Fruit should not be mixed with chocolate or cream
The strawberry did not consent to the fondue.
This hill is unclaimed. Nobody is willing to die on it. Yet. First blood pending.
- Pay, and you hold it.
- Anyone can dethrone you for more.
- Every claim stays on the record.
No claims on the record.
The other side
Banishing this pairing costs the pastry kitchen most of its repertoire. Strawberries and cream, gone. Black forest cake goes, and so does a pear poached and served under chocolate. The mechanism is plain: acid and cold fat need each other, and fruit sugar keeps cream from going flat on the tongue. Whole cuisines were built on that.
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Adjacent hills to die on
Modern gaming is losing its charm because of "quality of life" features
Seinfeld was mediocre at best
Adopting "authentic" pronunciations of foreign words mid-sentence is insufferable
Floor-to-ceiling windows in high rises are awful
Pineapple belongs on pizza
Listening to an audiobook is not reading
More lifestyle hills, all of them, or find one worth $1 of your convictions.