Tea at Trianon: Coconuts: The Superfood

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Coconuts: The Superfood

From The Vigilant Fox:

The oils in your pantry are making you fat and sick.
Swap them for coconut oil—and you may change your life.
Coconuts do what seed oils can’t:
• Crush inflammation
• Supercharge brain power
• Heals and protects skin
But the most threatening benefit might be what it does for Alzheimer’s.
Here’s everything you wish you knew about coconuts sooner—and why Big Food and Big Ag are terrified you’ll start using them.
This information comes from the work of medical researcher A Midwestern Doctor. For all the sources and details, read the full report below.
Coconut oil isn’t just “healthy.” It’s one of the best cooking oils on the planet.
It’s rich in saturated fat—the good kind.
Unlike seed oils, it doesn’t oxidize, go rancid, or break down under heat. It’s stable, clean, and safe for high-heat cooking and frying.
It’s one of the best replacements for soy, canola, and other toxic oils. (Read more.)