#107: The City of the Pork Shoulders

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Leisure, Games

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🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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‘Ello ‘ello ‘ello, wot’s going on ‘ere then? Looks and sounds like there are three english men crammed inside one english cupboard talking about a series of “board games” from who knows where. That’s a recipe for disease-based disaster right there. City of the Big Shoulders? You’re certainly crammed shoulder-to-shoulder in here, though one of you is a bit smaller than the others. I’ve heard it’s as good an economic euro as any, though I, for one, prefer my commodity speculation games a little less beige. Last Bastion? I’ve heard that one’s a pretty dandy co-operative game, but personally I felt the fantasy redesign was a little lacking.

Wait, I swear on me nan’s ghost that I saw more games in here when I first burst in. Are you hiding ‘em? What’s that on there? Is that a game on your mobile device, Mr Lees? Is it Vlaada Chvatil’s classic tableau-builder, Through The Ages? You of all people should know those is contraband, as they remind people of ‘the time before’, when they could play games with their friends around their tables spreading all their germs. Not any more. You’re going to prison, but seen as we can’t go outside, I’m locking you in your own dishwasher. It’s for the best.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the very one hundred and seventh shut up and sit down podcast.
0:18.0	107. If this podcast was a person, that person would be old. My name's
0:23.8	Quinton Smith, and I'm joined by Matt Lees. Hello. And Tom Brewster. Hello. To talk about board
0:31.2	games. How are you two doing, guys? I'm all right. I'm okay too. Surv in, thriving, going slowly insane. What do we think
0:41.5	constitutes thriving in these trying times? You know, what is thriving right now? I've actually
0:47.2	got it behind me where I'm recording this right now is my tapace jar, which is a pineapple drink ferment that I've been brewing for the past couple days.
0:58.2	I've stuck googly eyes to it. Boy, it's threatening.
1:02.0	Oh my God. That sounds so good. You're pickling pineapples.
1:06.7	Well, okay, so here's the thing. I was pickling pineapples originally to make pineapple cheese and
1:11.8	saracha sandwiches. Don't judge me, they're really, really tasty. That sounds great. That sounds
1:15.7	really good. Okay, good. I'm glad that we're all on board with pineapple cheese and saratia sandwiches.
1:19.8	But I discovered this recipe online for tapace, and I've decided to make some. Basically, you get
1:27.1	a pineapple, you put it in a jar,
1:28.3	you fill it with water and sugar, and ginger and cinnamon and chili peppers, and then you
1:32.8	just let it sit and ferment for like a couple days, you get a nice, slightly alcoholic
1:37.7	pineapple brew. Here's the thing, though, because it's like actively fermenting and
1:42.6	you can see the carbonation in it, it might explode at any time.
1:46.4	And the fact I stuck googly eyes to it makes it all the more threatening.
1:50.4	Like it's sat in my cupboard waiting for the time to strike.
1:53.9	To the idea that this unblinking creature is in the corner of your room.
1:58.4	And if it ever chooses to express itself, it only has one way of doing that, which is detonation. It's great. Every time I move it, I see it fizz up a little bit more. And I get, I'm like, is this it? Is this one I'm going to die by an exploding pineapple bomb? Can you not like, can you not like let a bit of the air out? Yeah, no, it's got a kind of like a self-burping lid because it's like a mason jar that I've got an elastic band tied round so that if it ever gets too much gas, it goes like, and just like spits a little bit out.
2:25.1	You're making sourdough as well. Do I detect a fan of It's Alive series about fermented foods by Bon Appetit.
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