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Cake day: February 22nd, 2025

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  • B-TR3E@feddit.orgtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldBeans
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    1 day ago

    No. Eyes don’t match. So the whole movie monster fails. The terror of cat’s eyes (specifically in the dark, when you can’t determine size and distance of the cat) is hard coded into our brains. An evolutionary thing as “cats” for most of the time used to be on the upper end of the food chain and your chances of reproduction massively raised if you were the first one to spot the cat - and run for your live. Just look at the typical cartoon panel symbolizing the dark and dangerous unknown, a dark place with cat’s eyes looking out. You’ll be subtily terrified - if the shape and proportions match the “cat” scheme.


  • Tongue is pure muscle and tastes really nice. It’s also high quality meat from an animal that’s produced for food, so no extra killing or torcherous butchering for it. It just needs to be marinated for a day in salted water to soften before cooking. But since it is -yuck- tongue and needs preparation, mostly the cats get it, nowadays, because it’s easier to just mix it into cat food or dog food.



  • I have not doubted that. It has, however., nothimg to do with the kind of cuisine you’d attract Michelin’s attention with. I also know a bit of the more sophisticated American (regional and international) kitchen and it is, IMIO, much better than most people believe. (Piece of cake, because you can get next to everything there.) However, most people also have no idea what the French kitchen or to some extent the more regional parts of the Italian kitchen (or Basque, or Catalan) might be about. I honestly don’t think the US really are playing in that league.















  • B-TR3E@feddit.orgtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldJesus nut
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    10 days ago

    The reasonable way would be to do the prototype with a 3D printer, create a mold and cast the metal. This wouldn’t work here either, but if you already have the CAD/CAM file you could just get it milled by a professional CNC outfit. If you’re not too cheap with the steel, it might not even kill you and still cost less than $1600. OTOH, if you can afford a helicopter that shouldn’t be an argument for you. Half an hour in the air will cost you more than that.