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[–] negativenull@piefed.world 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

on second notes: i have been waiting, uh, 10,480 days to use that pun. i even started cooking fancy french gravies at holiday meals and family dinners. does anyone compliment my gravies? no. they always compliment my sauces so i have to wait.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

28.69 (nice) years is a long way. Good gravy.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

What I never got about this, was it a common thing at the time for bad food to cause bad dreams? I’ve had plenty of indigestion and related discomfort but I don’t think it’s ever caused bad dreams.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 1 week ago

You never had Victorian England food poisoning though. If the food manages to make you sicker than the poop river to notice it, I'm sure it was a bad time.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I don't know about common, but it is very much a thing that certain foods can make for weird dreams. Usually, it's food that can really mess with your blood sugar while you sleep, like pasta or sweets, or things that can produce mild discomfort that then keeps your mind a little bit awake and dreaming at times, like spicy food.

Of course there's a huge variety of foods that can have those same generic effects, but needless to say, spoiled or undercooked food can also make for a bit of an uncomfortable night!