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These are popovers:

https://kagi.com/proxy/passover-popovers-6.jpg?c=gBnCtLe1QYl...

No you can't have that word to mean something else, it's sacred. And because you tried you can't have any of my popovers either.




That is quite a curious URL. The querystring is identifying the file, but it looks as if it’s hosted at https://kagi.com/proxy/passover-popovers-6.jpg


That's the image proxy from the kagi search engine.

It's very likely built this way so

a) if you download it the image has the correct file name

b) the source URL is encoded in the query string and you can't abuse Kagi as a 'file host' by just plugging in any URL


Cliff House at Land's End in San Francisco had legendary popovers - too bad they closed down


I once asked a question about popovers, one guy replied he googled what they were and got hungry.


They're Yorkshire Puddings ;)


Never heard of them. Any good? Something you make yourself or by ready? Eaten hot or cold?


They are quite delicious. Home made, eaten hot, with butter in our home. It's a Jewish Passover tradition that I find to be odd, because it is supposed to be part of an ascetic ritual in which we forego "leavened" bread and so instead eat matzo and popovers. But instead of being any kind of sacrifice it is a great treat, especially in a household that doesn't otherwise serve fresh baked bread.

It's like telling a kid they've been naughty so they can't have the old cookies, they have to eat fresh baked cookies instead.


Glad I'm not entirely alone in having this thought.


[ponders offering to swap for half his sandwich]

[realises he made himself a bacon and sausage sandwich]

... never mind.

[googles in shame]

... ooooh, it's a cousin of a Yorkshire Pudding, I knew it looked tasty!




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