[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History April 29

[PBW]

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>>>1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
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>>Whoever that Flemish woman was she should be hung, drawn and quartered! 
>>Starching! Ugh! Talk about a mess (at least when using "real" starch and 
>>not the spray can stuff) and a pain in the patooti!
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>>Magdalia/Pook
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> It's kinda like making gravy; once you get the hang of it, it isn't too 
> bad.
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> Bicé


Maybe thats why I dont make gravy very often! <snicker>  I think thats a 
pain in the patooti too! (Though I have been told I make a good gravy, I 
just dont like making it, at least not from scratch)

Magdalia/Pook