Dining Improviser Gifts

'We're out of pheasant under glass, M'sieur — is duck soup close enough?'

Lockdown casserole

Culinary Breakthroughs During Social Distancing

'I couldn't find my measuring cups, so I had to kind of wing it with the stuffing.'

'Cook is a musician. Improvises. Never makes the same thing twice.'

'What a day! - the computer broke down, and I had to cook manually!'

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The Augie Twins write music strictly for their own amusement.

"Would you mind telling me why you keep hitting a scary-music sound bite every time you pick up your steak knife?"

"If you liked tonight's meal, you might enjoy 'Making The Meal,' a documentary with outtakes and commentary when the cook ran out of eggs because someone put an empty carton back in the refrigerator..."

"We'll have to eat out tonight - I misplaced the can opener."

Okay, let me guess...we're eating baked ham and meat loaf on a bed of fish sticks because you combined all the leftovers...

Eating raw cake mix.

Man eating his meal with his feet.

Outsaucing - A dollop of sauce has been put on a customer's plate from a long arm from afar.

'Thaw for 24 hours. They should have told me that yesterday.'

Your Dinner Is In The Potato Skin

"I hope you like smoked salmon."

"She'll only eat it if I cut it up in cloverleaf shapes, serve it on a blue plate, and do a little dance as I serve it."

"I see what I want to eat. Where do I click 'add to cart'?"

'I hope you like it. I call it refrigerator cleanout casserole.'

'Give me your hand... I ran out of cones.'

"The microwave isn't working and I needed to heat my lunch."

"Another Bermudez family specialty is born!"

"I overestimated the amount of fun you can have on a balcony."

'I couldn't find real fruit for your still life painting, so we'll just use these fruit roll-ups.'

'The potato masher you bought me broke so I improvised.'

Pianist with Knife and Fork.

'I know we've got to save money, dear, but can't you use the phone like other people?'

'Yes I did say you needed a more interesting waiting room...however, a juggler and guitarist isn't what I had in mind.'

"I know the organ is broken, but I was kind of hoping you knew how to play the guitar."

"It calls for oregano, but we’ll be using rum."

'Power lunches are out, white flannel lunches are in.'

"She'll have the salmon, and you'll have the chopped salad with so many substitutions it's now chicken piccata."