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but the 3 cloves of garlic is kind of pointless





The correct number of cloves of garlic for any recipe is 2^n+1 cloves, where n=the number of people eating. This means you use two cloves of garlic if nobody is eating, three for one person, five for two people, nine for three people, seventeen for four people, etc.

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how many does that convert to if Dracula is eating?

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how many does that convert to if Dracula is eating?




Using the formula, it would have to be five. Dracula always dines with a guest; the recipe calls for the guest to be well-drained, of course.

Said the undersigned in a jugular vein.

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The recipe seems to be a real one from Australia...








Well, that explains a lot.

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Here is a particularly interesting website for those who approach cooking as an engineering problem to be solved.

The Interesting Website

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Here is a particularly interesting website for those who approach cooking as an engineering problem to be solved.

The Interesting Website




From which, this surprising comment:

"The balance in all other disciplines is considered separate from a scale, but in cooking we lump the two together."

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Cooking is half art, half science and half engineering. There are, of course, those who will ignore two of those halves and claim their half is all that is needed. Some of these people still make magnificent cooks so should be neither ignored nor avoided.

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Nothing wrong with having two better halves, I always hope.

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Nothing wrong with having two better halves, I always hope.
polygamy??

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Recipe for Polygamy Pie

Take two tender chickies (not too old fowl) and hang around them for a few days until tender
Warm them near the fire, giving both full a full turn
Add some red wine, shallots, more red wine and seasoning to taste
Choose a suitable dish
Cover the birds with a blanket
Ensure the breast is kept moist
Avoid extreme crustiness
Bake until done
Repeatedly

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