Comments on: A recipe for passive-aggressiveness

By: saffronica

saffronica — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:37:47 +0000

My favorite recipe review was for Alton Brown’s Tres Leches cake. The reviewer gave it five stars, but he substituted a box mix cake for Alton’s scratch cake…and Cool Whip for the whipped cream on top. So basically the only part of the recipe he followed was to mix the three milks together and pour them over the cake! But apparently it was delicious.

By: john

john — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:23:24 +0000

Erm, the Lancet published Dr Wakefield’s MMR-Autism link ‘research’. Just sayin’.

Of course nothing can ever be proven beyond all doubt, but we accept that the earth orbits the sun because the evidence is sufficiently robust to prove it. Likewise, the FDA and EC ban ingredients that are proven carcinogens in food for example. Surely if there was a sufficient level of proof, Aluminum cooking pans would be banned too? I accept that regulators don’t always act as fast as they should, but this isn’t a new theory.

By: Janelle

Janelle — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:17:37 +0000

I read somewhere, once that if you want CLEAR, not cloudy ice, you need to use HOT water. If you don’t mind cloudy ice, use cold. Something about the cold and air being forced out of the water …

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:40:06 +0000

But doing that causes my red plastic cups to split :C

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:06:59 +0000

you said you were allergic to the original, though

that’s not really much of a leap

By: Gwan

Gwan — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:41:10 +0000

Wait, now I have to feel behind the times for not having a fridge that dispenses ice cubes? And I thought not having a smartphone was shameful!

By: Gwan

Gwan — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:39:10 +0000

I wondered why you needed to throw away the old ice at all (also reading “bin” as “garbage”), but now I get it. Multiple countries (you can add New Zealand to the list) separated by a common language and all that

By: L

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:10:00 +0000

My house has a water softener so you can’t actually drink from our taps.

By: Jami

Jami — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:27:57 +0000

Bah, if so many of you are so paranoid about heavy metals in your drinking water go get a reverse osmosis filter for your sink.

Yes, the water actually does have a cleaner taste than unfiltered tap water. I even use it for cooking. But we have it because the water tastes better filtered. Not because of any supposed heavy metals in there.

By: Jami

Jami — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:24:12 +0000

How do you know I haven’t tried the original? I simply said I make substitutions or additions that make them better. Not that I didn’t try the original.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:57:07 +0000

Actually, that’s an urban legend (and really makes no sense, if you think about it)

By: IamFuckingDelish

IamFuckingDelish — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:20:07 +0000

Lead flavored ice cube are f’n delish, everyone should try one!

By: vhmckenzie

vhmckenzie — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:10:08 +0000

My husband is Jamaican and always refers to the garbage container as “deh gah-bedge pan.” Which makes me think of cake pans. Which is hilarious.

Also — I’d like to see a “recipe” like this for changing the toilet paper roll. I am, apparently, the only person in a household of 2 adults and 2 teenagers who understands how to do this.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:51:27 +0000

I’m glad someone else did this.