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Things in recipes that amuse you
From names to ingredients to cooking process, things that make you laugh. Examples:
"Man-pleasing XXXX"
"Better than sex XXXX"
"Crack XXXX"
"Fall off the bone"
"Cook boneless skinless chicken breast in crockpot for 12 hours"
"Cook on high pressure for 3 whistles"
"Man-pleasing XXXX"
"Better than sex XXXX"
"Crack XXXX"
"Fall off the bone"
"Cook boneless skinless chicken breast in crockpot for 12 hours"
"Cook on high pressure for 3 whistles"
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I feel like a slightly heaping 1/3 cup is fine. And I'm kinda particular when baking.
So I guess we're not that kinda people. We are Mexican vanilla extract & canned organic tomatoes people.
Those thoroughly disorganized Jamie Oliver recipes that tell you to do everything in the wrong order so that you end up dirtyying 5 pans instead of 2.
I had a Russian office mate, whose parents when visiting were rolling on the floor with laughter watching a Delia Smith basic cooking program. She was making a green salad which included 10 different types of leaves and after washing the salad she instructed users to dry the leaves carefully so as not to dilute the dressing. Her preferred method was to dab them carefully with paper towels. The Russians were howling with laughter. Between guffaws they manage to blurt, "You managed to get a hold of a salad. That's great. Now don't you have more important things to worry about?"
I've seen that recipe, or one similar, and it is exactly what I mean.
Ingredient #1 - box cake/brownie/whatever mix
Ingredients 2-4 a couple of toppings
Authentic Thai Curry - made from scratch (an example, but you see this all the time for lots of dishes)
Ingredients
Meat
Veg
Jar of XX brand Thai Curry Sauce.
😱😡
A lot of Mary Berry recipes call for a teaspoon of red current jelly in savoury meat dishes. For a touch of sweetness in a savoury dish, I would go with a glug of port or a little squirt of ketchup.
I feel if you are a good cook/ baker you can make anything taste good.
He often says.. of a herb, or maybe pomegranate seeds or chopped nuts etc..
‘Sprinkle in and around’
Always make me and my daughter think of sweeping up whatever from the tablecloth, floor etc! 😂
Jamie Oliver recipes are just awful. So wrong in terms of organization and order of work. A friend of mine who cooked one of his recipes said he was shocked that after following Jamie's instruction *every* vessel in his kitchen was dirty.
It's like they know me...
Usually, when I encounter recipes like this, the 1/3 cup is for the main preparation and the 1/2 tbsp is set aside for something else as a final touch... like sugar in sugar cookie dough + some extra sugar to sprinkle on at the end...
I'll shut up now.
I also refuse to make anything from The Pioneer Woman because she is the most annoying person on the planet.
However, Alton Brown has a 20 step process that takes a week to make a lemon meringue pie you can be damned sure I'm following each one of those steps because Alton Brown.
One of my favorites is when the prep time says 10 minutes and the cook time says 20 minutes and in the middle of the recipe there's the hidden, "Let this marinate for 12 years to maximize the flavor." Sorry, that should be in the prep time then.
No, I definitely hear that! I have encountered it both ways and when it's all used in the same step, that's when I laugh about it.
Ooh I’m not sure I agree with that! I definitely can tell when I’ve forgotten to throw a couple of bay leaves into things like bolognese sauce. It gives a subtle flavour, granted, but it’s better with than without!