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Fibonacci’s Soup (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Semi-related fun fact: The center of a KitKat is partly made of crushed off-cuts of the previous batch of KitKats. Which begs the question… what was the first KitKat made of?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew

A batch of pot-au-feu was claimed by one writer to be maintained as a perpetual stew in Perpignan from the 15th century until World War II, when it ran out of ingredients to keep the stew going due to the German occupation.

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Notable examples include beef and goat noodle soup served by Wattana Panich in Bangkok, Thailand, which has been cooking for over 49 years as of 2024, and oden broth from Otafuku in Asakusa, Japan, which has served the same broth daily since 1945.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I'm disappointed that they didn't call it the Stew of Theseus. 😂

(For anyone who isn't familiar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Thanks. I forgot to include the wikipedia link where I learned about this.

[–] jettrscga 0 points 5 months ago

This is the last straw. Now I really hate Nazis.