# Reinventing the wheel?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinventing-the-wheel/313094>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 19, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinventing-the-wheel/313094 "2005-07-19T03:09:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinventing-the-wheel/313094/1 "2005-07-19T03:09:39Z")

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So, I got this great idea.

I had the wife buy a bunch of peaches, and I blended them until they were a thick semi-liquid, and they are now in the freezer. I’ve added sugar while blending to counter the tartness.

I will be dishing this up with whipped cream.

Half way through this process I realized I’ve just reinvented Sorbe (I can’t do the gay little accent mark).

How many others, half way through doing a cool original idea realized you were doing something that is common?

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinventing-the-wheel/313094/2 "2005-07-19T03:19:22Z")

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When my children were very young I whipped up a dinner for them one night.

Tuna from a can  
cooked egg noodles  
bread crumbs  
mayo  
milk  
salt/pepper/etc.

I mixed it all together, topped it with more bread crumbs and some grated parmesan cheese and baked it.

I dubbed it “The Stuff.”  
I had invented tuna casserole! 😉

Now, I must have had a pretty vague idea of what went into a tuna casserole, but who knows. I’m not sure I had ever eaten it before then. I know it wasn’t something my mother or father cooked. I’d never seen a recipe that I can recall.

I still make tuna casserole every now and then, usually when the cupboards start to go bare and I want to clean out the inventory. It’s improved/been revamped a bit since then.

My kids and I still call it The Stuff.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinventing-the-wheel/313094/3 "2005-07-19T03:53:19Z")

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> [@Tristan](#):
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> Half way through this process I realized I’ve just reinvented Sorbe (I can’t do the gay little accent mark).

How do you know it’s gay? Maybe it’s just metrosexual.

And it’s sorbet.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinventing-the-wheel/313094/4 "2005-07-19T04:17:21Z")

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[In which **Hal** invents French Toast](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296401).

And make sure you read post #3 in there. 🙂