Since I don't contribute that much in the way of recipes, I thought I'd bring you laughs. Here's a list from TOCIBB I found while looking for a lost recipe.
How to know you are a helpless food nerd...
1. You plan your day around the food network schedule.
2. People don't call you "a foodie" but you call yourself one.
3. You can name all of the french mother sauces.
4. You refer to Alton Brown as "AB"
5. You yell at the TV "It's TUR-meric NOT TOO-meric!" everytime a someone on TV says it wrong. Ditto for "marscapon"
6. You know what turmeric is.
7. People don't want to cook while you are watching.
8. You've paid more than $50 for a pan.
9. If you have ever made mayonnaise from scratch.
10. If you would like to have dinner with ANYBODY from Americas Test Kitchen.
11. You are wearing an apron while reading this. Bonus if you are a male.
12. You've gone on a culinary tour or vacation. Bonus if you went with people that you've never met in person before.
13. You've spent more money on kitchen utensils than on your entertainment center.
14. Your family insists on knowing every ingredient before they'll eat something that you made.
15. You check out other peoples appliances when you visit them.
16. You've cringed while watching someone cook.
17. You've set your kitchen up for perfect mise en place
19. You know what mise en place is.
20. You've special ordered meat. Bonus if it's over the internet.
21. You've seen the theme ingredient on the Iron Chef and said "OH! You know what I would make?!"
22. You have a "culinary garden"
23. You want to write your own cookbook.
24. You iron your apron.
25. You have read this entire list.
26. Even if you don't have anything in particular that you need to buy, going to the grocery store is to you is not only therapeutic, but it's a form of entertainment (like going to a museum). And you even visit grocery stores on vacation, just so you can see "what the locals have."
27. You absolutely cannot understand why people don't enjoy cooking.
28. You get palpitations when you discover you're down to only HALF a jar of your favorite dried spice.
29. You have gone into depression over a lost recipe.
29. You'd gladly pay more for a good knife than a winter coat.
30. The only other people that understand you are other food nerds.
31. You almost chop your finger with a cleaver and the first thing that comes to your mind is, "Whoa. I hope my knife's ok."
32. You go to bed at night thinking, "I can't wait to cook again tomorrow..."
And as for "tur-mer-ic" and "chi-pot-lay", please "sahn-toe-koo."and "mas-car-POH-neh."
They should make a drinking game out of mispronounced culinary words. Y'know, take a drink of your chardonnay or shiraz everytime you watch a food show and someone buthers the pronunciation. Or better yet, you have to take a sip every time Rachel Ray says "eee-voooo."
How to know you are a helpless food nerd...
1. You plan your day around the food network schedule.
2. People don't call you "a foodie" but you call yourself one.
3. You can name all of the french mother sauces.
4. You refer to Alton Brown as "AB"
5. You yell at the TV "It's TUR-meric NOT TOO-meric!" everytime a someone on TV says it wrong. Ditto for "marscapon"
6. You know what turmeric is.
7. People don't want to cook while you are watching.
8. You've paid more than $50 for a pan.
9. If you have ever made mayonnaise from scratch.
10. If you would like to have dinner with ANYBODY from Americas Test Kitchen.
11. You are wearing an apron while reading this. Bonus if you are a male.
12. You've gone on a culinary tour or vacation. Bonus if you went with people that you've never met in person before.
13. You've spent more money on kitchen utensils than on your entertainment center.
14. Your family insists on knowing every ingredient before they'll eat something that you made.
15. You check out other peoples appliances when you visit them.
16. You've cringed while watching someone cook.
17. You've set your kitchen up for perfect mise en place
19. You know what mise en place is.
20. You've special ordered meat. Bonus if it's over the internet.
21. You've seen the theme ingredient on the Iron Chef and said "OH! You know what I would make?!"
22. You have a "culinary garden"
23. You want to write your own cookbook.
24. You iron your apron.
25. You have read this entire list.
26. Even if you don't have anything in particular that you need to buy, going to the grocery store is to you is not only therapeutic, but it's a form of entertainment (like going to a museum). And you even visit grocery stores on vacation, just so you can see "what the locals have."
27. You absolutely cannot understand why people don't enjoy cooking.
28. You get palpitations when you discover you're down to only HALF a jar of your favorite dried spice.
29. You have gone into depression over a lost recipe.
29. You'd gladly pay more for a good knife than a winter coat.
30. The only other people that understand you are other food nerds.
31. You almost chop your finger with a cleaver and the first thing that comes to your mind is, "Whoa. I hope my knife's ok."
32. You go to bed at night thinking, "I can't wait to cook again tomorrow..."
And as for "tur-mer-ic" and "chi-pot-lay", please "sahn-toe-koo."and "mas-car-POH-neh."
They should make a drinking game out of mispronounced culinary words. Y'know, take a drink of your chardonnay or shiraz everytime you watch a food show and someone buthers the pronunciation. Or better yet, you have to take a sip every time Rachel Ray says "eee-voooo."
