tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post7504237452872172439..comments2024-03-10T06:51:42.128+00:00Comments on The Art of Words: Whatever Happened To...? 6Lucy R. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-53395006390493447602010-11-27T10:28:01.410+00:002010-11-27T10:28:01.410+00:00Lovely! I like those geometric 50s murals and ther...Lovely! I like those geometric 50s murals and there's still one in the City. (My mum painted murals in workers' canteens in the War.)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-63020445503031502642010-11-27T06:11:46.533+00:002010-11-27T06:11:46.533+00:00baked apples - especially with sultanas, cinnamon ...baked apples - especially with sultanas, cinnamon and Demerara sugar? Might as well ask what happened to Demerara sugar. Not missed.<br /> <br />blue green algae, green lipped mussel (they were good for you somehow) - Blue green algae is still fermenting away. Jury still out whether they're Rilly Bad because of the cyanotoxins or Rilly Good because of some mystic nonsense. Green lipped Rupert Goodwinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823454543504061815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-67558580952665854152010-10-31T15:55:40.580+00:002010-10-31T15:55:40.580+00:00I meant the story of how Kekulé "dreamed"...I meant the story of how Kekulé "dreamed" the benzene ring sitting on the top deck of a bus (a 73 to Victoria). (And apparently Babbage dreamed up the computer while dozing in a library.) It was the "it just came to me" story that was so dominant in the 80s. Rational thought was not cool.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-16342481746273655092010-10-31T15:11:22.798+00:002010-10-31T15:11:22.798+00:00I recently made a hotpot, with boned shoulder of l...I recently made a hotpot, with boned shoulder of lamb cut in slices, red wine, onions and mushrooms.<br /><br />Kekulé’s ring is still very fashionable among chemists; it is said to resonate because the six carbon atoms seem to share the electrons in their outermost shells.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289458552373210843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-70849456571626231582010-10-30T18:28:55.544+01:002010-10-30T18:28:55.544+01:00What a wonderful list of hitherto-unconsidered tri...What a wonderful list of hitherto-unconsidered trifles!<br /><br />Perhaps we in the provinces are another country, and we do things differently, but not quite all the things on your list have yet vanished from our lives.<br /><br />First: Zubrowka, the Polish vodka flavoured with bison grass, has not vanished. I've been drinking it on and off since my teens; I love its deliciously delicate Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056575577502650101noreply@blogger.com