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History and Stories Recipes 

Slow-cooked Bamboo Shoot Soup — 腌笃鲜 Yān dǔ xiān (Zhongli’s Recipe, Genshin Impact)

26 December, 20208 February, 2021 justafatboi 0 Comments

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History and Stories Recipes 

What exactly did the Samurai eat? And creating a samurai burger.

21 December, 202021 December, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments japanese

Today’s mission is to create a “samurai burger”, following the attempt to create a ninja burger two weeks ago. The inspiration

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History and Stories Recipes 

Vegetarian Rice Burger based on Ninja Pills (Hyourougan and Suikatsugan)

7 December, 20207 December, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments burger, ninja, rice, vegan, vegetarian

Before you watch the video below, here’s additional context for what inspired the video so the opening of the video

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Recipes 

Perfecting the Hokkaido Salmon Burger

23 November, 202023 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

Two weeks ago, I posted an attempt to make a better Hokkaido Salmon Burger than McDonald’s. The post proved to

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Recipes 

My attempt to make a better Hokkaido Salmon Burger than McDonald’s

8 November, 20208 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

(Regular r/singapore readers will have seen this video already.) McDonald’s Hokkaido Salmon Burger seems to have nothing to do with

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History and Stories Recipes 

Chicken Rice, 3 Ways: Hainanese | Vietnamese | French

3 November, 20203 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments chicken, chinese, french, Malaysia, rice, singapore, vietnamese

(Regular readers of r/Singapore will realise that this post is just a copy of the Reddit thread.)  Clickbait titles: Man

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Recipes 

Matsutake Meatroll Recipe | Genshin Impact

2 November, 20202 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments chinese, Genshin Impact, Huaiyang

In the game, Matsutake Meatrolls look like a proper Chinese dish in the in-game icon, but it is likely that

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History and Stories 

The Very First Bisques Were Made With Pigeons

9 September, 20209 September, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

In the 21st century, the word ‘bisque’ is commonly used to refer to thick, blended soups with cream and sometimes

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Food News 

US: Wine Country Threatened By Wildfires Among Largest in California’s History

25 August, 202025 August, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

OK, a more accurate title would have been “Everything in California Threatened by Wildfires Among Largest in State’s History”, but

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Ostrich, An Environmental Alternative For Red Meat? | Hong Kong Clogged by Excessive Takeaway Trash

22 August, 202022 August, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

Eating beef isn’t exactly the most environmentally friendly habit (an example: main reason for Amazon deforestation being beef). An alternative

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Compelling backstories and history behind food around the world — even from fictional universes. And of course, the recipes.

Random Posts

  • McSpicy/McLaoSai/McDiarrhea, The Most Iconic Singaporean Burger – Food OriginsMcSpicy/McLaoSai/McDiarrhea, The Most Iconic Singaporean Burger – Food Origins16 November, 2018
  • What exactly did the Samurai eat? And creating a samurai burger.What exactly did the Samurai eat? And creating a samurai burger.21 December, 2020
  • Vegetarian Rice Burger based on Ninja Pills (Hyourougan and Suikatsugan)Vegetarian Rice Burger based on Ninja Pills (Hyourougan and Suikatsugan)7 December, 2020
  • About “Lor Mee” – A Look into its Origins and Various StylesAbout “Lor Mee” – A Look into its Origins and Various Styles30 May, 2018
  • How Japan’s Military Popularised Meat and Western FoodHow Japan’s Military Popularised Meat and Western Food19 July, 2020

News

  • US: Wine Country Threatened By Wildfires Among Largest in California’s History
    25 August, 2020
  • Ostrich, An Environmental Alternative For Red Meat? | Hong Kong Clogged by Excessive Takeaway Trash
    22 August, 2020
  • Main Reason For Amazon Deforestation Is Meat | Thousands of Chicks Arrive Dead to US Farmers
    21 August, 2020
  • Chocolate Snowed in a Town in Switzerland Due to Factory Defe
    20 August, 2020
  • Thesifter.org is a Food History Database Created From 50 Years of Hardwork
    19 August, 2020

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