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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Yes, that is one of the disconnect that I get.

    From a variety of sources one can see that many US people are actually quite interested in having a nice kitchen and hosting dinners with friends and family.

    But then, when you get exposed to those “American commercials” that get broadcast here on some TV channels, or you see the kind of videos that gain traction on social media, it appears that all those kitchens/appliances are not so needed after all, since in the end one will just “drop every already preprocessed ingredients in a pot and call it a day”… Curious phenomenon for me.


  • Not being from US there are so many things in this video that don’t really align with the way of doing things (in this case, cooking) that I experience in my corner of the world (Europe). Like… Sometimes one has to wonder if it is ever possible to eat something which is not pre-processed/pre-cut/pre-diced? Is this just a bias from the videos that get shared on the web? Unfortunately I have not been able to visit USA so I have never tried it first hand!




  • Yes, I like that you could think of each game as a “potential alternative retelling” of the story. And if you happen to enjoy RPGs, there is one by one the authors of WoR, which is called “The One Ring”. The 2nd ed. Came out a couple of years ago and it’s a great game, with gorgeous art and great thematic rules (e.g. for when you are despairing, overburdened by the Shadow). I highly recommend it, you can also play it solo or coop with an expansion by the author of Ironsworn.