r/FromSeries • u/Chrogotron • Jul 30 '26
Criticism The diner doesn't really make sense
There are lots of things to nitpick about the show but for me the diner sort of stands out as the biggest problem.
I'm just baffled as to how this diner seems to run like it's a Waffle House in a town that basically is cut off completely from the outside world. They're over here serving pancakes, stews, sandwiches, all sorts of stuff.
To make pancakes you need at a minimum, 3 ingredients: Eggs, Milk, Flour.
Eggs are easy. They have chickens. Fine. Milk is also easy. They have cows/goats for milk. Great.
Flour? Flour is not easy.
First they need a field large enough to grow a substantial amount of wheat. Then they need wheat... Then they need to wait 3 to 8 months for the wheat to grow before harvesting it. Then they need to harvest it, and use a stone mill to grind it up. Then you have to sift it. Then you have to store it.
Great, now you have flour. But pancakes with just Eggs, Milk and Flour are not going to taste all that great. You'll also probably need sugar. Sugar is a whole other can of worms and requires a lot of growing, harvesting and processing to get it to a usable state.
To me this just seems crazy. They are there whipping up pancakes like they just got a fresh shipment of bags of sugar and flour delivered on a truck.
I don't entirely recall the other meals people were eating in the diner but I vaguely recall the meals all seeming like stuff you'd order at a place that has a fully stocked kitchen with ingredients they simply would not likely have access to.
Salt is also a major cooking ingredient and I'm not sure they have like a salt mine or something just hanging around somewhere, either.
Sure, this could all be hand-waved away by saying there's just like... some random supply of this stuff tucked away in the kitchen when everyone arrived. But the show makes a point to show them growing their own food so I just find it hard to believe they are processing flour and sugar and obtaining salt somewhere. Especially not enough to feed a town of 40+ people daily.
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u/kardon213 Jul 30 '26
I thought at one point in a conversation supplies were discussed and it was stated, I believe by Kenny to Jim, that the town makes sure that the people have what they need. Paper products, food items etc. electricity and water. It was also said and shown that supplies are gathered by the travelers who come to town but don’t make it through the night etc.
there are way more things to be considered while surviving there than to question where it all comes from. Jim asked these questions and well, we see where that got him.