Finally got this beautiful shrimp by @taksart.bsky.social printed(with consent)! Love that I can have art made in my game in physical form!!😍
The Curious Pantry
@thecuriouspantry.bsky.social
Sharing curious facts, forgotten food history, and global gastronomy. https://itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/
From pyramid builders' bread and beer to today's ful medames and eish baladi, Egyptian cuisine tells a story spanning more than 5,000 years. Some recipes change, but some ingredients never leave the table. 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/what-do-eg... #Food #Egypt #Bread #Beer #Dates #Foodsky
What do Egyptians eat? From the pharaohs to the present day
When we think of ancient Egypt, we often picture pyramids, hieroglyphs, and golden masks. But beyond the monuments was everyday life, and every day began and ended with food.
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Portrait Painter has a launch date!🚀 🎉 🖌️Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/... 📺 youtu.be/pW2IcJJn02w #portraitpaintergame #gamedev #godot
Portrait Painter Official Launch Trailer
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Juniper berries: the tiny forest cones behind gin, stews, and old northern home remedies 🫐 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/juniper-be... #Food #Juniper #Berries #Gin #Scandinavia #Foodsky
Juniper berries: The flavor of northern forests
Sharp, aromatic, and deeply tied to northern landscapes, juniper berries have flavored food and drink for centuries. Their taste is difficult to compare directly to anything else: slightly piney, fain...
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Hello! 💜 I'm a solo dev working on a creature collecting RPG! If you enjoy: 🐧 Funky little creatures 🧠 Strategic grid-based battles 😍 Games with personality Then check out It's Ponpai! ponpai.itch.io/ponpai-proto... Or wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4099650/...
![The game logo, "It's Ponpai!" is in the center of the image, white text on a multicoloured cloud. A bunch of colourful cartoon creatures are scattered around the background. The bottom of the image reads "[Gameplay Prototype]".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiehawvneu4nkc4uc7uatswn/bafkreiekcchvolmls4qzizrdhqgbg55fyw6by5gm33jtrwlhpz4v66uche)
It's Steam Next Fest and the free Portrait Painter demo is available to try out🖌️🎨 🪣Paint quirky models! 🖼️Relaxing and casual vibes! 🧑🎨A Celebration of human art! store.steampowered.com/app/4641510/... #SteamNextFest #portraitpaintergame #painting #art
Un amigo ha creado un juego de pintura y ya podéis probar su demo en Steam. Además, su última actualización incluye traducción completa al español, en la que he colaborado. Si os gustan los juegos creativos, ¡añadidlo a vuestra lista de deseados! 🎨 #godot #gamedev #arte 🎮 bsky.app/profile/apir...
APirateHat🎨Portrait Painter🖌️ DEMO OUT NOW@apiratehat.bsky.social · 2mo agoUpdate for the Portrait Painter demo both on itch and Steam! store.steampowered.com/news/app/391... apiratehat.itch.io/portrait-pai... #portraitpaintergame
Marshmallows once cured coughs. Here’s how medicine became candy 💮🍬 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/marshmallo... #Food #Marshmallows #S’mores #Foodsky
Marshmallows: From Ancient Medicine to Campfire Treat
Fluffy, white, and almost weightless, marshmallows feel like a purely modern invention. A candy engineered for hot chocolate and campfires. But the original marshmallow wasn’t a confection at all. It ...
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The first screenshot of my game vs the game now #portraitpaintergame #gamedev #godotengine #painting #art
Think medieval monks only prayed and chanted? They were also culinary planners. Let’s peek inside a medieval monastery’s cookbook⛪🚶 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/food-faith... #Food #Cookbook #Medieval #Foodsky
Food, faith, and feasting: Inside monastic kitchen records of the Middle Ages
Medieval monasteries weren’t just places of prayer: they were hubs of agriculture, brewing, cheese-making, medicine, and hospitality. Monks often managed vast estates, feeding not only themselves but ...
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Orujo. A spirit born from thrift, tradition, and centuries of rural ingenuity 🍷🍇 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/orujo-the-... #Beverages #Alcohol #Orujo #Brandy #Wine #Grapes #Foodsky
Orujo: The spirit born from grape skins
In the green mountains of northern Spain, a powerful spirit has been warming hands and tables for centuries: orujo. Clear, strong, and unmistakably aromatic, this traditional liquor is distilled not f...
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FOOD IN LITERATURE #1 📖🍳 From Anne of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery: "I have never denied," said Rebecca Dew, taking her well-baked feet out of the oven, "that while we should not forget the Higher Things of Life good food is a pleasant thing in moderation."
The languages which will be available for my game🌍 It's lovely to have international friends that want to help me out!🥰
Truffles weren’t always a luxury. Once dug up by peasants with pigs, they became the diamonds of the kitchen. A story of mystery, magic, and flavor🐽 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/truffles-f... #Food #Truffles #Foodsky
Truffles: From peasant foraging to culinary gold
Today, truffles are among the most expensive ingredients in the world. Sometimes fetching thousands of euros per kilo, but it wasn’t always this way. Once foraged by peasants with pigs and dogs in rur...
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Ever noticed how some dishes are wrapped in leaves? From preservation to presentation, here's why humans have wrapped food in green for thousands of years🥬 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/wrapped-in... #Food #Tamales #Dolmas #Foodsky
Wrapped in leaves: A global tradition of edible packages
Before foil, plastic wrap, or containers, people used what was naturally available: leaves. Flexible. Abundant. Biodegradable. Aromatic. Sometimes even edible. Across continents, wrapping food in leav...
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Carrots weren’t always orange. The story of how the Dutch engineered a vegetable and rewrote food history with color 🥕 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/the-orange... #Food #Carrots #Orange #Dutch #Foodsky
The orange carrot lie: How politics shaped a vegetable
Carrots weren’t always orange. For centuries, cultivated carrots came in a variety of colors: purple (one of the oldest), white, yellow, and red or red-tinged. The orange carrot, what most of us eat t...
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✨I HAVE A STEAM PAGE!✨ store.steampowered.com/app/4099650/... Go give it a wishlist! I'm told that helps game devs! #indiedev #indiegame #creaturecollector
It's Ponpai on Steam
It's Ponpai! It's a comedic, offbeat monster-collecting RPG with a strategic turn-based battle system. Gather your ponpai friends, explore the city, and help out the local community!
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Pandoro. A look at the origins of how this star-shaped sweet became an Italian holiday icon. 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/pandoro-th... #Food #Pandoro #Italy #Christmas #Foodsky
Pandoro: The golden star of Italian winter
Pandoro. A towering, star-shaped bread-cake that appears on millions of Italian tables each December, dusted with a snowfall of icing sugar and sliced like rays of edible sunshine. Behind its elegance...
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Rice pudding travels the world under different names. A sweet journey around the globe 🌾🥛 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/one-dish-m... #Food #RicePudding #Foodsky
One dish, many names: The global story of rice pudding
A handful of rice. A bit of milk. A sweetener. That’s all it takes - and yet rice pudding, in one form or another, exists in nearly every food culture on Earth. From the ancient kheer of India to the ...
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Ever wondered why onions make you cry? It’s not emotional - it’s biochemical warfare 🧅 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/why-onions... #Food #Onion #Foodsky
Why onions make you cry
You’re just trying to make dinner - and suddenly you’re blinking back tears over your cutting board.
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Persimmons. Discover this overlooked fruit and its seasonal magic🍂 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/persimmons... #Food #Persimmons #Kakis #Foodsky
Persimmons: Sweet gems of autumn
Persimmons may look like simple orange fruits, but they carry a rich history and a fascinating chemistry. From ancient Asia to European tables, they’ve been cherished for their beauty, flavor, and sym...
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Clarified butter lasts longer and cooks hotter. Bain-marie or straight to the pan - both lead to sunshine in a jar. Would you try making your own? 🧈 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/clarified-... #Food #Butter #Bain-marie #Foodsky
Clarified Butter: Two easy methods
Clarified butter isn’t just a fancy chef’s trick - it’s practical. By removing the milk solids and water, you’re left with pure butterfat that lasts longer, has a higher smoke point, and has a nutty t...
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My friend @apiratehat.bsky.social made this beautiful banner for my Bluesky! I absolutely love how it turned out! ✨ You should definitely follow him - especially if you’re into games and game development 🎮
Butter that doesn’t burn? From Indian temples to French kitchens, clarified butter has shaped rituals and recipes for centuries🧈 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/clarified-... #Food #Butter #Ghee #Foodsky
Clarified butter: Pure gold in the kitchen
At first glance, it’s simply butter that has been gently heated until the water evaporates and the milk solids separate, leaving behind golden, pure butterfat. But that seemingly simple transformation...
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Italy isn’t just pasta and pizza - it’s nettles, chicory, elderflowers, and wild mushrooms too 🌿🌼 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/gathered-b... #Food #Italy #Forage #Porcini #Foodsky
Gathered by hand: Foraged foods in Italian cuisine
Foraging might sound trendy today, but in Italy it’s deeply traditional. From mountain villages to coastal towns, Italians have long gathered wild ingredients to enrich their kitchens. Some are humble...
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Nordic cuisine is built on foraging 🧺 Here are 5 wild foods from the Scandinavian forest - and how they’re eaten 🌲 Would you try them? 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/top-five-f... #Food #Lingonberries #Chanterelles #Foodsky
Top five foraged foods in Nordic cuisine
Foraging isn’t just a hobby in the Nordic countries - it’s tradition. Thanks to allemannsretten in Norway and allemansrätten in Sweden (“the right to roam”), anyone can pick from nature’s pantry.
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What did sailors eat in the Age of Exploration? ⛵ From hardtack to salt pork and beer rations - food at sea was survival, science, and sometimes mutiny ⚓ 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/what-sailo... #Food #Sea #Foodsky
What sailors really ate at sea
Long before refrigeration or vacuum sealing, preserving food for months at sea was a logistical nightmare. And yet - voyages depended on it. Poor planning didn’t just mean hunger… it meant scurvy, mut...
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Bitter oranges line the streets of Seville (Spain) 🍊 British kitchens turn them into marmalade. How did a fruit too sour to eat become a beloved breakfast staple - and a symbol of empire, medicine, and memory? 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/sevilles-b... #Food #Orange #Marmalade #Foodsky
Seville’s bitter orange: A global journey
If you've strolled through Seville (Spain) in spring, you’ve likely seen the city in bloom - lined with more than 40,000 orange trees. Their blossoms are fragrant, their fruit vibrant - and, surprisin...
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Milk can last for months on a shelf in some countries - and only a week in others. 🥛 The secret isn’t magic, it’s UHT vs pasteurization. 🐄 🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/why-milk-l... #Food #Milk #Foodsky
Why milk lasts for months in some countries, but only a week in the US?
If you've ever traveled to Europe, you may have noticed something odd. The milk sits on a room-temperature shelf, not in a fridge. The expiration date is months away, not days. How is that safe? And w...
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