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soniaYams and sweet potatoes are totally different vegetables — here's how to tell the difference by Laurel Randolph.
From respair to cacklefart – the joy of reclaiming long-lost positive words by Susie Dent.
Anyone else reminded of James Thurber's delightful "Thirteen Clocks"?
Also I updated my Yuletide 2021 recs posts Sweet relationships and From far lands to add author names. None of them are familiar to me, which means I get to click author links and see what else lots of new-to-me people have written! I like the variety and warmth of the stories this year. If you saw both rec posts right when I posted them, I ended up adding a story to each of them later that fit the theme.
Unless you shop at a grocery store with an impressive international produce department or are visiting an African or Caribbean market, you likely won't come across true yams in the US.
From respair to cacklefart – the joy of reclaiming long-lost positive words by Susie Dent.
Yet previous generations had the potential to be kempt, ruly, wieldy, ept and – most recently thanks to PG Wodehouse – gruntled. Some were even full of ruth (compassion), feck (initiative) and gorm (due care and attention). Now is surely the time to reunite these long-lost couples. It may not work for everything – there is no entry (yet) for “shevelled” or “combobulated”, but Mitchell airport in Milwaukee has gloriously provided its passengers with a “recombobulation area” in which to release some of the tension of air travel.
Anyone else reminded of James Thurber's delightful "Thirteen Clocks"?
Also I updated my Yuletide 2021 recs posts Sweet relationships and From far lands to add author names. None of them are familiar to me, which means I get to click author links and see what else lots of new-to-me people have written! I like the variety and warmth of the stories this year. If you saw both rec posts right when I posted them, I ended up adding a story to each of them later that fit the theme.
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Date: 2022-01-02 01:11 am (UTC)Alas, I don't have good yam recipes, because I never liked them. apologetic laugh But they are definitely not sweet potatoes!
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Date: 2022-01-01 11:55 pm (UTC)Ah, Yaki-imo roasted Japanese sweet potatoes aka Murasakis when grown in the US. I'm stunned to learn that people sell produce on eBay!
The Recombobulation Area is making its way into the larger world, including a Jeopardy! clue.
The Guardian language article is my kind of catnip -- thanks!
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Date: 2022-01-02 12:09 am (UTC)... at least the eBay listing said they were new?
Yay, catnip!
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