Finished Creators by Paul Johnson last night. Was going to say its a book full of interesting facts if very old fashioned views, but I bought a new book just now, Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, and am now less certain of Johnson's facts.
In Johnson's chapter on Tiffany, he calls glass "... a mobile supercooled liquid..." while Lloyd & Mitchinson, in What is the normal state of glass? say "It's a solid. You may have heard it said that glass is a liquid which has cooled.......... this is untrue - glass is a bona fide solid."
Had a discussion with a dinner guest recently as to inability to trust the written word, now quite gobsmacked.
Cucumber salad
2 Cucumbers, washed and grated (600g)
Salt
60ml Salad dressing, your favourite
Salt grated cucumber well and place in sieve in sink. Allow to stand for several hours. Rinse well, dry with clean dishcloth, put in small bowl, cover with dressing. The cucumber will diminish alarmingly, salad will serve only two as a side dish.
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