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Making Your Own Wine

With wine you can use a strainer bag, but it does not suffice to get the very finest sediments from the bottom of the jar. Wine makers have to accept that some wine from each batch will be wasted.

frankbeswick, on 12/14/2023

An English Cheeseboard

Few records survived, so we cannot say for certain, but goats prefer dry ground, and so damper pastures are more suitable for sheep and cattle than they are for goats. Maybe on the limestone areas of parts of Yorkshire [in North East England] ...

frankbeswick, on 12/14/2023

An English Cheeseboard

That first paragraph to the first subheading, Wensleydale, associates Cistercians ultimately more with cow moo-lk than with sheep. Did the Cistercians or any other order avail themselves of goat moo-lk?

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

Interesting, unknown and fun facts about The Little Mermaid

The in-text image right of the 5th fact, about Characters, has the Sea Witch in a white robe. Isn't white typically interpreted as a "good-gal, good-guy" color?

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

Oscar Wilde's Women

Wilde women 8, Sarah Bernhardt, merited a play made especially by him for her. Might that mean that Wilde ultimately personally and professionally preferred Bernhardt to Wilde woman 7, Lillie Langtry?

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

How to Submit Your Website to Google and Other Search Engines

The HubPages link at the end of the last possibility, Sites with a lot of traffic, acquainted me with your owlcation about Madame d'Aulnoy. You ask at the end for readers' favorite Madame d'Aulnoy-authored work. As an IberoAmericanist, I became ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

Undine from Fairy Tale to Star Trek

The in-text image between the first two facts, Paracelsus and Maybe the most popular book in the 19th century respectively, appears to fill building and land and tree, clothing and hair, sky and water with red. The last paragraph to the fifth ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

10 Symbols in Goose Girl

The 10th symbol, Iron stove, informs us that "An iron stove actually connects two symbols. One is the material itself. Iron is associated with magical powers in many societies. Especially its protective force fascinated people for centuries. You ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

Best Free Blog Sites - Top 10 Blog Websites

Thank you for the link at the end of the 10th site, Site123! The article about fall-changing leaf color appeals to me as an arborist. It's great that the site has improved such that I know where you have color-related articles and plan to read ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

An English Cheeseboard

I think that it depended on individual monasteries.

frankbeswick, on 12/14/2023

Hop o' My Thumb: 10 facts to know

Thank you for the weebly link to your article about Perrault fairy tales. One image for Hop o' my thumb announces that "L'ogre sent la chair fraîche ("The ogre smells fresh/young flesh")." Why does he not detect the different scents of his ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

An English Cheeseboard

Thank you! Might there have been a trade network whereby Benedictines could buy from Cistercians and vice versa? Or must such purchases have been through area traders? A film and online sources presented the Trappist monks at Our Lady of Atlas ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

How To Buy A Golden Retriever Puppy?

The second source under the first subheading, Where can I buy a golden retriever puppy, distresses me as much as the previous source, in puppy mills and pet shops. Is there no quality control in the way of standards checked regularly by ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

Current color trends in weddings

The third paragraph to the first subheading, Rings, alerts us that "Apart from diamonds more and more other precious and semi-precious stones are coming into the spotlight: emeralds, sapphires, and rubies are already part of the classic ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023

Saint Valentine and Valentine's Day

The second paragraph to the first subheading, Few facts about Saint Valentine, indicates that only three of the historic Valentines have actual associations with February 14. What other dates -- birth or death -- might replace or supplement the ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2023