{bits & pieces}

The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter.

 

So I’ve sort of ruined my life by becoming an expert at making tortillas. I more or less use this King Arthur recipe (I probably end up using more flour, and unless I have lard handy, I use my stored bacon fat). It’s not super hard, mind. But it does take a bit of time and concentration, unlike ripping open a package of store-bought.

It’s terrible. It’s a kind of terrible obsession where you are forced to roll out and individually cook up each tortilla.

You have to, because they are just that good and that different. They are super amazing. They are devastating. How will I recover? Is every meal to be a monstrous chore??

But recently, I found this recipe for homemade sourdough tortillas that you don’t have to roll out. You make them more like pancakes or crepes.

So what I want to know is, have you tried both ways? Can it be that not rolling could be a tad more efficient but just as good? Can you advise?

This week’s links:

A delightful interview with Fr. Schall.

“One advantage of a liberal education is that, through novels, poems, histories, and biographies, it takes us through the human condition before we ourselves are much exposed to it. This vicarious learning is what education is supposed to be, not merely a preparation for a job, which we can usually learn quickly. Liberal education is a preparation for life about which we need to know much, if we can, before and during the time we live it ourselves.”

When we were in Paris, we saw a boatload of armor at Les Invalides. Many, many boatloads. It’s hard to believe that this was a viable way to protect oneself. This video helps figure it out:

Peter Hitchens on Russia: The Cold War is Over.


The importance of remembering the horrors of the Soviet Union: The House is on Fire! (Everyone should read Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago — I’m sure you can find a used hardcover copy. Any senior in high school can read it, though it’s quite a tome, and should. For freshmen, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a good introduction to the themes of the articles and the Gulag — an amazing novel, a work of art, not long, that plunges you right into the depths of the totalitarian nightmare.)


A young man who makes musical instruments. “I’m man creating something, something beautiful.”

From the archives:

I give you some tips for thrifting!


A really foolproof, really delicious chocolate cake that everyone wants for their birthday!

Happy feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentino!

 

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