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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 1d

It somehow never occurred to me that sermon goers might sit on the floor

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 1d

My youngest loved to swim and was learning well at 8; no way could I get a self conscious 11yo back in the water 3 years later. Sad but true

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 1d

Covid messed up learning to swim for anyone who is now a young teenager!

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 2d

I was wondering what had happened to him.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

250 4.3K 11K

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty sure that it’s a double f as here in a recipe for fritters

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 4d

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More tips 👉 gardeningwell.ie/climate-action/wildlife-gardening/irish-hedgehogs

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

That seems the more likely option to me - I need to spend a bit more time with the manuscript and to look more carefully at her recipe titles

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

Jo is brilliant please hire her!

Jo (unfunded hobbyist) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 4d

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

I couldn’t agree more! My thanks to everyone who joined in. I’m going to see what the em recipes community can tell me/point me towards. A trip to @wellcomecollection.bsky.social coming up!

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for this link - I might have to write something about this!

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

It is anchovies I think. You see them a lot in recipe books from this period.

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

Aargh

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely “sweete”

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

Anchovy and lemon butter to accompany

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

I’m looking at her letter formation and trying to figure out how she came by it

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

It’s still pretty cool
Though

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

But she loops her Bs

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

That would also make sense, wouldn’t it?

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

Rarely as simple as that!

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you - that’s very helpful

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely and there is excellent work on this by food historians and others. But I’ve not come across a recipe like this before - ingredients yes, and recipes from Mexico and Peru via Spain.

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

It is quite cool! Ms Wellcome 3547, digitised on their website, Mrs Mary Miller, 1660

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely!

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