British Word of the Day: cling film - a clear, thin, plastic sheet torn from a tube to cover left-over food items. (America's "Saran-Wrap" or "Cling-Tite" for those of you with cheaper tastes). eg: "Put the cling film on tighter, so the food stays fresh."
Went to Christ Church College today. Saw oodles of stained glass, some medieval, some obviously not (placing toilets anachronistically and discreetly in the background of a medieval depiction of Frideswide, who is buried in the Cathedral.)
It was simply beautiful there, and we also saw the hall in which a portion of Harry Potter was filmed. Hogwarts isn't a real place, but Oxford is. And I'm living here. Surreal.
There are memorials to several people including the father of William Wilberforce, first name Samuel, W.H. Auden, John Locke and other wonderfully lofty people.
In scholarly/mathematical news:
I have to read Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Hoping to do this ere the weekend is through, so I can devote a lot of time to attending lectures throughout Oxford. I must be missing the logical portion of my brain.
Jane Eyre = 447 pages
Wuth. Hts = 414 pages
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861 pages + (2,000 word essay) = V1
I'm not exactly sure how one would add those up. But I can explain this: the constant, V, is for Victorian. The 1 subscript is for the first week.
With that fully explained, I think it's obvious that my work is most certainly cut out for me.
Also, today. An example of my bad cooking skills. I attempted to make hot chocolate this evening with baking cocoa. Brilliant!
Cheers!
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Maybe you could just add sugar?
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ReplyDeleteAs promised, my grandmother Florence Wood Carpenter's (her mother's name was Colburn; the Colburn-Austin line goes back to a Scots officer in Cromwell's army) famous and hereditary OATMEAL BREAD recipe:
Ingredients:
1-1/2 C. oats
2 tsp. salt
2 C. boiling water
1 Tbsp. shortening (hmm . . . wonder what Brits use . . . )
1/2 C. sugar
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1 pack yeast dissolved in 1/4 C. water
5 C. flour
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Pur water over first group of ingredients. Stir, cool, add yeast solution and flour.
Knead, let rise to double. Make two loaves, little handling. Bake 1 hour: @ 350 for 45 min., then lower heat to 300 for last 15 min.
Tastes best toasted, with jam or marmalade.
I must admit, I am jealous of you right now.
ReplyDeleteYour experiences bring back memories of the good sort.
I have some suggestions for cool things to see.
1. C.S. Lewis' grave and home church which are right down the road from the Vines.
2. The Pitt Rivers museum.
3. I would also take the opportunity to visit as many libraries as you can but especially the Duke Humphrey and the many different reading rooms in the New Bodleian.
4. I am sure you have already done this, but Blackwells bookshop is awesome.
There are just so many small things that mae Oxford a wonderful place.
I am glad you get to experience it!
Blessings,
Rich
I love Wilberforce and I'm so jealous that you got to 'visit' him! He rocked convention and culture - so awesome!
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