Holy sugarplums, I am absolutely stealing that for my work in the game store.
“I’m sorry, we don’t talk about Uno. There’s a whole song about it, in fact.”
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I think I’m going to add “Blanket Fort Architect” to my CV.
My oldest kept knocking over bits of it while climbing in:
Me: You need to duck when you go inside
[long pause]
4: quack
So, there’s a chance we’ve never discussed what it means to duck.
But, the end result of this was that I had a blanket fort filled with repeated quacking by both 4 and 2.
So, “Waterfowl Blanket Fort Architect”, I guess
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So many veggies are seasonal…
Over here donuts are seasonal(for Fasching/Karneval) so are donuts veggies?
Just wondering.
Also they aren’t called donuts. They are called Berliner, except for people in Berlin who call them Pfannkuchen (aka pancakes).
In anycase Berliner used to be just fried dough with strawberry jam filling. But these days the bakeries are turning out all kinds of donuts. Can’t wait for Voodoo donuts to start a franchise over here 
Too soon the season will be over and we’ll all be living of broth and air until Easter.
(can anyone tell I don’t want to keep debugging? yeah, me neither. never even heard of procrastination)
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You … can’t get doughnuts all year round?? That sounds like hell.
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The thing we call Berliner is seasonal but I may have… omitted the fact that there are by now actual donuts that are called donuts and those are obviously sold year round.
I do love the idea of seasonal food. And not just veggies. So I am not sure that I like donuts being sold all the time.
We have a lot of dishes that are seasonal–sometimes because of veggies and sometimes because of how Berliner are associated with Fastnacht.
I am looking forward to Asparagus season and definitely need to eat one more cheese fondue before it gets to warm to do that.
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My wife loves to travel to NRW in asparagus season. Supermarkets and long-distance food have made seasonal items practically unknown in the UK: you can get whatever you want at any time. (Until recently, but that’s not a seasonal thing.)
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I mean sure I can get tomatoes all year round and that’s fine. Except they taste terrible outside of the summer months. I don’t buy all seasonal stuff, that would be a bit difficult with the amount of time I try not to spend in the kitchen or planning meals.
But I tend to eat certain stuff more in the colder seasons–root vegetables, cabbages, mushrooms (fall)–and other things more in the warmer months… (white) asparagus and strawberries are strictly seasonal for us (~April to June). Figs have a short but sweet season in September (I think, those are imported but still only available for a few short weeks). In fall there’s the season for “new wine” and Zwiebelkuchen. It also helps with choices 
I have quite a few cookbooks that sort their recipes by seasons and I love that.
I also enjoy ingredient hunting (more than the actual cooking). So seasonal stuff makes that fun, too. “Look, I found the first strawberries of the year!” (and yeah, can’t wait for Strawberries and Asparagus season to come around!)
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Just so: it’s always there, it’s just rubbish most of the time. But very few people think in terms of seasonal eating.
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That’s one of those perks of living in NZ that I am enjoying more, due to shipping and smaller supply, shopping is very seasonal here. Can you get tomatoes in winter? Yes, but they are a rip off, and not so good. And as a result, you get your imagination going, or you get more resourceful.
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I really like these definitions. I need someone to tell me to Kallax a bit today 
Also:
Mechanics : people who make engine builders
Mechanisms : I thought that was the same as mechanics?
<3
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Eurogame: Games standardized by the EU commission. Required by law to have very superficial theme and even less interaction to comply with EU regulations.
The real reason why we left 
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Well, I get to be the first one to say happy 22.02.2022!! Back to front date!
Thread about how to write down dates again in 3, 2…
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Well clearly it’s 2022.02.22
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22nd of February in the year of our Lord 2022, in the 71st year of her august Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
And don’t you darned Colonials forget it!! 
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Not a subject, sorry. I did pay taxes to her government, though, but I got Felipe VI on the raffle. Whatever year he is in, 3rd, 4th??
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