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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 22h

Good morning! new archaeogastronomical delight for you!
Part Two of my interview with Irina Janakievska about Balkan Food.
@pipkazan.bsky.social for you, @julianhoffman.bsky.social quoting you in the intro!
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The Balkan Kitchen- Part Two

Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 15/10/2025 · 1h 2m

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @lukepollard.bsky.social

Have a look at my thread about Derriford. I’m the woman who was in touch with you about ferrying Nigerian care workers home due last year’s race riots

Meanwhile - St George flags besmirch Forder Valley on the way up to Derriford & the REI, where so many people 1/2

Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway - the stellar staff we have seen include:

Dr Abu from The Sudan (fled to get to Egypt when a kid, now a wonderful doctor)
Joy from Malaysia who sped around Resus for 12 hours without pause
Nurses Elizabetta & Esitio on The Medical ward
Dr Hasan on call
Julietta from Poland who makes + tea

Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 What concerns me is that she will be discharged without long enough monitoring & with a 10 month wait until ablation is possible & we’re back to square one.

It’s a hellhole there (staff doing their best etc )

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway - the stellar staff we have seen include:

Dr Abu from The Sudan (fled to get to Egypt when a kid, now a wonderful doctor)
Joy from Malaysia who sped around Resus for 12 hours without pause
Nurses Elizabetta & Esitio on The Medical ward
Dr Hasan on call
Julietta from Poland who makes + tea

Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 What concerns me is that she will be discharged without long enough monitoring & with a 10 month wait until ablation is possible & we’re back to square one.

It’s a hellhole there (staff doing their best etc )

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David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone in the UK still driving a Tesla or using Twitter is directly supporting homegrown fascism. Not some nebulous overseas concept; racist violence in this country. There is literally no excuse for it.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 1d

I read a book about dysgeusia. It left a bad taste in my mouth.

Dreams~2~Realization @platinumray.bsky.social · 1d

I read a book about about competitive cycling. It was a real Tour de France.

The Phantom Meowtzi (trouble/tribble) @ufomitzidino.bsky.social · 1d

I'm reading a book about paranoia. It's freaking me out.

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

I do understand that it works for people. It just hasn’t for me and people close to me. When I needed it most, it failed me in life-altering ways. But then again I had an NHS doctor in my family who did incredible work. Like life, it isn’t a simple situation.

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

Wish I could say the same. My own experiences of it have been, essentially, disastrous.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 2d

They should do a Colombian remake of Scooby Doo where the gang brings Pablo Escobar to justice and he says "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you Medellín kids"

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

Lads! LADS!!

A Watneys Red Barrel bar piece. Instant nostalgia for a grottier, smellier age

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

Post you from a different era

2000 me, at my most Levantine.

A bearded and distinctly Levantine fellow with messy hair and a beard, apparently listening to an invisible choir or something

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of powerful Plymouth voices in Derriford...

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 2d

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

Extremophile is great: sharp-edged eco-punk mayhem.

Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · 2d

I've decided that whilst critical success is lovely, I'd like to sell some books.

If you liked EXTREMOPHILE, recommend it to a pal! (If your pal is fucking COOL and not a narc)

Eco-terrorism biohacking body horror, smart shit with dumb characters. Your new favourite book

Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · Oct 30

'A visceral, doesn't-give-a-damn biopunk thriller that treats the "punk" part of that subgenre not as mere window-dressing but as an antifascist shriek... vital and urgent SF that reaches places realist writing never could' ― @interzone.press

If you like cool shit get this 🕶️

geni.us/extremophile

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 3d

Frankly, if your name sounds like a non-custodial alternative to Horny Jail you should just stfu in general.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 3d

United States Congressman calls for the deportation of all Muslims from the US.

All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.

Tweet from Congressman Randy Fine: "Muslims calling for the destruction of Israel — after the peace deal.

It was never about Gaza.

Why did the UK allow these demons in?

We must ban Sharia in the United States and deport them ALL before this becomes us.

Religion of peace."

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

She was a living compendium of the 50s British art scene and it’s all gone now, memory-wise, though she still cheerfully refers to herself as “ever so arty, you know."

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe these aren’t listed! They’re a national treasure.

C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.

Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.

1.5x1m butterfly / moth mosaic panel - gifted by Paolozzi to the architect who oversaw the installation of the murals, Duncan Lamb.

Tottenham Court Road Station murals - Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1982-86
Image credit: Historic England

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

Paolozzi taught my mum at the Central. I wish I could still talk to her about this stuff.

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

The (predictable) reality:

Plymouth’s Genting Casino: shabby concrete cancered block facing a shabby car park

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a Genting Casino in Plymouth and until about 15 seconds ago I thought ‘Genting’ was a made-up verb relating to gentlemen’s activities: “Well, gents, are we ready for a spot of genting?” I gent, you gent, he gents. Made sense and now I’m slightly disappointed.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Genting to buy remaining Genting Malaysia shares in $1.6 billion deal reut.rs/42BRrSj

Genting to buy remaining Genting Malaysia shares in $1.6 billion deal

Malaysia's Genting Bhd said on Monday it will launch a cash offer for all shares in Genting Malaysia it does not own in a deal valued at 6.74 billion ringgit ($1.6 billion).

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

Kai tou xronou, Nana! Unfortunately the only thing that instantly springs to mind is Ronnie Barker doing a Nana Mouskouri impression on tv many centuries ago, but it’s a good memory.

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 2d

I was in fact actually taught jazz in school and it ain’t done me no harm*

*from my POV

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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning! Let's have a Balkan Feast, OK?
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(listen to the episode I recorded with Irina!)

#podcast #food #foodpodcast #thebalkans

The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 5d

4/x It's the foods, the dishes, the recipes that bring us together! These have no borders, and similar recipes have been shared by the Balkan people for generations across our modern borders! Here's some delicious stuff!
Credit: The Balkan Kitchen (Quadrille, 2024), Copyright: Photos Liz Seabrook.

Ajvar the delicious moreish spread of cooked roasted red peppers from North macedonia.

Baked beans, the massive Prespa beans called giant beans in a traditional clay pot with red peppers and paprika!

The street food of the bygone eras of the Balkans! Čevapčici (Kebačinja)
basically finger thin meat patties, sort of long burgers served wirth bread ajvar and onion and whatever else you like to!

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 2d

Monday

A cartoon cat (drawn with great style and personality, but impossible to describe) dances on its back legs, raises its front paws and sticks its tongue out, saying “YURCK!”

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Pip Kazan @pipkazan.bsky.social · 3d

You know how polenta is bland if you don’t do anything to it? Grits are that blandness x a thousand. It’s a bit like encountering negative taste in your mouth.

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