September 2011 Column: I sling the body elastic

       I sling the body elastic

Timothy H. Kepple

Staff Curmudgeon

I like to cook.

Cooking, however, is another one of those things that I want to be really, really good at (like drawing, chess and social graces) but that I am really, really not. This doesn't stop me from trying. Unlike social graces – I’ve given up on those. Although someday I simply must share my recipes for quick and easy college cooking on a budget. (Notice tasty doesn't appear anywhere in that description.)

I have a fondness for vintage recipes, especially those old brand-name recipes, where a company would take some innocent, run-of-the-mill recipe and shoehorn their product into it, giving us delicacies like Velveeta Cheese Fudge (Yes, this is real. No, I have not made it.)

(Yet.)

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       ETA: Sorry, I have no idea what's up with the formatting on this post. It looks fine when I open it for editing.

September 2011 Column: I sling the body elastic

       I sling the body elastic

Timothy H. Kepple

Staff Curmudgeon

I like to cook.

Cooking, however, is another one of those things that I want to be really, really good at (like drawing, chess and social graces) but that I am really, really not. This doesn't stop me from trying. Unlike social graces – I’ve given up on those. Although someday I simply must share my recipes for quick and easy college cooking on a budget. (Notice tasty doesn't appear anywhere in that description.)

I have a fondness for vintage recipes, especially those old brand-name recipes, where a company would take some innocent, run-of-the-mill recipe and shoehorn their product into it, giving us delicacies like Velveeta Cheese Fudge (Yes, this is real. No, I have not made it.)

(Yet.)

( Read more... )

       ETA: Sorry, I have no idea what's up with the formatting on this post. It looks fine when I open it for editing.