tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post958169067462767798..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Dungeons, Dragons, and Donald DuckJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35592853850694138722020-12-29T21:46:09.862-05:002020-12-29T21:46:09.862-05:00Since you used it as an example, I’m going to ment...Since you used it as an example, I’m going to mention a couple things.<br /><br />1) I bought that D&D cookbook mere days before it went on sale at Amazon for 1/3 the price. :(<br />2) My wife is looking through the cookbook for themed items to make when my gaming friends come over. She’s pretty much the best.<br /><br />-RogerRogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659063465054826105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-83772845622293029162020-12-15T16:56:16.153-05:002020-12-15T16:56:16.153-05:00It's mediocre. Mostly, it's a generic cook...It's mediocre. Mostly, it's a generic cookbook with D&D "theming". It has a heavy Forgotten Realms focus, but I know it references Dragonlance at least once, and I think a few of the other settings, though I can't recall specifically which.<br /><br />The worse part of it, from my perspective, was their "venison roast" recipe that uses beef. Ugh.DireWereTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506174443628355975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29322477792072586692020-12-11T17:01:49.618-05:002020-12-11T17:01:49.618-05:00I am actually curious to see if the D&D cookbo...I am actually curious to see if the D&D cookbook contains anything the characters would eat in-setting.<br /><br />Elminster's Forgotten Realms actually had a few in-universe recipes involving fantastic ingredients (with real-life "substitutes", of course) that you could make in real life.Paphvulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793765634686489221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6579538312996974942020-12-11T08:48:21.894-05:002020-12-11T08:48:21.894-05:00I don't view a D&D-themed cookbook in the ...I don't view a D&D-themed cookbook in the same sinister light as the all-consuming Brand Management and Expansion phenomenon. For many folks, cooking does go hand in hand with certain hobby activities, especially gathering with our friends to eat and play. Not to stereotype, but in my experience women gamers are often interested in this, though certainly lots of women are as happy to order take-out as any other gamer. <br /><br />My perception may also be colored by my memories of making the flatbread recipe in Leaves from The Inn of the Last Home, the Krynn source book, as a teenager. Still in the heady first years of my D&D passion and simultaneously tearing through the first Dragonlance books, cooking up a recipe from Krynn felt like a way to expand my understanding of the game world and what characters might eat. It was a fun ancillary experience enlisting the senses (beyond imagination and sight to look at art) to add to the concreteness of the secondary world.Shimrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14950780684532279227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37502861593497739712020-12-10T21:17:21.680-05:002020-12-10T21:17:21.680-05:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GruelEvery Comment A Poemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202877276719861304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51563634673162401532020-12-10T19:05:07.694-05:002020-12-10T19:05:07.694-05:00I remember that. This bummed me out as a kid becau...I remember that. This bummed me out as a kid because I liked Donald Duck and wanted to drink OJ with his picture on it, but it was so bitter I could barely get it down - way worse that Minute Maid or any other common brand. I spent much more time wondering about why it tasted so bad than wondering about why it existed in the first place.Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62211875680514084302020-12-10T17:25:06.781-05:002020-12-10T17:25:06.781-05:00Donald Duck orange juice was incredibly bitter. It...Donald Duck orange juice was <i>incredibly</i> bitter. It was like trying to drink battery acid. I suspect it was made from orange peels rather than the actual fruit.MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964329610527410346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40114629271577063732020-12-10T16:14:40.048-05:002020-12-10T16:14:40.048-05:00Don’t let the bastards get you down, James! Good G...Don’t let the bastards get you down, James! Good God, it seems like no matter what stance you take, people take offense. I for one loathe the term “Geek Culture.” I am not a geek, this is not my culture. It’s my HOBBY, along with Weightlifting and other assorted things. I get just as excited about a good baseball or hockey game as l do The Mandalorian. I’m sure this reply will piss somebody off, oh well!cmg88https://www.blogger.com/profile/05460468800415480757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1562098028821375692020-12-10T14:01:28.567-05:002020-12-10T14:01:28.567-05:00Donald Duck Orange Juice is still a thing.
https:/...Donald Duck Orange Juice is still a thing.<br />https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Duck-Orange-Juice-5-5-Ounce/dp/B003ZIKC2U/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=donald+duck+frozen+orange+juice&qid=1607626831&sr=8-2Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51427085676738082932020-12-10T13:09:22.416-05:002020-12-10T13:09:22.416-05:00We had DDOJ just north of Washington DC, in Virgin...We had DDOJ just north of Washington DC, in Virginia, circa 1982. Normally you'd think the cartoonish elements (Lucky Charms, Crunch, Fruity Pebbles) would be located in a spot that a kid would see; not so with OJ concentrate, buried in a freezer instead of the Keebler or Frosted Flakes aisles where kids would be attracted. Maybe it was a nostalgic lure for Mom and infrequently Dad? I am trying to remember if Minute Maid (definitely Welch's) was around in the early 80's . . . HuckSawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381444935904172318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13506019536674497752020-12-10T12:23:02.446-05:002020-12-10T12:23:02.446-05:00We had Donald Duck OJ out here in NorCal back in t...We had Donald Duck OJ out here in NorCal back in the 80's and 90's. It wasn't very good - bitter in a vaguely chemical way, but since it wasn't store brand I considered it a treat all the same.Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88936105759138961562020-12-10T12:06:22.751-05:002020-12-10T12:06:22.751-05:00I've never claimed to be anything but a grump ...I've never claimed to be anything but a grump and I <i>do</i> hate fun, as I admitted above.<br /><br />I don't believe I said anything about action figures, just "plastic figurines," which, as you correctly surmised, was a reference to Funko Pops and their ilk. I actually think the kind of photography you describe sounds like a terrific hobby and I'm glad you enjoy it.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15166020978813068012020-12-10T12:01:44.305-05:002020-12-10T12:01:44.305-05:00If there are any actually medieval recipes in the ...If there are any actually medieval recipes in the book, I will be amazed.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10691611125466469052020-12-10T11:57:54.056-05:002020-12-10T11:57:54.056-05:00I’ve seen it in stores n Southern California. I’ve seen it in stores n Southern California. Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54251131603537221562020-12-10T11:53:08.305-05:002020-12-10T11:53:08.305-05:00I don't appreciate the shade being thrown at a...I don't appreciate the shade being thrown at action figures, lumping them in with funko pops. A majority of the action figure community does some form of action figure photography (Commonly referred to as ACBA). Is my passion for photography now discounted and not treated as an actual hobby just because my photo subjects happen to articulated pieces of plastic on home made highly detailed sets? I have a wife and a house. Is the implication truly that one can not have some of these hobbies (collecting IS a hobby) and not also be seen as desirable? <br /><br />Dear lord you're a miserable grump. Proceeding your statements with a disclaimer of "I don't hate fun, like what you like" comes across as Ingenuinely when you then choose to then follow it up with a contradictory statement. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838889434252614819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82526663811726378322020-12-10T11:32:43.945-05:002020-12-10T11:32:43.945-05:00Actually I am interested in the D&D cookbook. ...Actually I am interested in the D&D cookbook. I'm curious if there are any medieval-ish recipes that would be useful for a themed dinner. I once did a medieval style dinner using recipes from the Game of Thrones cookbook. It was a lot of fun. I could see a D&D group doing something similar.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17132852154504487574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68642835234733942522020-12-10T00:14:55.130-05:002020-12-10T00:14:55.130-05:00Thank you. My hobbies are part of who I am but not...Thank you. My hobbies are part of who I am but not my identity. Maybe we're just being harder on the young who haven't matured to this POV? I don't know. I suspect, in my case, its that I was bullied for liking this stuff and a small part of me has not forgotten it. Back in the day (the early 90s) I loved hanging with my buds and gaming but I also wanted to meet a nice girl and procreate and back then, in my experience, those things weren't that common.<br /><br />Oh well, youth is wasted on the young ;)Cross Planeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258583245202567276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85679490338153831842020-12-09T19:51:57.969-05:002020-12-09T19:51:57.969-05:00It's funny you mention Stoicism; it's been...It's funny you mention Stoicism; it's been something of a passion of mine in recent months.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37765345514286635832020-12-09T19:44:13.635-05:002020-12-09T19:44:13.635-05:00Other than the Traveller-esque t-shirt ("You ...Other than the Traveller-esque t-shirt ("You havent lived until you've died in character generation" red and white OCR font and all) the squid gave me for my birthday, neither do I. But I also read a lot of Stoic philosophy and don't worry about other people's behaviors, just appreciate what comes my way. Including opportunities to game with friends.Rod Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12824146866756155345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60069176937930297372020-12-09T19:07:13.059-05:002020-12-09T19:07:13.059-05:00I don't think Donald Duck orange juice shows u...I don't think Donald Duck orange juice shows up much on the West Coast. It's a Florida product, and most of the West Coast citrus products come from California.John Brinegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123235797335728124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27927758472839120482020-12-09T14:06:03.750-05:002020-12-09T14:06:03.750-05:00I can't believe I'd forgotten all about fr...I can't believe I'd forgotten all about frozen (canned) orange juice. It has been a quarter century (at least!) since I've made orange juice from a can...the ability to simply buy a bottle of the stuff from the refrigerated section of my store has rendered such products akin to rotary phones.<br /><br />Never saw Donald Duck orange juice, but my parents were all but allergic to such branding/licensification (they would never have purchased a Disney ANYthing, figuring it to be "a gimmick"). I probably get my own distrust of this sort of thing from them.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40186057382914434632020-12-09T13:28:40.341-05:002020-12-09T13:28:40.341-05:00I faintly remember Donald Duck Orange Juice being ...I faintly remember Donald Duck Orange Juice being surprisingly bitter compared to whatever store brand we usually bought when I was a kid. It must have been a widespread brand; I grew up on the US eastern seaboard.Picadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244353406711565712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53268409896162883972020-12-09T13:16:15.531-05:002020-12-09T13:16:15.531-05:00It’s amazing that OJ was once considered a healthy...It’s amazing that OJ was once considered a healthy drink. Today every doctor will tell you it’s a dearth potion. <br /><br />OJ is basically a glass of sugar, and Donald was pretty hyper. There’s that unintended connection. Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52759260915286441272020-12-09T12:53:08.457-05:002020-12-09T12:53:08.457-05:00I'd recommend perusing blogs by Brian Niemeier...I'd recommend perusing blogs by Brian Niemeier and J.D. Cowan for a greater taste of how insidious this activity can be, and not just in RPGs. For some people who are part of Generation Y and Millennials, these "brands" <b>DO</b> define who they are.Man of the Atomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936961988929608221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24337546833915972762020-12-09T12:21:13.165-05:002020-12-09T12:21:13.165-05:00I do this for the same reason that I don't own... I do this for the same reason that I don't own nerdy T-shirts or treat plastic figurines like modern day lares and penates: these are my hobbies, not my identity. I play roleplaying games, read science fiction books, and occasionally enjoy fantastical movies and TV shows, but I also do other things, most of them not in any way connected to those hobbies and I like it that way. The older I get, the more I observe about the way the world works, the saner this approach seems to be. "<br /><br />Amen, this is precisely how I've always felt about gaming and my love for fantasy/sci fi. They are my hobbies, period. I have other hobbies too, most take precedence over RPGs. I'm Jeff and have hobbies. As you say, those things don't define me. This modern day Lifestyle Branding, and the desire of these Brands for everyone to become a loyal cult member, is something I abhor and avoid. <br /><br />JEFFBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862106711059104379noreply@blogger.com