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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Last time (1930) it took down the US economy, you threw out the Republicans and President Hoover, and the Democrats under Roosevelt had to fix the mess, which finally happened about 1934. Since then it is textbook established that tariffs are a stupid idea, but sadly the only historical books the orange turd reads are “Mein Kampf”…

    This modern tariff-induced catastrophe is different from the one in 1930 in one important aspect: Back then, the reliance on foreign trade was way, way smaller than today. If the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 put the US into a serious recession (with still lower tariffs than Trumps!), guess what will happen today in an America that cannot produce screws, bolts and nuts; transistors, resistors, and capacitors; and about every piece of mass-produced item, being it plastic, metal, or whatever.




  • If you just take the plain acidic vinegar, well, you are right. If you overdose it in your food, well, you are right, too.

    But have you ever tried a nice Aceto Balsamico? Or other Crema Vinegar variants? I’ve got a blueberry vinegar I sometimes consume as an Apéritif. Yes, it is no soda, but it has a nice, light acidity.

    For people used to drinks laced with 20% HFPC, vinegar might be an issue, though.

    And regarding Salt&Vinegar chips: I was very sceptical when I tried my first S&V chips in the UK, and I think they are wonderful. To the point that we bring loads of English S&V crisps back from our trips to the UK.


  • Well, with American bread being so loaded with corn syrup that it is considered “cake” in Europe, one should not be surprised.

    And as the American attitude to those “artificial everythings” is to include them as long as they are not proven unsafe, in contrast to the European that you can only include them if they have proven generally safe, there are a lot of things you won’t find in European ingredient lists. For some of those items, it takes the US decades to withdraw them from the “suitable for food” list, sometimes even after some thrid world countries considered them illegal.