Today is Carl Sagan’s birthday. He would have been seventy-six.
Here is a link to his last interview – with Charlie Rose – on scientific literacy and the dangers not only of pseudoscience, but scientific disinterest in our society.
Somehow I have to work “billions and billions” into this post – and there it is.
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder treason and plot;
I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
On November 5 we remember Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of1605. The event is remembered either for the plotters resistance to repressive laws, or by the government for a failed plot. Wherever your sympathies lie – go have a bonfire and eat a parkin.
Here is a recipe for Parkin which is a traditional dish on this day.
Ingredients:
8 oz flour
8 oz oatmeal
2 teaspoons ginger
4 oz butter
4 tablespoons sugar
8 oz molasses
1/2 pint milk.
Method:
Cut the butter into flour and oatmeal.
Add sugar and ginger, mix thoroughly.
Add molasses and milk.
Put into greased 8″ square baking dish
Baking time:
One hour at 325 degrees F.
Parkin is best if allowed to mellow for a few days before serving.
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