Comments on: Horrible cookbooks http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zaba http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1606921 zaba Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1606921 I didn't read the full recipe for the stew, but it is a really good idea. I'm married with two kids and we inevitably have "a little something" left from each meal. Not enough for anyone to eat, but when combined with a little stock or broth, it can turn out to be a fantastic stew for the whole fam (or at least one for an office lunch).  It reduces waste, keeps the fridge empty and is quick and easy to do.  Little bit of chicken left? beans? veggies? sausage? Throw it in! Not very different than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_soup" rel="nofollow">Stone Soup</a> I didn’t read the full recipe for the stew, but it is a really good idea. I’m married with two kids and we inevitably have “a little something” left from each meal. Not enough for anyone to eat, but when combined with a little stock or broth, it can turn out to be a fantastic stew for the whole fam (or at least one for an office lunch). 

It reduces waste, keeps the fridge empty and is quick and easy to do. 

Little bit of chicken left? beans? veggies? sausage? Throw it in!

Not very different than Stone Soup

]]> By: Micki Myers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1606594 Micki Myers Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1606594 Actually, the recipe IS from the book. (And I love sardines.)  Actually, the recipe IS from the book. (And I love sardines.) 

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1606148 CH Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1606148 Although the Sardine Rabbit was in a "Scandinavian" cookbook, I don't think the recipe is from here. From the ingredients it looks like it's just a variation of Welch Rarebit/Rabbit, and this link at least mentions it as one: http://www.savorsa.com/2009/10/welsh-rarebit-comes-in-many-forms/ Why do you think it would be horrible? Because it has sardines? I also think a Clean out the Refridgerator Stew is a good idea! Dishes like it are  good houskeeping. I'm sure every country has a dish that is meant to use up whatever leftovers you have, in my neck of the wood it's Pyttipanna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyttipanna My only gripe is that the stew has a long list of specific ingredients... doesn't quite work as well when you have some sausage, some left over meat, and assorted vegetables that needs to be made into a dish today or thrown away tomorrow. Although the Sardine Rabbit was in a “Scandinavian” cookbook, I don’t think the recipe is from here. From the ingredients it looks like it’s just a variation of Welch Rarebit/Rabbit, and this link at least mentions it as one: http://www.savorsa.com/2009/10/welsh-rarebit-comes-in-many-forms/
Why do you think it would be horrible? Because it has sardines?

I also think a Clean out the Refridgerator Stew is a good idea! Dishes like it are  good houskeeping. I’m sure every country has a dish that is meant to use up whatever leftovers you have, in my neck of the wood it’s Pyttipanna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyttipanna My only gripe is that the stew has a long list of specific ingredients… doesn’t quite work as well when you have some sausage, some left over meat, and assorted vegetables that needs to be made into a dish today or thrown away tomorrow.

]]> By: dave moore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1606140 dave moore Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1606140 Sardine rabbit looks good to me! Sardine rabbit looks good to me!

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1606010 angusm Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1606010 "Clean the Refrigerator Stew" makes me think of John Lloyd and Douglas Adams's definition of the 'nantwich', a snack that consists of the wettest thing in the fridge between the two driest things in the fridge. “Clean the Refrigerator Stew” makes me think of John Lloyd and Douglas Adams’s definition of the ‘nantwich’, a snack that consists of the wettest thing in the fridge between the two driest things in the fridge.

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1605992 Mark Dow Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1605992 Delicious writing. '(Other ways with) Broiled Steak' is as creepy as any Twighlight Zone script. Delicious writing. ‘(Other ways with) Broiled Steak’ is as creepy as any Twighlight Zone script.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1605979 Christopher Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1605979 Somehow I missed the golfer's cookbook but found the asparagus that needs Viagra. Somehow I missed the golfer’s cookbook but found the asparagus that needs Viagra.

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1605976 peregrinus Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1605976 The cover of the Golpher's Cookbook suggests all sorts of (wrong) stories. Like, wife cowering behind the only protection she could lay her hands on while husband showers her with golf balls for being late with dinner. The cover of the Golpher’s Cookbook suggests all sorts of (wrong) stories.

Like, wife cowering behind the only protection she could lay her hands on while husband showers her with golf balls for being late with dinner.

]]> By: areich http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/horrible-cookbooks.html#comment-1605972 areich Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200212#comment-1605972 The Golfer's Cookbook made me immediately think of "To Serve Man" from the Twilight Zone. These will go in the dust bin of history besides Honey Boo Boo lamenting that “it’s been awhile since I done had road kill in my belly”. Golfers are probably a bit tough and grassy anyway. The Golfer’s Cookbook made me immediately think of “To Serve Man” from the Twilight Zone. These will go in the dust bin of history besides Honey Boo Boo lamenting that “it’s been awhile since I done had road kill in my belly”. Golfers are probably a bit tough and grassy anyway.

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