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    [OC]Natural Seasonal Availability of a Cheeseburger


    [OC]Natural Seasonal Availability of a Cheeseburger

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    1. cavedave on

      Cheesburgers are not possible before refrigeration and modern farming.

      Data from looking up wikipedia articles on the food stuffs. Python mathplotlib code. data and code at [https://gist.github.com/cavedave/1656b3689e49453546d5d435052ad957](https://gist.github.com/cavedave/1656b3689e49453546d5d435052ad957) if you remix it please let me know.

      The really soft urger buns were not very practical but around harvest time something approaching it was possible. Later, and earlier, in the year breads wast dryer.

      Cheese keeps itself but the mild cheese on cheeseburgers not that long unlike the cave matured ones. And after calves were born almost all the milk went to the calves.

      In general it was not until later in the year after fattening up during the summer that cows were killed though it could theoretically be anytime.

    2. akurgo on

      Nice visualization! Maybe once I’ll try to make hamburgers with only fresh ingredients in the late summer. Onions store very well though, can’t you eat them at least until New Years?

    3. Zahpow on

      If pickles are all year round then so should wheat, onion and seeds be. They last for a really long time. Sesame seeds and wheat for years. Flour for a year, onion at the very least 6 months in any basic root cellar and a year in a good one. Cheese can also be stored without refrigeration but i don’t know for how long.

    4. patricksaurus on

      Wheat flour has an unrefrigerated shelf life of over a year and the whole process of aging cheeses is to make them perennially available. The visualization is neat but it stretches credulity. Very pretty GIGO.

    5. Quietabandon on

      Wheat and sesame seeds keep for a long time. 

      Dairy and beef herds are seperate. And meat could be aged and stored. 

      This infographic is pretty meaningless honestly. Like yeah data is there but in season means different things.

      Can you also clarify the soft bun claim? 

    6. chillychili on

      Really nice concept for a viz! Could be plated a little nicer, but the flavors and texture are superb!

    8. Impossible_Leg_2787 on

      There’s an SCP on this premise. An indestructible robot who’s activated after civilization is destroyed with the orders to “touch a cheeseburger”, with the premise being that he could only find a cheeseburger if society has been sufficiently rebuilt enough to get basic technologies and supply chains restored.

    13. bigfatfurrytexan on

      Beef is year round if you are following true natural seasons. Predators predate every day. The seasons for beef refer to when you slaughter steers, and this chart has that wrong. The reality is it’s later and overlaps less with vegetables.

      Flour, if we go the opposite extreme, last at least a year if stored properly. Since we are lactofermenting pickles I assume we also mill grains.

    14. spawnmorezerglings on

      Some cheeses can age for over 2 years, so this cheese availability makes no sense. Maybe for the weird dairy-like product that is often put on cheeseburgers, but actual cheese is available year-round. In fact: that’s why we (as humans) started making it

      Also: bun? You can store wheat year round without refrigeration. How do people think humans used to survive the winter?

      edit: actually none of these values make any sense. Why make data be “beautiful” if you just lie about what the actual data is?

    15. NeuroXc on

      I’m not sure about the data accuracy, but you drew a burger so that’s mildly interesting.