Paul F. Tompkins: Things people did in plague times should have no influence on a society that didn’t have to cut their own hair with a dull knife

Things people did in plague times should have no influence on a society that didn’t have to cut their own hair with a dull knife

You say that knowing aspic existed for centuries tho

Pearle Bixby Wait invented Jell-O, but he had merely added colors and flavors to an existing product. Peter Cooper took the first step by inventing a quick way to make gelatin from powder. He also built America's first steam locomotive and first steel rocking chair.

Oh

That actually is interesting.

The guy who invented Tootsie Rolls started off just trying to make a chocolatey jello.

We also don't stuff a whole roast ox with living sparrows anymore, so the things we do in times of plenty can also change. Sorry, what?

Gelatin shill.

Some meals are simply TOO strange.

the plague times were four years ago!

I'm sure plague times barber's knives were plenty sharp. They had to be sharp for the surgeries they were also performing!

what if I **want** to cut my hair w/ a dull knife

If bloodletting were a colorful dessert.... jello

Yeah, I understand how gelatin was discovered in the course of ordinary cooking, & also why use of aspic became A Thing. But turning it into a dessert was fucking weird.

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