The Place to Take a Humor Break
Italian Dessert AFFOGATO INGREDIENTS 2 cups hot espresso or hot and very strong coffee* 2 scoops vanilla ice cream* * = There’s only two ingredients here. Higher quality ingredients will show up more than in […]
Today is Bad-Advice Friday. I shall be dispensing bad advice to all comers. The advice will stupendously bad. Even moderately sane politicians will say, “No, no, don’t follow this advice.” I would advise you not […]
“No lutefisk, please, it makes me ill. Where is the nearest taco truck?” I used GoogleTM Translate to translate the above phrases into the following languages. You might never need to use these words […]
Italian Dessert TIRAMISU INGREDIENTS 6 lady fingers 6 egg yolks ⅔ cup sugar ½ teaspoon rum extract or 2 tablespoons rum or Marsala wine 1 pound marscapone* ½ cup room-temperature espresso 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa […]
Uzbek Soup KOURMA SHURPA (beef vegetable soup) INGREDIENTS 1¼ pounds tri-tip or chuck 3 russet potatoes 2 medium carrots 1 green bell pepper 2 garlic cloves 2 medium onions 2 tomatoes ¼ cup vegetable oil […]
Dutch Entree UITSMIJTER (Ham and Egg Sandwich) INGREDIENTS 1 teaspoon butter (1 additional tablespoon later) 2 slices white bread 1 tablespoon butter 2 eggs 4 slices or 4 ounces ham 2 ounces Gouda, Edam, or […]
American Dessert CARROT CAKE INGREDIENTS – MAIN 4 eggs 1⅓ cups sugar ⅔ cup light brown sugar 3 cups shredded carrots 1 cup vegetable oil ¼ teaspoon allspice 2 teaspoons cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ginger ¼ […]
THE FRENCH AND THE RUSSIANS Once everybody else saw that the Italians had come up with a Good Thing, other countries wanted to get in on it. I already covered the Germans in an earlier […]