That sounds like my sort of picnic
Nov. 22nd, 2011 08:56 pm'A party recently left Joe's store at Mormon Bar for the Valley, and a friend of the Star furnishes the following statistics - showing the amount of "the necessaries of life" which is required for an eight day's trip in the mountains:
8 lbs potatoes
1 bottle whisky
1 bottle pepper sauce
1 bottle whisky
1 box tea
9 lbs onions
2 bottles whisky
1 ham
11 lbs crackers
1 bottle whisky
1/2 doz sardines
2 bottles brandy (4th proof)
6 lbs sugar
1 bottle brandy (4th proof)
7 lbs cheese
2 bottles brandy (4th proof)
1 bottle pepper
5 gallons whisky
4 bottles whisky (old Bourbon)
1 small keg whisky
1 bottle of cocktails (designed for a "starter".)
- From Hutchings California Magazine, 1860.
Found by me in The American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of American Eating & Drinking; With 500 Great Traditional Recipes and Historic Menus, 1964.
8 lbs potatoes
1 bottle whisky
1 bottle pepper sauce
1 bottle whisky
1 box tea
9 lbs onions
2 bottles whisky
1 ham
11 lbs crackers
1 bottle whisky
1/2 doz sardines
2 bottles brandy (4th proof)
6 lbs sugar
1 bottle brandy (4th proof)
7 lbs cheese
2 bottles brandy (4th proof)
1 bottle pepper
5 gallons whisky
4 bottles whisky (old Bourbon)
1 small keg whisky
1 bottle of cocktails (designed for a "starter".)
- From Hutchings California Magazine, 1860.
Found by me in The American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of American Eating & Drinking; With 500 Great Traditional Recipes and Historic Menus, 1964.
Ig Nobel awards for 2010
Oct. 1st, 2010 04:04 pmhttp://improbable.com/ig/
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The Guardian's take ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/01/ig-nobel-awards-mould-bats
ETA: A bottle which lay hidden in Clifton Rocks Railway since the 1940s has a story to tell about Bristol.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/front_page/newsid_9027000/9027533.stm
ETA2: From this month's Ansible: Outraged Letters. Charlie Stross shares an all too familiar artistic experience: 'My editor at Ace just emailed me the art department's idea of a cover for Rule 34. / My reply was along the lines of: "You know it's set in Scotland? Handguns are illegal here. Also: policewomen don't usually wear red leather corsets on duty ..."'
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The Guardian's take ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/01/ig-nobel-awards-mould-bats
ETA: A bottle which lay hidden in Clifton Rocks Railway since the 1940s has a story to tell about Bristol.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/front_page/newsid_9027000/9027533.stm
ETA2: From this month's Ansible: Outraged Letters. Charlie Stross shares an all too familiar artistic experience: 'My editor at Ace just emailed me the art department's idea of a cover for Rule 34. / My reply was along the lines of: "You know it's set in Scotland? Handguns are illegal here. Also: policewomen don't usually wear red leather corsets on duty ..."'