This Is An Actual Recipe On The Food Network

[CWun]

@Michael Bowden

And people wonder what has happened to TFN

It actually makes me appreciate Emeril’s shows “Emeril Live” and “essence of Emeril”, the latter actually being pretty decent.

…oh for the Food Network from 2003…

[Michael_Bowden]

@CWun

@Michael Bowden

And people wonder what has happened to TFN

It actually makes me appreciate Emeril’s shows “Emeril Live” and “essence of Emeril”, the latter actually being pretty decent.

…oh for the Food Network from 2003…

Agreed…essence was pretty good.

[jordan_whitehead]

“I spent almost 4 hours at the supermarket looking for carrot dressing, and pre-sliced ginger. I knew it existed because its in the recipe, but I couldn’t find it at my store. Eventually I mixed some carrot juice with a thickener, and broke down and brought some fresh ginger, and sliced it at home. 3 hours later (most of which was spent trying to slice the ginger with a spoon, because it looked kind of like a knife), boy did I feel stupid when I re-read the ingredient list. This is way too complicated.”

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

I would be willing to bet that there is at least one person that used to live in the greater NYC Metro area that needs a recipe like this…

[C_Bowman]

@Marshall Gelb

I haven’t tried it yet but I did print it out to save for the future!!

Cheers!
Marshall


PS; Did she mention any particular brand of dressing I should look for?

P.S.S. I think the brand was Uncle Ben’s Carrot Flavored Ginger Vinaigrette, it’s in between the WTF & NSFW aisle of Yum’s Brand Dog Food

[C_Grimm]

the comments on there are getting better and better.

[Linda_Baehr]

@jordan whitehead

“I spent almost 4 hours at the supermarket looking for carrot dressing, and pre-sliced ginger. I knew it existed because its in the recipe, but I couldn’t find it at my store. Eventually I mixed some carrot juice with a thickener, and broke down and brought some fresh ginger, and sliced it at home. 3 hours later (most of which was spent trying to slice the ginger with a spoon, because it looked kind of like a knife), boy did I feel stupid when I re-read the ingredient list. This is way too complicated.”

[Cris_Whetstone]

I couldn’t find any pre-shredded carrot, so I used ground beef instead. It was great!

[Frank_Deis]

This soup recipe reminded me of this topic. Of course I also made a rather similar soup just now. I love the vagueness about the “seasonings.” I don’t think I would like the soup made with all that water. I used a box of vegetable broth, a can of chicken broth, a cup of white wine, and 2-3 cups of water. And a can of tomatoes, a couple of bay leaves, some hot pepper flakes, some paprika and garlic as well as salt and pepper. And a bit of Sazon Goya. And I fried the onions, carrots, and some celery in olive oil before adding the tomatoes.

http://recipes.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Carrot,_Onion_And_Cabbage_Soup_Recipe

Ingredients for Carrot, Onion And Cabbage Soup Recipe

• 4 carrots, medium size, peeled, sliced
• ½ head cabbage, medium size, washed, shredded
• 4 onions, medium size, peeled, sliced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 5 cups boiling water
• Seasonings to taste

Instructions

1. Put seasonings in the boiling water.
2. Add all other ingredients.
3. Boil for about 25 minutes.
4. Then serve.

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

O-M-F-G!!!

Frank, thank you so much for bumping this thread – I somehow missed it last August. My sides hurt …

[Kenny_H]

Reading through those reviews… I haven’t laughed that hard at my computer screen in a long time. In fact, I am still laughing thinking of the bagel and cream cheese comment.

But this one was really the coup de gras. I didn’t know where he was going at first, but my gut hurts after reading the last part.

I lie on the floor, exhausted from attempting to blend these two worlds in simple culinary mixing, only to cry myself to sleep on a tile floor more flavorful and creative than this dish

[todd_waldmann]

Here is Brian Regan discussing the same target audience…

Brian Regan at the improv

[alan_weinberg]

@Kenny H

But this one was really the coup de gras. I didn’t know where he was going at first, but my gut hurts after reading the last part.

a culinary Freudian slip?
alan

[Sean_Moore]

“This is like opening up a can of Progesso Chicken Noodle Soup and adding an extra ingredient. How can something this banal actually make it online?”

[Michel_Abood]

@Kenny H

I lie on the floor, exhausted from attempting to blend these two worlds in simple culinary mixing, only to cry myself to sleep on a tile floor more flavorful and creative than this dish

Life is despair! I die!

OMG those comments are hilarious!

[Ken_V]

I don’t like carrots, so I substituted a bagel. And I didn’t have any ginger dressing, so I substituted some cream cheese. It turned out fabulous!

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Ken V

I don’t like carrots, so I substituted a bagel. And I didn’t have any ginger dressing, so I substituted some cream cheese. It turned out fabulous!

[Tom.Cole]

Once can of Rotel tomatoes, one pound of Velveeta cheese, and chips of one’s choosing.

The gourmet edition - one can of Rotel tomatoes, one pound of queso blanco, and chips of one’s choosing.

One of the great munchie foods of all time. Certainly simple, certainly great.

Simple is not necessarily deserving of ridicule.

[John_Liotta]

Here are some more fun ones:

“If you take store bought saltine crackers and sprinkle them with shredded parmesan cheese they are very good . . . put them in the oven for a few minutes and people will think you are a gourmet!”

“Take slices of smoked salmon and spread some cream cheese on top (get the chive kind!) . . . if you can roll them up or cut them into shapes!”

“Hollow out cherry tomatoes. You can fill them with anything. I like to buy the hummus that has all kinds of crazy stuff in it. So easy.”

“Buy store bought crab cakes and them top them with wasbi (out of a tube). People won’t know what hit them!”

“Hollow out a round loaf of Italian bread. Fill with store bought spinach. So easy.”

[Larry_P]

The sad thing is, I was reading the reviews and came across one that made me thing, “not very funny but sounds like something I’d write.” Then I looked over at the author’s name. It was me.