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Wabbit:
Who invented the Doughnut?
The donut:
It is attributed to a Maine sea captain named Hanson Gregory. Gregory's ship was named Frypan, and he fed his sailors "fried cakes", made according to his mother's recipe.
A problem with those otherwise delicious cakes was that their centers were seldom fully cooked. In 1847, Gregory punched out the center of a cake. Now all the dough lay near the cooked surface, and he got a far more uniformly cooked doughnut. That story is often told with embroidery about eating doughnuts during storms at sea, about punching the hole with a belaying pin, and so on.
However.
Massachusetts rose to Maine's challenge. They claimed to've produced the first doughnut much earlier. Some Indians found a Cape Cod Pilgrim woman deep-frying cakes in an outdoor pot. They decided to frighten her off by firing an arrow so it would noisily strike the pot. Then they could steal the cakes. But the shooter's aim was high. Just as the woman reached over to put another cake in the pot, the arrow drilled a hole through it. The woman screamed and fled. When she did, she dropped the cake into the oil, and the first doughnut was cooked. But that was in Massachusetts. According to Vermonters, their native son Shadrach Gowallapus Hooper invented the doughnut.
But.
If one expects a patent to resolve the question, one gets John Blondell's 1872 patent for a wooden doughnut-cutter -- very late in the game. A tin cutter was patented seventeen years later.
Although.
When one looks closely, one finds European antecedents. And, from time immemorial, India has prepared a deep-fried doughnut whose dough is made from lentils. It's called a vada.
And how do they get the jam in the middle?
Magic.
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I'm hungry.
NEXT!
Cheers, Martin
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Wabbit:
Who invented the Doughnut?
The donut:
It is attributed to a Maine sea captain named Hanson Gregory. Gregory's ship was named Frypan, and he fed his sailors "fried cakes", made according to his mother's recipe.
A problem with those otherwise delicious cakes was that their centers were seldom fully cooked. In 1847, Gregory punched out the center of a cake. Now all the dough lay near the cooked surface, and he got a far more uniformly cooked doughnut. That story is often told with embroidery about eating doughnuts during storms at sea, about punching the hole with a belaying pin, and so on.
However.
Massachusetts rose to Maine's challenge. They claimed to've produced the first doughnut much earlier. Some Indians found a Cape Cod Pilgrim woman deep-frying cakes in an outdoor pot. They decided to frighten her off by firing an arrow so it would noisily strike the pot. Then they could steal the cakes. But the shooter's aim was high. Just as the woman reached over to put another cake in the pot, the arrow drilled a hole through it. The woman screamed and fled. When she did, she dropped the cake into the oil, and the first doughnut was cooked. But that was in Massachusetts. According to Vermonters, their native son Shadrach Gowallapus Hooper invented the doughnut.
But.
If one expects a patent to resolve the question, one gets John Blondell's 1872 patent for a wooden doughnut-cutter -- very late in the game. A tin cutter was patented seventeen years later.
Although.
When one looks closely, one finds European antecedents. And, from time immemorial, India has prepared a deep-fried doughnut whose dough is made from lentils. It's called a vada.
And how do they get the jam in the middle?
Magic.
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I'm hungry.
NEXT!
Cheers, Martin
Martin
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RaVeN:
Cure for the common cold?
Had you lived in ancient Rome you might have sipped a broth made by soaking Allium cepa - an onion - in warm water to relieve the symptoms of the common cold. In Colonial America you might have relied on pennyroyal tea or an herbal concoction made from such unmedicinal sounding plants as sage, hyssop, yarrow, black cohosh, buckthorn, coltsfoot, goldenseal, cubeb berries, or bloodroot. In grandma's time, lemon and honey was a favorite recipe, or in extreme cases, a hot toddy laced with rum - the amount of same determined by the age of the drinker.
Today, if you don't have an old reliable remedy to fall back on, you might take one of literally thousands of drug preparations available without prescription. Some contain ingredients reminiscent of the folk medicine of the past; others are formulated with sophisticated chemical creations. Old or new, simple or sophisticated, many of these remedies will relieve some of the familiar cold symptoms, such as stopped up nose or hacking cough. But not a single one of these products - on which Americans spend an estimated $700 million a year - will prevent, cure, or even shorten the course of the common cold.
So, what does work?
Alas, it is very unlikely that we are going to see a cure for the common cold because of the following problems:
... even though weve been told all our lives that there is no cure for the common cold, Americans still spend about 5.5 billion dollars per year treating their colds...about $3 billion going to the doctor, about $1.5 billion on remedies and another $1 billion on analgesics. Over one billion common colds occur in the United States each year and about 5% of the population will have a cold at any given time. Colds are responsible for about 60 million lost days of school and 50 million lost days of work each year.
But, keep hope ...
... scientists are trying, however, to develop a substance that would stimulate the body’s production of interferon. Interferon is a virus-fighting protein molecule, believed to be effective against respiratory viruses So far, the scientists have not been successful.
All in all, there is no cure. My advice, go to bed, get some sleep, drink some herbal tea, and let your significant other pamper you to health. Always works for me!
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Best of luck to you, Bill, and I hope you'll be feeling better soon!
NEXT!
Cheers, Martin
Cure for the common cold?
Had you lived in ancient Rome you might have sipped a broth made by soaking Allium cepa - an onion - in warm water to relieve the symptoms of the common cold. In Colonial America you might have relied on pennyroyal tea or an herbal concoction made from such unmedicinal sounding plants as sage, hyssop, yarrow, black cohosh, buckthorn, coltsfoot, goldenseal, cubeb berries, or bloodroot. In grandma's time, lemon and honey was a favorite recipe, or in extreme cases, a hot toddy laced with rum - the amount of same determined by the age of the drinker.
Today, if you don't have an old reliable remedy to fall back on, you might take one of literally thousands of drug preparations available without prescription. Some contain ingredients reminiscent of the folk medicine of the past; others are formulated with sophisticated chemical creations. Old or new, simple or sophisticated, many of these remedies will relieve some of the familiar cold symptoms, such as stopped up nose or hacking cough. But not a single one of these products - on which Americans spend an estimated $700 million a year - will prevent, cure, or even shorten the course of the common cold.
So, what does work?
Alas, it is very unlikely that we are going to see a cure for the common cold because of the following problems:
- Common cold is not a single disease but a syndrome of symptoms caused by many different viruses. Defeating smallpox with a single vaccine was a relatively easy task compared to developing multiple vaccines for common cold.
- By the time you know you have a cold it is probably too late to treat, as antivirals need to be taken 24-48 hours after onset of symptoms.
- Any new medications must be extremely safe as they will be widely used.
- Any minor side effects will not be tolerated for treatment of colds.
- If the medication is really effective it will be reserved for hospital use to treat life-threatening infections. If the medicine is used widely the viruses will quickly evolve resistance in the same way bacteria have overcome antibiotics.
... even though weve been told all our lives that there is no cure for the common cold, Americans still spend about 5.5 billion dollars per year treating their colds...about $3 billion going to the doctor, about $1.5 billion on remedies and another $1 billion on analgesics. Over one billion common colds occur in the United States each year and about 5% of the population will have a cold at any given time. Colds are responsible for about 60 million lost days of school and 50 million lost days of work each year.
But, keep hope ...
... scientists are trying, however, to develop a substance that would stimulate the body’s production of interferon. Interferon is a virus-fighting protein molecule, believed to be effective against respiratory viruses So far, the scientists have not been successful.
All in all, there is no cure. My advice, go to bed, get some sleep, drink some herbal tea, and let your significant other pamper you to health. Always works for me!
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Best of luck to you, Bill, and I hope you'll be feeling better soon!
NEXT!
Cheers, Martin
1) why i cannot find the friendshipforum?
2) Do you believe bloodtype can tell personality?
3)who is the first one discover/invent horoscope or astrology that kind of thing?
4) Is 'silly-wabbit' a girl?
5) who is your favorit English author? what is your favorit literature work ?
6) Can you introduce some famous or best literature of Netherland?
I am totally a blind to your country's literature.but i would like to learn something new. Thanks for your help.
Litany
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Martin said:
Blend of sp(oon + f)ork. A proprietary name for a piece of cutlery combining the features of a spoon, fork, (and sometimes, knife). 'Spork' is the colloquial term for 'Runcible Spoon'.
THAT'S MY SPORK! I've got two of them. They're awfully fine sporks. And since, finally, someone's showing an interest in the finest cutlery known to man, woman, or he-she, here is a fine link indeed.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/1810/whatisaspork/
You may return to the questions now.
I didn't know it, but I have a spork too. It's a different kind of spork though... Actually, come to think of it, it looks more like a knork than a spork... (It's for eating pie I think. First you use the knifey side to cut it into bits, and then there's the mighty fork to help you shove it in your mouth.)
Litany
Active Member
Does it have three prongs and one fatter prong which is your knifey bit? I'm not sure how I feel about those sorts of forks. All the ones I've experienced tend to be a bit on the small side. But then, I think they were classified as cake forks rather than pie forks. Perhaps a pie fork is bigger. Perhaps Martin would know (the he-she said, trying to get the thread back on topic).
What is the best sort of a fork for eating cake?
What is the best sort of a fork for eating cake?
Martin
Active Member
Alrighty then.
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watercrystal:
Why i cannot find the friendshipforum?
You're on it!!
Do you believe bloodtype can tell personality?
Nope.
who is the first one discover/invent astrology?
I can't tell you who the current breed of astrologers think invented it, only that it predates all 'known' science. The precession of the equinox, which is some of the math used in laying out Giza (most likely) is based upon astrology. We are currently in the age of Pisces, meaning that when the sun rises on the vernal equinox it rises in the sign of Pisces. This shifts backwards at the rate of one degree per 72 years - resulting in a change of this sign once every 2160 years (roughly - these numbers are not exact).
Jesus was born right around the time the shift from Aries to Pisces. Before this, during the time of Aries - whose symbol is a Ram - a great deal of cultural art and symbolism was dedicated to the ram. Before that was Taurus, and this was when the cult of the Bull was prominent. The Pyramid's alignments mirror exactly the positions or the three stars in Orion's belt when this constellation was lowest in the sky - during the age of Leo - right around 11,000 BC. And this is just the tip of the iceberg so our ancestors have always seemed to have known this kind of information. It would leave little doubt in my mind that astrology is as old as the human race itself - perhaps older.
Who is your favorit English author?
Difficult. Either Iain Banks, Michael Marshall Smith or Douglas Adams.
What is your favorit literature work?
Can't really answer that, there are so many to choose from.
Can you introduce some famous or best literature of Netherland?
Yep. I think the most famous piece of (modern) Dutch literature (which I've read and am familiar with) is Harry Mulisch' The Discovery of Heaven. For more info, look here and here.
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Litany:
What is the best sort of a fork for eating cake?
This one:
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Lies:
Martin, why are silly games like Klickety or Tetris or Snake so very addictive?
Because they're easy to master, and they are essentially limitless, you can always beat your previous high-score.
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RaVeN:
What effect will her death have on your country?
None. She hadn't shown herself in public since 1997, simply because it was to hard for her; she was 94 years old. Our royal family has almost no function(except for outward appearance), so the death of a member of that family, who had extracted herself from the public life several years ago will hardly have any repercussions.
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Cheers, Martin
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watercrystal:
Why i cannot find the friendshipforum?
You're on it!!
Do you believe bloodtype can tell personality?
Nope.
who is the first one discover/invent astrology?
I can't tell you who the current breed of astrologers think invented it, only that it predates all 'known' science. The precession of the equinox, which is some of the math used in laying out Giza (most likely) is based upon astrology. We are currently in the age of Pisces, meaning that when the sun rises on the vernal equinox it rises in the sign of Pisces. This shifts backwards at the rate of one degree per 72 years - resulting in a change of this sign once every 2160 years (roughly - these numbers are not exact).
Jesus was born right around the time the shift from Aries to Pisces. Before this, during the time of Aries - whose symbol is a Ram - a great deal of cultural art and symbolism was dedicated to the ram. Before that was Taurus, and this was when the cult of the Bull was prominent. The Pyramid's alignments mirror exactly the positions or the three stars in Orion's belt when this constellation was lowest in the sky - during the age of Leo - right around 11,000 BC. And this is just the tip of the iceberg so our ancestors have always seemed to have known this kind of information. It would leave little doubt in my mind that astrology is as old as the human race itself - perhaps older.
Who is your favorit English author?
Difficult. Either Iain Banks, Michael Marshall Smith or Douglas Adams.
What is your favorit literature work?
Can't really answer that, there are so many to choose from.
Can you introduce some famous or best literature of Netherland?
Yep. I think the most famous piece of (modern) Dutch literature (which I've read and am familiar with) is Harry Mulisch' The Discovery of Heaven. For more info, look here and here.
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Litany:
What is the best sort of a fork for eating cake?
This one:
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Lies:
Martin, why are silly games like Klickety or Tetris or Snake so very addictive?
Because they're easy to master, and they are essentially limitless, you can always beat your previous high-score.
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RaVeN:
What effect will her death have on your country?
None. She hadn't shown herself in public since 1997, simply because it was to hard for her; she was 94 years old. Our royal family has almost no function(except for outward appearance), so the death of a member of that family, who had extracted herself from the public life several years ago will hardly have any repercussions.
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NEXT!
Cheers, Martin
Martin
Active Member
Llitany:
You know how you're not supposed to work on a sunday in case God starts dropping things on your head or something?
Yes.
What about vicars?
What about them?
Aren't they working on Sundays?
Yes, they certainly are.
How do they get around it?
I've wondered about that myself. I guess when you're 'doing God's work' God's rules don't apply to you.
Is there some sort of dodgy loophole?
Apparently, yes.
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Cheers, Martin
You know how you're not supposed to work on a sunday in case God starts dropping things on your head or something?
Yes.
What about vicars?
What about them?
Aren't they working on Sundays?
Yes, they certainly are.
How do they get around it?
I've wondered about that myself. I guess when you're 'doing God's work' God's rules don't apply to you.
Is there some sort of dodgy loophole?
Apparently, yes.
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Cheers, Martin
Stella Leanna
Member
What does HM stand for on your avatar? I'm making a guess but I won't tell you what it is.
fluffy bunny
Member
Where's Ashlea's cat?
Martin
Active Member
Oki-Doki.
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Stella Leanna:
What does HM stand for on your avatar?
It's just the sound 'hmmmmm', you know, the humming sound you make when you're wondering about something.
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Fluffy Bunny:[/i]
Where's Ashlea's cat?
I wish I knew, I really do. How lousy is that, losing your cat on your birthday. Major bummer!
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Cheers, Martin
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Stella Leanna:
What does HM stand for on your avatar?
It's just the sound 'hmmmmm', you know, the humming sound you make when you're wondering about something.
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Fluffy Bunny:[/i]
Where's Ashlea's cat?
I wish I knew, I really do. How lousy is that, losing your cat on your birthday. Major bummer!
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Cheers, Martin
Stella Leanna
Member
Martin said:Oki-Doki.
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Stella Leanna:
What does HM stand for on your avatar?
It's just the sound 'hmmmmm', you know, the humming sound you make when you're wondering about something.
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Cheers, Martin
Oh god, just reading that made me feel stupid. *embarassed*
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