baldursgatekeeper:

I like how in olden times dudes used to paint past historical events with the clothing and surroundings of the painter’s current day, like some medieval monk painting Jesus and friends in a tunic and hose. I think we should bring that back. I want to see Caesar crossing the Rubicon in crocs.

Am reading ‘the Hungry empire’, a book about how the British empire was formed by their quest for food and vice versa, and it’s really good but the recipes included are horrifying

Just had mock turtle soup which started with ‘take the largest calf’s head you can find’, continued adding a shit ton of stuff (and some very down to earth graphic descriptions about how to butcher said calf’s head), only to then break out A SECOND CALF’S HEAd

I hope the recipe actually started out with a list of ingredients. Imagine being elbows deep into a calf’s skull only to realise you need to run out and get a second one