If any sense in mortal dust remains
When mine has been refin’d from flower to flower,
Won from the sun all colours, drunk the shower
And delicate winy dews, and gain’d the gains
Which elves who sleep in airy bells, a-swing
Through half a summer day, for love bestow,
Then in some warm old garden let me grow
To such a perfect, lush, ambrosian thing
As this. Upon a southward-facing wall
I bask, and feel my juices dimly fed
And mellowing, while my bloom comes golden grey:
Keep the wasps from me! But before I fall
Pluck me, white fingers, and o’er two ripe-red
Girl lips O let me richly swoon away!
Category Archives: Food
9/11
Goats in Jail
The BBC reports that goats were released from jail in the DR Congo:
The beasts were due to appear in court, charged with being sold illegally by the roadside.
The minister said many police had serious gaps in their knowledge and they would be sent for retraining.
Enforcement of the rules is often a tricky business, but this example is quite funny.
Deputy Justice Minister Claude Nyamugabo said he found the goats just in time during a routine jail visit.
I guess you could say the goats are lucky that the justice system in DR Congo has maintained its checks and balances.
The goats might have been there for another simple reason, such as bribery or corruption, and the “court” story is just an extended joke.
Wolves prefer fishing to hunting
Here is an interesting perspective on food safety from BBC News:
“Selecting benign prey such as salmon makes sense from a safety point of view,” wrote Dr Chris Darimont, from the University of Victoria, BC, and his colleagues in the journal BMC Ecology. “While hunting deer, wolves commonly incur serious and often fatal injuries,” the researchers said, adding that salmon fishing is much less time consuming than tracking deer in the forest. “In addition to safety benefits, we determined that salmon also provides enhanced nutrition over deer, especially in fat and energy.”
Yes, it turns out wolves prefer to fish for food rather than hunt. Makes perfect sense and brings up the question of salmon stock relative to wolf behavior. Perhaps the fish shortages that led to cancellation of the salmon season will also lead wolves towards more risky behavior.