Link dump

[sauergeek]

Haha, my triumphant return to LJ posting! It's only been 4+ years...

Datamancer makes some ridiculously expensive (yet remarkably pretty) computer peripheral modifications, largely in the steampunk genre. Most are keyboards, but they also do monitors and at least one laptop case.

An Early Meal - a Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey. Just

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[tisiphone]

_nicolai_ pointed me here :) I have An Early Meal, and it's quite good, though it might not be what you're expecting. The recipes are reconstructed from archaeological finds, including plant material and so on. They're also designed for open-fire or pit cooking (though they can be cooked in the kitchen just fine.)

As for making garum, there are less-stinky ways to do it, but you can also just use Thai fish sauce, which is functionally ideintical.

[sauergeek]

I have An Early Meal, and it's quite good, though it might not be what you're expecting.

From the subtitle and the description, that's pretty much what I was expecting. I'm generally willing to experiment with how things get cooked, so trying to convert from over-fire to my kitchen is fine. Hrm. Still tempting...

As for making garum, there are less-stinky ways to do it, but you can also just use Thai fish sauce, which is functionally ideintical.

But where's the fun in that? I know I'd probably need multiple acres, or to set up downwind of a paper manufacturer (or a sewage treatment plant). The idea of making something like garum appeals.

[sauergeek]

The humidity would be a problem, wouldn't it. I'd still want to try -- I just suspect it wouldn't succeed. Or I'd rig up an umbrella over the garum fermenter.

I remember going to the bar, but not the name. Good to hear it's still there -- I hope it's doing well!

Returning after a hiatus

[snolan]

Welcome back to posting!

Thank you for the link dump - reading a few of them because you rock and things that interest you probably interest me too.

[sauergeek]

Hope you enjoyed!