GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Custard Tart, Pamir Mountains, Whzt
27 Dec 2015
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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it into a fruit salad. If it floats vertically, an air pocket has formed and it is old. Hard boiled eggs spin and fresh eggs do not spin. Roman empress olivia who was the wife of agustas cesar hatched her own eggs. Eggs form an important part of diet especially western and eastern. Portuguese custard tart invented when there was a surplus of eggs. Whites were more valuable for the yolks and were used for preparing materials that conditioned ropes on sailing ships. Used in monasteries and convents for starching the clothes of the clergy. Portugal is a major wine producer and egg whites used to clarify wines. The oldest thing you have ever eaten has never lived. Salt is very old and usually comes from mines. In ireland they use peat for gardening and heating.
