{"id":695,"date":"2020-03-21T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T10:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemos.net\/sierra-nature-02\/?p=299"},"modified":"2024-02-16T23:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T23:50:26","slug":"chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Define This Word…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Death of the Author<\/strong> is a theoretical construct from mid-20th Century literary criticism, that holds that neither an author’s life story nor her intent, should hold any special weight in determining an interpretation of her writing…<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To say the least, I am no fan of the “theoretical construct” known as Death of the Author. <\/strong> Granted, it is widely popular among those who can’t make heads nor tails of Hemingway’s <\/strong>Hills like White Elephants<\/em>. <\/strong> But I do not see the question “why did the author write this?” as meaningless, nor intractable. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I see Death of the Author as a prime example of post-modernist mischief; a form of intellectual malware by which <\/strong> psuedo-intellectuals<\/strong> and hypocriticals advance their agenda, ignoring, dismissing, or obscuring meritorious distinctions by labeling them mere opin<\/strong>ion and then claiming a false equivalency<\/strong> among all opinions. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUE<\/strong>: de gustibus non est disputandum.<\/em> But I don’t want an 11 year-old, who only eats pizza and cheese burgers to be my food critic. I believe that authorship ultimately consists of making a series of choices about words, and that a reader’s first job is to try to understand what the author intended, based on her word choices. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

According to Locke, who coined the term semiotic in his <\/strong>Essay Concerning Human Understanding<\/em> “Semeiotike, or the doctrine of signs; the most usual whereof being words, it is aptly enough termed also Logike, logic: the business whereof is to consider the nature of signs, the mind makes use of for the understanding of things or conveying its knowledge to others.”<\/strong> (1689, Book IV, ch XXI, section 4).<\/em> Note that in this remark, Locke identifies two purposes for signs: the understanding of things (logical), and the conveying of knowledge (cultural). <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your assignment: READ Define This Word<\/em>, by MFK Fisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question: What Word ?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Raspberry-Pear Frangipane Tart <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pastry: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1 1\/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the work surface<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 tablespoon granulated sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 teaspoon kosher salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 to 6 tablespoons ice water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filling:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1 cup (4 ounces) whole blanched, raw almonds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup granulated sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 tablespoons (1\/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 teaspoon kosher salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 teaspoon almond extract<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 large eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup (4 ounces) fresh raspberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 med-large Bartlett pair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Directions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Use a 9″ tart pan w\/removable bottom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. For the pastry: Whisk flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-sized pieces. Add 4 tablespoons of the water and stir. Add 1 to 2 more tablespoons water if needed– dough should just hold together when squeezed. <\/li>
  2. Form dough into a ball, wrap in plastic, flatten it into a 6-inch disc. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour. <\/li>
  3. For the filling: Pulse almonds in food processor until finely ground. Add sugar, butter, and salt– blend until smooth. Add the eggs and almond extract– blend until smooth. Add flour and pulse until just combined. <\/li>
  4. Heat the oven to 375 F. On a floured pastry cloth, r<\/strong>oll dough into an 11-inch circle. Ease the dough onto 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Gently press in the edges, run and trim. Place in freezer for 15 minutes. Use parchment paper and fill with pie weights (or dried beans). Place on a baking sheet and bake until set, ~approx. 20 minutes. <\/li>
  5. Reduce the oven to 350 F. <\/strong> Spread filling evenly in Tart. Arrange raspberries and slices of pair on filling. Bake until puffed and golden brown, 35 to 40 mins. Cool on rack. <\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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