"If You Have This Ingredient, You Can Never Starve": People Are Sharing The Struggle Meals You Can Never Go Wrong With
"I've been making this meal since college and I still do sometimes for nostalgia's sake."
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"I've been making this meal since college and I still do sometimes for nostalgia's sake."
"These are the stories that were being played and replayed in my mind throughout my pregnancy, but the reality was so different."
"To quote a Latvian woman I met on my trip: 'You hear Americans coming like the thunder.'
"Coming from America, I found this to be such a refreshing change."
"The number of pats on the back I get from society for doing this is wild."
"Ordering this is just alcoholic lingo for 'I'm just here to get f*ed up.'"
"If you take even mediocre care of this, age 40 is when that long-term neglect comes back to bite you..."
"Literally 15 seconds before walking down the aisle, the bride texted this to the guy sitting next to me..."
"The first time I visited, I thought, 'This can't be real. It looks like a stock image...'"
"Do your research and do this ahead of time. We bypassed hundreds of people standing in line."
"I don't necessarily disagree with this concept, but I think many parents who practice it don't fully understand it."
"Ordering this is just alcoholic lingo for 'I'm just here to get f*ed up.'"
"A friend of mine learned this in culinary school, and I've adopted it as my own ever since."
"It used to be for the masses — but now is totally out of reach for most people."
I also feel personally attacked at the accuracy of these.
"Literally 15 seconds before walking down the aisle, the bride texted this to the guy sitting next to me..."
"The first time I visited, I thought, 'This can't be real. It looks like a stock image...'"
"To quote a Latvian woman I met on my trip: 'You hear Americans coming like the thunder.'
Not all "copycat" recipes are worth making, but people swear these are indistinguishable from the dishes they're based on.
"Even in high school, students and teachers were convinced he'd win a Nobel prize someday."