Limeade and Medeival Music

 

     Today my roommate asked whether I was cooking or conducting a science experiment.  It's a fair question, actually, especially if you had seen how ridiculously I was going about my culinary endeavor.

     I am attempting to create a coconut and Thai basil limeade, but I'm not sure how well it's going thus far.  I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see if the coconut and Thai basil flavors have infused the limeade or not.  I feel pretty justified in my flavor combination, but I also feel like the contestants on the Great British Baking Show when they struggle to balance all the flavors in a given dish.  I would really love for this to turn out well, but we'll see.  At least I won't lose anything but a little bit of time and ingredients should I fail to achieve the perfect coconut Thai basil limeade.

 

 

     I've also been listening to more random stuff on YouTube, which is fun.  Sadly, I have not had much luck finding many covers of pop songs.... that involve the didgeridoo.  But I suppose YouTube is young yet, and there is time for such things to appear.  What I did find were some much, much older pieces played on the hurdy-gurdy!  That I find quite rather exciting, because I have been reading that word over and over in various works of literature for at least the last ten years-- probably more like the last fifteen or so-- and I never had any idea of what it was.  Even after seeing pictures of it, I was still very confused.  It was amazing to be able to watch someone play this instrument, especially once I realized that I'd heard it many times before, but presumed that I was hearing a group of instruments rather than just one!  I cannot fathom how someone invented this instrument over a thousand years ago.  I really can't.  It is so complicated!

 

     Anyway, enjoy!

 

Russian song played on the hurdy-gurdy

     (Any suggestions on the next random instrument for me to research and listen to?)