I'm not sure there's much new - maybe some of the cakes and stuff? The oven would be fun but inevitably is pink and gold.
Isn't it the same as the santa bakery one?
I knew it looked familier! My first thought was the pizza oven, but then I checked and it was different. I didn't get the Santa set, maybe I'll get the oven from there as spare parts (I'd actually assumed it was more integral to the Santa house)
Is this a princess academy or a pastry school? They seem unsure.
Is this a princess academy or a pastry school? They seem unsure.
I guess it's meant to be like a finishing school?
I think so, but in their future lives as rulers, are they supposed to go down to the kitchens periodically and whip up a croquembouche? I love baking and little Playmo desserts, but I think it's an odd choice for a pseudo-historical theme presumably set in one of those time periods in which it was a source of pride to not have your daughter cooking (since it meant you could afford to hire staff, and hopefully a skilled chef). In any case, baking in a hoop skirt looks super dangerous.
Did noble ladies bake? Interesting question, which probably depended on the date and the location. Because, and you might be surprised to learn this, the word "lady" originally meant "bread-maker":
(https://i.imgur.com/hz7xeut.jpg)
"Lord" was likewise "bread-guarder":
(https://i.imgur.com/oDLPiGC.jpg)
In other words the aristocracy arose from people who were able to literally put bread on the table. It's not inconceivable that at some point in history, the noblest ladies were the hardest kitchen workers! :viking:
I wouldn't be surprised if fancy baking became trendy among later iterations of the distaff nobility (think Marie Antoinette playing at peasant life), but I cannot say!
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'OED rates it "not very plausible"' so I guess the etymology is still up for debate.
Yes, but "not very plausible with regard to sense", and that is a matter of opinion. It makes perfect sense to me, especially as "lord" is undisputedly breadguard - the lady must have been heavily concerned with bread too! Maybe kneading, maybe serving, maybe buttering slices and smothering them with treacle.
OED rates it "not very plausible"'
LORD
master, ruler, †husband OE.; designation of rank XIV; peer of the realm XV. OE. hlāford, once hlāfweard, f. Gmc. *χlaib- LOAF + *ward- keeper, WARD1. The etymol. sense expresses the relation of the head of a household to his dependants who ‘eat his bread’. The word is, like LADY, a peculiarly Eng. formation. It was reduced to one syll. (XIV) by the fall of v in lōverd and contr. of the vowels.
LADY
†mistress of a household; (arch.) female ruler; (Our L.) the Virgin Mary OE.; woman of superior position (hence as a title); wife XIII; woman of refinement XIX. OE. hlǣfdige, f. hlāf LOAF + *-diġ- knead (cf. OE. dǣġe kneader of bread, female (farm) servant, dairy-woman; also DOUGH); like LORD, peculiar to Eng. The OE. g. hlǣfdiġan (ME. ladie) is repr. in Lady Day (ME. ure lefdi day XIII, i.e. ‘Our Lady's day’); so Lady chapel XV; also in plant-names, as lady smock XVI, and ladybird.
Of course, which is why I dismissed the Oxford ED assertion of implausibility! Get those princesses baking, I say! :bdaycake: :whip:
If they receive those arms they must produce only the largest cakes!
Just a bump, since the proper pictures are on the German site now. As anticipated, nothing very exciting (usual collection of furniture, in the usual collection of pinks and golds) - though the bag of gold has had a piping nozzle added and is now an icing bag!
Good eye! I wonder if the bag is normal? Probably, right? It would be nice.
What's with the cooking obsession!? ???
All the instructions and part numbers are
Oh yes, and for those fond of the theme, the new Classic reissued set will be 9879 - Dream Castle (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=9879), almost identical to 3019 - Dream Castle (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3019) from TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO. (Goodness, I'm old.) This is when full skirts first made an appearance!