how to cheat at cooking
Helpful howto: ever cooked something and it’s just kinda so-so? Not bad, but not great? Three simple rules. One or more of these is bound to help:
- Put sugar in it
- Put porkfat in it
- Put MSG in it
Thank me later.
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Some people are sensitive/allergic to MSG, tho. Good to know if you’re cooking for one before you use it. ;)
True.. I should say “Put umami in it” perhaps
heh. so true. that reminds me, a friend of mine who used to work at a very popular jamaican chicken place here in Nashville (they have several locations…) said that the secret to all their goodness is sugar. lots and lots of sugar. in everything - the sauce, the chicken, the beans, the rice, etc…
I think I cracked his secret code. He’s talking about Calypso Cafe!!!
Don’t forget butter.
Or garlic. Or, maybe surprisingly, vinegar.
Geeze, Chris. I used your dumbass helpful hint this weekend when baking a cake and the porkfat DID NOT HELP! It tasted like crap. You rule.
I find that hard to believe. Mmmmm, chocolate bacon cake.
Would Amanda be friends with me if I thought it was even remotely possible to put pork fat in a cake?
*I* would be friends with you. I think that’s more important.
*cough*
*turns head*
*eats a delicious homemade peanut butter blossom* YUM
HAHAHA
Oh man Scott, my mom totally read your lame comment, processed it, and came back with an awesome response that showed that not only did she think it was not even worth addressing directly, but also reasserted her superiority and your dependence on her amazing homemade cookies. Rock!
Um. “homemade peanut butter blossom” is our code for… well. This is a public forum.
Shame on you, Scott. Lest you forget, I was there in the menage a trois when you told Ed Pawlowski that “homemade peanut butter blossom” was your special code with him. Do you have any idea how hurt he’s going to be to learn you use that with all the Pennsylvania mayors you know?
Are you trying to get me to grab your boob again?
Of course.
*peanut butter blossoms*…freudian