FRIDAY AND WITH IT MY WEEKLY BOOK NOTES ARE BACK; This week I am into the 3rd of the Mistress of the Art of Death series (there are four http://www.goodreads.com/series/44043-mistress-of-the-art-of-death ) by Ariana Franklin. In this one heroine Adelia Aguilar a woman doctor living in Henry II’s England is sent to Glastonbury Abbey by the King to prove King Arthur is dead (and not according to legend just sleeping awaiting a call to free the people from opression like Henry who is in the line of invader Norman’s Kings) to help him stamp out ongoing rebellion. But there is a fire and two bodies found, who are the victims and since the church is involved the Bishop is in attendance as well and our Adelia (who must deal with prejudices (against women doctors) and superstitions (against just about everything else) must then also deal with the Bishop of St. Albans, the father of her daughter and a man she still loves despite his taking the vows of the church. The history in the book is fantastic, trumped only by the characters and of course the mystery all blended in a plot that kept me glued to the pages
One more May involving note (not a day–I promised yesterday no more): Americans will consume more than 7 billion hot dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day. That’s more than 20 hot dogs per person, or about one and a half hot dogs per week.
Hot dog type eats have been around for a long time: “Sausage is one of the oldest forms of processed food, having been mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey as far back as the 9th Century B.C.” http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/d/sp/i/38594/pid/38594
“The sausages were culturally imported from Germany… and popularized in the United States. Hot dog preparation and condiment styles also vary regionally across the United States.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dogVintage
SO HOW DOES GOOGLE SERVE UP IT’S DOG COLLECTIBLES–HOT DOG THAT IS:
Hallmark Hot Dog Valentine Card $7
Retro Hot Dogs Always Hot & Fresh Metal Sign $11 (multiple types up to $40)
Exterior Store Light Advertising Sign Hot Dogs Coffee $185
Frankie The Keener Wiener Cloth Doll Nip Superior Hot Dogs … $196
“World’s most expensive hot dog: New York’s 230 Fifth’s… $2,300 creation made out of 60-day-aged wagyu and topped with Vidalia onions caramelized in Dom Perignon, sauerkraut braised in Cristal, and caviar”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332554/Worlds-expensive-hot-dog-2-300-nearly-long-baseball-bat-New-Yorks-230-Fifth.html#ixzz33CqmsQOu No Fries?
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