The Curious Pantry
@thecuriouspantry.bsky.social
Sharing curious facts, forgotten food history, and global gastronomy.
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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 🎮
You should definitely follow him - especially if you’re into games and game development 🎮
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For #PitchYaGame let me show you Portrait Painter🎨
A short game where you help a struggling art museum by painting portraits🖌️
Wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
A short game where you help a struggling art museum by painting portraits🖌️
Wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For #PitchYaGame let me show you Portrait Painter🎨
A short game where you help a struggling art museum by painting portraits🖌️
Wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
A short game where you help a struggling art museum by painting portraits🖌️
Wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
Persimmons. Discover this overlooked fruit and its seasonal magic🍂
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#Food #Persimmons #Kakis #Foodsky
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#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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November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Persimmons. Discover this overlooked fruit and its seasonal magic🍂
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#Food #Persimmons #Kakis #Foodsky
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#Food #Persimmons #Kakis #Foodsky
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? 🧈
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#Food #Butter #Bain-marie #Foodsky
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#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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October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
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#Food #Butter #Bain-marie #Foodsky
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It's soon Halloween and of course for my monthly game I had to theme it accordingly. Say hello to "Boo-uty Salon"! A spookily themed dress-up game!
apiratehat.itch.io/boo-uty-salon
#indiedev #godotengine
apiratehat.itch.io/boo-uty-salon
#indiedev #godotengine
October 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's soon Halloween and of course for my monthly game I had to theme it accordingly. Say hello to "Boo-uty Salon"! A spookily themed dress-up game!
apiratehat.itch.io/boo-uty-salon
#indiedev #godotengine
apiratehat.itch.io/boo-uty-salon
#indiedev #godotengine
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 🎮
You should definitely follow him - especially if you’re into games and game development 🎮
October 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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 🎮
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
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#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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October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/clarified-...
#Food #Butter #Ghee #Foodsky
Italy isn’t just pasta and pizza - it’s nettles, chicory, elderflowers, and wild mushrooms too 🌿🌼
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#Food #Italy #Forage #Porcini #Foodsky
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#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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September 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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
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.
itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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
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
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 ⚓
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#Food #Sea #Foodsky
From hardtack to salt pork and beer rations - food at sea was survival, science, and sometimes mutiny ⚓
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#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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September 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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
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
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I have managed to finish my game for September for my one game per month challenge. This time it's a golf game and it's called "Gawf!"⛳
apiratehat.itch.io/gawf
apiratehat.itch.io/gawf
September 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I have managed to finish my game for September for my one game per month challenge. This time it's a golf game and it's called "Gawf!"⛳
apiratehat.itch.io/gawf
apiratehat.itch.io/gawf
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
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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September 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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
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
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Some work in progress from my game Portrait Painter. This will be a short interlude, or a "palette cleanser" as I like to call it🎨😉
#godotengine #gamedev #portraitpaintergame
#godotengine #gamedev #portraitpaintergame
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some work in progress from my game Portrait Painter. This will be a short interlude, or a "palette cleanser" as I like to call it🎨😉
#godotengine #gamedev #portraitpaintergame
#godotengine #gamedev #portraitpaintergame
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
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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August 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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
The secret isn’t magic, it’s UHT vs pasteurization. 🐄
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/why-milk-l...
#Food #Milk #Foodsky
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I have started to translate my game. It's weird seeing it in Swedish...
August 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I have started to translate my game. It's weird seeing it in Swedish...
Your kitchen is a pharmacy.🌿
For centuries, herbs were prescribed as cures for everything from headaches to melancholy.
Discover 10 plants that are as curative as they are delicious.
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#Food #FoodHistory #HerbalMedicine #Plants #Foodsky
For centuries, herbs were prescribed as cures for everything from headaches to melancholy.
Discover 10 plants that are as curative as they are delicious.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/ten-ancien...
#Food #FoodHistory #HerbalMedicine #Plants #Foodsky
Ten ancient medicinal plants still used in cooking today
For thousands of years, kitchens weren’t just for cooking - they were pharmacies. Many of the herbs and spices we sprinkle into our dishes today were once prescribed as cures for everything from heada...
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August 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Your kitchen is a pharmacy.🌿
For centuries, herbs were prescribed as cures for everything from headaches to melancholy.
Discover 10 plants that are as curative as they are delicious.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/ten-ancien...
#Food #FoodHistory #HerbalMedicine #Plants #Foodsky
For centuries, herbs were prescribed as cures for everything from headaches to melancholy.
Discover 10 plants that are as curative as they are delicious.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/ten-ancien...
#Food #FoodHistory #HerbalMedicine #Plants #Foodsky
Why does freshly baked bread smell so good - but store-bought bread never does? 🍞
It’s not just warmth or nostalgia. There's a specific chemical behind that scent... and it only shows up when you bake. 🥖
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#Food #Bread #Loaf #Bakery #Foodsky
It’s not just warmth or nostalgia. There's a specific chemical behind that scent... and it only shows up when you bake. 🥖
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/the-aroma-...
#Food #Bread #Loaf #Bakery #Foodsky
The aroma of warm bread: Why fresh loaves smell so irresistible
Walk past a bakery, and something happens - you stop. That rich, nutty, slightly sweet aroma of fresh bread pulls you in. But why is the smell of bread so powerful?
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August 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Last week at my summer job and last crocheted animal given away to a co-worker 🧶
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Last week at my summer job and last crocheted animal given away to a co-worker 🧶
Rhubarb: Is it a fruit? A vegetable? A poison?
This pie favorite once traveled the Silk Road as medicine, not dessert.
And one part of it can still kill you.
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#Food #Rhubarb #Vegetable #Fruit #Pie #Foodsky
This pie favorite once traveled the Silk Road as medicine, not dessert.
And one part of it can still kill you.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/rhubarb-fr...
#Food #Rhubarb #Vegetable #Fruit #Pie #Foodsky
Rhubarb: From medicine to pie (and the poison in between)
Tart, vibrant, and strangely satisfying - rhubarb often stars in pies, jams, and springtime sweets. But beneath its cheerful pink stalks lies a long, winding history.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Rhubarb: Is it a fruit? A vegetable? A poison?
This pie favorite once traveled the Silk Road as medicine, not dessert.
And one part of it can still kill you.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/rhubarb-fr...
#Food #Rhubarb #Vegetable #Fruit #Pie #Foodsky
This pie favorite once traveled the Silk Road as medicine, not dessert.
And one part of it can still kill you.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/rhubarb-fr...
#Food #Rhubarb #Vegetable #Fruit #Pie #Foodsky
My incredibly creative friend made a game called Portrait Painter 🎨
You help a struggling art museum by painting portraits - it's charming, cozy, and fun.
It would really make his day if you gave it a look and wishlisted it 💙
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
bsky.app/profile/apir...
You help a struggling art museum by painting portraits - it's charming, cozy, and fun.
It would really make his day if you gave it a look and wishlisted it 💙
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
bsky.app/profile/apir...
August 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My incredibly creative friend made a game called Portrait Painter 🎨
You help a struggling art museum by painting portraits - it's charming, cozy, and fun.
It would really make his day if you gave it a look and wishlisted it 💙
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
bsky.app/profile/apir...
You help a struggling art museum by painting portraits - it's charming, cozy, and fun.
It would really make his day if you gave it a look and wishlisted it 💙
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
bsky.app/profile/apir...
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I'm super excited!!😁
My game "Portrait Painter" finally has a Steam page!🎉
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
#godotengine #gamedev
My game "Portrait Painter" finally has a Steam page!🎉
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
#godotengine #gamedev
August 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm super excited!!😁
My game "Portrait Painter" finally has a Steam page!🎉
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
#godotengine #gamedev
My game "Portrait Painter" finally has a Steam page!🎉
store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...
#godotengine #gamedev
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My entry for both the #gmtkjam and my monthly challenge. The August game is thus finished.
Play as a space docking operator:
apiratehat.itch.io/koola-station
#indiedev #gamedev
Play as a space docking operator:
apiratehat.itch.io/koola-station
#indiedev #gamedev
August 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My entry for both the #gmtkjam and my monthly challenge. The August game is thus finished.
Play as a space docking operator:
apiratehat.itch.io/koola-station
#indiedev #gamedev
Play as a space docking operator:
apiratehat.itch.io/koola-station
#indiedev #gamedev
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It's Scrubarush!
"Squirrels made of toothpaste. They collect baby teeth and store them in their homes for the winter. If only they left behind money as well..."
#indiedev #indiegame #creaturecollector
"Squirrels made of toothpaste. They collect baby teeth and store them in their homes for the winter. If only they left behind money as well..."
#indiedev #indiegame #creaturecollector
August 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It's Scrubarush!
"Squirrels made of toothpaste. They collect baby teeth and store them in their homes for the winter. If only they left behind money as well..."
#indiedev #indiegame #creaturecollector
"Squirrels made of toothpaste. They collect baby teeth and store them in their homes for the winter. If only they left behind money as well..."
#indiedev #indiegame #creaturecollector
We don’t just eat dessert - we feel it.
Craving. Guilt. Joy. Nostalgia.
Why are sweet things so tied to emotion?
Here’s what psychology says about dessert, memory, and the pleasure we try to control.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/the-psycho...
#Food #Dessert #Sweet #Psychology
Craving. Guilt. Joy. Nostalgia.
Why are sweet things so tied to emotion?
Here’s what psychology says about dessert, memory, and the pleasure we try to control.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/the-psycho...
#Food #Dessert #Sweet #Psychology
The psychology of dessert: Why sweetness moves us
Dessert is rarely just about hunger.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We don’t just eat dessert - we feel it.
Craving. Guilt. Joy. Nostalgia.
Why are sweet things so tied to emotion?
Here’s what psychology says about dessert, memory, and the pleasure we try to control.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/the-psycho...
#Food #Dessert #Sweet #Psychology
Craving. Guilt. Joy. Nostalgia.
Why are sweet things so tied to emotion?
Here’s what psychology says about dessert, memory, and the pleasure we try to control.
🔗 itsthecuriouspantry.substack.com/p/the-psycho...
#Food #Dessert #Sweet #Psychology
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Kablooey! 🧶
July 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Kablooey! 🧶