In the eighteenth century,
cooking was, for the nobility, a means to fight boredom and to attest to their grandeur.
For the common people, it was above all a matter of nourishment.
While inns and post houses served simple dishes to travelers,
it was rare to eat outside one’s home.

Lives are cheap, flashbangs are cheaper. Bang and clear.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.