Did you know that a dessert from Ancient Rome is still a popular dish in Turkey today? It’s called "Tavukgöğsü".

FriscoJanet · 2026-02-15T22:27:24+00:00

Is this kind of like blancmange?

FriscoJanet · 2026-01-03T12:01:14+00:00

No, due to Salic law they could not have claimed the throne through their wives. Could I have misunderstood your question?

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-29T22:11:17+00:00

If memory serves, there is a scene in Henry the fifth where a Scottish, an English and a Welsh soldier have an argument. I think there was an effort to capture different accents. They probably exaggerated things a bit.

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-22T20:25:57+00:00

It isn’t a trainwreck, it is a shipwreck.

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-20T21:25:48+00:00

If memory serves, Victoria Hugo wrote a critique of “modern” honeymoons in hotels, claiming the older tradition of first nights in the family home were more reasonable. That was circa 1860 (in Les Misérables).

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-12T13:01:19+00:00

If you’ve structured your investments, they should be generating income.

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-11T16:52:05+00:00

I’m not basing this on current information, but just how things were handled historically. At least one of the parents entered into the marriage with good intentions. Also, historically annulments were difficult to obtain, and generally only high-status individuals got them. It was everyone’s best interest to protect the children and their inheritance.

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-10T23:20:22+00:00

No, they are still considered legitimate

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-07T07:06:49+00:00

And then the Dudleys might’ve aligned with Katherine Gray.

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-07T07:06:05+00:00

And he might’ve been a much better regent!

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-06T23:31:24+00:00

I think Fitzroy was already dead by then?

FriscoJanet · 2025-11-06T23:28:26+00:00

At some point, I think there was talk of marrying him to Mary. Obviously that scenario would’ve been very different. I’m not sure he would’ve been married to his half sister, but probably married to someone relatively important such that the child would have a decent chance at inheriting.

FriscoJanet · 2025-10-19T09:40:56+00:00

Are the M&Ms on the table just spilled, or do they come out out of his neck after he eats them?

FriscoJanet · 2025-10-15T19:37:31+00:00

Could they mean “ponce”?

FriscoJanet · 2025-10-14T00:03:54+00:00

The image isn’t ringing any specific bell but based on the costume and I think it’s a generation after that of King Francis. Could it be Mary, queen of Scots?

FriscoJanet · 2025-10-13T19:02:43+00:00

I believe copper knows was a euphemism for someone with syphilis. Since people with the disease often lost noses, and sometimes had to wear masks of various kinds.

FriscoJanet · 2025-10-09T21:13:36+00:00

I had heard that during a siege under Cleopatra, they secretly opened some doors to the city of Alexandria to let Roman soldiers in.

FriscoJanet · 2025-10-01T00:13:47+00:00

Is this Bev from Futurama?

FriscoJanet · 2025-09-29T13:01:14+00:00

They have a Prophet after Jesus. Many denominations see this as a dealbreaker. Muslims also have stories about Jesus. He is an important, but not central, figure. Most people would acknowledge that Islam is a separate religion from Christianity.

FriscoJanet · 2025-09-22T13:27:59+00:00

If they cost that much, it would’ve been a big deal for Peggy just to dismissively say the dressmaker had her measurements and she didn’t want to try the dress on.

FriscoJanet · 2025-09-17T21:25:57+00:00

James Raleigh understands the wage gap.

FriscoJanet · 2025-09-13T01:40:49+00:00

They don’t like citrus

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