tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694481997928271849.post8356521052916269006..comments2022-09-01T03:36:46.932-07:00Comments on Plot Kills Brain Sells: Israel MarginaliaThe other Olgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17934732152977540738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694481997928271849.post-28746883837755116632010-01-26T16:44:26.526-08:002010-01-26T16:44:26.526-08:00Ah, Evelyn! My soda breads are never intricate eno...Ah, Evelyn! My soda breads are never intricate enough to include the caraway seed :)The other Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17934732152977540738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694481997928271849.post-68204187723608018792010-01-23T19:50:13.562-08:002010-01-23T19:50:13.562-08:00Irish soda bread with raisins and caraway seed. yu...Irish soda bread with raisins and caraway seed. yum. <br /><br />I love the "why?" part of thisEvelyn Walshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694481997928271849.post-55176000351632893852010-01-10T18:03:06.956-08:002010-01-10T18:03:06.956-08:00About European hotel soap, Mark Twain in _The Inno...About European hotel soap, Mark Twain in _The Innocents Abroad_ has to say:<br /><br />"We are getting used to driving right into the central court of the hotel, in the midst of a fragrant circle of vines and flowers, and in the midst also of parties of gentlemen sitting quietly reading the paper and smoking. We are getting used to ice frozen by artificial process in ordinary bottles --the only kind of ice they have here. We are getting used to all these<br />things, but we are not getting used to carrying our own soap. We are sufficiently civilized to carry our own combs and toothbrushes, but this<br />thing of having to ring for soap every time we wash is new to us and not pleasant at all. We think of it just after we get our heads and faces<br />thoroughly wet or just when we think we have been in the bathtub long enough, and then, of course, an annoying delay follows"<br /><br />I guess Americans have always been - and will always be - disappointed in the lack of soap in European hotels.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08280637399097684818noreply@blogger.com