You know those ritzy, fancy-shmancy recipes
that are impossible to make?
They can require the most ridiculous ingredients!
But don't sweat it!
There's always a work-around!
Simple substitutions can save the day!
Or just doll up the presentation a bit.
No one will be the wiser!
And you know what?
Temperature substitutions
can be made too.
Sheesh, it's not like it's
rocket science, people!
I like the math in the last one. Makes sense to me!
ReplyDeletethis reminds me...i am low on dodo feathers.
ReplyDeleteDammit.
ReplyDeleteI forgot Dodo bird feathers at the market yesterday!
These are so funny and so true!!
ReplyDeleteLily Munster used to make chicken soup from feathers taken from a pillow. --Jim
ReplyDeleteRTG and I liked the PB&J description. I read it with my pinkie fingers pointed skyward.
ReplyDeleteI don't watch cooking shows. but I DO have ina garten's lobster mac & cheese recipe and it could NOT be easier to make! I found it on youtube.
Dutch tears pair nicely with my edam cheese, which is made from milk squeezed out the the backsides of organic cows in Rotterdam at 3AM but the same mentioned maidens.
ReplyDeleteLOL!! Still finishing up our case of SPAM from the beginning of the pandemic...
ReplyDeleteIngredient substitution can be tricky. I used baking powder instead of baking soda once and my chocolate cake exploded in the oven!
ReplyDeleteThose were so funny and so true. Impossible ingredients and then dibble a bit at a time. Why not dump the dry mix in with the wet mix and stir?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in school, my mom gave me her Swiss Steak recipe. It started with "Take a clean frying pan..." Well, damn.
Funny ones.
ReplyDeleteThe last one and the sandwiches had me rolling. There are actual tears in my eyes. Thank you for these ones, dearest Debra. I so needed them today!
ReplyDeleteSome ingredients are far more exotic than our stores carry.
ReplyDeleteThe Great British Baking Show has been an education. Caster sugar? Ganache? Marzipan? Clotted cream? Chelsea buns?
ReplyDeleteVery funny stuff.
ReplyDeleteI do tend to be an adventurous cook and I sometimes take on challenging recipes. If I cannot find an ingredient then I substitute.
These are hilarious but that puréed nut spread w/grape relish reduction paired w/brioche bun was stolen from me. Except I use APE-ricot relish!
ReplyDeleteI love the beans on toast. My favorite part of the recipe comments sections is when someone says they made the recipe but substituted half of the ingredients and swapped cooking methods then complain about the results.
ReplyDeleteI also love cooking from scratch, but right now if someone else gave me boxed mac and cheese and a couple of dino-shaped chicken nuggets I'd gobble it up and cry tears of joy that I didn't have to cook for myself.
I love this so much..trying to make dinner for 3 kids on a non existent budget we had a lot of things called 'who knows'..
ReplyDeleteOh, good golly, yes! These are all SO TRUE!!
ReplyDeleteThe beans on toast and the PBJ had me laughing out loud...
I really need to stock up on Dodo feathers and I wonder if Home Desperate has an oven that heats up to 14,000 degrees. It will save so much time in the longrun.
ReplyDeleteYou saved the best one for last. Now, kind of like they did in a different context in This is Spinal Tap, I just have to add a few knobs to my oven in order to get the temperature that high.
ReplyDeleteI'm sending that Jamie Oliver one on.
ReplyDeleteWe've kept things simplish since the pandemic. Sometimes we like to try cooking something interesting, but we also love fish sticks too. :D
ReplyDeleteNice post
ReplyDeleteAll very funny and cute.
ReplyDeleteSide note: Jamie Oliver actually has a new cookbook out that features 7+ recipes for the top 20 ingredients used by people world-wide.
HAHAHA! Loved these. So funny. I can't tell you how many recipes I've skipped over because of the crazy ass ingredients required.
ReplyDeleteA good bottle of wine makes anything great.
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My kids would love the mac and cheese in a goblet with a fancy chicken nugget.
ReplyDeleteAh ... cooking. With this notice I am informing you that I am probably the lousiest cook ever, friend D. ... smiles ... Sending love, cat.
ReplyDeleteI've made a few substitutions in cooking ingredients myself. Of course, I have to look up just WHAT the recommended ingredient IS sometimes, first.
ReplyDeleteLoved those..What a great topic..The cost of all those ingredients that "everybody has in their pantry" is exorbitant and goes bad before you use it again!! Have a wonderful week..
ReplyDeleteI think those are dinosaur nuggets. They do look special stuck on the edge of a wine glass. Very classy!
ReplyDeleteHahahaha
ReplyDeleteOMG this is me. I have NO IDEA about cooking. I can make Miso soup and white rice. And salad. And omelettes. Those would be my main source of food if I didn't have people who actually know how to cook around me.
XOXO
hahahahaha--OMG-Just what I needed tonight. My friend married a Southern gal- that was brought up with a maid and cook. They got married and he asked her to boil them a coupe of hot dogs. She boiled them for FORTY-FIVE MINUTES. lol. She never did learn to cook!!! xo Diana
ReplyDeleteALL of these made me chuckle; thanks for that!!
ReplyDeleteLOL! This is too funny, Debra! I am always making substitutions. That trait comes from living in isolated places. Most of the time I don't even use recipes; I just make things up. Like my "Whatever" homemade soup made with whatever is in the fridge. Love the Kraft dinner in the wine goblets! Your funnies always make me laugh!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra! LOL! Sounds like my cooking! LOL!
ReplyDeletehaha
ReplyDeleteenjoyed this one sooo much
i am so lazy and almost not very experimental with my cooking so when it comes to bring variety to kids what worries me most is demand for ingredients with weird spooky names lol
i skip or switch or yes i only skip the ingredient :)
fun post