The Open Source Cookbook?

InspectorPraline asks: "I'm currently working on a cookbook that is intended to provide good food at a reasonable price - the kind of stuff you'd make before sitting down for a long coding session, with the occasional idea that would feed a LAN party. I've got some ideas I can put down, but the book would be quite thin, so I thought I'd put the call for submissions to Slashdot. I'm calling it 'The Open Source Cookbook,' and I'd release it under the GFDL, in PDF, ASCII text, and Word formats. Of course, I'd take submissions as comments here or via email. I'd 'publish' the book via the web once I got enough submissions to make the book at least about 40-50 pages in length or 30 recipes (whichever comes last), and as submissions came in I'd update the book. Anyway, I'm asking for submissions for the book, which could be recipes for dinners, lunches, even drinks. Two webpages that will serve as temporary homes for the project can be found here and here, and those addresses list my email as well as some submission guidelines. So, any ideas, folks?" Hey, if you ever wanted to share your favorite dishes with geeks around the world, this might be the way to do it. What great dishes have you prepared?

Comments

A cookbook in the 'toys' category?

[freeweed]

I guess no one ever told the Slashdot editors not to play with their food... :)

Tux

[akiy]

I've got this amazing penguin dish...

Only recipes you'll get on Slashdot are

[d0n quix0te]

... the first post fry, some Gnu Stew beowulf tiered chocolate cake, Linux Lassi and some Apple Pie. If you are lucky you may get a recipe for Microsoftie ice cream ;)

Obligatory Simpsons Reference

[Raul654]

Open source cookbook?.... Mmmm....tastes like burning....

An MLT

[Da J Rob]

The greatest thing in the world, is a nice MLT- mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, when the mutton is nice and lean, and the tomato is ripe. They're so perky. I love that.

Re:An MLT

[Callamon]

Good job, sleep well. Most likely kill you in the morning...

Re:An MLT

[Fez]

Viagra, of course.

It's known for raising the mostly dead.

Hello? Pizza Hut?

[kitzilla]

An "Open Source Cookbook" would simply be a list of local pizza delivery places, and the hours they're open.

Real geeks don't cook, they code. ;-)

Re:Fatty McFat

[Anonymous Coward]

I think I ordered one of those at McFatonalds once. It was rather fatty.

You missed one

[Raul654]

Rack of goatse.cx

holy crap, that's brilliant!

[bscott]

Callamon wrote:
> but it's a really good and easy to make potato soup.
>
> 1 Can of campell's Cream of Potato soup (with 1 can of milk)
> 1 Can Chunky Baked Potato w/bacon & chives
> 1 Can Baxter's Potato and Leek soup

You can make potato soup out of nothing more than potato soup, potato soup and potato soup? Astonishing.

Mmmm - love Open Sauce!

[Bozovision]

Delicious with Spaghetti Code.

Jeff

hot dogs

[greenrom]

In college I cooked some hot dogs by putting metal forks in each end of the hot dog and running 120V through it. Hot dogs have just enough conductivity so that this works well.

I've also cooked hot dogs using 1000W heat guns for heat-shrink tubing. Not as much fun as using 120V, but still very effective.

Re:hot dogs

[FunkyRat]

In college I cooked some hot dogs by putting metal forks in each end of the hot dog and running 120V through it. Hot dogs have just enough conductivity so that this works well.

Oddly enough, I remember in the late '60s my parents had a small appliance that did just that. It had six prongs on each side between which you would skewer your hot dogs. Then you plugged it in and the fun began. Sort of like watching a botched execution by electric chair. Come to think of it, the hot dogs smelled and tasted about the same too. Now that I reflect on it, I believe I have some unresolved traumas from the whole experience!

I can't believe no one has suggested...

[royalextra]

...a recipe for CmdrTaco(s).

Crumbs'n'cheese

[bravehamster]

Crumbs'n'cheese

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Instructions:

Take one (1) almost empty doritos bag.
Crush all the remaining chips into a very small pieces while still in the bag
Pour the crushed contents of the bag into a cereal bowl
Add generous amounts of sharp cheddar cheese
Mix thoroughly (hand mix for best results)
Microwave on high for thirty (30) seconds.
Stir (do not hand stir, contents will be hot)
Microwave on high for an additional thirty (30) seconds.
Remove from microwave and enjoy.

This recipe is released for licence under the GRL (GNU Recipe License).

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P.S. Don't let your significant other see you doing this.

A friend of a friend paid $285 for this

[God! Awful]

You can't have an open-source cookbook without the ever-famous Nieman Marcus cookie recipe:

2 cups butter
4 cups flower
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal**
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

THIS IS A TRUE STORY!!!

-a

Re:A friend of a friend paid $285 for this

[barole]

You left out the story. Here it is:

My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas and decided to stuff our fat asses with cookies. Because our family of fat asses are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus chicken meat Cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe. With a sort of twisted smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she responded, "Two fifty K." I said with approval, just add it to my tab. one day later, I received my VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus and it was $250,029.95. I looked again and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for cookies. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie-Recipe - $250,000.00." Boy, was I pissed!! I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was "two fifty K," and I did not realize she meant $250,000.00 for a cookie recipe. I tried to play ignorant but they didn't fall for it.

I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill and they said they were sorry, but because all the recipes were this expensive so not just everyone could duplicate any of our bakery recipes...the bill would stand. Two days later some folks from the department store showed up and gave me the ass beating of my life. They went insane on my fat ass. I didn't think this act of senseless violence would ever end. My fat ass felt a kind of pain I could never describe. The beating grew more sickening by the minute. My pig like screams could be heard around the neighborhood. Never cross a big department store.

G.O.R.F.

[dzurn]

How could they miss the Gallery of Regrettable Food?

Re:Ars did something like this

[Anonymous Coward]

like popcorn chicken.

No, not popcorn sized chicken pieces, like KFC...

A whole chicken stuffed with unpopped popcorn. Bake and enjoy. Jesus, that must be a sight once it reaches critical temperature.

Re:pdf, ascii and word?!

[bugnuts]

If almost noone sold their stock, the bubble wouldn't have burst.

Ink Cartridge Hors D'Oeuvres

[sigemund]

On the back of the package of some of the HP print cartridges, there is a recipe. I've never tried it, and I don't know if anyone else has, but it caught my eye one day. Whoever put it there must have been very proud of it . . .

Here it is:

Chili Relleno Hors D'Oeuvres

Ingredients:
12oz can of chili peppers or pickled peppers
1 pound of cheddar or monterey jack
6 eggs

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cover the bottom of a flat 9"x9" baking dish with a layer of chili peppers or pickled peppers, slices or chunks. Cover peppers with grated cheese. Beat eggs until mixed. Pour over cheese and peppers.

Bake for 30 minutes or until firm in center.
Remove and let cool for 10 minutes, slice and serve.

Just go looking for HP ink cartridges (this one is the 51641A) and you'll be sure to see it. ENJOY! :)

Recipe RFP

[YeOldeGnurd]

It had to be at most a matter of minutes before this Request For Recipes would result in a creative use of RFPs (Ramen Flavor Packets).

So predictable these geeks are. Like a clone army they become.

Lentil Stew, so good your nipples will fall off

[TamMan2000]

Takes a while to make, but kicks ass, and can be frozen to be served at a later time...

1 lb lentils (rinsed)
12 cups broth (chicken or vegetable)
3 cloves garlic
1 green pepper
1 carrot
2 stalks of celery
1 14 oz can of Italian style stewed tomatos
1 chipotli pepper (can substitue a finely chopped jalapen~o)
1 tbs liquid smoke
red wine to taste

low heat for several hours, until lentils are really soft.

serve

-The Story
The first time I made this, I was in college, and one of my roommates returned from a habitat for humanity (or something like that) job, and was quite tired. I served him a bowl, he was quite pleased, he found the soup DEBILITATING, but me and my other roomie heard DENIPPLEATING... And this is how the soup got it's name...