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Genre: Education
Date of upload: Jun 13, 2023 ^^
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The Crystal Palace was originally built as a temporary structure in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851, but it was so popular that a private consortium purchased it and moved it to Penge, then on the outskirts of London, to function as a theme park. The Dinosaur Dinner happened during this relocation, as the dinosaurs were commissioned for the gardens at the new site, and would have been great publicity. The palace burned down in 1936, but the dinosaurs are still there! You can actually see the anachronistic iguanodon where this happened in what is now Crystal Palace park in London today. You can't eat inside it any more, but you can have a picnic nearby if you want.
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Fun fact: the town I was born in (Maidstone, England) has an Iguanodon on its official heraldry, added in 1949 in reference to some of the first Iguanodon fossils being found nearby by Gideon Mantell in the 19th Century. It remains one of the only towns in the world that features a dinosaur on its official heraldry.
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"An answer will oblige" is great. Many years ago I worked abroad in a diplomatic post, where my boss received about a dozen dinner invitations a week. He would review each and then send them back to me with 'WMP' or 'MRU' scrawled on them. At the end of my first day I had to ask what those meant. Turned out they were intended to tell me how he wanted to RSVP to the invitation: "With much pleasure", or "Many regrets, unable". That same job saw me being ordered to take on the chef of one of Brussels' fanciest restaurants over a matter of 'insufficiently done' (i.e., raw) pigeon. I think I would have preferred to charge a machinegun nest.
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One of my favorite anecdotes about plate tectonics is a story one of my teachers had about when she was in school. A purveyor of jigsaw puzzles, she saw a map of the globe and figured "huh, this right angle by Brazil and this right angle by Africa look like they could fit together," and was told off by her teacher for the ridiculous prospect that entire continents could shatter apart and spread across the ocean.
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You’re right that Mrs Beeton’s recipes were not tested. She started putting them in The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine that she and her husband ran when she was barely 21. She grabbed them from anywhere, plagiarising them, and getting them from readers. Sadly she died at 28. I’d be interested in what you might have to say about the Book of Household Management. That’s a lovely edition you have bought. I enjoy all your content, watching it from across the pond, where I too, have seen the dinosaurs at Crystal Palace.
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5:24 "So you just have to wing it" The pun was right there! Been watching your videos for a long time now and I'm sure the missed pun will live rent free in your head for a bit. My wife and I thoroughly enjoy every one of your videos.
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10:25 "Outrageous desserts."
Madeira Jelly is gelatin (or agar), and Madeira Wine, with added plain sugar or syrup.
Bavaroise is Bavarian Cream, which is made from Creme Anglaise (milk, vanilla, eggs and sugar) thickened in a cold mold with gelatin or isinglass, and served with whipped cream.
Charlotte de Russe is a cake that uses ladyfingers as a crust base, and has a filling of Bavaroise or another custard, and whole fruit (usually berries).
Nougat de Chantilly are small candies made of pounded sugar and hazelnuts, filled with maraschino or vanilla flavored whipped cream, and strawberries.
Boisson de Meringue aux Confitures is milk topped with jam meringue.
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In Louisiana now everyone is into dark rouxs and super thick sauces that are heavy cream based. People don’t realize what a simple light roux and some Beurre Manié can do especially with seafood. Or even taking garlic add some warm stock to it. Add it to a blender or food processor and add olive oil till it thickens. Then fold that into your dish in the last 5-10 minutes. Incredible results!
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@CrescentGuard
11 months ago
I love that the Crystal Palace Iguanadon is getting recognized in a way that isn't making fun of it. It's easy for us modern folk to look at the Crystal Palace reconstructions and call it silly looking, but these reconstructions, and especially this dinner, actually did a great deal to help popularize paleontology. Besides that, it's just so charming that these people celebrated the sciences in such splendor.
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