Thanks! And yeah, I'll probably try to set up a filter of some kind

Did you forget my D? Anyway, I'll try D again 🙂

Is there any setting to get emails about new PMs just once per day / week / etc., instead of once per PM? I had a quick look around, but can't seem to find any...

Hmm...

D

K!

B next!

Let me try a C!

*picks out the dagger and stabs Delenn back*

On 11/22/2023 at 3:30 AM, Ryrin said:

Family: 

Dinner!

11 minutes ago, Delenn said:

Check the Bowl of Winds passages if you really want regarding building circles, or later when it's practical. I am sure they talk about general circle limits there... Might be able to go on  building forever... I think one passage even implies that was part of what happened at the Bore. 🤔

The quote is about what's needed for turning - and since both saidin and saidar is needed, that's why I think they need channelers of both sexes. I don't see a source on the wiki though, so I don't know what they are basing this on 🙂 And yeah, a full circle is 72 people.

2 minutes ago, Delenn said:

*pokes head in* I think it can go up to 12 or 13 women before they *must* add a male. Then 13 women, then a male. There was also something I remember about Fades having to be in on it. Not very practical.

 

In both Light and Shadow circles they have that limit for men to join. One note I saw I agreed that an Aes Sedai couldn't be turned without her Gaidin knowing, he might be able to hide it but unlikely. I think it's both or none. But they could be held hostage by the other's wellbeing. Turn one, capture the other.. and the Bond can be used to compel the Gaidin.... 

Yeah, 13 channelers and 13 myrdraal, and something about filtering the flow through the myrdraal to cause the turning.

*sigh* I guess I should actually look it up:

Quote

Thirteen Dreadlords channel using thirteen Myrddraal as a filter. The combination of saidar or saidin, mixed with the Myrddraal's power, which is derived from the True Power, is able to shift the allegiance of any channeler to the Shadow against their will.

So nothing about actually needing to be a circle, but I guess it is implied that there needs to be both male and female channelers?

23 minutes ago, LilyElizabeth said:

20 points to Eirik for running the last game. 

 

Now, we'll switch to the points as given in the first post. Who wants to keep track of them?

 

I can keep track of them. If I read the rules correctly, it's mainly keeping track of who has participated, in order to know how many to divide the the 15 / subtract points from?

Gonna guess at a "T" for the game

23 hours ago, Ryrin said:

I’m diabetic. I wonder if I could use Splenda in it? 

I'm sure other sweeteners will work too, though I am not familiar with Splenda. It's worth noting that the apples will impart a fair amount of sugar to the applesauce too, but I guess these are the kinds of considerations you are already aware of.

The original recipe didn't call for any sugar, but I found it to be a bit too tart without any added. YMMV.

Wow, that's a lot of letters!

I'll try with an "A"

I don't think they have to be male channelers. Without looking it up, I believe you can also use female channelers for the turning - might have to if they need to be in a circle, which I suspect they do...

It's okay, I am sure I can find a suitable pie recipe for the shell 🙂 I'm a bit unsure if there is any candied orange peel easily available for purchase here, but I guess it's not a ton of work to make it... Thanks for the additional help, I'll be sure to post a picture if I make it 🙂

11 hours ago, LadyWordsmith said:

Homemade applesauce is wonderful! That's fabulous. 

Funny enough, one of our family's traditional Thanksgiving dishes is apparently a Norwegian Christmas traditional dish. When I was a kid we always had Thanksgiving with the family of one of my Dad's college friends, the Nordviks. Her father came over to Canada from Norway during WWII, and then married and eventually ended up here in the US. So every year she would make riskrem since we were together for Thanksgiving, but always had other things going on at Christmas. She shared the recipe with us, and I still make it. 🙂 

I can't say most of what we make at my house is "traditional" in the sense of what most Americans make. Turkey is probably my least favorite bird, so we have taken to making different meats almost every Thanksgiving and Christmas for years now (rotating back to favorites, but maybe trying different recipes). This year we are roasting duck, and grilling fish. We've also done venison in the past. One year I pulled out my Colonial cookbook and tried a clam-and-lobster pie that was common in taverns during the colonial period (when clams and lobsters were considered peasant food because they were plentiful and cheap). 

We do green beans in the Southern style (which is to say they are slow cooked for hours with onions and bacon). We usually skip the "stuffing/dressing" because I either find them dry if baked in a pan, or weirdly too wet if cooked inside a bird. 

For bread this year I'm making bialys instead of any particular type of rolls. Just because we all really love them (and I can't buy them where I live because there isn't a Kosher deli or bakery anywhere in the state), and we can eat them for days. 

Also playing with pie (we try all sorts of pies on top of the traditional ones), and this year I'm using an apple tart recipe I used in a medieval feast last year, but just turning it into one large pie instead of trying to make a bunch of little tarts. The recipe includes candied orange peels, honey, rose water, and it matches very nicely with the flavor of the apples. Including the tart recipe in case anyone is interested.  

Ooh, that's really interesting! Do you eat the rice cream with caramel or red / berry sauce? Do you add any chopped nuts or anything like that? So fun that it's a thing at your table 😄 Oh, and another fun fact - my grandfather was in Canada during WW2, getting training for the navy! He came back to Norway in the end though 🙂

I like the look at your apple tart too, though it looks to be quite a few steps to make it... Would you mind sharing the recipes for the Reneissance dough and candied citrus peel as well, and maaaaaybe I can get off my lazy ass for long enough to make it some day...

3 minutes ago, Elgee said:

I do know *grins*

 

Didn't know a thing about HM when the station boss dropped it on me one night because his regular guy, Edgar, was sick. I'm classically trained (piano, Royal School of Music, 11 years) so had NO clue. Luckily the first thing I played was something from Metalica's Black Album. You don't really get more "classically" composed Heavy Metal music than that 😛

I just blathered on about the similarity in composition between that and Bach or something ... apparently people were intrigued.

Well, a lot of more modern metal bands make heavy use of classical methods too. One of the biggest we have here in Norway (Dimmu Borgi) has co-operated a lot with the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra, for instance, and Tarja Turunen from Nightwish is a classically trained opera singer. Of course these examples may be more about incorporating classical elements in a new genre than being "classically" composed. I don't have any musical education myself, so I'd be hard pressed to present an argument either way ☺️

48 minutes ago, Elgee said:

Yep - I did the Heavy Metal segment late night *grins*

Oh and dance DJ'ed too, with my boyfriend.

Oh, that's awesome. As you may know, we are famous for our black metal here in Norway, and I was quite into that scene while a student. Never as a DJ though!

It's that time of year again! People are meeting up to celebrate with their loved ones, and the stores put their stuff on sale. The cornucopias are overflowing, and the harvest is in!

Well, that was what happened back in the old days, the farmers were celebrating the end of the harvest, and through the years that has blended with local customs and turned into the Thanksgiving celebration we know today.

This is of course a time we are thankful for having enough to eat, but I feel Thanksgiving is also a good opportunity to reflect on what else we are thankful for in our lives. So that is what this thread is all about: thinking back on the last year, let all of us here on Dragonmount know what you are thankful for!

To start off; I am thankful for all the wonderful people I've met here on this board. I was just popping by to try to get some insights into the books, but upon discovering the community organizations I also got to meet such a welcoming crowd! Moving off the internet, I am also very grateful for having gotten engaged to a wonderful woman this year. I know none of you have any idea who she might be, but that really is the highlight of the year for me.

11 hours ago, Ryrin said:

All of this is making me hungry. I know we have people from all over but I’d like to know who is celebrating Thanksgiving  and what are your special dishes? 
 

Canadians have a Thanksgiving right? If you aren’t American do you have any similar holidays? 

I was in Canada for Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, and they do! Although I believe it is one month later... There's not really much of any similar holiday's here in Norway, though for the last few years we have mentioned the things we are thankful for in the last year, instead of making promises at New Year's eve. I guess that is kinda similar?

I don't have any special dishes, but I made apple sauce from the apples in my garden a few weeks back, and was really happy with the results. The recipe I used didn't have any extra sugar added, but upon tasting the results I added maybe a cup of sugar to ~4kgs of apples. I guess it will depend a bit on how sweet they are naturally.

Ingredients:

• 2,5 kg apples

• 2 dl water

• 2 tbsp lemon juice

• 1 vanilla pod, split lengthwise

• 1 cinnamon stick

Directions:

1. Peel the apples, core them, and slice them thinly
2. Add everything to a pot and bring to a boil
3. Let it simmer on a low heat, stirring occassionally
4. Once it reaches a consistency you are happy with, remove the vanilla pod and cinnamon stick.
5. If you want a completely smooth apple sauce, blend it with a stick blender or similar.
6. Put it in clean jars. It should keep for a while in the fridge, but can also be frozen.

There is a Y in the phrase, and "Crazy Birds Sing on Rooftops" is the correct phrase! I am assuming "singing" was just a typo on your part, @LilyElizabeth, and give the win to you.

Do you want to host the next one, as the winner, or should I or Heavy do it?

There is a Z

_RAZ_  BIRDS  SING  ON  ROOFTOPS

Letters guessed: A B D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U W Z

6 notches

There is no W

_RA__  BIRDS  SING  ON  ROOFTOPS

Letters guessed: A B D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U W

6 notches

There is a D!

_RA__  BIRDS  SING  ON  ROOFTOPS

Letters guessed: A B D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U

5 notches

There is a B!

_RA__  BIR_S  SING  ON  ROOFTOPS

Letters guessed: A B E F G I K L M N O P R S T U

5 notches