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The Old Foodie
Personal blog · theoldfoodie.comhistoryculture
The Old Foodie is a personal blog at theoldfoodie.com about history and culture. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A food-history blog with posts on old recipes and culinary history, such as recreating 1730 Portugal cakes and why mint is served with lamb. HN readers cite it as a source for these historical food details.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A food history story and recipe every weekday of the year.
What Hacker News says?
It's important to also acknowledge the crucial role culture plays in this problem, regardless of the political system it cradles. The public is simply ignorant about surveillance technology issues. Not that long ago we used to tolerate sawdust in our bread[1], and that's food, something humans should be pretty knowledgeable about. People would revolt if this happened now, whether they live under a capitalist or comm…
Comment linking /2011/03/sawdust-bread.html
on “Wacom tablets track every app you open”Submitted The Old Foodie: A food history story and recipe every weekday of the year as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHm I'm glad this story made it to the top. I'll indulge this train of thought some more, since it's something I've been thinking about. (But still in honor of the person who this article is about) Again, growing up without religion, I always wondered what the deal was with rules like "kosher" and "Halal". To me, it seemed like people were following old rules that didn't make sense in the modern world (though thankfu…
Comment linking /2011/09/bakers-dozen.html
on “Bob Moore, who founded Bob's Red Mill, has died”It says here: http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2010/04/portugal-cakes.html That the name is something to do with oranges.
Comment linking /2010/04/portugal-cakes.html
on “Recreating “Portugal cakes” from 1730”Some traditional British dishes are straight out of the middle ages. For instance mint sauce (which may have been introduced by the Romans): http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Specials%20and%20Holidays/Mint%2... http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2009/10/why-mint-with-lamb.html
Comment linking /2009/10/why-mint-with-lamb.html
on “How Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking”
