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[–] TerrificTadpole@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

At one point when people on Twitter were arguing about the historical accuracy of LGBT+ groups in a DnD setting, I made the argument that anyone who includes potatoes in their setting doesn't care about historical accuracy anyway. This led to a discussion about what would be missing from a medieval setting and the conclusion that a "historically accurate" DnD setting would have gay people, but not potatoes. This became a running joke.

Fast forward a few months, and during a fair there's a vendor selling "sausages in a bun, topped with mustard sauce or sauerkraut." The players caught on to them being hotdogs, and it sparked another discussion about what foods were available in a "historically accurate" setting.

(Which, all those ingredients would have been available to the setting, even of they weren't eaten in that configuration.)

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sausage (at least forcemeat in casing) dates to Mesopotamia, 3000BCE.

I don't think the innovative leap to put that sausage in between bread is a world-breaking defiling of historical accuracy, personally.

[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Humanity has been putting sausages between buns since the beginning of time.

[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

If I were a player, I would have asked if it's a sandwich. Just to watch the world burn.