Dish: Interstellar Garden Salad First appeared in: Star Wars Galaxies, video game, 2003 Planet: Coruscant – Region: Core Worlds Maintaining a healthy diet can be difficult while traveling through space. Fortunately, scientists and bio-engineers have devised numerous nutritional supplements and mealstuffs to help interstellar travelers keep in fighting form. In fact, such a demand for
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A few weeks ago, I had the chance to tag along on one of the many Weed Walks around Pennsic (or as I like to call it, “medieval summer camp”). This, in addition to a great introductory class about medieval gardens, inspired me to take another look at my garden plots, and the “weeds” growing in
“She stared at the supper set before her: trout wrapped in bacon, salad of turnip greens and red fennel and sweetgrass, pease and onions and hot bread.” -A Clash of Kings Thoughts: Let me start by saying that I don’t especially care for fennel, or any of the flavors on the anise/licorice spectrum. However, when
“Valabar’s has several salads. Today’s was a combination of the round and the tall, broad-leaf kinds of lettuce, along with flatnuts, blanched tomato wedges, soul of palm, pimentos, scallions, and artichoke heart marinated in sweet vinegar, which functioned as a dressing. A grated nithlan cheese—sharp and musky—was shredded over it, and the whole thing was topped with candied rose
“‘From the Lord Commander’s own table,’ Bowen Marsh told them. There were salads of spinach and chickpeas and turnip greens, and afterward bowls of iced blueberries and sweet cream.” (I: 372) Medieval-ish Salad Our thoughts: This salad is earthy and quite tasty. The different greens provide a wide variety of flavors; the splash of lemon
“All the while the courses came and went. A thick soup of barley and venison. Salads of sweetgrass, spinach, and plums, sprinkled with crushed nuts.” -A Game of Thrones Medieval-ish Salad Our Thoughts: This was a tasty, tasty salad. All the elements of it work beautifully with one another both texturally and aesthetically. Pack this
“The wedding feast began with a thin leek soup, followed by a salad of green beans, onions, and beets…” (III:74) Medieval Green Bean, Onion and Beet Salad Modern Green Bean, Onion and Beet Salad Our thoughts: We are huge fans of beetroot, in fact they are one of our favorite veg, so we are thrilled
“That night her handmaids brought her lamb, with a salad of raisins and carrots soaked in wine, and a hot flaky bread dripping with honey. She could eat none of it. Did Rhaegar ever grow so weary? she wondered. Did Aegon, after his conquest?” -A Storm of Swords Roman Lamb and Carrots Thoughts: This was
So we’re approaching the holiday season and the long-awaited end of 2020, which has been unlike any other year in recent memory as far as challenges go. The festivities will look a lot different than usual this year, so I thought it would be nice to put up some suggestions of a few recipes that
No matter how many times I look through a draft of an upcoming cookbook, there’s always something I miss. A bevy of editors and assistants usually catches those mistakes, but not always! To simplify matters, I’ve added this section, organized by cookbook, of errata I know about, and the the corrections that should appear in