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  • What was the best Christmas you've ever had?

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  • Seeing a special screening of Brazil in 1984, when no one was sure it was even going to get released.

    I was driving home from the East Coast, saw the ad for the screening in LA (way pre-internet). Now, I could have continued home and seen my family or ... who am I kidding? My family was terrible!

    I said my car broke down and couldn't find a mechanic because ... it was Christmas! Maybe that's not what you're looking for, but definitely my favourite.

  • A Christmas Carol

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  • I think of so many days of visiting regrets, but I do take your point.

  • A Christmas Carol

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  • Definitely true. It's what the story got appropriated as that rubs me the wrong way.

  • It's Mont Blanc season!

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  • Much better in real life. I've actually never seen one served without some kind of crust, but I imagine it's evolved over the years. Usually there's also some cassis jam inside. But the chestnuts are an acquired taste to be sure.

  • FoodPorn @lemmy.world
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    It's Mont Blanc season!

  • A Christmas Carol

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  • I like the idea, however improbable, of the redeemable miser reformed by seeing the regrets of his past, and only a monster doesn't cry at seeing the Muppet Christmas Carol, or better still, Scrooged.

    But.

    Why Christmas? Could be any day, why Christmas? I think it's to innoculate us against legitimate criticism what a shitty and stressful and endless presents you don't need time it is. Because if you don't participate, you're a scrooge or a grinch. Terms they don't use against people who are actual Scrooges year round.

    I say, someone needs to make a film about someone being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past (playing with the dogs in the snow and that's a perfect Christmas), Ghost of Christmas Present (stress buying), and Ghost of Christmas Future (no planet).

    But that just makes me ... something, I dunno. Maybe someone will have a term for it.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Vietnam's 'Sorrow of War' sells out after viral controversy

    www.france24.com /en/live-news/20251214-vietnam-s-sorrow-of-war-sells-out-after-viral-controversy
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Germany accuses Russia of air traffic control cyber-attack

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/cvgrrnylzzyo

  • Ok, honestly, is cast-iron really any better than a non-stick, stainless, copper (anything else?) pan?

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  • Sadly, metal hot make food hot is not the only factor. It's also the speed and responsiveness of the pan. If you have the money, look into 3-ply pans, stainless bottom (for induction, but works with everything), aluminum interior (for eveness of heat throughout the pan) and stainless interior/cooking surface. I've had some of my pans for 40 years and they look brand new. They're just as easy to clean as non-stick, if you use wooden utensils for a quick scrape before cleaning. All-clad is probably the best brand, I bought some recently, and they are just as good as the old ones I have, very rare these days. They can be found on eBay and craigslist used, and the used are just as good (have a few of those as well).

    I love my cast iron pans, especially for searing and tortillas, but for sauces and risottos, 3-ply is a great option. It's really about the responsiveness.

    Last thing, ceramisised cast-iron (like Le Creuset) is terrific for deep frying.

  • TIL of the Business Plot, a conspiracy to overthrow the presidency of FDR and install a fascist dictatorship in 1933

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  • I remember learning about this as a kid from, of all places, a 1976 detective show called City of Angels (starring Wayne Rogers). Ten-year-old me thought it was so cool they would even broach such a topic on TV. As ways to become radicalised go ...

  • TIL about Real Tennis, the thousand-year-old precursor to tennis. “If you wanted to design a game that was going to put people off from playing it, you would probably design a real tennis court.”

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  • This Video (French) says it's a thousand years old, but that seems not to be the case, more like like 4-500 years.

    I think the NYT is mistaken, as here's an engraving of «jeu de paume» from the 16th C

  • TIL about Real Tennis, the thousand-year-old precursor to tennis. “If you wanted to design a game that was going to put people off from playing it, you would probably design a real tennis court.”

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  • According to the very long and exhaustive wiki

    "The term real was first used by journalists in the early 20th century as a retronym to distinguish the ancient game from modern lawn tennis", and, is it happens, 'It is also known as court tennis in the United States, royal tennis in England and Australia, and courte-paume in France."

    I think the kings were pissed when they started playing tennis outside. "That's not real tennis", they probably said.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL about Real Tennis, the thousand-year-old precursor to tennis. “If you wanted to design a game that was going to put people off from playing it, you would probably design a real tennis court.”

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL: That from 1866 to 1984, Paris had a pneumatic tube postal service!

    www.messynessychic.com /2021/02/05/a-love-letter-to-the-lost-world-of-the-parisian-pneumatic-post/

  • Donald Trump is the Tyrant George Washington Feared

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