Cook's Dictionary

Posted Fri, 01/16/04

 

A bit of culinary humor . . .

 

  • Oven Mitt: A partially charred grease stain that fits over the hand.

  • Picnic: Any meal eaten more than 100 yards from the nearest bathroom.

  • Recipe: A series of step-by-step instructions for preparing ingredients you forgot to buy in utensils you don't own to make a dish the dog won't eat the rest of.

  • Sugar: One of a class of carbohydrates present in one form or another in all foods. Common sources of sugar and the types they contain are: fructose and glucose (fruit juice and honey), lactose (milk), sucrose (sugar cane or sugar beets), maltose (malt) and jocose, verbose, morose, lachrymose, bellicose and comatose (alcohol).

  • Taste: a) the ability to distinguish between, say, Tripes a la mode de Caen and chocolate pudding; and b) the critical discernment necessary to choose the chocolate pudding.

  • Timer: Adjustable clock that rings or otherwise signals when a particular dish is overcooked.

 

Thanks to Sarah (Rhubarb at Journal Scape) for the information.

 

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