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• What to Really Eat on Cinco de Mayo
• Marvel Studios Celebrates The Movies
• Toad Without His Hat On
• The Game That Was Held Together By A Single Coconut JPG

What to Really Eat on Cinco de Mayo Posted: 05 May 2021 02:38 AM PDT Many American know Cinco de Mayo (May 5) as a celebration of Mexico. The date is not Mexico's independence day, but rather a commemoration of the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. As such, it is more of a regional holiday in the state of Puebla. In the US, Cinco de Mayo is often an excuse to dip into stereotypes and chow down on tacos.    But what America's Cinco de Mayo misses is the traditional food of Mexico, named to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, a recognition given to only one other cuisine (French). And, nachos with refried beans, cheese wiz and jalapenos is nowhere on the list or in the country. Taco Bell has even tried opening up in Mexico but each time has failed, simply because no one will eat there. What makes traditional Mexican fare worthy of such a distinction? You won't find cumin soaked ground beef hard shell tacos topped with iceberg and cheddar. But, you will find lamb barbacoa that has been smoked underground in banana leaves or carnitas topped with queso fresco, pickled onions and homemade salsa verde wrapped in a warm homemade corn tortilla that has been ever so lightly heated on a comal. And Puebla, just so happens to be considered by many, including Rick Bayless and Mark Bittman, as the gastronomic capital of Mexico. Therefore, learning about the authentic foods of the region would be an appropriate way to honor the region of Puebla. Smithsonian looks at the origins of three dishes from Puebla: Mole Poblano, Chalupas, and Chiles en Nogada, with links to recipes you can try yourself. Besides, tacos are for any day.

Marvel Studios Celebrates The Movies Posted: 05 May 2021 02:37 AM PDT Marvel initiates the rollout of Phase 4 of the MCU with a megatrailer that focuses on the human side of our favorite Marvel superheroes, which pulls us all in as we emerge from isolation and deprivation with a desire to return to human contact. That emotionally sets us up for an impressive schedule of movies over the next few years that will get us back into theaters. Marvel is making up for lost time. -via Metafilter

Toad Without His Hat On Posted: 04 May 2021 08:25 PM PDT Alex Solis did not have to present me with this gruesome interpretation of the famous Super Mario character without his hat on. Listen, the game franchise's Toad is cute, okay? However, Solis' nightmare-like interpretation is way too difficult to unsee. The artwork is part of the artist's series called #UnpopularCultureSeries.  If you're looking for what Toad looks like without his mushroom hat, check out Super Mario Odyssey producer Yoshiaki Koizumi explaining it. For now, good luck unseeing Solis' creation. Is it creative? Yes, of course. Is it something I didn't need to see? Yeah!  Image via Creative Bloq

The Game That Was Held Together By A Single Coconut JPG Posted: 04 May 2021 08:24 PM PDT First-person shooter game Team Fortress 2 will not run if you delete an image file of a coconut from its game files. The discovery of this sent fans into a frenzy (also it's funny, right?), as removing the image will actually make the game unplayable. The Gaming Bible details how the image holds the entire first-person shooter game:  "In the Love & War update, when particles for the taunts were added, one of the particles were [sic] the unused coconut.vtf," said Reddit user TheThunderGuyS. "It was literally a coconut. Due to some spaghetti code other taunts were linked to this particle, so even though it was unusued [sic], it causes errors and crashes when removed (crash on map load because TF2 preloads everything)." As Valve itself hasn't acknowledged the coconut in Team Fortress 2, it's not known just how entangled the file is with the code and whether it could ever be extracted. Still, it's a funny quirk of one of the most influential games in the multiplayer genre. Image via the Gaming Bible

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