So, we have another new flour, this time being an organic, type-65 flour. I’ve mentioned type-85 before (ours has some malted barley added to it), and briefly discussed ash content. Recently though, I came across an article in Baking Buyer magazine discussing this very topic, and I wanted to…

Taking food blogs to the next level.

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Jul 14 '10

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I’m all set now that my solution has been accelerated.

Jul 6 '10

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Thank you, spreadsheets.

Jul 4 '10

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“Have been genteely treated and am now going to be drunk. This is the first time.”
November 30, 1775

“All of us got most feloniously drunk.”
January 6, 1776

“Went to bed about two o’clock in the afternoon, stupidly drunk.”
-January 7, 1776

“Spent evening at the Tavern…. A confounded mad frolic.”
-February 19, 1776

“Got most feloniously drunk. This is a bad preface to the new volume of my diary.”
-October 1, 1776

“A very mad frolic this evening. Set the house on fire three times and broke Mr. Dream’s leg… got drunk and committed a number of foolish actions.”
-November 19, 1776

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From the journals of Nicholas Cresswell, a British traveler in the North American colonies quoted in And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

“I thought it might make a great 4th of July post for American Drink since it takes place in 1776, demonstrates America’s extremely drunk heritage, and is kind of hilarious.”

From friend of American Drink, Buzz Anderson.

Have a happy 4th of July, America.

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Jul 1 '10

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Gallagher Is a Paranoid, Right-Wing, Watermelon-Smashing Maniac by Lindy West - Theater - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper

thelindywest: Gallagher Is a Paranoid, Right-Wing, Watermelon-Smashing Maniac. My review of last week’s show: http://strn.gr/4357855

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Jul 1 '10

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“The Dutch know how to handle maritime emergencies. In the event of an oil spill, The Netherlands government, which owns its own ships and high-tech skimmers, gives an oil company 12 hours to demonstrate it has the spill in hand. If the company shows signs of unpreparedness, the government dispatches its own ships at the oil company’s expense. “If there’s a country that’s experienced with building dikes and managing water, it’s the Netherlands,” says Geert Visser, the Dutch consul general in Houston.”

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Avertible catastrophe

The Dutch (and several other European governments) offered to help out with the BP spill, very early on, with much more expertise than we have, and for free. The government refused, because their system was only 99% effective. I’m not usually a blame-the-government-first type, but that’s fucked up.