Slosh - Sloshing around … but I never thought I'd find these connections …
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| He amused me as a 'slosher' ... |
I usually scan the main page of Wiki - people, subjects, art or things of interest that might superficially educate me, connect to something I'd been thinking about or interested me knowledge-wise …
… my life is like that the bubbling spring of eclecticism, I never quite know where I'm leading myself …
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| The first bullet point under Care of Tables - Equipment: where it states only Snooker, Billiards and Slosh are allowed! |
Slosh … popped up – oddly as a game (a cue sport) – but also known as Russian billiards, Indian pool and it beggars belief 'toad-in-the-hole' - a game lasting 30 minutes, or to a score of 100 points.
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| Russian definition 'slosh about' ... |
Anything Russian I check in on – we're studying the Revolution from 100 years ago … I'm giving some talks on Russian Revolutionary Art from that period … so now into that mode too …
Not much, if anything is known about the origins of the game … except its obviously been adapted over the years … it seems to have been around since the early 1900s …
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| Tibetans playing carrom in Delhi |
Carrom, a table top game - very popular in the Indian sub-continent, appears to be favourite link … I know nothing about these sorts of games – except know that I've seen them being played in market squares, or local cafés ...
There are other names too … but I'll leave you to look at those … with modified rules for each country or game …
But as I look I spot a link across to an English-Russian Dictionary … to find out what 'slosh' means when translated … as shown above ...
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| Toad in the hole ... |
Now Toad-in-the-Hole takes me back to childhood days … an easy, cheap and satisfying supper that we had at home … always good and tasty – sausages in a batter mix … what's not to like?!
Taking me back to the previous post of 'my' little Desert Rain Frog … here's the differences between a frog and a toad …
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| Interesting to note the differences |
So forgive these wanderings – I'm never sure what's going to happen … but I'll be back to a degree of normality in the coming days …
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| Russian mustard and horseradish sauce |
How you get a game played with a cue be called 'slosh' I'll never know … let alone a sausage supper dish named from an amphibian, with a dash of Russian ( In Russian, mustard is called “gorchitsa” from the verb “gorit'” meaning to burn) or in Indian ( The mustard plant is called rai or raya in India) added here for 'good measure' …
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| Frog hopping happily |
We continue to learn … enjoy the week ahead …
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| Toad in defensive stance |
and thanks for tolerating these snippets …
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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