I saw an article today about Spock, criticizing the character for not being sufficiently “logical.” It got me thinking about being a nerd in the 70s, and awkward. You’d get actually beat up for it then, not like now where nerds are heroes. Spock was our hero, and not for logic.
Aside from the author missing the key character drive, his half-humanity crippling his pure logic, there is severe temporal bias. There was a world where having a floppy disk in your notebook, or getting an A in math, could get you a tooth knocked out of your head.
Spock was effectively on the spectrum, and smart, and he was valued by the other characters despite his differences and oddness. That resonated with every nerd I knew. Gave hope, even though it was cheesy and outdated. Let’s not shit on that. No matter how many clicks it gets.
I have been trying for a year and a half to get @UnileverUKI and @marmite to talk about using yeast from our Ancient Egyptian Baking project to do a Special Edition Marmite whose profits would promote science and education. How excellent would this be?
(🙏@POPeART_ )
Even if you hate Marmite this would still be pretty cool! The bottle says “Marmite (ancient) Egyptian” in the cartouche in front, surrounded by “good” and “pure.” On the sides it says “old” on the right and “new” on the left, and prays for eternal life around bottom.
The pyramids used to have golden tops, which fits with the yellow topped Marmite bottle. That’s it!
Welcome to my Pi day historical bagel tutorial! We are going to learn how to make the kind of bagels that were brought by Polish Ashkenazi Jews as they emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century (1880s). Let’s go!
Before we start, a few comments. Bagels are emotional. They are like few other foods, in that they inspire so much passion not only in their consumption but in the argument over what’s “real,” and what’s “proper” and such. The toppings, the water, the schmear, etc. etc. etc.
My weird hobby is historical baking. Usually I’m doing obscure things with microbiology and archaic pottery technique, as you can see below. I’m interested in bagels because I wanted to make the thing that our ancestors brought with them to America as a way of connecting to them.
By *adamant* request, I have spent several weeks researching proper NYC bagels, making devices and extracts, and prepping. If you’re interested, I’ll post a thread. I have more work to do, and practice and feedback from local NYC folks. Then I’ll share. Fun experiment.
I AM AWARE OF MONTREAL BAGELS. One challenge at a time please. I think we can all agree that NYC bagels are a worth genre.