A Minor Thought: WAFERS PART DEUX

The thing I can’t possibly stress enough about why, exactly, reconstructing Early Modern recipes totally belongs in the field of game design is that for all there is the joy and satisfaction and some kind of mystic cross-time connection with creators of the past OR WHATEVER–

–there is also the absolute curtain-clawing rage one feels when suddenly coming across, MONTHS after the last attempt at completing a final boss wafer recipe, what appears to be a whole different walkthrough that reveals several missing steps from the dang manual–

Screenshot of a 1656 book called "The Perfect Cook". The subtitle, which is partially cut-off, reads: "Being the most exact directions for the making all kinds of Pastes, with the"

Figure 1. FIRST OF ALL HOW DARE YOU

…so anyway, hi, I love my ridiculous hobby, I’m extremely excited to have found this text, and also the sheer volume of my “are you kidding me” may have woken the neighbors.


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