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Top Secret Recipes

konolia — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:24:15 -0800

Top Secret Recipes In the continuing effort to make this less of a boyzone...

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:27:06 -0800

It's less of a boyzone by implying that cooking is a girl thing?

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:28:21 -0800

Who would have thought that post a link to a "top secret rub" would make this place less of a boyzone! By the way, for those interested in purchasing, I tried it, and it chafes like you wouldn't believe!

By: twine42

twine42 — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:32:27 -0800

bah. clones of real brands? Give me Cuban Meatballs anyday... ;)

By: cadastral

cadastral — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:35:09 -0800

Most of these "top secret" recipes are from large chain stores (ex. Chevys® Fresh Salsa , Hard Rock Cafe® Bar-B-Que Beans, McDonald's® Big Mac® Sauce). I think it's incredibly... stupid that people actually want these recipes. When I think of large, national chain restaurants I think of corner-cutting, bland "consensus" foods... not daring, only designed to be palatable to the largest possible audience. Almost any self respecting grandmother could do better than Nabisco® Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps, I'm sure of it. Why do we want these recipes, again?

By: tayknight

tayknight — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:35:10 -0800

TSR used to have a good recipe for Amaretto. I found a couple of links on Google. This one was what I was looking for at TSR. Wonder why the took it off?

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:48:15 -0800

Looks like they may yank some of the recipes because the guy is writing a book. My favorite place to find stuff to cook is recipe source. Good categories are middle eastern, baby food, and even extraterrestrial.

By: goethean

goethean — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:57:28 -0800

I can attest that the recipe for Soup Nazi's Mulligatawny is pretty damn good.

By: car_bomb

car_bomb — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:01:27 -0800

yum! now all i have to do is find someone to cook for me.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:01:40 -0800

Well, um - I don't really cook. Like Blanche Dubois, I depend on the kindness of strangers. But fortunately, many of my friends are superb cooks and they often use recipes from Star Chefs.

By: konolia

konolia — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:01:41 -0800

The girlzone thing was a bit of a joke. Now, about those Cuban meatballs...

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:03:05 -0800

eww.

By: konolia

konolia — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:06:32 -0800

Somebody had to do it.

By: hairyeyeball

hairyeyeball — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:36:37 -0800

Here's one: open drawer. remove take-out menus. selected desired menu. selected desired items. dial telephone. convey desired. repeat slowly if order taker's English is wobbly. wait. answer doorbell. trade pleasantries with your deliverer. throw in a little extra for the dude, since it's frickin cold out tonight. Oh, and here's something I wouldn't mind right now: one of these, followed by several others, and to hunker down around a primitive fire with some of this.

By: asok

asok — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:49:19 -0800

But can they give me recipe for a Kraft Cheese Single? *Yes, you'll need a quart of soylent....*

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:35:03 -0800

mmmm, Kraft Singles . . .

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:40:01 -0800

The recipes forgot an important element. All the chemicals and artificial flavours and perservatives. That's the real secret.

By: matteo

matteo — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:56:01 -0800

For a Caribbean flavor, Jerk Chicken For a more classic, European flavor, Risotto ai Carciofi

By: Nothing

Nothing — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 17:21:45 -0800

So they're not recipes you'd want to use for an elegant dinner party, but they're fun. Besides, these make the whole site worth while.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:15:16 -0800

Why would anyone spend the time to make their own Snicker bar? Candy is cheap.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:19:47 -0800

Candy is cheap. Yes, but sometimes the store is an hour away. Just speaking for myself, that is.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:29:42 -0800

Not only is the store an hour away, if you have the recipe, you can gather up the kids and make a super-size Snickers (sans preservatives and whatnot) at home, and share it with your entire family. Fun for everyone with yummy results, even if it doesn't quite work out right, and you end up eating it from the pan with spoons. I speak from some experience on this.

By: namespan

namespan — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 19:30:47 -0800

Take half a tomato, about 3-6 ounces of onions, and chop them up. Open a standard (6 ounce) can of tune. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Add about 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and some salt and pepper to taste. Mix. Let sit in the fridge for about an hour. It makes a great dip or sandwich filling.

By: namespan

namespan — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 19:32:39 -0800

can of tune I mean tuna hits head...tuna hits head...tuna hits head...

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 19:33:18 -0800

I can kinda see your point, but c'mon. Last Christmas, I went with my wife to see her Country Cousins in Mississippi. They spent all day making homemade Snickers and Peanut Butter cups. The candy was ugly and misshapen and you had to suck it off the wax paper. It didn't taste bad, but it seemed like a whole lot of effort for what would have basically cost a few bucks. Oh, and the topper: I told her aunt that the Snicker bars were great (holiday lies) and she told me that she hadn't tried them, because she didn't like peanuts. "Why didn't you make some without peanuts?" I asked. Her reply? "Snickers have peanuts."

By: Dreama

Dreama — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 19:37:26 -0800

Well, she was right, ColdChef. If she'd wanted to make Milky Ways, she would've!

By: zia

zia — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 19:58:29 -0800

These are boyzone receipes. It affirms the boyzone. Now for girlzone receipes try this

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:07:00 -0800

Step into the hardcore girlzone: Placenta Recipes Mmmmm...placenta.

By: emf

emf — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:37:59 -0800

It's Autumn here, and my SO made what I call Google fig jam last month (all gone now, sorry) and Google peach jam last week. If you're going to cook, there's no reason to re-create stuff from a laboratory.

By: twine42

twine42 — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:38:50 -0800

You want my cuban meatballs? They cost... ;)

By: emf

emf — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:47:39 -0800

By: twine42

twine42 — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 01:51:47 -0800

different recipe, but looks good... ;)

By: emf

emf — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 03:56:20 -0800

Indeed it does. *makes shopping list*

By: sharksandwich

sharksandwich — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 06:51:28 -0800

One of the best sites going is allrecipes. It's fairly easy to try new recipes, as they are all peer rated. The Lasagne Verdi al Forno (with homemade Spinach Pasta) is one greatest finds in my hunt for authentic, great tasting dishes. There are also top ten lists which make short work of finding something new.

By: twine42

twine42 — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:59:11 -0800

I'll email the cuban meatballs I've got to ppl if they mail me at mefi at rshost.f9.co.uk I love fresh pasta, but it's not allowed in my diet becuase it's got much more oil in it than dried pasta. *sigh*

By: Lleyam

Lleyam — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 11:46:28 -0800

The Iraqi food sounds yummy.