This week’s belated whimsy is brought to you by my favourite April Fool’s Day prank from this year: the mediaeval roast unicorn recipe.
Detail of a unicorn on the grill in Geoffrey Fule's cookbook, England, mid-14th century (London, British Library, MS Additional 142012, f. 137r).
Experts believe that the cookbook was compiled by Geoffrey Fule, who worked in the kitchens of Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England (1328-1369). Geoffrey had a reputation for blending unusual flavours – one scholar has called him “the Heston Blumenthal of his day” – and everything points to his hand being behind the compilation.
Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
NB: the weekly whimsy thread is a stoush-free zone
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They haven’t posted much recently though Helen! I’m preferring DeathStarPR these days.
Office Batman is rather good too.
Excellent examples of bathos, TT. I will probably cite these at some point when in front of an English class.
This trailer is nearly as good as Italian Spiderman.
U prolly haz seen it lolz.
Italian Spiderman is the love child of Comicon and Sexpo.
Apologies for the double post…
I rather liked this.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/baby-malawi-is-the-boisterous-rising-star-with-stripes/story-e6freuzi-1226320165328
If I wuz wherever the zoo is, I’d go and see him.