Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

it's kind of hard to realize the immediacy of pain and danger
in previous times [...] In 1819, say, there was the specter
of having a child starve to death, if not one's spouse or
oneself.

Or see your husband or son drafted and then killed in one of the
innumerable Napoleonic wars and the subsequent German wars of
unification (That's when my Prussian great-great grandfather bugged
out for Canada with his kids.)

It's one of the things that makes me have a little hope
for the future - unless it turns out that we were buying
time by cashing in the fossil fuel account.

I am still optimistic about the future despite certain current
events in that area of concern.

Speaking of which we have not only had the mildest, shortest winter
and hottest March in 100 years of accurate weather keeping records
but apparently the hottest year in the past 14,000 years! There's a
way boffins can determine temperatures in the past based on the
ratio of the various hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in the water of
frozen ice: https://tinyurl.com/climate-change-permafrost

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Title: Lithuanian Pork Feet Braised with Sauerkraut
Categories: Lithuanian, Pork, Offal
Yield: 4 servings

2 Pork feet, cut in half,
Lengthwise
1 l (4 cups) sauerkraut
100 g (6 tb) fat, butter or
Vegetable oil
Bay leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Place pork feet into cooking pot, add fat, cover with sauerkraut,
pour 2 cups water. Cover and simmer. When meat is soft, add bay
leaves, salt and pepper, simmer for another 15 minutes. Serve
covered with stewed sauerkraut and hot potatoes.

Lithuanian National Cultural Center
From: http://www.lnkc.lt
Compiled by Birute Imbrasiene
Translated by Giedre Ambrozaitiene

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Cheers

Jim


... If there was more joy in the world alcohol would be a mere disinfectan

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