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'''Carthage''' is one of the most important seasoning agents used in Ghyllian cookery. Although it is extremely expensive, carthage is considered so essential to the cusine of regions ranging from [[Jorvyll]], through the [[Plain of Brahang]], and on to the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] that any respectable Ghyllian kitchen would be incomplete without a canister of carthage sitting on the window sill. In fact, the Wallinger family of [[Undivaggen]] has been reported to purchase 5,000 [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyups]] of the best quality carthage in anticipation of the annual [[New Year's Day]] feast and festivities.

===History===
Carthage was not always the rather expensive spice it is today. In fact, when it first came into common use, carthage was so cheap that it spawnned the saying "not worth its weight in carthage" to describe a particularly worthless items. The expression remains in common currency, although now, of course, it makes little sense, and is the cause of confusion among young Ghyllians everywhere. Every ten to twelve years, this sparks a grassroots movement that cries for [[Systematic Epistemological Action]] to eliminate the possiblity of obfuscation.

The use of carthage first became widespread around -400 to -323 [[EC]], immediately following the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]]. It is currently thought that the substance was first developed by the [[Looliers]], who horded it in great hidden clearings in the Vale of Serdoch. It is unclear whether the substance occurred naturally in the region, or whether its development represents yet another of the irreparable debts we owe to the Looliers' incredible [[Theoalchemy|theoalchemical]] advancement. After the Battle of Barnum Stones, the [[Exingians]] raided the Vale, and discovered vast quantities of the substance. They tasted it, and with a "what-oh, that's rather good!" decided to adopt the culinary use of carthage along with the various other Loolian technologies they discovered.

Initially, it was thought that the [[Looliers]] had stocked up enought carthage to supply all of Ghyll for all of eternity, but history quickly proved such simple-minded optimism utterly and completely wrong. Indeed, the carthage found in kitchens today is the last dregs of the original Loolian stockpile. Modern [[Theoalchemy|theoalchemists]], [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy|technomanchers]] and historico-constructor linguologists are collaborating, or at least attempting to collaborate, on deriving the alchemical formula for carthage so it can be synthesized in lab. Linguological reasoning suggests that carthage was initially created as the by-product of the process of "carthing;" that is, systematically removing all the liquid from [[Adlorst Vinifera|adlorst seeds]]. However, it is possible that the verb "to carth" had a completely different meaning among the Looliers of long ago, and we are totally off track.

===Cooking Uses===
Most cooks agree that a pinch of carthage makes any dish taste "just mandible-lickin' ''good.''" However, it is an essential ingredient in [[lemming pie]]. As [[Blivingdel]] himself wrote in -23 [[EC]],

:''A lemming pie is simplicity itself. What could improve upon the stark serenity of lemming, carthage and pure wheat flour, all baked together in fortuitous harmony?''

Alas, not all of Ghyll's culinarily inclined denizens are inclined to wax poetic with Blivingdel about carthage. [[Speedish Chefs]] in particular are known for their distain of the seasoning. Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway is especially harsh on the subject:

:''Over-used, and under-understood. Who needs it? Carthage is just a prop on which the weaker cook leans, reluctant to venture in to the realm of'' true ''spices and really live a littel. True cooking, [[Speedish Chefs|speedish cooking]] depends on finding the inner harmony of the spices, not some over-powering battle-relic that masks all subtlety. Carthage is boring. It's dull. And worse, it's '' plebian.

However, as [[Speedish Chefs|speedish chefery]] is less of a cusine and more of a fanatical culinary cult, the standard Ghyllian should carthagize his food at will.

'''Citations:''' [[Battle of Barnum Stones]], [[Exingians]], [[Lemming pie]]

--[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 19:58, 31 May 2005 (EDT)

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 '''Citations''': [[Battle of Barnum Stones]], [[Exingians]], [[Lemming pie]].
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-'''Carthage''' is one of the most important seasoning agents used in Ghyllian cookery.  Although it is extremely expensive, carthage is considered so essential to the cusine of regions ranging from [[Jorvyll]], through the  [[Plain of Brahang]], and on to the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] that any respectable Ghyllian kitchen would be incomplete without a canister of carthage sitting on the window sill.  In fact, the Wallinger family of [[Undivaggen]] has been reported to purchase 5,000 [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyups]] of the best quality carthage in anticipation of the annual [[New Year's Day]] feast and festivities.
+'''Carthage''' is one of the most important seasoning agents used in Ghyllian cookery.  Although it is extremely expensive, carthage is considered so essential to the cuisine of regions ranging from [[Jorvyll]] through the  [[Plain of Brahang]] and on to the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] that any respectable Ghyllian kitchen would be incomplete without a canister of carthage sitting on the window sill.  In fact, the Wallinger family of [[Undivaggen]] has been reported to purchase 5,000 [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyups]] of the best quality carthage in anticipation of the annual [[New Year's Day]] feast and festivities.
 ===History===
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 :''Over-used, and under-understood.  Who needs it?  Carthage is just a prop on which the weaker cook leans, reluctant to venture in to the realm of'' true ''spices and really live a little.  True cooking, [[Speedish Chefs|speedish cooking]] depends on finding the inner harmony of the spices, not some over-powering battle-relic that masks all subtlety. Carthage is boring.  It's dull.  And worse, it's '' plebeian.
-However, as [[Speedish Chefs|speedish chefery]] is less of a cusine and more of a fanatical culinary cult, the standard Ghyllian should carthagize his food at will.
+However, as [[Speedish Chefs|speedish chefery]] is less of a cuisine and more of a fanatical culinary cult, the standard Ghyllian should carthagize his food at will.
 '''Citations:''' [[Battle of Barnum Stones]], [[Exingians]], [[Lemming pie]]

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-'''Carthage''' is one of the most important seasoning agents used in Ghyllian cookery.  Although it is extremely expensive, carthage is considered so essential to the cuisine of regions ranging from [[Jorvyll]] through the  [[Plain of Brahang]] and on to the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] that any respectable Ghyllian kitchen would be incomplete without a canister of carthage sitting on the window sill.  In fact, the Wallinger family of [[Undivaggen]] has been reported to purchase 5,000 [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyups]] of the best quality carthage in anticipation of the annual [[New Year's Day]] feast and festivities.
+'''Carthage''' is one of the most important seasoning agents used in Ghyllian cookery. Although it is extremely expensive, carthage is considered so essential to the cuisine of regions ranging from [[Jorvyll]] through the  [[Plain of Brahang]] and on to the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] that any respectable Ghyllian kitchen would be incomplete without a canister of carthage sitting on the window sill. In fact, the Wallinger family of [[Undivaggen]] has been reported to purchase 5,000 [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyups]] of the best quality carthage in anticipation of the annual [[New Year's Day]] feast and festivities.
-===History===
+==History==
-Carthage was not always the rather expensive spice it is today.  In fact, when it first came into common use, carthage was so cheap that it spawnned the saying "not worth its weight in carthage" to describe a particularly worthless items.  The expression remains in common currency, although now, of course, it makes little sense, and is the cause of confusion among young Ghyllians everywhere.  Every ten to twelve years, this sparks a grassroots movement that cries for [[Systematic Epistemological Action]] to eliminate the possibility of obfuscation.
+Carthage was not always the rather expensive spice it is today. In fact, when it first came into common use, carthage was so cheap that it spawned the saying "not worth its weight in carthage" to describe a particularly worthless item. The expression remains in common currency, although now, of course, it makes little sense, and is the cause of confusion among young Ghyllians everywhere. Every ten to twelve years, this sparks a grassroots movement that cries for a [[Systematic Epistemological Action]] to eliminate the possibility of obfuscation.
-The use of carthage first became widespread around -400 to -323 [[EC]], immediately following the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]].  It is currently thought that the substance was first developed by the [[Looliers]], who horded it in great hidden clearings in the Vale of Serdoch.   It is unclear whether the substance occurred naturally in the region, or whether its development represents yet another of the irreparable debts we owe to the Looliers' incredible [[Theoalchemy|theoalchemical]] advancement.  After the Battle of Barnum Stones, the [[Exingians]] raided the Vale, and discovered vast quantities of the substance.  They tasted it, and with a "what-oh, that's rather good!" decided to adopt the culinary use of carthage along with the various other Loolian technologies they discovered.
+The use of carthage first became widespread around -400 to -323 [[EC]], immediately following the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]]. It is currently thought that the substance was first developed by the [[Looliers]], who horded it in great hidden clearings in the Vale of Serdoch. It is unclear whether the substance occurred naturally in the region, or whether its development represents yet another of the irreparable debts we owe to the Looliers' incredible [[theoalchemy|theoalchemical]] advancement. After the Battle of Barnum Stones, the [[Exingians]] raided the Vale and discovered vast quantities of the substance. They tasted it, and with a "what-oh, that's rather good!" decided to adopt the culinary use of carthage along with the various other Loolian technologies they discovered.
-Initially, it was thought that the [[Looliers]] had stocked up enought carthage to supply all of Ghyll for all of eternity, but history quickly proved such simple-minded optimism utterly and completely wrong. Indeed, the carthage found in kitchens today is the last dregs of the original Loolian stockpile.  Modern [[Theoalchemy|theoalchemists]], [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy|technomanchers]] and historico-constructor linguologists are collaborating, or at least attempting to collaborate, on deriving the alchemical formula for carthage so it can be synthesized in lab.  Linguological reasoning suggests that carthage was initially created as the by-product of the process of "carthing;" that is, systematically removing all the liquid from [[Adlorst Vinifera|adlorst seeds]].  However, it is possible that the verb "to carth" had a completely different meaning among the Looliers of long ago, and we are totally off track.
+Initially, it was thought that the [[Looliers]] had stocked up enought carthage to supply all of Ghyll for all of eternity, but history quickly proved such simple-minded optimism utterly and completely wrong. Indeed, the carthage found in kitchens today is the last dregs of the original Loolian stockpile. Modern [[theoalchemy|theoalchemists]], [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy|technomanchers]] and historico-constructor linguologists are collaborating, or at least attempting to collaborate, on deriving the alchemical formula for carthage so it can be synthesized in a lab. Linguological reasoning suggests that carthage was initially created as the by-product of the process of "carthing;" that is, systematically removing all the liquid from [[Adlorst Vinifera|adlorst seeds]]. However, it is possible that the verb "to carth" had a completely different meaning among the Looliers of long ago, and we are totally off track.
-===Cooking Uses===
+==Cooking Uses==
-Most cooks agree that a pinch of carthage makes any dish taste "just mandible-lickin' ''good.''" However, it is an essential ingredient in [[lemming pie]].  As [[Blivingdel]] himself wrote in -23 [[EC]],
+Most cooks agree that a pinch of carthage makes any dish taste "just mandible-lickin' ''good.''" However, it is an essential ingredient in [[lemming pie]]. As [[Blivingdel]] himself wrote in -23 [[EC]]:
-:''A lemming pie is simplicity itself.  What could improve upon the stark serenity of lemming, carthage and pure wheat flour, all baked together in fortuitous harmony?''
+:''A lemming pie is simplicity itself. What could improve upon the stark serenity of lemming, carthage and pure wheat flour, all baked together in fortuitous harmony?''
-Alas, not all of Ghyll's culinarily inclined denizens are inclined to wax poetic with Blivingdel about carthage. [[Speedish Chefs]] in particular are known for their distain of the seasoning.  Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway is especially harsh on the subject:
+Alas, not all of Ghyll's culinarily inclined denizens are inclined to wax poetic with [[Blivingdel]] about carthage. [[Speedish Chefs]] in particular are known for their disdain of the seasoning. [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] is especially harsh on the subject:
-:''Over-used, and under-understood.  Who needs it?  Carthage is just a prop on which the weaker cook leans, reluctant to venture in to the realm of'' true ''spices and really live a little.  True cooking, [[Speedish Chefs|speedish cooking]] depends on finding the inner harmony of the spices, not some over-powering battle-relic that masks all subtlety. Carthage is boring.  It's dull.  And worse, it's '' plebeian.
+:''Over-used, and under-understood. Who needs it? Carthage is just a prop on which the weaker cook leans, reluctant to venture in to the realm of ''true'' spices and really live a little. True cooking, [[Speedish Chefs|speedish cooking]] depends on finding the inner harmony of the spices, not some over-powering battle-relic that masks all subtlety. Carthage is boring. It's dull. And worse, it's ''plebeian''. ''
 However, as [[Speedish Chefs|speedish chefery]] is less of a cuisine and more of a fanatical culinary cult, the standard Ghyllian should carthagize his food at will.
-'''Citations:''' [[Battle of Barnum Stones]], [[Exingians]], [[Lemming pie]]
+'''Citations''': [[Battle of Barnum Stones]], [[Exingians]], [[Lemming pie]].
 --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 19:58, 31 May 2005 (EDT)
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