culina vetus (Volker Bach)
culinavetus.bsky.social
culina vetus (Volker Bach)
@culinavetus.bsky.social
Food history enthusiast and translator of old recipes
My stuff is on culina-vetus.de and in a number of books
Old school leftist - I like food so much I think everyone should have it.
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"Stellen Sie sich vor, jeden Tag würde ein Banker von einem Kunden erschossen, weil der sein Geld verloren hat. Würden wir das "Finanzstreit" nennen? "Bankentragödie"?"
Bei "Doublecheck"(Ö1) durfte ich etwas über verharmlosende Sprache im Journalismus / Femiziden sagen. oe1.orf.at/player/20260...
February 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Es gehört zur hohen Kunst der olympischen Funktionärsetage, jede moralische Frage in eine Frage der Hausordnung zu verwandeln, und so sitzt man in Lausanne, geschniegelt im Vokabular der Wertegemeinschaft, und erklärt der Welt mit unbewegter Miene, dass ein Helm mit den Namen gefallener ⬇️
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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big thanks to @michaelemann.bsky.social who gave me some crucial context/commentary on the way 'climate change' is talked about in Epstein's emails www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...
'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism
Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it's not an accident.
www.fastcompany.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
East Germany
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
How does that actually work, how can you give away crypto you dont hold?
A Korean bitcoin market intended to give away prizes worth ₩620,000 or about $425. Instead, they gave away 620,000 bitcoins worth roughly $40 BILLION at the time—despite not actually holding that many tokens. It’s a massive failure of crypto safety protocols. Now they’re asking for the coins back.
A Bitcoin Blunder for the Ages: $40 Billion Accidentally Given Away
A botched prize giveaway has landed a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange in hot water.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Jetzt müssten eigentlich alle Athletinnen solche Aufkleber tragen. Sonst kapieren diese korrupten (zensiert) es nicht. Dem IOC ist nicht mehr zu helfen
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Was Philipp schreibt:
February 12, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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FUCK THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.
Athletes from other nations could support humanity and also honor Ukrainian Olympians murdered by the Russians.
I'd like to see the IOC disqualify hundreds of athletes from dozens of nations.
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
A speculative reconstruction of mashed beans and an 11th century story of an imperial crown dropped down a well while its owner was running from a peasant army.

www.culina-vetus.de/2026/02/11/f...

#culinaryhistory #foodhistory #eattherich #medievalsky
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Neulich im Kanzleramt.
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Leute, die sich (berechtigt) über Fahrradfahrende in der Fußgängerzone beschweren, verstehen das Problem im Prinzip, aber sie scheitern regelmäßig an der Transferaufgabe.
Short reminder:
Vision Zero is a great goal to work on.
Day by day.
Just by putting people over cars.
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Manche Leute haben den Beruf verfehlt
... diskutiert. DISKUTIERT! SOZIALPÄDAGOGIK! Weil Leute (inkl. unserer Lehrerin) der Meinung sind, Menschen sollen nicht mehr so "anders" sein und sich nicht mehr "anders" verhalten, wenn sie nicht gemobbt werden wollen.

Immer häufiger wird die Schuld auf die Opfer abgewälzt. Überall. Unerträglich.
February 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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Das Problem mit Reichtumsgefälle ist, das absurd viel Geld automatisch eine Perspektiv-, eine Deutungs- und damit eine Prioritätenverschiebung bedeutet. Nur falls wir uns wundern, warum Politik über Kürzungen in Infrastruktur und Sozialsystemen und nicht über Besteuerung von extremen Reichtum redet.
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 AM
What credibility has the IOC left at this point? Why does my home city want anything to dovwith them?
The International Olympic Committee is pressuring Ukraine because Vladyslav wore a helmet honoring athletes murdered by russia.

He knows he may be sanctioned. He did it anyway.

This is defiance. This is memory.
#UkrainianView
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Impunity... Wenn das nicht bald vor Gericht endet, dann endet es früher oder später mit Guillotinen.
Die sind einfach nur noch dreist.
Ich schreibe nicht mehr, das wäre justiziabel.
Krise am Arsch.

"Weil überraschend mehr Geld da sein soll, bekommen die Vorstände bei Volkswagen einen höheren Jahresbonus. Der Betriebsrat fordert Aufklärung."

www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/v...
»Bonus-Wunder« im VW-Vorstand
Weil überraschend mehr Geld da sein soll, bekommen die Vorstände bei Volkswagen einen höheren Jahresbonus. Der Betriebsrat fordert Aufklärung.
www.spiegel.de
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
(This is the most bare-bones version imaginable, not surprising in a book that prides itself on economy, but it is reasonably convincing for a starting point. Traditional Hamburg Labskaus ashore always includes beetroots, usually boiled with the potatoes and meat.)
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Preparation Time: 1 hour

Particular Remarks: The dish should be juicy, so do not discard all potato cooking water
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Preparation: Boil potatoes in salted water until soft, or steam them. Pour off almost all the water. Sautée bacon cubes until yellow, then fry onions with them until done. Mix with pieces of meat or fish and potatoes, heat thoroughly, and salt to taste.
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Labskaus of meat or fish (for 4 persons)

1 1/2 kg of peeled potatoes, 1l water, 40g bacon cubes, 2 tbsp onion cubes, 500g cooked, deboned fish or cooked meat, 10g salt
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
More food for revolution and resistance: Labskaus and the #Hamburg dockworkers' strike of 1896/97. Meat, potatoes, beets, pickles, and #union solidarity.

www.culina-vetus.de/2026/02/09/f...

#foodhistory #culinaryhistory #eattherich #Victorian
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This. I keep noticing how Public spaces have lost horizontal surfaces - anything you could sit down or even just put down a bag on. It's a choice, just it's not ours
Meeting people “just like that” is normal on vacation.
Because we are in spaces that allow for these encounters, and because we are open to them.

Sometimes I feel like I'm in the minority in everyday life, longing for precisely these encounters.
Instead of parked cars.

medium.com/@backoffice_...
When a chance encounter shows why we need to reclaim public space.
Yesterday, I was walking through Eimsbüttel. The streets were packed with cars that hadn’t been moved for weeks — and it’s not just the…
medium.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM