Pommes cuites = cooked apples

[dhampyresa]

Earlier, I was listening to the "French women don't get fat" episode of the podcast Maintenance Phase [1], because, as we know, I hate myself [2].

From transcript at first link above:

Michael: just soggy apples with no butter sugar on them. It's just hot apples.

FUCK YOU HOBBES POMMES CUITES ARE DELICIOUS

I was so mad, I made myself one for dessert this evening. And then regretted it when I realised, while taking it out of the microwave, that a hot dessert in a heat wave was not my brightest idea. Still delicious! Just chopped up an apple and put it in the microwave for 7mn, no sugar, no butter(??????), no cinnamon [3] (????????) just OM NOM NOM

Yes, I am, to quote a friend, "emphatically and offensively" French, hahaha.

And I guess that brings us to strike 3 against this podcast (wrong about kidney donations, wrong about thermodynamics, wrong about apples -- and never providing corrections for any of it. also they are extremely and unpleasantly smug and Gordon's laugh is fucking annoying / petty), so I'm dropping it. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES


[1] I have complained before about them Being Wrong On The Internet due to not bothering to look at the Wikipedia page for the first law of thermodynamics.

[2] Sometimes (...often) I will deliberatey seek out content that I know will make me feel bad. Self-harm by internet, if you will.

[3] "Aubrey: Why would you not put just a fucking pinch of cinnamon in that apple tart?" because why would you? Like. You can, I guess, it's just never occurred to me before. And here I thought USAmericans being obessed with putting cinnamon on/in everything was a stereotype.

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[sovay]

And then regretted it when I realised, while taking it out of the microwave, that a hot dessert in a heat wave was not my brightest idea. Still delicious!

I personally want to eat baked fruit year-round, so I understand the impulse. I have been sad lately that (a) it's too hot to have the oven on (b) our oven is broken in any case.

"Why would you not put just a fucking pinch of cinnamon in that apple tart?"

What an incredibly rude thing to say whether you like cinnamon or not.

(I support you not self-harming further with this podcast. I think I have damage just from reading the transcript.)

[dhampyresa]

If you have a microwave it might be possible to bake some kinds of fruits in there! I know apples work but never tried anything else.

I support you not self-harming further with this podcast
You're tooo kind.

[kore]

Vive la France! ....what a STUPID podcast

[dhampyresa]

I hope this post didn't come across as "La France is the best countrie" ! I just wanted to vent my anger that what was presented as a sign of disordered eating (...I wish I was kidding) is in fact just cultural differences . Not to say there aren't issues with popular food narratives in French culture but neither this nor the also-scorned "don't snack" are it, imho.

The podcast is not only stupid but also profoundly incurious and it makes me sad.

[kore]

Oh no not at all! I was just trying to be mildly funny, lol.

Oh ghod that "French/European people don't snack" shit is the worst. I'VE BEEN TO EUROPE. I HAVE SEEN EUROPEANS EAT SNACKS. There should be a photoblog. Europeanseatingfuckingsnacks.com

[fiachairecht]

I suppose this is where my USAmerican childhood comes through, as cinnamon would be the first, obvious thing I would reach for to put on cooked apples, but I cannot fathom being so rude about it!

[dhampyresa]

See, it wouldn't even occur to me to put anything on cooked apples. Possibly because I'm usually too lazy and like the crunch of fresh apples too much to cook them (online French recipes I've found do sometimes include it).

[telophase]

I cannot listen to them anymore because on one podcast they claimed in passing that restless leg syndrome is one of those things everyone self-diagnoses with that doesn't actually exist and FUCK YOU I HAVE IT. (And meclizine specifically triggers it, too.)

I cannot trust any of the things they say or their research, and that's sad, because these topics are things that do need to be looked at with a skeptical eye.

[kore]

on one podcast they claimed in passing that restless leg syndrome is one of those things everyone self-diagnoses with that doesn't actually exist and FUCK YOU I HAVE IT

I DO TOO. THAT'S SO SHITTY

[dhampyresa]

one podcast they claimed in passing that restless leg syndrome is one of those things everyone self-diagnoses with that doesn't actually exist
FUCKING YIKES /also has it

Afaik, questioning people's diagnosis is a big No-no in disability activism[1] so you'd think, for all Gordon's claims of intersectionality, she'd know to not do that. Then again, in her book "What we don't talk about fat", (chapter "THE WORLD TO COME", subsection "INCREASE ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES"), when describing an ideal future world and how to get there, Gordon says "We can make sure that our spaces have chairs without restrictive armrests" and there is no consideration of the fact that armrests are an accessibility issue for some people, so it's unsurprising yet still disappointing she'd continue to be shitty and ableist.

[1] Not that RLS is necessarily disabling but it can be. And ime people who say things like "things everyone self-diagnoses with that doesn't actually exist" don't stop at questioning one diagnosis.

[corvidology]

I use a lot of cinnamon because I cook a lot of Indian food but you're right, USAmericans do seem to believe in belongs in ALL desserts and quite a few drinks as well.

I have a colleague who's actually allergic to cinnamon so it makes a lot of restaurants difficult to navigate.

[dhampyresa]

I like cinnamon! I will use it if the recipe calls for it! I'm just not a citizen of the United States of Addicted-to-cinnamon!