historic links and a resolution or two

[anotheranon]

1652 English hot chocolate recipe - tried a cup based on this and the cinnamon and cloves make it smokier and spicier than the modern version (and the cayenne doesn't hurt). Pointed out by Shem by way of her friend J., whose sweet tooth was cruising the Folger site.

Thieves' cant - dotheranon put me on the scent but I found this transcription of a 1736 dictionary on my own. It dovetails nicely with my reading about the Elizabethan underworld - I was getting a vague understanding of what upright-men and gulls were from context but a dictionary saves so much time.

Not really solid resolutions but definitely good ideas I need to pursue:

1. Eat more green vegetables
   
2. Save more $
   
3. Give at least once a month to a charity (January will be Equality Now)
   
4. Find a convenient place to give blood, and do it.
   

Comments

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Another link for the put-on-the-webpage-one-day folder ... thankee!

And I agree that cinnamon complements hot chocolate ... at a wine-tasting dinner I attended once upon a time, hot chocolate with a generous splash of Goldschläger was served for dessert ... mmmmmmmmm :d

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

For more detail, I recommend "Rogues Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars" from the University of Masachusetts Press (ISBN 0-87023-718-7). It's a collection of Tudor and Stuart pamphlets warning people about rogues, con men, etc.

Yep - it's all primary source material! I have it left from a college course somewhere. Not only does it contain a canting dictionary from 1608 and how they made loaded dice in 1552 but contains a 1612 depiction about how to make a stage-blood-pack!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thank you for the recommendation! Sounds like it's right up my current alley!