The Society released a new mobi-video last month, as part of fellow Society for Social Studies of Science annual conference 4S 2089 ‘Good Relations’. Spotlighting for the first time our Space-Time Fab Lab, an experimental research department within the Metta Verse Mutual Aid Space Program, it’s called ‘Fabricating Frequencies: Sounding Out Cosmic LiKIn with Space-Time Morphologies‘ and works as a kind of operatic instructional guide to prepare lichen lovers for participating in an upcoming Special Transmission. More details on that will be announced, in time, via the usual portals. Meanwhile you can all watch and sing along to the video here.
Category: Research / Field Notes
trees in Lithuanian folk songs
meeting sturgeons!
We visited the aquarium at Smiltyne recently, and though they don’t have any baltic Sturgeons there, they do have some close family members, who we were extremely happy to meet. Take a look at these wonderful characters, swimming across the millenia!
lichens do not age – Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lichens-do-not-age-120852/
de-extinction
Stewart Brand on the early days of de-extinction
flummery
flummery is both a fluffy 17th-19th century dessert pudding, and a load of nonsense.
‘It’s not the age of reason … it’s the era of flummery, and the day of the devious approach’ –Trouble with Lichen (1960)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flummery
some incredible specimens here
http://www.historicfood.com/Jellies.htm
& a little on isinglas (swim bladders of sturgeon) which were a common ingredient in flummery
https://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/news/weird-ingredient-wednesday-isinglass-or-why-your-guinness-has-fish-it-0161766/
a pretty basic recipe here, using berries https://permaculture.com.au/davidson-plum-rainforest-flavours-in-the-kitchen/
https://1tess.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/blueberry-gems/
https://books.google.lt/books?id=uCRdqi4lvK8C&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=blueberry+flummery&source=bl&ots=edOyqufQi6&sig=PMLJOx7XcWqKqtV8xYPuiGvQRNQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMx5Cfz9jbAhXBDywKHQ1lCmwQ6AEIazAO#v=onepage&q=blueberry%20flummery&f=false
http://www.cooks.com/recipe/2i8iz3ay/blueberry-flummery.html
lichens and life on land (BBC)
Lichens as pioneers for life on land
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151205-one-amazing-substance-allowed-life-to-thrive-on-land
Atlas Obscura: Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy
Kaunas museum of lithuanian medicine
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/museum-of-the-history-of-lithuanian-medicine-and-pharmacy
Blueberry sourdough vegan pancakes
blueberries should be out in time for the picnic..
https://holycowvegan.net/vegan-sourdough-blueberry-pancakes/
Fermented raspberry leaf tea
Lots of lovely raspberry bushes out now, if the mosquitos will let you get to them! Here’s something to try
http://hungerandthirstforlife.blogspot.com/2013/01/fermented-raspberry-leaf-tea_26.html
This technique was suggested to us by Diana Pusko who has a Mexican restaurant on Nida, and was kind enough to take us on a foraging walk in the forest. She says to rub the leaves then put them in a jar for 24hrs. After this short fermentation, lay them out to dry fully before jarring them. Then just make a tea with the leaves, add sugar and wait for the microorganisms to get busy.
We’ve tried with one tea made from a hot infusion and another from a cold one.