The Musings Of The Consensus

Note : I have had angry political and social cause types hurl abuse and insult my way because they cannot handle civil disagreement on any topic they hold dear. One of those simpering cowards even ran to FSTDT to make me look villainous because I disagreed with them politically instead of having the common courtesy to try to change my views with reason. The below is my personal views and I will not apologize for them in the slightest. I welcome any civil remarks, even those that disagree, and will respectfully acknowledge dissent so long as it's delivered as politely as I tried to phrase the below.  I've generally kept my mouth shut since Trump got elected because I wanted to see just what he had in mind exactly, and to be perfectly honest, I expected nigh all of his programs. https://apnews.com/article/what-has-trump-done-trump-executive-orders-f061fbe7f08c08d81509a6af20ef8fc0 Here is an itemized list of what he implemented above, and while I'm not entirely sanguine on all...

I was recommended this cheese by a native of Norway, and from the way they described it, I was interested. Did some research, was even more interested. Once I tried it, I was all "man, the rave reviews were ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED!" First, a little background. Gjetost (also called several other names depending on the variant like Brunost) is a national staple of Norway. It's made via the boiling of cheese whey with added cream until it goes below 80% fluid to solid ratio. The resulting cheese, with a very distinct sweet taste due to the caramelization of the cheese (which results in the brownish color due to the cooking of the milk sugars), is a very soft and spreadable cheese. This cheese is a common breakfast staple, going well with coffee, toast, pancakes/waffles, and can also be good for sandwiches or even a sweet snacking cheese by itself. Now, it can be made with cow's milk, but goat's milk is what most Norwegians would consider authentic. I managed to get so...

 This little blog post is about a bit of economic history that tends to be glossed over in many history books, at least those without a strong economic focus. In fact, it's both ingenious and moronic in equal measure, but the Nazis made heavy use of it to rearm for what would be World War II and I wanted to cover it. First some background. After World War I, Germany was forbidden to rebuild their military beyond a pitiful level, mostly because the guys who won did not want Germany trying to go for round 2. Of course, the Nazis had every intention of going for round 2, but they needed to find a way to pay for the rearmament expenses without getting caught, and also do so without scaring away people because they were a terrible credit risk. It's really hard to do both because credit requires public records of your ability to pay back debts to act as a basis for your ability to get credit. At least, that's how it usually works. The Nazis thus had to get a ton of money by hook ...

 Before I continue, please refer to this post, where I explain why I took my mods off Nexus Mods and why any further contributions there are permanently off the table as far as I'm concerned: https://gethn7.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-little-more-information-as-to-why-my.html With the above in mind, I have elected to restore some of my old Nexus work to Bethesda.net. Note, not all, because some were already there, and some I cannot be sure works now, and I wish to wait until I have time to do this. Bethesda.Net has not, to this date, given me the slightest hassle about what I post off their site that has to do with my personal worldviews, all they care about is game mods. I expect no trouble with them, unlike Nexus Mods, Bethesda just wants to make money and promote their games and I just want to make mods with the tools they graciously provide. I don't even make mods that touch on social or political topics, mostly just patches, gameplay alterations, and the rare model or texture m...

 This is going to be a short blog, but it's on a cheese I've long wanted to try and my sister again came in for the clutch and managed to find it for me. Without further ado, let's cover the first German cheese on my cheese-tasting journey, Butterkäse. Butterkäse ( pronounced as "boo-ter-kay-zuh" ) is a German semi-soft pasteurized cow milk cheese. Literally meaning "butter cheese" (because of its taste and texture being very butter-like) and "ladies cheese" (due to its very mild taste and appearance), this is a cheese of wide renown in Germany and Austria, and American cheesemongers in Wisconsin are also known to make their own. Here are some facts before I begin the taste testing. First off, this is a young cheese aged about a month at most with a high degree of milk fat. While it is made from the curd and the whey is drained off in the process, there is little attempt to drain any and all moisture from the curd, meaning the curd remains soft...

 I would like to dedicate my latest cheese-tasting blog to my sister, who was gracious enough to see about procuring the cheese I tested for this review from her local cheesemonger and sending some my way. This is not going to be an overly long post, as I only tasted two new varieties, but both are fairly unique and deserve some discussion. The first cheese I tasted was Westminister Rustic Red Cheddar. Red cheddar is a bit interesting in that its creation was the result of a happy accident. Specifically, it was originally created by the accidental mixture of Lactobacillus helveticus starter culture into what was meant to be a cheddar cheese. This starter culture is commonly used in Swiss and Emmental-style cheese, so the original cheesemaker was worried it would taste terrible. To their pleasant surprise, the final product tasted great. As the name suggests, it's distinctly dark orange-red in color. The texture is similar to cheddar but more crumbly like an Italian hard cheese. The...