# I made something tasty! What the hell is it?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-something-tasty-what-the-hell-is-it/283115 "2005-01-05T00:32:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-something-tasty-what-the-hell-is-it/283115/21 "2005-01-07T10:57:44Z")

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> [@bodypoet](#):
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> It’s amazing how inventive one gets when the cupboard is nearly bare and payday is still a few days off!

I read an intro to a cookbook one time that sounded like that. The author quoted someone else, who had said that you can’t really judge the cuisine of a country during hard times. The author disagreed, saying that real talent in cooking comes when one has to use their imagination, is forced to improvise or make do with what is on hand.

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