Thanks to Sarah (Rhubarb
at Blog City) for the following kitchen humor:
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Oven Mitt:
A partially charred grease stain that fits over the hand.
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Picnic:
Any meal eaten more than 100 yards from the nearest bathroom
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Timer:
Adjustable clock that rings or otherwise signals when a particular dish is
overcooked.