Comments on: Freaky Trigger and the Lollards of Pop – Series 3, Week 1

By: a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît

a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:59:45 +0000

bah i hunted around last night for a good poisoner-coffin gag but came up dry, so [insert hilarious poisoner-coffin gag here]

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:54:08 +0000

Was anyone else watching Heston “the poisoner” Blumenthal’s Medieval Feast tonight? Maximum pie alert!

By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør

pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:17:04 +0000

yes it comes from the greek for basket

By: Tracer Hand

Tracer Hand — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:06:16 +0000

don’t forget that “couffin” is the french word for “baby basket”

By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør

pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:50:53 +0000

RIGHT!

Some important facts about pies AN EXPERT WRITES:
i: the word “pie” in the sense used on the show (rather than its maximal and correct sense) is apparently only traceable back to 1657, so this mediaeval “orchestra pie” must involve use of some dodgy dutch translation — actually the word “coffin” was the more common word for something larage and eatable contained in pastry (and coffin suggests something quite different and mediaeval and tyrannical was possibly going on)
ii: the crust of a pie was NOT routinely made to be eaten until think the 18th century — the pastry was basically the container when cooking and the packaging when handling, and fed at meal’s end (or earlier) to handy dogs, bears, cockatrices or like pets of the day

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:22:04 +0000

Or subscribe to the podcast feed – up on the top right there

By: Jack Fear

Jack Fear — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:17:35 +0000

If you click on the little downwards-pointing arrow icon, next to the play-counter, you can download the thing as an MP3. Listen to at your leisure! (I find the show makes a great accompaniment to an afternoon of walking the dog and folding laundry.)

By: jeff w

jeff w — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:02:56 +0000

oops forgot about this (2.30 on a Sat is a bit awkward though; since J Trunk’s show at 4.30 is a no-miss, I have to go and do food shopping sometime!)

I will try and find a way to listen to the audio clip. Flash 9 though? Bah.