Not to be overshadowed by Rita Hayworth and Gilda, the latest Eat This Podcast also looks into The Swedish Conundrum.
What are Swedes getting when they open a tin of “ansjovis”? Not anchovies. Or at least, not Engraulis encrasicolus.
A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
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Latest Eat This Newsletter, and the last one of the year. From pedants on pintxos to bread and circuses, all your food-adjacent reading needs.
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@odd That's good to know. Now I will have to look and see where it is!
, Dec 26 2024 on micro.blog
@odd Hm. Not so far from Norway.
, Dec 26 2024 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas A friend and I had a motorcycle ride down there many years ago. That and Smögen is a nice area. Maybe a little too touristy in the summer holiday season.
, Dec 27 2024 on micro.blog
@odd Did you visit the ansjovis factory? Was it a noticeable attraction?
, Dec 27 2024 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas Haha, no, can’t say I ever noticed it! It doesn’t help that I don’t eat anchovies, or similar products.
, Dec 27 2024 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas I’m really enjoying your podcast series on ansjovis! The more I learn about it, the more curious I become about the Dutch side of the story. I heard of this one remaining family of fishermen that still sells prepared Ansjovis in Bergen op Zoom (depending on availability). Any chance of an extra episode sometime soon? 🙂
, Dec 27 2024 on micro.blog
@ArnoldHoogerwerf Thank you. I have a feeling that the average listener has had enough small oily fish for a while. I am in the process of writing a subscribers only edition of the newsletter with more about Swedish ansjovis. Which raises the question: are the fish prepared in Bergen op Zoom real anchovies, or Swedish ansjovis?
, Dec 27 2024 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas I’m quite sure they’re the real ansjovis, but I think you really should contact Petra Possel for this, who wrote a whole book on the subject (which I didn’t read).
, Dec 27 2024 on micro.blog
@ArnoldHoogerwerf Thanks for the idea. I have emailed her.
, Dec 27 2024 on micro.blog
2024-12-24
rabbit_quest #geohashing 20241224-W-AY68OD
1 min read
* On bus
* 41.889492, 12.491804
* 26 December 2024
* 425.45 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap
My first drive-by rabbit. And I only noticed it once I was on the bus and looking distractedly at my phone. Probably doesn't count in the greater scheme of things, but what the heck.
Latest episode considers possibly the original pintxo. A plump Cantabrian anchovy, a spicy pickled guindilla pepper, and a juicy green olive, skewered on a toothpick. It's invention is contested, but not its name, nor the inspiration for that name: Gilda.
https://www.eatthispodcast.com/gilda/
Under Robin Sloan's reading, I fail to see any distinction between cults and tribes.
2024-12-19
rabbit_quest #geohashing 20241219-W-AY68OD
1 min read
* On foot
* 41.876189, 12.460472
* 19 December 2024
* 425.37 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap
I wanted to bag this rabbit because the house in the photo was derelict for years and falling apart because, we were told, the siblings who inherited it couldn't agree what to do with it. No idea how that was resolved, but it looks great now.
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Back when I started podcasting, in 2013, it seemed sensible to include a page telling people that they could subscribe, and how. Is that still needed today? Does “wherever you get your podcasts” really cover it, or should I add links for all the apps and services?
Currently reading: The Amateur: The pleasures of doing what you love by Andy Merrifield, ISBN: 9781786631060
#Non-fiction
@jeremycherfas Grebbestad is a beautiful place at least. 🐟🐟🐟
Web user, Dec 26 2024 on micro.blog