By Paul Noth, from The New Yorker

22 points

Pretty sure witchcraft was pretty much just women brewing beer, which was a thing mainly women did back in the day: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/bubbling-brews-broomsticks-021539

They happened to wear pointy witch-like hats and employ children to do some of the labor too.

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Some children did inevitably fell into cauldrons… purely by the virtue of being inebriated by the fumes of course. And you wouldn’t waste a cauldron of perfectly fine beer, even if the taste is a bit porky. Well I guess that’s why Guinness tastes like bacon.

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19 points

Maybe because Becky keeps adding poison?

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Christ, what an asshole.

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12 points

They say it’s men vs. women, I say it’s Weber grill vs. cauldron.

Where does one get a cauldron, anyway? Is there a cauldron guy? Who has a cauldron guy?

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Oddly, my church has a cauldron. It has been used at fall festivals to cook giant amounts of chili over open flames doors.

I believe it was bought at a farm auction.

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I’m not sure ifyou’re serious, but Townsends sell cookware that is very similar to a cauldron: https://www.townsends.us/collections/pots-pans

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3 points

I was joking. Those are pretty cool, but I meant the big old stereotypical type like in the cartoon. That’s Hansel and Gretel capacity right there.

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3 points

You’d probably want to speak with your local foundry about it or ask your preferred blacksmith. Though you could always cast your own

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2 points

My parents have a couple to make Mexican Carnitas and other things for parties. You can get them from mexican stores(usually in bigger cities) or something like the swap meet in Las Vegas.

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8 points

I love that this conversation is taking place between the school librarian and the substitute teachers

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See here Becky, nobody calls boiling soup “barbequing”. When I come outside to boil some stew we’ll call it witchcraft, savvy?

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