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Quote from: von Corax on Today at 01:39:06 PMYou are right, of course.Quote from: Sir Henry on Today at 09:49:46 AMI'm not sure that I can agree; for me something so basic, straightforward and undecorated has no place in the Steampunk universe.
Except, of course, as an ingredient in a much more fantastical creation such as a life-sized crystal candy copy of the Eiffel Tower perhaps.
It's food made from coal tar! How is that not Steampunk?
Quote from: Sir Henry on Today at 09:49:46 AMI'm not sure that I can agree; for me something so basic, straightforward and undecorated has no place in the Steampunk universe.
Except, of course, as an ingredient in a much more fantastical creation such as a life-sized crystal candy copy of the Eiffel Tower perhaps.
Quote from: J. Wilhelm on Yesterday at 02:08:25 PMIt was the milk chocolate (particularly Hershey's) that I was thinking of. Spoiling the milk before making chocolate with it makes it keep for much longer. Hershey's won't admit that they do it, but most people can taste the butylic acid that this creates: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hersheys-chocolate-tastes-like-vomit_l_60479e5fc5b6af8f98bec0cdQuote from: Sir Henry on Yesterday at 07:53:28 AMNext in the series of Lovekraftian culinary delights: American Chocolate
I hadn't thought of processed cheese being Steampunk (to be honest I hadn't thought of processed cheese at all in a few decades) but it does seem to have just the right mixture of horror, history, absurdity and whimsy. And horror, stomach-churning horror.1
It is easy to assume that adulterating foods to hold more water (or air) so they are cheaper to produce was a 20th century development, but as with so many things, it turns out to just be 'improvements' on Victorian ethiclessness. Ho hum.
1 The first time I saw the cover of Jean-Paul Sartre's 'Nausea' I assumed that it was a Dutch/German edition of a book about the North Sea.
Well, it's not all bad, to be perfectly honest. I think milk chocolate turned out well (clearly a Victorian and European invention), as well as condensed and evaporated milk.
Have you ever tried to make hot chocolate with coarse ground, unmilled unfiltered and unemulsified cacao nibs? It's an awful lot of work for just a cup of hot chocolate. Even the traditional Mexican/Spanish chocolate, the first hot chocolate that ever was, is emulsified nowadays, though they still leave the cocoa and cinnamon fibers in it for authenticity (you find a little grit to chew at the end of your cup).
Quote from: Sir Henry on Yesterday at 07:38:08 AMQuote from: LukeHogbin on April 27, 2024, 03:47:43 PMHad a seizure on the night between Thursday and Friday and I'm still trying to recover from it. Blah.I hope you're recovering well.
But don't let it happen again, it's just not on.
Quote from: Sir Henry on Yesterday at 07:53:28 AMNext in the series of Lovekraftian culinary delights: American Chocolate
I hadn't thought of processed cheese being Steampunk (to be honest I hadn't thought of processed cheese at all in a few decades) but it does seem to have just the right mixture of horror, history, absurdity and whimsy. And horror, stomach-churning horror.1
It is easy to assume that adulterating foods to hold more water (or air) so they are cheaper to produce was a 20th century development, but as with so many things, it turns out to just be 'improvements' on Victorian ethiclessness. Ho hum.
1 The first time I saw the cover of Jean-Paul Sartre's 'Nausea' I assumed that it was a Dutch/German edition of a book about the North Sea.