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This is wonderful and I would love to work or even live in a community like this.

At the same time how is this different to a monastic community (in pretty much any religion) Its very close to what Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers did or even Epicurus and his followers living in the Garden outside the city walls of Athens. There is nothing new under the sun.

I think this is how people should live. Small groups living, eating and working communally. Living though each other and the land you live on.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/16/a-natural-antidepressant-how-working-with-the-land-is-helping-ex-prisoners

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More on dessert experiments.

To keep one’s sanity amid the Trump/GOP chaos and corruption, one has to do small and enjoyable things.

To this end, I continued my experiment with the old English dessert called Syllabub. As a reminder it was originally a confection made with cream and sweet white wine.

On this 4th experiment I used fresh squeezed Cara Cara orange juice along with the heavy whipping cream and sugar, all whipped together for about 5 minutes with a hand blender.

So far, I’ve experimented with Sauvignon Blank, Meyer Lemons, Limes, and now Cara Cara oranges. In each experiment the Syllabub topped fresh berries.

My wife and I definitely prefer the citrus over the wine version.

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On something fun and enjoyable for a change, dessert.

Over the last two weekends we tried the old English whipped cream dessert called Syllabub. I found it referenced in a novel I read recently. It is very quick and easy to make and traditionally includes heavy whipping cream, white wine, and sugar.

The wine and sugar are mixed to partially dissolve the sugar, then mixed with the heavy whipping cream, and then whipped with a hand or other electric mixer. It is then placed over something like fresh berries.

We made it on three different days and varied the liquid and the sugar amount. For the first we used a Sauvignon Blanc. For the second we used squeezed Meyer Lemon, and for the third we used squeezed Limes.

We seem to like the lemon or lime variation better than with wine. For the berries we used fresh chilled Raspberries, Blackberries, and Blueberries.

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