Piero della Francesca [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
In memory of Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022
OldTrout \(2024\)
Cooking
The GP Advent Calendar of Cuisine – White Chocolate, Coffee & Rum Terrine
Here’s my Christmas recipe. 500g White chocolate broken into squares 250g mascarpone cheese 250ml full cream milk Sachet gelatine 2 tablespoons instant coffee 2 tablespoons of dark rum Microwave the milk and chocolate to melt. [more…]
Mathematics
The Number of Derangements
Read as : the limit, as approaches infinity, of subfactorial divided by factorial is equal to divided by which approximates to , where is Euler’s number, The Hat Check Problem, as first described by Montmort [more…]
Christianity
Why Then? Why There? The First Coming of the Messiah
We are at the end of Advent, the Christian season that looks forward to Christ’s nativity. Today I am not going to tell you what you most probably already know about Advent, its significance and [more…]