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Over the years, I've been stumbling on the mention of perpetual stews in the middle ages several times, and the concept always intrigued me. I'm still not sure
by fnordian_slip 5y ago
Over the years, I've been stumbling on the mention of perpetual stews in the middle ages several times, and the concept always intrigued me.
I'm still not sure how much credibility stories like the batch of "pot-au-feu" that was supposedly maintained as a perpetual stew in Perpignan from the 15th century until the middle of the 20th have, but it certainly sounds great.
- oh_sigh 5y agoAt the very least I have doubts that the stew would continue uninterrupted during the siege of Perpignan in the 1640s during the 30 year war.
- dj_mc_merlin 5y agoI don't think it's supposed to be taken literally. Even keeping a pot from spilling for hundreds of years would be a challenging task, and everyone can see that. It's more so a "spiritual successor", somebody has been stewing this stew, largely never disturbing it and restoring it when it inevitably had a "malfunction". Much like you don't call your computer a new computer when it crashes and needs a part replaced. This runs into the ship of Theseus problem though.