#also hey new icon art for Gio from artwork I haven't posted yet WEEE

[sins-of-the-sea]

"Look, everyone. The food Venice had is not like the rest of Italy. We had mostly rice and polenta instead of pasta, and our proteins were often seafood. I only started cooking the other regional foods because it was requested by the others of the Crew whenever they wanted something that isn’t Spanish/Catalan, Caribbean, Arabian, French/Sephardic, or Chinese.

"That, and I frankly really, really, really hate polenta."

"What's wrong with polenta?"

"Because it was all that I was given to eat. For ten. Long. Years."

"Huh? No way you were given just that, you were-

".............."

"Locked in a cellar for ten years trying not to drown in the acqua alta, NEVERMIND FORGET I ASKED, WE WILL ONLY ASK FOR THE NICE STUFF THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH VENICE, I’M SO SO SORRY GIOOOO!!"

#according to wikipedia #polenta had other grains before its base was corn #remember corn came from the Americas #so you can't be all 'awww Gio you had cornbread growing up! :D #also hey new icon art for Gio from artwork I haven't posted yet WEEE #child endangerment tw #child abuse tw #starvation tw #food tw #[Giovanni Vespucci] #[Wang Ruixiong] #[Ira et Avaritia]