Marcus Falk (She/They)

@attusfalk.bsky.social

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PhD in Economic History and post-doc in History, Lund University. Early modern wealth, consumption, and household economy. Also hobby ttrpg-creator, that part is probably equally important for my social media presence.

Two cast iron firebacks in a corner hearth. The left one, slightly higher, depicts a knight on his horse, and the right one a cavalier presenting a gift to a damsel.
A view of Malbork castle through a window from across the river.
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How the field falls: 1. The Projector 2. The Virtuoso 3. The Puritan 4. The Natural-Law Jurist 5. The Pansofic Reformer 6. The Philosophe 7. The Salonnière 8. The Antiquary 9. The Cambridge Platonist 10. The Quaker 11. The Civic Republican 12. The Humanist
Picture from the Swedish Research Institute for the Home (Hemmens Forskningsinstitut), a state-funded research institute whose goal was to scientifically optimise the home and housework. One woman is doing the dishes wearing a weird gas-mask looking thing with tubes hooked in to a large back strapped on her back while another woman is standing behind her with a stopwatch. They are measuring oxygen-consumption while doing household chores.
Mayday parade through the streets of Malmö. The street id packed with people and the sky is blue.
Trafik-info. Malmö-Lund: stopp i tågtrafiken genom Burlöv sedan 1928 p.g.a.. obehöriga. Vi återkommer så snart som möjligt med mer information.
SKÅNES HEMSLÖDJSFÖRBUND BJUDER IN TILL Samlande samtal: Varför blomstrade folkkonsten 1750-1850? Och hur ser den ut idag? 9 april, kl 16.00 - ca 20.00, Svaneholms slott De föremål som finns bevarade i såväl privata hem som i museisamlingar är oftast de vackraste, de mest dekorerade och de som går under benämningen folkkonst. Under perioden 1750-1850 dekorerades såväl festkläder som fast och lös inredning på ett sätt som vi fortsatt blir helt bedårade av. Hur kom det sej att vi plötsligt fick tid och råd till det? Vad hände i samhället och hur påverkade det våra hemmiljöer under denna period? Än idag använder vi de mönster och modeller som gjordes i unika exemplar för ett speciellt ändamål/ tillfälle en gång i form av en färdig materialsats eller som inspiration till eget skapande. Vad är folkkonst idag? Kl 16.00 Guidade visningar, i mindre grupper, av den allmogesamling som finns på Svaneholms slott. Kl 17.00 Slottsrestaurangen serverar sin klassiker, den vittomtalade Wallenbergaren alternativt vegetarisk risotto. Kl 18.00 Hemslöjdskonsulent Marita Jönsson, Skånes Hemslöjdsförbund öppnar och hälsar välkomna. Samtal med inbjudna parter under ledning av Lina Sundberg, arkivarie, genusvetare och väverska. • Håkan Cerne, antikvarie Österlens museum och fd intendent Svaneholms slott • Marcus Falk, forskare i historia • Per Larsson, intendent på Kulturens Östarp • Louise Vitas, slöjdare och slöjdlärare Publiken får möjlighet att ställa frågor. Ca 20.00 Beräknat avslut. Kostnad: 425 kr inklusive mat och kaffe/te. Anmälan: Senast 2 april 2026 på hemslojdeniskane.se/samlande-samtal2026 Obs begränsat antal platser. Resa: För allmänna transporter se skanetrafiken.se Obs! Anropsstyrd trafik d v s bokning taxi sista biten. Skånes Hemslöjdsförbund, Kulturen, Svaneholms Slott, Österlens Museum, Lunds Universitet
Confirmation about a trip. Departure time: 5 April, 23:17 Arrival time: 5 April, 06:59 Duration: -18 minutes.
Gravestone in Copenhagen of Dominique Lahille, soldier in the 143th infantry regiment who died on January 24 1919, next to it is a small plaque.
The text "I nominate the cellphone for nobel peace prize for the truths it shows!" over a cleary ai-generated picture of what appears to be an ice officer (dressed as police, rather than military) arresting (or talking) to a coloured man in a black jacket. The man is looking towards the camera like he is being interviewed. Several phones are in the foregeound recording the interaction, but none of them are actually showing what is happening; several of them are close but the man and agent have different facial expressions, and several of them seem to record two ice agents interacting.
Citat ifrån artikeln i fråga: För det andra ska kvinnor alltid kunna känna sig trygga i Sverige. Därför måste det biologiska könet vara avgörande i fler situationer, där det annars kan leda till ökad otrygghet. Moderaterna har redan gått fram med att vi vill ändra fängelselagen så att det biologiska könet ska vara avgörande för om en intagen ska placeras på en kvinnoanstalt eller inte. Det finns goda skäl att pröva om inte det också bör införas ett tydligare regelverk för exempelvis omklädningsrum eller idrottstävlingar.
Orlando Innamorato, by Matteo Maria Boiardo, translation by Charles Stanley Ross. Book III, Canto ix, stanza 26. but while I sing, o my redeemer, I see all Italy on fire, because these French—so valiant!— come to lay waste to who knowa what land. So I will leave this hopeless love of simmering Fiorseapina. Some other time, if God permits I'll tell you all there is to this. — End —
A nice duck (I believe) next to a canal in Leiden. It is several different shades of brown with just so much eye-shadow.
A bowl with an apple filled with raisins and haselnut, next to a small mound of ice cream.
Strawberrycake, 8 pieces 500g (c. 1l) strawberries 150g butter or margarine 1dl powdered sugar 2-3 grated bitter almond 3dl wheat flour 3/4dl almond, scalded, peeled, and finely chopped. 3dl cream. 1tbsp powdered sugar for decor Whisk fat, sugar, and bitter almonf porously (airily?) Add flour and almonds. Work until you have a smooth dough. Split in two. Roll out both pieces on baking paper to a round, thin cake, c. 20cm diameter. Prick with a fork. Bake one at a time for 7-8min, low effect. Let them rest for a few minutes. Smooth out the edges with a sharp knife. Let them cool. Cut strawberries. Whip the cream. Put one cake on a serving platter. Distribute half of the strawberries on top. Cover with cream. Add the rest of the strawberries. Cut the other cake into cake slices. Add on top as a lid. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top. Serve as dessert or with coffee.
"Extra good applecake", 4-5 portions 4-6 apples (c. 500g) 2tbsp sugar Dough: 100g margarine or butter 1.5dl brown sugar 2.5dl flour 1dl haslenuts Peel and cut apples into thin slices. Alternate with sugar in a pie form with low edge. Chop the haslenuts. Add all the dough ingredients to a bowl and mix with a fork. Distribute on top of the apples. Bake for 10-11min, full effect. Serve lukewarm with icecold vanilla sauce, whipped cream, or ice cream.
Whole honeyapples, makes 4 4 tart apples 2tbsp hacked almonds 2tbsp raisins 1/2dl honey Wash apples and remove the core using an apple-pipe. Put apples in a dish. Fill the holes with almond, raisins, and honey. Also sprinkle some honey on the apples. Cover. Cook for 4-5min, full effect. Let rest a few min before serving. Serve with ice cream or vanilla sauce.
Scones, makes 6 3.5dl wheat flour 1/2tsp salt 2tsp baking soda 50g margarine or butter 1dl milk 1 egg Mix flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Add the fat and mix to a grainy mass. Whisk milk and egg. Pour into the bowl and quickly mix to a dough. Flatten it out on a floured tabletop and shape it into a round cake, c. 18cm diameter. Cut incisions into the cake to split it into 5 or 6 pieces. Bake for 4 min, full effect. Break apart the warm pieces and serve immediately with butter, cheese, and marmelade.
Welsh Rarebit (warm cheese sandwich), makes 4 4 slices of white bread 1/2dl light beer 1tsp mustard powder 1/2 pinch cayenne 1tsp worcestershire sauce 250g cheddar cheese Bellpepper or icerberg lettuce Toast the bread in a toaster Mix beer, mustardx cayenne, anf worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Grate and mix in the cheese Cook the mixture for 3-4min, low effect, or until the cheese is melted. Stirr some meanwhile. Partition the cheese mixture on the toasts. Garnish with sliced bellpepper or lettuce. Serve immediately.
Clamd provençale, 3-4 portions 1 jar (425g) clams in water 50g butter 1-2 pressed carlic cloves 2tbsp finely cut parsley Pour the water from the clams and put in a baking dish Stirr the butter smooth with the garlic and parsley. Pour over the clams. Cover. Cook it for 2min, full effect. Serve hot with bread.
Image of shrimp and hollandaise vol-au-vents (I believe, it was harder than expected to find a good translation for the swedish "krustader") on a white serving plate. A few glasses of beer, probably, can be seem in the background.
Scrambled eggs, 2-3 portions 1tbsp margarine or butter 4 eggs 1dl milk Salt, pepper Put fat in a baking dish Melt fat for 1 min, full effect Add eggs and milk. Mix well with a wooden fork. Cook the egg mixture for 3-4min, full effect. Mix some during. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let rest a few minutes before serving.
Cheese soup, 4 portions 4dl (125g) grated cheese 1 onion 1tbsp margarine or butter 3tbsp flour 8dl water 1 meatstock-dice 1 yolk 1dl cream Salt, pepper 1 box cress Peel and chop onion Put fat in a large bowl or baking dish Melt fat for 45sec-1min, full effect Add onion Cook for 4-5min, full effect Add flour and mix. Dilute with water and add the stock. Mix. Cook for 8-9min, full effect. Stirr a few times during. Mix in the grated cheese and let it melt. Whisk in the yolk mixed with cream. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with cress.
French onion soup, 4 portions 5-7 (c. 500g) onion 1tbsp margarine or butter 1l water 2 vegetablestock-dice 1 bayleaf Some black pepper 1/2-1tsp grinded thyme Peel and cut onion in thin slices Put fat in a dish with high edge Melt fat for 1min, full effect Add onion and cover Frie onion for 10min, full effect Add the rest of the ingredients and cover again. Cook for 10-15min, full effect Serve hot with bread
Simple shrimpsoup, 4 portions 300-400g shrimp with shell 1 jar (300g) mushroom soup 1 jar (300g) tomatosoup 1 jar water 2dl cream Salt, pepper 1/2dl finely chopped dill Thaw shrimp if frozen, 3-4min low effect. Mix the soups, water and cream in a bowl or baking dish. Cook for 7-8min, full effect. Peel the shrimps. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix in dill and shrimp. Serve hot with bread.
Picture of a whole chicken in a white porcelain baking dish, surrounded by lemon slices and lying in appel cider. In front of it is a yar of salt and a bottle of black peppers. Chicken boiled in cider, 4 portions c. 1kg frozen or fresh chicken 1/2 lemon 1 bottle (33cl) apple cider 6-8 corns of allspice 1/2tsp salt Some parsly 3-4tbsp flour Chive Thaw chicken if frozen, 20min low effect. Turn 1-2 times during. Cut lemon in wedges. Mix cider, lemon, and pepper in a baking dish or pot with lid. Cook the mixture for 3-4min, full effect. Salt inside of chicken, fill with parsly and put in cider. Cook under lid in two steps: 10min full effect. 10min low effect. Let chicken rest in spade for 10min. Strain the spade. Cook the spade for 1-2min, full effect. Mix flour with some water and whisp the thickening into the spade. Cook sauce for 3-4min, full effect. Taste it. Cut the chicken in portions. Pour sauce over. Garnish with cut chive. Serve with rice and sallad.
Picture of a whole chicken in a bag of some sort in a microwave oven.
Dream ham, 4 portions C. 400g boiled ham 3dl cream 3-4tbsp chili sauce 1tbsp flour eventually 1tbsp cherry or portwine Salt, pepper 1tbsp finely cut parsly Cut the ham in slices, fold and put in a tray. Whipp the cream lightly. Mix in chili sauce, flour, and the possible alcohol. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour the cream-mixture over the ham. Cover Cook for 4-5min, full effect Sprinkle over the parsly. Let rest for a moment before serving.
Tips and tricks on how to cook charcuteries, together with another master table of cooking times, as well as four pictures with examples: bacon, black pudding, hot dogs, and sausage. The last one is supposed to be example of cooked sausagea, but it looks pretty uncooked.
Base recipe for dishes with minced meat, 4 portions 400g minced meat 3/4dl oats 1tbsp potato flour 1dl water 1 egg 1tbsp grated onion 1tsp salt 1 pinch of pepper Mix oats, flour, and water in a bowl. Let rest for c. 10min. Add egg, onion, salt, and pepper. Add meat and work smooth, but not too long or you risk making it tough and stringy. Use it for meatballs, meatloafs, burgers, etc.
Step by step for the mutton-stew with onion and brussel sprout. 1. Mutton-stew completely without soot and smoke can be done with meat both with and without bones. 2. The pieces of meat is put in the bowl together with the fried onion. Flour, spices, and liquid is added. 3. The bowl is covered with a lid or wrap and cook for a few minutes. After that cook for another few minutes together with the brussel sprout. 4. With just enough liquid in the stew, ready to be served with either pasta or rice.
Pork shoulder in sweet and sour sauce, 4 portions 400-500 fresh pork shoulder 5-6 pinapple rings in juice 1/2dl pinapple spade 2tsp potato flour 2-3 pinches salt 1/2 pinch blackpepper Marinade: 1/2dl pinapple spade 1tbsp chinese soy 2tbsp orange juice, freshly squeesed 1tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeesed 2tbsp tomato ketchup 1tbsp oil 1tbsp honey 1 pinch grated ginger Pour out the pinapple ring juice, keep it. Cut the rings into quarters. Mix the marinade in a big bowl. Cut the meat in fine slices and put in marinade. Let rest for c. 2h. Cover. Cook meat for 5-7min, full effect. Add pinapple. Mix flour with pinapple juice, add to the bowl. Add spices and cover again. Cook for 10 min, low effect. Stirr once during cooking. Serve the stew with rice. The number 83 can be seen in the bottom right corner. We are halfway through this book.
Different Beef Stroganoff, 4 portions 400g flank or roast beef 1 onion 150g fresh mushroom 2dl créme fraiche 2tsp soy 1/2tsp mustard powder 1/2tsp salt Cut meat in thin slices Peel and chop onion Clean and slice mushroom Put meat, onion, and mushroom in pot or bowl. Mix créme fraiche, soy, mustard, and salt. Pour over the meat, mix. Cover. Cook in two steps: 10min, full effect. 10-12min, low effect. Stirr around at least once during cooking. Let rest under cover for c. 10min. Taste test meat to make sure it's tender. Serve with rice and sallad.
Boil/simmer meat, base recipe, 8-10 portions C. 1kg bonefree beef, calf, or pork, or mutton with bones 1-1.5l water 1.5tsp salt 5 white- or black peppercorn 1 bayleaf 1 onion in pieces Parsly Pour water and salt in a big pot or bowl, 2-3l. Cover. Boil for 10-12min, full effect. Rinve meat under running water. Put in the microwave safe thermometer, point in the middle of the thickest part. Put meat, spices, onion, and parsly in the boiling water (water doesn't have to covet the meat. Cover. Cook/simmer until you reached optimal inner temperature according to table. Let meat rest in buillon for c. 20min. Serve some of the meat as boiled meat with sauce, boiled potato, and vegetables. Flavour sauce with horseradish, dill, mustard, curry. Use the rest of the meat for a meat soup with, e.g. carrot, celery, parsnip, and potato.
Illustrated step by step for making steak in the microwave. 1. A fine piece of beef, ready to cook. Loads of black pepper on the outside - you salt afterwards - and a probe or microwave thermometer for checking inner temperature. 2. Temperature is 50°C and the roast is done. Doesn't take longer than 20min, depending on size and shape. 3. Heat equalization c. 15min. To guarantee the meat gets the correct temperature, cover with foil. But first you salt, so it might absorb the saltiness. 4. Lovely reddish-pink roast slices, served here with browned microwave-roasted onions, green beans, and gravy sauce.
Table on cooking time for different types of meat, and what inner temperature it should have.
Seafood stew with curry, 4 portions 500g shrimp 1 yar (225g) scallops in water 1tbsp margarine or butter 1 onion 1 tart apple 1.5-2tsp curry 2tbsp flour 3dl scallopspade + water 1dl mayonaise Salt and pepper Thaw shrimp for 2-4min, low effect if frozen. Peel shrimp. Pour spade from scallops. Keep it. Put fat in a bowl with high edge. Melt fat for 1min, full effect Peel and chop onion and apple. Put into form with fat. Cook for 4-5min, full effect. Add curry and flour. Mix well. Dilute with liquid and mix again. Cook for 4-5min, full effect. Mix in mayonaise, shrimp, and scallops. Add salt and pepper to taste. Only heat the stew right before serving, 1-1,5min full effect. It can't boil, or the seafood might become tough.
Plaice in Pink and Green, 4 portions 600h plaive fillet 1-2tbsp butter or margarine 2-3 pinches salt 1tbsp lemon juiced, freshly squeesed 1 bunch finely chopped dill 250g (3dl) frozen peas. 250g shrimp in shell. Thaw fish for 6-8min, low effect if frozen Cover in fat. Salt and drip over lemon juice. Sprinkle over dill and peas. Cover. Thaw shrimp for 2-3min, low effect Cook fish and peas for 6-8min, full effect. Peel shrimp and garnish with. Serve with rice or potato.
Old-fashioned baconfilled herring, 4 portions 1kg uncleaned herring or 600g fillets 1 package (150g) bacon Black pepper 1/2 cream 1 box of cress Clean the herring if whole. Wash and rinse well. Cut bacon into small pieces. Put some bacon on each herring and roll up with skin out. (Save what's left for garnish). Pack tightly in tray. Pepper and add cream. Cover. Cook for 5-6min, full effect Turn the tray after half time. Scoop the fish. Rest a few minutes before serving if eaten warm. Can be eaten cold. Add cress before serving.
Recipes for Delicacy Herring and Crayfish-herring Delicacy Herring, 4 portion 1kg uncleaned herring or 600g herring fillet 1 yar (50gm) anchovy fillet 2 onions 1 bunch dill 2tbsp ketchup 3/4dl cream 2tsp soy Clean herring if whole. Wash and rinse well. Finely chop the anchovy (keep the spade), onion, and dill. Mix with ketchup, cream, soy, and spade. Cover the herring meat-side with half of the mixture. Roll or fold and put tightly packed in a bowl. Pour over rest of mixture. Cover the bowl. Cook for 5-6min, full effect Turn the bowl around after half the time. Let rest a few min before serving. Crayfish-herring, 4 portions 1kg uncleaned herring or 600g herring fillet 3/4tsp salt 1dl chopped dill (and dill crowns) 1tbsp dillseed 1/2dl tomato puree + 1/2dl water, or 1 yar (400g) crushed tomatoes Clean herring if whole. Wash and rinse well. Salt fish skinside with half of salt. Roll with meatside out and put tightly packed in form. Sprinkle dill and dillseed. Pour over tomato and rest of salt. Cover. Cook for 7-8min, full effect. Turn the bowl around after half the time. Serve hot or cold.
A whole fish tail in a form, on a bed of parsly and dill. Two lemons are to the side, and a meat thermometer is sticking up from it.
Onion- and Tomato pie, 4 portions Dough: 1,5dl grahamflour 1.5dl wheatflour 100g margarine or butter 3tbsp water Filling: 2 onions 2-3 tart apples 1tbsp margarine or butter 1/2-1 tsp curry 1/2tsp salt 4-5 tomatoes 1tsp rosemary 1dl grated cheese Mix together flour, fat, and water to a grainy mass. Work it to a dough and let rest cold for an hour. Peel and chop onion. Grate apples. Put fat in bowl. Melt fat 1min, full effect Add onion, apple, curry Cover and cook for 4-5min, full effect Add salt to taste Roll out the dough and add to pie form, c. 24cm diameter, covering bottom and edges. Cook pie shell for 5-6min, full effect Fill with mixture Cut tomatoes and cover Sprinkle over crushed rosemary and grated cheese. Cook for 5-6min, full effect. Serve warm with a sallad.
Carrots à la Vichy, 4 portions 500g carrots 2tbsp margarine or butter 1dl mineral water 1/2tsp salt White pepper 1 bunch of parsly Peel carrots and cut into sticks Put fat in a bowl Melt fat 1min full effect Put carrots in bowl and add mineral water Cover and cook for 6-7min, full effect Add salt and pepper, finally mix in finely chopped parsly. Served to fried or smoked meat or as is with bread.
Filled bellpeppers, 4 portions 4 midsized bellpeppers 1 yellow onion 4 stalks of celery 200g fresh mushroom 1 yar (340g) corn 1tbsp oil 1tsp french herbs 3dl grated cheese 1/2tsp salt Some black pepper 3tbsp water Cut the lid off and empty out the bellpeppers. Wash and let dry. Peel and finely chop onion. Clean and chop celery. Clean, wash, and slice mushroom. Drain the corn. Pour oil in bowl and add onion, celery, and mushroom. Cook for 8 min, full effect. Mix in corn, herbs, cheesr, salt and pepper. Fill the bellpeppers with the mixture and put in the bowl. Pour water in the bottom and cover. Cook for 10min, full effect. Let rest for 5min before serving.
Recipes for Fresh Noiled Leek and Cauliflower Polonaise: Leek, 2-3 portions 2 midsized (c. 250g) leeks 2-3tbsp water Salt Clean the leeks Cut in 5cm chunks Put in bowl and add water Cook for 4-6 min full effect Salt Serve hot with stirred lemon butter of hollandaise Cauliflower Polonaise, 4 portions 1 midsized (400g) cauliflower 2tbsp water c. 2 pinches saly 50g butter 2 slices day old white bread 2 hardboiled, chopped eggs 1dl finely cut parsly Clean and cut up the cauliflower Add to pot and add water Cook for 7-10 min full effect Remove water and add salt Put butter in a bowl Melt butter, full effect c. 1 min Crumble bread into butter, add egg and parsly Pour the hot mixture over the cauliflowers
How to cook vegetables in the microwave, as well as a handy table on effect and time for different types of vegetables.
On using your old recipes If you want to use your old recipes for microwave cooking, think about the following: • If the recipe tells you to brown meat, consider if you find it necessary. If so, use a frying pan and roast in microwave. • Reduce amount of liquid. • Use less spice and salt • Use less or no fat • See if you can make the whole dish in the serving plate or bowl. • Reduce cooking time, using the instructions in this book.
Picture of four glasses of some liquid in a microwave. One of which has a thermometer put into it, which is directly connected to the oven inner wall.
Page with information on microwave oven computers and microwave-safe steak thermometer.
A page on choosing your model of microwave oven, letting you know that you should place it where its easily visible with a tabletop nearby to place plates and vessels. More importantly it has three examples of microwaves. One standard, small, with a small handle to twist for effect and time. One more advanced with a full numpad, and a huge one you probably only see in restaurant kitchens.
Cover of Kokbok för Mikrovågsugn (Cookbook for Microwave Oven). A plate with meat, potatoes, carrots, and (maybe) sugas snaps is in front of an open microwave oven.
A tv playing Muppet's Christmas Carol.
Ljusslingor uppsatta på utsidan av Malmö stadshus som efterliknar vad som antagligen är teckningar av småbarn.
Recept på julskinka i mikro.
"God julmat bekvämt i mokrovågsugnen". Recept för strömmingslåsa, kräftströmming, sardinströmming, janssons frestelsr, och leverpastej.
"This year you played 2180 hours of episodes from 63 different podcasts"
My top played albums 2025, according to my Spotify Wrapped. 1. There Is No Ship - Rose Betts 2. Glasgow Love Story - Tide Lines 3. Bloom - Raynes 4. A Ghost in the Walls - Raynes 5. Snapshots - Tophouse
A picture a yellow vague humanoid torso against a backdrop of a globe with longitute and latitude lines. "You are the number 556 top listener of Raynes globally."
My Spotify wrapped 2025. Top Artists: 1. Raynes 2. Tophouse 3. Rose Betts 4. Tide Lines 4. MAAPS Top Songs 1. Worlds Apart - MAAPS 2. The Place We Used To Go - The Lion & The River 3. Two Broken People - MAAPS 4. Pulling Teeth (I Feel Like She Knows) - Raynes 5. Unsweetened Lemonade - Amélie Farren Minutes Listened: 92,439 Top Genre: Folk Pop