What are u doing right now? (apart from being on WP)

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Finishing up my sushi from earlier.

Painting my nails. First time since I was like, 16.

And finding out that "dries in 60 seconds" is still a lie. Screw you Rimmel.

Waiting for the time to go to the bus.

there is too much to say within the scope of a post what my response would be to that comment.
in short, only nobility and above nobility (clergy and royalty) were allowed to eat game animals.
even if a commoner could afford to lash out and buy a cut of fresh meat, it was illegal to do so according to sumptuary laws that decreed the appropriateness of consumption of various classes of foods pertaining to socioeconomic status.

i would imagine that paintings that you have seen that were painted in that era depicting food would portray the dinner tables of the rich, and as such, i would think they would adhere to authenticity in their content since artistic license was not necessary.

there is a lot to learn about medieval cuisine, and what i learn provides food for further thought.

take this dish for example
http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans65.html

i do not know exactly what basil or thyme tastes like, but i think they are reasonably pungent, and i think they may be the herbs used in chicken stuffing, and if that is the case, i would not like their inclusion to the recipe above.

i would like to be able to taste what a dish will taste like before i go to the trouble of cooking it.

i then thought about how that could be achieved. unfortunately, in this era, it would be very difficult.

the tongue problem:

i first thought of the fact that the tongue can only sense 5 discrete tastes (sweet, bitter, umami, salty and acidic).
i then wondered how resolved were the taste buds to minute variations of intensity, and i could not guess, so i guessed 65536 grades of sensory amplitude (for argument's sake).

so a taste analogy may be possible by using 5 containers, each containing a substance that is purely representative of a single taste dimension, and then combining the correct proportions of these substances (that should be able to be uploaded from the recipe site with a "what does it taste like" tag) to produce a few drops of "what it will taste like".

but then, after i thought that , i realized that there were "texture" questions that could not begin to be charted in a virtual way.

and on top of it all, even if i was able to duplicate the combinations of pure taste dimensions from a scanned sample, there is the olfactory situation to consider, and it is far more sophisticated than the sense of taste, so it has many more dimensions of sensitivity.....i gave up the idea of "taste-file" a while ago, but i have no animosity toward that pursuit.

i just have to try the recipes for real and be brave, and not try to find a way to simulate what i should expect to taste using unattainable levels of technology.

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Beating the heat and enjoying lime flavoured Crystal Light.

About to get ready for bed and just found out one of my favorite bands regrouped and is back with a new single in July. Woooohoooooo! Will I sleep? Probably not...

Winding down before bedtime.

Drawing out a request.

Eating tuna on crackers.

Watching a video on Youtube about Howard's mother from The Big Bang Theory.

stockpiling pomegranates ! !!
when pharaoh wants stuff, i simply have to give it to him (that was not a link), and if i do not, i am punished (i am annoyed that i can have no interaction with him). i simply must "obey"!
i did not want to continue playing that particular level because i could not bear to part with 3200 cases of pomegranates just because pharaoh orders me to do so. i mean.. i have to give them to him for free!

so i went to the scenario editor, and i created a scenario which was a gigantic grassland area with no features at all. i decided to make a river that i could build clay pits beside, and i saved the scenario, and when i played it, my only objective was to have the entire map filled with storage yards that themselves were filled only with clay.
i did not intend to give the workers even the most basic of necessities such as well water or food.

i just wanted to laugh hysterically at the little animations of people pushing carts with clay in them that are all walking toward the nearest available storage yard, yet all working toward an absurd goal of having their entire environment consumed by clay.

i did not program any trading partners who needed clay, or even the possibility of potters that use the clay to make pottery (which is a lucrative commodity).

i just wanted to see a gigantic map filled with storage yards fully stocked with clay.

i got bored with that pursuit when i realized i could not take it anywhere else. yes i filled every storage yard with clay. i scrolled around to look at them all, and it struck me that they all looked the same (which is what i wanted and expected), but after seeing the reality of them, i was instantly disenchanted.

so then i went back to the main game and found that i still owe pharaoh 3200 pomegranates! he is not getting them if i can find a way around it.

Making some waffles.

Talking on the phone. It's really hard to do both, but I don't want to get off of here. xD

Listening to songs on YouTube.

I'm listening to Nile. Annihilation of the wicked up next,