The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for March 09, 2022

Or for the wedding?

It’s probably not so much the cookbook as the cook.

You’re not supposed to cook the book(s) Gladys, unless you are an accountant for someone with questionable business practices.

Perhaps Brutus would rather eat the cookbook.

I had a cookbook that I feel was written as a joke. I threw it out ~ I didn’t want to give it to some other poor schmuck. It was the Jumanji of cookbooks: nothing good ever came from it.

I collect cookbooks and read them like a novel. And sometimes I even follow a recipe, but mostly use them as inspiration.

I hate recipe books. They always call for such obscure ingredients like creme of tartar, whatever that is. And so I’d have to run out and buy some of the ingredients, when I could just buy the food ready made at the deli instead. But, I’ve always liked cooking, cleaning up afterward, not so. I was telling a friend about how I’d mix potato flakes with canned Hoppin’ John as a thickener. She said I should open a restaurant. As a confirmed bachelor, so far, I’ve learned a lot of tricks to turn cheap food into gourmet meals. I’ve managed to get quite a few compliments for the meals I prepared.

Recipe one uses diced receipt as a major ingredient.

I take it the book didn’t do a good job making his food for them. ;)

People who use cookbooks – plastic cooks wannabes. Garbage Scows. Gas mobiles.

Bru, sometimes the direct approach is the best way. Sometimes not.

I guess the book can’t cook after all…

Only if he does not like the dinner!

It usually takes more than one try to make a cookbook recipe work for your family. I used to consider recipes “carved in stone” but now I know enough to be able to substitute my favorite spices, lower calorie meats, and make them gluten-free, lactose-free, and nut-free without being “taste free”. :)

Maybe the book will work to level the living room sofa…

I’m a lousy cook. Even when I’ve followed a recipe exactly as written in a cookbook, the meal never turned out very good. My conclusion is, some people have the knack to cook good meals, and some of us don’t. On the other hand, I am very good at baking, especially cookies, but I do wish I could cook a decent meal.

Good now she can destroy a more of a variety of meals.

That’s it Brutus, you don’t have enough trouble so you go looking for more of it.

No dessert for Brutus today. Hope that he gave up sweets for Lent…..

A wise man likes his wife’s cooking, if that is how they divide up the chores. He can learn to eat larger lunches and aim for small dinners.

Give her time for practice.

The book was written by Flo Capp, “Gastronomic Fun for the Adventurous Soul.” The subtitle is “Filets, Flambés, and Fire Extinguishers”