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An Eccentric Culinary History
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An Eccentric Culinary History is a personal blog at eccentricculinary.com about history and culture. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “California's Vanishing Lakes and the Hunger of the Mines (2015)”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link its food history posts, including one on California's vanishing lakes and marshes and one on the Great Sushi Craze of 1905, as background for points about regional and foreign cuisine.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- California's Vanishing Lakes and the Hunger of the Mines (2015)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-10
- The Great Sushi Craze of 1905, Part 12 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-08-04
What Hacker News says?
This really depends on where in California you are looking. SoCal? Sure, desert. But the San Joaquin valley was full of freshwater lakes and marshes before the invaders started using it for farming. https://eccentricculinary.com/californias-vanishing-lakes-an...
Comment linking /californias-vanishing-lakes-and-the-hunger-of-the-mines/
on “I believe California is the dumping ground for America's homeless problem”Submitted The Great Sushi Craze of 1905, Part 1 as a story · 64 points
HN discussionWhile I suspect that's largely true, I was intrigued by the article about "The Great Sushi Craze of 1905" that appeared a few years ago ( http://eccentricculinary.com/the-great-sushi-craze-of-1905-p... , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10003510 ). It offers a minor counterpoint and also suggests access to and curiosity about foreign cuisines can wax and wane.
Comment linking /the-great-sushi-craze-of-1905-part-1/
on “No Spice More Superior: Pepper”Submitted California's Vanishing Lakes and the Hunger of the Mines (2015) as a story · 54 points
HN discussion