Nat Baca

Nat Baca

I'm interested in everything.

About

By day, I'm a Director of Engineering at the Wikimedia Foundation. By night, I'm a host of Nerd Nite Albuquerque. I've worked for Apple, Spotify, the White House, and more. I like to read, write, and code.

Posts tagged food

¿Camarón pela'o tú quieres?
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¿Camarón pela’o tú quieres?
Camarón pela’o te doy!
¿Camaron pela’o prefieres?
Con salsita y con limón!

Do you want peeled shrimp?
I give you peeled shrimp!
Do you prefer peeled shrimp?
With a little sauce and lemon!

This is arguably the purest expression of love in music.

Camaron Pelao

Los Polifaceticos · Lo Mejor De Los 70’s · Song · 2006

The coconut was named after a ghost demon
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the coconut was named after a ghost demon!:
“[it] wants to resemble a nose placed between two round eyes, from where it throws the sprout, when it wants to be born; by reason of such figure, it was called by our [men] coco, name imposed by the women on anything they want to put fear to the children”

Coco (folklore) - Wikipedia

Snickers, or Marathon
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#crossculturalcommunication

Wikipedia app screenshot of the “Snickers” article, noting the bar was marketed as “Marathon” in Britain and Ireland because of the name’s similarity to “knickers”, beside a photo of a Snickers bar snapped in half.