March 2012
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Sophie's Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities #7
Salt
Description: NaCl, or sodium chloride, is the only rock that we humans ingest. Our tongues even have their own taste receptors just for the stuff because salt, along with proteins and vitamins, is needed for our bodies to function properly. Lots of foods can taste sweet, sour, bitter, etc. but only one thing tastes salty and that is salt.
Adding salt to practically any food you cook and/or...
February 2012
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Brass Tacks #135
Kieran Von Rosenhart is almost completely illiterate. At best, she can scrawl a gross approximation of her name on official documents. Kaeden doesn’t always remember if the i or the e comes first in the Captain’s name, and the woman herself is no help.
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Brass Tacks #134
When the Sappho stood the test of time, the patronizing smiles faded from the denizens of Flotsam. When the Sappho failed to take on flashy or high-profile heists, and thus failed to bring Flotsam the wrong sort of attention, the snide remarks dried up. When the Sappho began to funnel quality goods into the Flotsam market, Captain Kieran was chosen to lead the recitation of the New Years Truce...
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Brass Tacks #133
The inhabitants of Flotsam have seen dirigibles come and go. These days, they tend to level a patronizing smile at anyone claiming to be an airship Captain. “You and every other half-trained chav.”
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Brass Tacks #132
The ban on male crew members is not merely an artifact of the captain’s aversion to the hairier sex. A passenger once tried to assault Kaeden early in the Sappho’s career, and the crew voted unanimously to ban men from the ship.
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Brass Tacks #131
When money is tight (and it usually is), Elisabet submits illustrations of new medical instruments for use in print advertizements. The commissions aren’t particularly lucrative, but the manufacturers are obliged to send her an example of their wares, free of charge.
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Sophie's Electronic Journal of Cooking Endeavors...
It seems as though the Wonka bug has caught me once more, for last week I attempted to create a sweet, sour, and gelatinous concoction known only as: jellies. Lemon jellies to be exact (Acid Drops to be even more exact).
A combination of lemon and lime juice & lemon and lime zest, for those brave enough to survive the pucker. Now, my finished jellies were not… displeasing, they...
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Brass Tacks #130
For Elisabet, joining the Sappho was not a decision made out of rebelliousness. Simply put, it was a way to practice medicine with care and honesty.
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Brass Tacks #129
The crew of the Sappho plays to Sir Alexander’s strengths by purchasing all their grenades, cannonballs and things that go ‘Boom’ from said inventor.
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Brass Tacks #128
Henrietta’s beau, Major Damasco, would surprise no one by consorting with criminals; he already cultivates quite the oddball reputation amongst his peers.
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Brass Tacks #127
Elisabet says:
Airship pirates oft proudly display their tattoos of Myotis vivesi, the fish eating bat. The “trout”* return mockery with tattoos of bat skulls
*trout: airship pirate slang for sailors.
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Sophie's Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities #6
Cooking with Roses
Description: Aside from being the ultimate symbol of love, roses have been used as an ingredient for millennia. It’s most commonly found in Middle Eastern cuisine, where its origins lie, and is prominent in such dishes like baklava, Turkish delight, and marzipan. As trade routes extended and grew, the powers of the rose traveled to Europe where French chefs took it to...
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Brass Tacks #127
Kaeden can often be found staring out of windows. Every time the Crew finds itself in a building higher than two stories, Kaeden makes a bee-line for a window. At first the Crew just accepted this as one of Kaeden’s idiosyncrasies. It wasn’t until they had to beat a hasty retreat in New Orleans that they found out she had been planning escape routes.
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Brass Tacks #126
The less that is said about Keiran’s least favorite heist, the better. Suffice to say: her one-of-a-kind clockwork arm was blown to pieces.
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Brass Tacks #125
Kieran likes to say “I’m not crazy; I’m perceptive.” This is the longest word in her vocabulary.
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Brass Tacks #124
The material for Captain Kieran’s clockwork arm was scavenged from a crashed airship.
Brass Tacks #123
The Airship Sappho runs on petrol and idealism
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