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The chocolate set — photographed by me at The Indianapolis Museum of Art — is from 1896, designed by Konrad Hentschel for the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Here's "A Brief History of the Chocolate Pot" (Smithsonian).
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Damn! Walter Becker was found dead this morning.
Vivid proof the Russkies value life less that we do.
Thank goodness I didn't see that in a yard sale, antique store or thrift shop. I would have to buy it and then figure out what has to go to storage in my house in order to display it. Whew!
Reminds me of Quebecs hot chocolate. It was wonderful.
Cookie is up to date on Russian life.
If only Comrade Stalin knew of this !
Vivid proof that we are batshit crazy/ignorant.
It was 100 degrees in SF this weekend. Way too hot. People were freaking out. It was almost as bad as Hurricane Harvey.
Something major is happening with Trumps image.
Scott Adams wrote how Trumps image would go through stages.
From Hitler to incompetent.
Not sure where we are now.
Was Hurricane Harvey a game changer?
Liberal jokes and deplorations on Antifafa.
Feinstein and Pelosi saying neutral stuff on Trump?
Makes me think about the saying "the map is not the territory"
Have the ROE's in Afghanistan changed?
What does the labeling of Antifa as terrorist violence mean?
Wait. What. Are Russians good guys again. Can the leftist stop looking under their beds now.
I just can't keep up with all the hysterics.
"What does the labeling of Antifa as terrorist violence mean?"
It means high-level Dems did some polling that shows Antifa-based riots lose votes in Wisconsin & Pennsylvania.
They probably have plenty of relief supplies as it is.
Thats usually the case even in semi-developed countries.
The stuff is there.
The usual problem is really transport and distribution.
Piling up more stuff outside of the disaster area is useless.
We have plenty of experience with foreign disaster relief. Friends and family have dealt with managing/organizing EU, Australian ,
etc. foreign aid for Pinatubo, earthquakes, typhoons, tsunami (Sumatra 2004), and plenty of typhoons (Tacloban 2014).
#TIL there is a pot for chocolate... that is not for tea.
Chocolate is sadly out of style as a breakfast/teatime drink. In the Hispanosphere it was once ubiquitous. When people dropped in, usually, one served chocolate, not coffee.
Our lot was old-school and the family served chocolate daily at merienda (tea-time).
To be clear, coffee was also ubiquitous, just taken in a different context. Tea was a bit of an eccentric taste.
Kroger stopped carrying Lindt 90% cocoa chocolate bars so I get them from Amazon now.
Trump went to Texas and kissed black babies and felt a lot of pussies, so he's good with the people now.
When you're president they let you grab their pussies.
I can remember Obama's administration telling people during Hurricane Sandy not send supplies unless specifically requested. My dentist had a case if toothbrushes, paste and floss returned.
Of course everybody knows Obama's ideologues in FEMA were batshit crazy.
I really like Chocolaterian's Hot Chocolate. So rich, so thick, so satisfying.
It would taste even better in that china.
For breakfast I have yogurt, fresh blueberries, and two crumbled squares of Lindt 90% chocolate with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Every so often there's an overlap between the things that are good for you and the things that are enjoyable. There may be other examples. Further research needs to be done,
"They probably have plenty of relief supplies as it is. Thats usually the case even in semi-developed countries. The stuff is there. The usual problem is really transport and distribution. Piling up more stuff outside of the disaster area is useless."
IF this is true in Texas--and we don't know if it is--the Texas Secretary of State could and should have simply said so, as in, "Thank you, but we are well-stocked with all necessary emergency supplies, equipment, and manpower. We do appreciate your sending us your prayers."
However, this is not what he reportedly said.
In an update, the Texas Secretary of State now denies that he turned down the offer of aid, but simply wanted to make sure Quebec contacted the proper Texas authority. I don't buy it. He is walking it back because it is obviously a foolish thing to have said and he is taking heat for in in the media, rightfully so.
I suspect that the poor fellow is "apologizing" for an infelicitous turn of phrase. That seems to be the only important thing for the modern day press.
Reality is so so de trop.
In the 16th century, when the Spanish introduced chocolate to Europe, through the early 19th at least, chocolate was supposed to be a powerful aphrodisiac. They would have been appalled to learn that in the 20th and 21st centuries we serve hot chocolate to children.
Any truth to the rumor that after putting down the child Trump said 'that little girl could have been my daughter'.
Chocolate -
The refined bon vivant's treat.
> Our beloved ARM quoting the Daily Mail yesterday: "Justice Department confirms no evidence of Trump's allegations suggesting Obama wiretapped his phones during presidential campaign."
> Website Hotair today, quoting the Washington Examiner: "DOJ noted in the motion that FBI and the DOJ can’t “confirm or deny the existence of any other responsive records” beyond the wiretaps.
OK, no wiretaps. Any thing beyond wiretaps of the Trump campaign? The DOJ and the FBI can't say. Well shazzam, count me as shocked.
Edited to add link:
https://hotair.com/archives/2017/09/03/doj-weighs-wiretapping-trump-tower/
If anyone is looking for a good, very well-acted, whodunit movie then run down to see "Wind River" before it leaves town. You really get a feeling for what things are like out where the world is so harsh that humans barely hang on to life by their fingernails. Elizabeth Olsen (the sister of Mary Kate and Ashley but this member of the family can actually act) is outstanding as the clueless-but-wants-to-do-the-right-thing rookie FBI agent who shows up at the Wind River reservation in a light jacket during a blizzard.
Red Cross donations go towards the next desaster, not this one, as I understand it in general. They're one disaster ahead but it's a fund-raising opportunity.
I don't donate to the Red Cross for several reasons, one the huge salaries they pay their execs.
The JJ Watt donation fund for Houston is where I donated. He began the fund with a personal $100,000 and hoped to double that.
It is now over $17 million. His mother is administering it although I think they are going to have to get some professional help soon.
Robert Cook
Rolando Pablos needs to be turning down beds at a hotel for minimum wage.
BTW your avatar looks like it came from Easter Island.
Maybe disaster relief supplies could be staged somewhere for the next disaster coming to a city near you.
Big Mike
I'd be interested to know where Wind River was shot at in Canada.
I used to deliver to that reservation. IHS really put me off socialized medicine.
There's a place called Hines General Store owned by a white family. Well, I should say it's on a 99 year lease.
I talked to one of them what runs the store and their employee turnover rate is literally one person a day. It may be worse now, the casino hadn't opened the last time I went through there.
There's a not so great movie called Smoke Signals. The best scene in the movie is a couple of guys walking through the Rez. These girls drive up backwards in a beat to shit car and offer them a ride into town. The whole point is, all the forward gears are shot so we are going to drive in reverse until it stops running and then walk away.
@Pinandpuller, don't know; maybe it says on IMDB.com. When I was a scout our scoutmaster took us around to reservations such as the Winnebago res near Wisconsin Dells. I always came away very sad. What made it especially sad was my discovery that the Sioux, who massacred Fetterman's 80 man patrol and won Red Cloud's War, who massacred Custer and his men, were pushed out of Wisconsin by the somewhat fiercer Winnebagos.
"IF this is true in Texas--and we don't know if it is-"
What a lovely summation of Leftist critical thinking.
You'd think the lefties who comment here would've grateful to Texas. Take the Texas economy out of the US employment and GDP statistics, and Barack Obama becomes Herbert Hoover.
I don't eat chocolate or any sweets.
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Nice to know that the Soviets didn't inflict a famine so horrendous on the Ukraine that they looked at the Nazis as liberators, wasn't because they didn't value human life!
Big Mike
When I was in HS we ran cross country on Custer Battlefield. It was really something when the Indian schools showed up and they chased us white boys across the Little Bighorn.
Our church went to Crow Agency, MT for a week. Absolutely a crying shame.
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