Daily Rome Shot 460, etc.

Posted on 3 April 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Daily Fervorino HERE

Daily Rome Shot 460, etc.

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Daily Fervorino Page HERE

Daily Rome Shot 460, etc.

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More bad Latin from the new-fangled DDW (olim CDW)

Posted on 3 April 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Fr. Hunwicke’s, there is an exposition of the Latin version of a new prayer for the Good Friday. Apparently now every passing cause has to be in the Good Friday prayers. This time it is, wait for it… victims of the Russians.

However, the point is the Latin of the prayer. Frankly, it is so dreadful that I thought it was an April Fool prank. It wasn’t.

LATIN

Deus pacis et misericordiae, qui humilium pauperumque misereris et oppressores eorum deprimis, praesta quaesumus, omnibus victimis violentiae belli salutem; ut, a te corde mutato impiorum, tuam praevaleat pacem.

ENGLISH

God of peace and mercy, who take pity on the poor and lowly and put down their oppressors, grant, we pray, deliverance to all victims of war and violence, that as you change the heart of the aggressor, so your peace will prevail.

The comments over there are scathing.

BTW… this reminds me of something a priest exorcist once told me about another exorcist whose Latin was awful. Apparently the demons – whose Latin is excellent – were tortured by it even more than by good Latin.

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Daily Rome Shot 459, etc.

Posted on 2 April 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Daily Rome Shot 459, etc.

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Daily Rome Shot 458, etc.

Posted on 1 April 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Daily Fervorino HERE

Daily Rome Shot 458, etc.

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3:16 isn’t just in John.Daily Rome Shot 458, etc.

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Fr. Z’s Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl’s centenary

Posted on 31 March 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I stumbled across Modernist Pantry.   “Well,” quoth I, “let’s see what this might be.”

Noting the similarity of theme with the Fishwrap or a German Synod (“walking together”) where they can whip up any sort of modernism you want, can make black into white, truth into lies, front into back, I looked around for a while, as one does.

Samples:

Gramercy Kitchen Company Cocktail Smoker

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

I get smoking and a cocktail.  But, really, why not just save yourself a step and reduce the it all into one slug.

And

Spherificator + FREE Modernist Pantry Spherification Spoon

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

Who doesn’t need a “spherificator” in their kitchen?   Now, if it made large, perfectly clear ice spheres, I’d be interested.

And… I’m fresh out of this stuff…

Pure Methylcellulose – High Viscosity  Non-GMO  Vegan  OU Kosher Certified

To think that I made Pörkölt in view of the centenary of the the death of Bl. Karl von Habsburg of Austria without any of these things!

First, I want to thank the reader who sent the good paprikas. You made this possible! Köszönöm!

My mise en place.  I had no pork lard so I used a little bacon.  And, no, that is not a spherificator!  (See what I did there?  What a transition.)

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

What’s that black thing?    That and the hysterically sharp, large knife were gifts from a great friend.  That’s my pepper cannon.   You all know what it is like to grind and grind and twist and twist again and again, to get a sufficient amount of ground pepper.  With this thing, one twist and KABLAM! you’ve got ground pepper, as much as many turns in other grinders.  Having this frees my other great grinders for different loads.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

And so it begins.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

Then the onion.  Let it go golden.  Add then the chopped bell pepper.   On retrospect… retrotaste?… I will used less next time.  This time it was half each of a green and red.  Colors, you know… Hungary?

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

How sharp is that knife?  The tomato hardly moved.  I just made the cuts.  Refreshing.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

After that, the beef.   The recipe said to work with the beef until most, but not all, of the pink was gone.  We begin with all the pink, of course.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

Now for the magic.  It called for the sweet.   FOUR tablespoons.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

Paprika is somewhat delicate.  Take your mixture in its dutch oven off of the heat for a moment before adding paprika.  It can turn bitter if exposed to high heat before blending in.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

NOTE: The cooking process involves slow braising in water.  That paste of fat and paprika will thicken.

In goes the tomato and bay and caraway seeds

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenaryFr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

Add water, not so that it covers, but about half covers, left side or right side.   HA!  No, just kidding.  It doesn’t work that way.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

Let it simmer, actually braise, for a couple hours, covered.  If, later, it is too loose, keep the cover off for a while.

Meanwhile, although I opted not to have carbs with this, such as spätzle, or nokedli, I did have cucumber salad.  A little salt, drain, a little more salt and a touch of sugar with apple cider vinegar.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

The only Hungarian wine available at the shop.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

And here we are.  Szeretem a magyar konyhát.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

In honor of Bl. Karl, a day early because Pörkölt would constitute poor cult tomorrow as it is a Friday in Lent.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary Fr. Z's Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl's centenary

Nagyon finom volt.

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Daily Rome Shot 457, etc.

Posted on 31 March 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Daily fervorino HERE

Daily Rome Shot 457, etc.

Daily Mass Fervorini Page HERE

Daily Rome Shot 457, etc.

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Miscellaneous observations

Posted on 31 March 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Miscellaneous observations

To fight the stupid persecution of the letter Z, please follow me on Twitter. Keep on ZEDDING!

A few interesting stories…

First, call about a long distance call.  HERE   In 1977 Voyager 1 was sent to the outer edge of the solar system.   In November, NASA wanted try to extend the probe’s life by doing a course correction with thrusters that haven’t been used in 37 years.  Voyager is so far away now that it took 19 hours for the confirmation signal to return.

Next, a Tulsa cop’s life was saved in a shooting incident because of a challenge coin he was carrying. HERE  I am still interested in challenge coin exchanges.  As a matter of fact, I just got my collection out of their box and rediscovered my own in another box.  I was going to have another one made for the occasion of the 100 millionth visit to to this blog, but time got away.  Had a design ready and everything.  Oh well.

Next, I am outraged.  This and the next story in line indicates that there is no limit to stupid.  It seems that there is now an attack on the letter Z because the Russians have Zs on their tanks, etc.  “Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called on the world to “criminalize” the letter ‘Z’, saying that it represents “Russia’s war of aggression.” Ironically he spelled the word ‘criminalise’ with a ‘z’, rather than use the correct English spelling with an ‘s’.”   Really.  This is a thing.  What’s a Fr. Z to do?  Maybe… since once the alphabet included as a last letter the “ampersand”.  &.   Fr. &?   And… or rather &, it has variations:

Miscellaneous observations

Since I share my native place with the late Prince, perhaps I should just go by &….etc.

& to make this easier…

Miscellaneous observations

Next, in a event at a homeless encampment in LA, Rep. Maxine Waters – once again making it unnecessary to check the Babylon Bee today – got frustrated with the crowd & told them, the homeless, to “go home”.   Yes, ladies & gentlemen, Maxine Waters.  Keeping our country on course.  HERE

However, on that page, an interesting thing popped up when I turned off the ad blockers so I could read that story (something I almost never do).  A video ad played in the pages main player for a site called Ham Radio Prep (hamradioprep.com) which purports to take you from step A through Z to get your Ham Radio License.  As it turns out right now they have a sale on for the Tech and General Exam prep courses.   It also turns out that I’ll be clearing out the cookies on my machine.

Getting a license isn’t that hard & it opens up all sorts of options in a world that is going to have some challenges.

Is it time for you to get that license & put some equipment together?  It is IMPORTANT that you start to NETWORK with others in your area, including a priest or two.  We don’t know what is going to go down in the next few months.

For these USA, here is one study guide for the entry level license: Technician

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Make sure that any version you get is the guide for exams through 2022!

Technician Class 2018-2022: Pass Your Amateur Radio Technician Class Test – The Easy Way…

The Kindle version is about $10.

And there is this.

ARRL’s Tech Q & A: ARRL Inc

&, at QRZ, for example, there is a link to practice quizzes. HERE

To fight the obscene war on the letter Z, please follow me on Twitter.

 

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Fr. Z asks the readers: Is there a sommelier among you?

Posted on 30 March 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Is there a sommelier among you?

Contact me.  There could be an interesting opportunity.  HERE   In the subject line put “I’m a sommelier.”

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Daily Rome Shot 456, etc.

Posted on 30 March 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Daily Mass Fervorino HERE

Daily Rome Shot 456, etc.

Fervorino page

DAILY MASS SERMONS – “FERVORINI”

This one, this rather unusual madonnella.  I’ll be impressed if someone can locate this one.

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Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Long-distance breakfast with a reader

Posted on 30 March 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I’m having virtual breakfast this morning with one of you readers who sent me a wonderful surprise, which I relish.

There was no gift slip in the box from the UK, and the only address suggest that it was not the giver who did the packaging. God knows who you are and I will include you in my intended prayers for benefactors.

What, you might be wondering, was sent?

Fr. Z's Kitchen: Long-distance breakfast with a reader

Patum Peperium!

US HERE – UK HERE

Just a little bit scraped over bread is not too little, as Bilbo was starting to feel as he aged, but is just the right amount, especially if the bread is good.

It is essentially a paste from anchovy with herbs.  I’ve written about it before.  Here, in a Zed-Head mug with strong English Breakfast Tea.

Fr. Z's Kitchen: Long-distance breakfast with a reader

A wonderful change of pace from my usual powerful coffee and perhaps a little bread with jam and butter… or nothing.   Nothing other than coffee, that is.

The arrival of this Patum brightened two days, so far.  Happily, because it is used sparingly, there should be quite a few more.

The only problem is that, once I’ve finished off these rye toasts, I will want to start over.

UPDATE:

The last time I wrote about Patum (sent by commentator here Zephyrinus), and my attempt to make it myself, I had just received a book from Angelico Press, with a title that I relished.

Christ The Liturgy by William Daniel

US HERE – UK HERE

Fr. Z's Kitchen: Long-distance breakfast with a reader

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