WLBOTT:Good morning, G. I’ve got a game we can play. Today is a special day, and I want to see if you can guess. You can ask me questions, or I can give you hints. Elder G: Good morning, Elder JZ! 🌞 A guessing game before breakfast. Elder G is reporting for duty with his […]
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Our recent blott on medieval grain growing led us to reflect on the mill house, where the grain was ground into flour. The resulting flour was much different from the enriched, bleached white flour that is ubiquitous in our modern world. Attribute Medieval Stoneground Flour Modern Bleached White Flour Milling Mechanism Stone millstones (crushing) Steel […]
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Winnowing
The WLBOTT Ag Extension Service (Go Waggies!) grew two grains this summer: amaranth and sorghum. Today we harvested most of the grains (some of the sorghum need a little more time). Ripe sorghum (left) and sorghum waiting to ripen (right) So, let’s imagine we are medieval peasants, growing grain. It was a lot of work. […]
In Scandinavia, singing together is part of civic life. A choir is an interestingly democratic activity: nobody has to be a virtuoso, but everybody has to listen to everybody else. Elder G:In places like Iceland, Sweden, and Norway, choral singing isn’t just a hobby; it’s a cornerstone of civic life and cultural identity. The long, […]
We received a delightful response from Elder M (she heads the South American WLBOTT Rapid Response Team) in an outcome to one of our Emily Dickinson blotts: I enjoyed The Programmer’s Guide to Emily Dickinson, particularly the divine kismet of the hexadecimal verse. Really fascinating. Makes me consider how the whole universe is basically math, […]
“You say Tomato, I say Tomato” – Elder JimZim Two items of interest to our WLBOTT agricultural committee occurred recently. First… Elder JimZim and Grønk I had a good time gleaning. There were eight volunteers, 250 lbs in 1.5 hours. Many varieties of small tomatoes- different colors, etc. The farmer worked along side us. It […]
So at WLBOTT, we value politeness, but we also value the randomness that comes with creativity. A polite WLBOTT person may wish to change the subject by saying, “This is a non-sequitur,” but we’ve found that this doesn’t give us enough granularity when we want to slightly, politely, and firmly change the subject. So at […]
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The Hexadecimal Emily
[ed. note: some of the images of Emily Dickinson’s original writings have been digitally enhanced to bring out the faded text. We have great respect for Emily Dickinson and the scholars who study her words, her life, and her times. But we also realize that Ríe Para No Llorar. Ridemus ne fleamus. We laugh so […]
Peanut Brittle, Part 2: The Poetry of Brittle Did Emily Dickinson ever eat peanut brittle? Our interest in Emily Dickinson and her relationship to peanut brittle was inspired when Sally the Intern gifted the WLBOTT Literary Society with the complete works of Dickinson. We have great respect for Emily Dickinson, the way she played with […]
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Peanut Brittle
At the WLBOTT Experimental Foods Division, we’ve been experimenting with peanut brittle. Here’s the recipe we’ve ran our initial experiments with: Ingredients:1 cup of sugar (200g)1/2 cup of light corn syrup (160g)1 cup of peanuts (raw or dry roasted)(150g)1/8 tsp of salt1 Tbsp of butter, unsalted or salted (15g)3/4 tsp of baking soda (3g)1 tsp […]