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    A Future Adventure

    in Ports O'Call

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    Headed to Thailand late fall/ early winter. The goal is to attempt some sea kayaking. Of course visit the temples and night markets.

    I just read about the Star Clipper (I think that was the name of the company) tours of Thailand in 'Islands' magazine. Looks beautiful there.

    Fop Rock

    in Beyond Pyracy

    Posted

    What?! Never heard of Adam Ant?! Adam was one of the major punk movement players - back when it was Adam and the Ants, then due to fights amongst band members it was switched to Adam Ant.

    Check these out. You might have heard or seen them, but just never realized who it was.

    Stand and Deliver

    Fop Rock

    in Beyond Pyracy

    Posted · Edited by Karadimos

    I came across the term 'Fop Rock' on wikipedia because I was looking at some info on Adam Ant. So let me give you guys a definition: "A more recent and minor trend is "fop-rock," in which the performers don 18th century wigs, lace cravats, and similar costumes to perform, a minor movement that would appear to owe something to glam rock, visual kei, and the New Romantic movement. Adam Ant of Adam and the Ants would seem to be a forerunner of the trend, who occasionally performed in elaborate highwayman outfits. Other notable examples would be Falco's performance as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the song "Rock Me Amadeus," a #1 hit in the US and the UK, and #2 in Canada in 1986, and Boston-based band The Upper Crust."

    Do any of you guys listen to Fop Rock?

    I'm a big Adam Ant fan myself and I have a few Falco songs.

    Oh here we go...a video

    Salmagundi

    in Galley

    Posted

    Let's re-read the third bullet: "Salmagundi is also purportedly a meal served on pirate ships. It is a stew of anything the cook had on hand, usually consisting of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions, often arranged in rows on lettuce and served with vinegar and oil, and spiced with anything available. The following is taken from a reprint of "Mrs. Hill's New Cook Book", originally published in 1867 and republished by Applewood Books of Bedford, Massachusetts."

    Hi,

    Could you please provide the source of the quoted period recipe? Thanks!

    Mistress (Jen) Dobyns

    Salmagundi is an old recipe that came to be known as a pirate meal.

    • "Cut cold roast chicken or other meats into slices. Mix with minced tarragon and an onion. Mix all together with capers, olives, samphire, broombuds, mushrooms, oysters, lemon, orange, raisins, almonds, blue figs, Virginia potatoes, peas and red and white currants. Garnish with sliced oranges and lemons. Cover with oil and vinegar, beaten together." (from The Good Huswives Treasure, Robert May, 1588-1660)
    • "A mixture of minced veal, chicken or turkey, anchovies or pickled herring, and onions, all chopped together and served with lemon juice and oil."
    • Salmagundi is also purportedly a meal served on pirate ships. It is a stew of anything the cook had on hand, usually consisting of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions, often arranged in rows on lettuce and served with vinegar and oil, and spiced with anything available. The following is taken from a reprint of "Mrs. Hill's New Cook Book", originally published in 1867 and republished by Applewood Books of Bedford, Massachusetts.
    "Boil two calf's feet; take the feet out when done; reduce the broth to a quart. The feet may be fried and used, first removing the bones. Let the broth become cold in an earthen vessel; scrape off all the grease; wipe the top of the jelly with a coarse towel; put the cake of jelly into a kettle lined with tin or porcelain; season it with two lemons cut up (removing the seed), fine blades of mace, a stick of cinnamon, pepper (white pepper is best), and salt to taste. Beat to a froth the whites of six eggs; stir these to the jelly just as it melts; it must then be left to clarify and not stirred again. When it simmers long enough to look clear at the sides, strain it through a flannel bag before the fire; do not squeeze the bag. Suspend it by running a stick through a loop made by tying the bag; rest each end of the stick upon a chair, and throw a table-cloth over all to keep out the dust. If the jelly does not run through clear the first time, pour it through the jelly-bag again. Set this aside. Prepare the meat and seasoning for the pie. Put into a stew-pan slices of pickled pork, using a piece of pork four inches square; if it is very salt[y] lay it an hour in tepid water. Cut up two young, tender chickens--a terrapin, if it is convenient--two or three young squirrels, half a dozen birds or squabs. Stew them gently, cutting up and adding a few sprigs of parsley. Roll into half a pound of butter two tablespoonfuls of flour; add this to the stew until the meat is nearly done. Line a fire-proof dish, or two fire-proof dishes (this quantity of stew will fill two common-sized or quart dishes;) with good pastry; mix the different kinds of meats; put in Irish potato dumplings; season to taste; pour in the gravy and bake. When done, remove the upper crust when the pie is cold and pack in the jelly, heaping the jelly in the middle. Return the crust and serve cold or hot. The jelly will prevent them become too dry. They are good Christmas pies and will keep several days. Very little gravy should be used, and that rich. Should there be too much, leave the stew-pan open until reduced sufficiently. This kind of pie keeps well if made in deep plates, and by some is preferred to those baked in deep moulds."
    I've found some other recipes on the internet as well. They're all different!

    Wanted: Boat

    in Thieves Market

    Posted

    I'm looking for a boat that's for sale in Nicaragua. I'm willing to spend up to $15000. Must have cabin. Not looking for a fixer-up project boat, though I do expect to work on it before putting out to sea. Fiberglass preferable, but wood acceptable.

    middle names

    in Scuttlebutt

    Posted

    That article just meant that it wasn't overly popular. How about these names: Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Donatien Alphonse François (Marquis de Sade), Sir John Eardley Wilmot (the judge, not Earl of Rochester), John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde, François Marie Arouet (Voltaire), August Wilhelm Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, James Fenimore Cooper, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, John Singleton Copely, Richard Dobbs Spaight, William Samuel Johnson, Charles Cotesworth “C. C.” Pinckney, William Richardson Davie, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, and John Francis Mercer.

    Pirate Branded Food

    in Galley

    Posted

    I've noticed that there are quite a few brands of food/drink out there with pirate labels. If you find something, post it!

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    I have not been able to find this up here in Alaska, but I've been seeing it in magazines.

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    I have seen this at the stores around here, but have only tried the blue kind that's not listed here.

    The Pirate Sauce Company - With three types of sauces: Volcano Sauce, Fire Monkey Sauce, and Voodoo Sauce.

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    Pirate's Alley Rum Cake....sounds good.

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