Where Desires Come to Light

Hello and welcome to Lord Kirkland's Manor. My name is Nathaniel, but you may call me Nate and I will be of your assistance today. Magic Anon Status: None. NOTE: This is an independent RP Blog for Demon Butler!America. For more information, please read The Blog link to the side. Thank you. May contain NSFW!

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Turkey Pot Pie

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Faust in his study, Carl Gustav Carus

Charcoal, 1852

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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal

Lord Byron

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A dark unfathom’d tide        Of interminable pride —           A mystery, and a dream,              Should my early life seem.

Edgar Allan Poe, Imitation (1827)

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pistachio gelato.

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http://www.heavenrecipes.com/all-kinds-of-recipes/vendakkai-pachadi-okra-pachadi/

Vendakkai Pachadi – Okra Pachadi

[allthingsromanticism]

“Topographical Map Of The Country Twenty Miles Round London”

1800 - Map showing what is now South London, including Kennington, Camberwell, Peckham, Clapham, Brixton, Stockwell, Streatham Hill, Tooting, Dulwich, Brockley, Lewisham and Deptford.

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I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water’d it in fears, Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with my smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright; And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine, And into my garden stole When the night had veil’d the pole: In the morning glad I see My foe outstretch’d beneath the tree

A Poison Tree written by William Blake

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buttermilk chocolate chip crumb cupcakes

click here for recipe

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Chicken Enchilada Pasta Bake

Click Here for the recipe

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Recipe |  Baked Brie with Roasted Strawberries

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Tintern Abbey 1885

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Subject: Victorian Dining Appeared In: Warnings at Waverly Academy

Any meal that took place outside and after six p.m. was automatically considered a formal event.

All of the men were assigned a lady to escort into the dining room. The host took the highest ranking lady. This could be the wife of a high profile guest, someone new to the area, or a new bride. The hostess was escorted by her husband’s business partner or best friend.

Because Victorian dinners were so expansive, time was needed in between courses to allow for digestion.

Culinary schools first began popping up at this time, so it was considered highly fashionable to serve a course taken from a famous chef’s cookbook.

Anna Russell, the Duchess of Beford, invented the concept of afternoon tea during the Victorian Era as well. She was a dear friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria. Anna began having tea and small snacks sent to her room every afternoon to combat the afternoon grogginess we’re all so familiar with. To say people took to the idea is a gross understatement.

If you were well off, you ate meat every day. Those we would consider middle class only had meat two or three times a week. The poor were lucky to get a small piece of bacon.

Potatoes, on the other hand, were a staple of the meal regardless of economic status.  The truly destitute lived on the stuff.

Canned food was invented during this era. It was originally the French’s idea, but the U.K. decided they wanted in and patented the product in 1810.

Further Reading:

Victorian Dining and Dining Etiquette

Eras of Elegance - Daily Life in the Victorian Era

Victorian Food

History Cookbooks - Victorians

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Lemon Shrimp and Caper Linguine