On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:14:33 -0500, Michael Black >
wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Dec 2013, JRStern wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:12:05 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Ubiquitous" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> It's not Christmas until Food Network airs this one!
>>>>
>>>> Mmm, angel food cake, canned frosting, and a can of apple pie filling!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2iWTJqo98
>>>
>>>
>>> You forgot the toasted pumpkin seeds and the corn nuts.
>>
>> And plenty of brandy, for the cake and the cook.
>>
>I can picture a parody of that sort of thing, but I can't remember what
>show it was.
>
>"A little bit for the cooking, a big gulp for me" or words like that, and
>soon the cook is quite drunk, always taking a lot more than he put into
>the cooking.

Well, even Julia Child was not above taking a nip, and there may have
been a Lucy show or two where that happened, so it's more of a classic
than a particular individual and not much in need of parody.

J.



> Michael