Silly Cookbook

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote: _A Man, a Can,

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and a Plan_

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It became an instant hit. The recipes sound gawdawful, so
go figure. Still, the title's worth something <g>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

I mentioned this in a post a couple of years ago. Ran across
the book free with the purchase of a can-opener at Bed, Bath
& Beyond. I thought it sounded a bit insulting, given the
level of cooking skills of most of the guys who frequent
this ng. But my mom is not the best of cooks - to her, a can
of tomato soup, a can of kidney beans and a pound of ground
beef with some McCormick's seasoning = chili. That's about
what this book espouses.

Jill

Speaking of silly cookbooks, my favourite is Manifold
Destiny, about cooking on your car engine! It's a dead-set
classic, I love it. I can't do it, owning small japanese
cars that don't have big hot engines, but it's a great read.

ant

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That's about what this book espouses.

Jill

Jill's a snob!!

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

The stepdaughter's boyfriend is a paramedic with the Long
Beach fire dept. He's also on probation (he's a newbie) and
a lot of the firehouse cooking devolves upon him. (The
firemen haze like a bad fraternity, AFAICS.) She was trying
to compile a few (simple/idiot proof) recipes for him when
I ran across the cookbook, _A Man, a Can, and a Plan_

bookfinder.us1579546072.htmlOpen ↗

It became an instant hit. The recipes sound gawdawful, so
go figure. Still, the title's worth something <g>

The book has a sequel -- A Man, A Can, A Grill.

Tara

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Terry Pulliam Burd typed:

Quoted message said:

The stepdaughter's boyfriend is a paramedic with the
Long Beach fire dept. He's also on probation (he's a
newbie) and a lot of the firehouse cooking devolves upon
him. (The firemen haze like a bad fraternity, AFAICS.)
She was trying to compile a few (simple/idiot proof)
recipes for him when I ran across the cookbook, _A Man,
a Can, and a Plan_

bookfinder.us1579546072.htmlOpen ↗

It became an instant hit. The recipes sound gawdawful, so
go figure. Still, the title's worth something <g>

I see that this book is from the people of Men's Health
magazine. I had the misfortune of picking up this fishwrap
while getting a haircut one day.

I flipped through it until I came across an article titled,
"How to make your bed."

I'm not kidding.

Hasta, Curt Nelson

Tara said:

The book has a sequel -- A Man, A Can, A Grill.

I had the thought of making a oil tank for a Harley Davidson
with a can sized well in the middle for heating canned food
(HD oil tanks get pretty hot). Never got around to making
one, though. But, I have warmed canned beans on my car
engine when traveling cross country back in those lean ol'
days. Worked great!

mb
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On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:18:09 GMT, Tara <[email hidden]>
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

The book has a sequel -- A Man, A Can, A Grill.

Thanks! I think I just found his birthday present!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Duncan Hines

To reply, remove replace "spaminator" with "cox"

ant said:

Speaking of silly cookbooks, my favourite is Manifold
Destiny, about cooking on your car engine! It's a dead-
set classic, I love it. I can't do it, owning small
japanese cars that don't have big hot engines, but it's a
great read.

Come on over to my house... we have a V8 you could use.
<you'll buy the gas, of course>

LOL

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

notbob said:

Tara said:

The book has a sequel -- A Man, A Can, A Grill.

I had the thought of making a oil tank for a Harley
Davidson with a can sized well in the middle for heating
canned food (HD oil tanks get pretty hot). Never got
around to making one, though. But, I have warmed canned
beans on my car engine when traveling cross country back
in those lean ol' days. Worked great! mb

I remember my first field exercise in the Army - had
heard the old soldiers talk about warming up C-rations on
generator mufflers. I could cook a bit, so I opened a can
and tried to warm up the can for an hour. Had to eat
yucky cold C's. Trick is to Not open the can, lay
sideways on generator pipe to muffler (much hotter than
the muffler itself) and [censored] off when the lid buckles
out and before it explodes. The pipe vibrated so much it
turned the can around and around. Now there's a foodie
memory for ya. Edrena

notbob said:

Tara said:

The book has a sequel -- A Man, A Can, A Grill.

I had the thought of making a oil tank for a Harley
Davidson with a can sized well in the middle for heating
canned food (HD oil tanks get pretty hot). Never got
around to making one, though. But, I have warmed canned
beans on my car engine when traveling cross country back
in those lean ol' days. Worked great!

Heck, you if you had eaten them cold, you would have thought
they tasted home made... because: you're male.

LOL

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

lol - we had a nice '65 buick - mom and I put home made TV
dinners on when we left and had a lovely turkey with all the
trimmings when we got there. Thanks for the memories! Can't
remember why or where we were going but it was great!

take care Liz

sf said:

Come on over to my house... we have a V8 you could use.
<you'll buy the gas, of course>

LOL

On 28 May 2004 03:45:57 GMT, "Curt Nelson" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I flipped through it until I came across an article titled,
"How to make your bed."

I'm not kidding.

Hasta, Curt Nelson

what is this 'make your bed' of which you speak?

your pal, blake