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Fuck me up

I became poor watching this

The dried berries are fucking me up someone explain how they do that

This shit probably cost 300 a plate

I’m beyond confused 😭

Sup friends,

This is called “artificial luxury” and is generally used in sorta upscale places to overprice their food with words like “robust” and “complexity” in their food descriptions.

Luckily, this is a DIY guide for making your own fancy plates. Awesome when you want to invite friends over for a fancy tea party, or you just want to lounge around feeling like you’re treating yourself.

I do this with cheese spreads all the time. The point of it is to FEEL luxurious – and the more POUNTLESS EFFORT is put into presenting something, the more luxurious it feels.

Like hand-picked, spring-fed grapes fermented in an oak cask I crafted myself, wine bottled in glass I blew myself…. would be a ridiculous times more expensive than just going out and grabbing a 10$ wine off the shelf. For what? The feeling of luxury. The feeling of consuming and destroying the product of someone’s prolonged effort. Knowing exactly what it took to get that glass of wine that you’re now consuming.

It’s the same satisfaction gained from crafting a huge sand castle and then punching it. Or building a card castle and then slapping your arm through it.

This is also part of the reason street vendors tend to do quite well if they have a performing chef – there’s a sense of satisfaction in knowing the work you’re destroying.

So!

Fancy up your plates. Use celery leaf garnishes! Drizzle your sauce in an artful swirl~ arrange your chicken slices atop your 2-minute rice in a symmetrical circle. Carefully stack your nuggets! Eating that plate of food will be way more fun and satisfying after its prettied up.

It also feels more satisfying and tastier when you learn to cook things yourself – you’ll know the work YOU put into making it, and will appreciate it even more.

We like to crunch leaves and race through the first fresh, pristine snow. We like that first slice into a cake, grinding a footprint into wet sand, and petting fur against the grain.

Humans like destroying beautiful things.

It’s tastier that way.