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Flummeries
Flummery is a starch-based, sweet, soft dessert pudding which originated in Great Britain during the early modern period. The word has also been used for other semi-set desserts. History and etymology The name is first known in Gervase Markham's 1623 ''Countrey Contentments, or English Huswife'' (new ed.) vi. 222 "From this small Oat-meale, by oft steeping it in water and clensing it, and then boyling it to a thicke and stiffe jelly, is made that excellent dish of meat which is so esteemed in the West parts of this Kingdome, which they call Wash-brew, and in Chesheire and Lankasheire they call it Flamerie or Flumerie". The name is derived from the Welsh word for a similar dish made from sour oatmeal and husks, , which is of unknown origin. It is also attested in variant forms such as ''thlummery'' or ''flamery'' in 17th and 18th century English.''Oxford English Dictionary'', s.v. "flummery". The word "flummery" later came to have generally pejorative connotations of a bland, emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerzensee
Gerzensee is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. The town is named after its lake, Gerzensee (lake), Gerzensee. History Gerzensee is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Gercentse''. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area comes from scattered neolithic artifacts found around the municipality. La Tène culture, La Tène and Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman era artifacts indicate that the area remained settled. By the Middle Ages the Freiherr von Kramburg had built his Festi Castle above the village and ruled over part of the valley. After about 1300 the Kramburg lands were acquired by another noble. Over the following centuries, the land was traded and sold multiple times. At the end of the 17th century Gerzensee was divided in half and each half was sold to a different noble family. The Festi Castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
