieval_peasant_diet.htm

It seems only the wealthier sort got cheese, eggs or butter. Poor buggers.

[molly bloom]

Well, yeah; in Western Europe, at least, wasn't the peasant diet a bit heavy on starches? I'd lust for fatty cheese and ham even more if I ate porridge and cabbage every damn day.

It seems only the wealthier sort got cheese, eggs or butter. Poor buggers.

They were partial to spicing up their messes of pottage with horseradish and watercress and mustard- not surprisingly. The medley of flavours in some of the mediaeval dishes is reminiscent of modern Moroccan or fusion cuisines- hot and sour, pungent heat and sweetness- one weekend I'm going to dig out my British Museum cookery book and have a go at a high cost mediaeval repast.

[Japher]

Jon;

we just confirmed that we are expecting our 4th at the beginning of November. When are you due?

[Jon Miller]

Late October.

JM

[Jon Miller]

Late October.

JM