# Songs Which Contain Recipes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723 "2016-10-25T20:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SUZ\_MAC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SUZ\_MAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUZ_MAC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/41 "2016-10-26T17:27:03Z")
I do agree that “muenster” is the more logical choice (given the song title) and I too have seen him many, many times. Perhaps it has been me that has been getting it wrong all this time. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/42 "2016-10-26T18:13:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > For that matter, George Thorogood’s “1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch, and 1 Beer” is a perfect recipe for disaster. The only disaster here is, _that’s not nearly enough of any of these ingredients!_ ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/43 "2016-10-26T18:22:18Z")
Harry Connick, Jr.'s “Recipe for Love”: \*A little bit of me and a whole lot of you Add a dash of starlight and a dozen roses, too Then let it rise for a hundred years or two And that’s the recipe for making love It doesn’t need sugar 'cause it’s already sweet It doesn’t need an oven 'cause it’s got a lot of heat Just add a dash of kisses to make it all complete And that’s the recipe for making love\* etc. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/44 "2016-10-26T19:04:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Wiki is full of shit. I have an original issue of the LP in front of me, and the lyrics are printed on the sleeve. It’s “mustard.” Wikipedia cites [Jimmy’s own company](http://www.margaritaville.com/discography?dd_id=33&ds_id=225#). Perhaps it’s your LP sleeve that’s wrong? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/45 "2016-10-26T19:24:25Z")
I’m going to bet a whole dollar that “Muenster” is a retcon. The original sleeve says “mustard.” I heard him play that song live about a million times over the last 38 years, including the tours immediately after the release of “Son of a Son of a Sailor.” It was always “mustard.” But if the man wants to swear that it’s “Muenster” and has always been “Muenster,” I’m not going to argue with him. With Jimmy’s Ala-ssissippi accent, he could be saying “Neufchatel” for all you can tell in concert. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/46 "2016-10-26T19:29:18Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Word of God good enough for you? …so when Jimmy sat on the edge of the stage and told us the story of how it got misheard, he was full of shit, too? > > It’s a _cheese_burger. I’d say you pretty much have to list the _cheese_ to make that work, and Buffett is not a sloppy writer. A quirky one, yes, but not sloppy. The Eggs of Satan mentioned in post #9 are specified to contain _no eggs_ (und keine Eier). Maybe “cheeseburger” is just a name. And yes, guys who wear Hawaiian shirts regularly can always be described as fastidious. 😃 To paraphrase Homer Simpson, there’s only two kinds of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big fat party animals. And Buffett doesn’t look like a gay guy. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/47 "2016-10-26T19:42:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Wikipedia cites [Jimmy’s own company](http://www.margaritaville.com/discography?dd_id=33&ds_id=225#). Perhaps it’s your LP sleeve that’s wrong? Because of course sleeve lyrics have never contained errors in the history of the recording industry. 🙂 I really wouldn’t argue the point except for seeing him explain, with some patient exasperation, just before barrelling into the song… “And folks? It’s MUN-STER. As in CHEE-EESE.” Blam, into the opening licks. And this was long ago, pre-parrothead. I pretty much stepped back from JB fandom when they showed up. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/48 "2016-10-26T19:53:04Z")
_Someone left the cake out in the rain…_ **dodges bricks** ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/49 "2016-10-26T21:59:22Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > “Mustard” makes no sense in the line, especially about a CHEESE burger, Who doesn’t put mustard on a CHEESE burger? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/50 "2016-10-26T22:26:12Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Master P’s “Ghetto D” (D for “dope”) contains instructions for making crack from cocaine. Couldn’t link earlier – [here’s the song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzhvz3S7FI), with detailed instructions for turning cocaine into crack: > [@](#): > > But fuck that I’m bout to put my soldiers in the game > And tell ya how to make crack from cocaine > One - look for the n\*\*\*\* wit the whitest snow > Two - no buying from no n\*\*\*\* that you don’t know > Make yo way to the kitchen where the stove be > You get the baking soda I got yo D > Get the triple beam and measure out yo dope > Mix one gram of soda every seven grams of coke > An shake it up until it get harder > Then sit the tube in some ready made cold water > Twist the bitch like a knot while it’s still hot > And watch that shit while it can rise to the fuckin top > Now ya cocaine powder is crack ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/51 "2016-10-27T06:33:45Z")
[What’s That Tastes Like Gravy?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uLRucAfK0o) by King David’s Jug Band has some cooking directions in it, although I think it falls short of being a recipe. On the other hand, a lot of the singing is so incomprehensible that there might be a recipe hiding in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/52 "2016-10-27T06:42:45Z")
"A little bit of Monica in my life, A little bit of Erica by my side, A little bit of Rita is all I need, A little bit of Tina is what I see, A little bit of Sandra in the sun, A little bit of Mary all night long, A little bit of Jessica here I am, [A little bit of you makes me your man."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_LN3XEcnw) …okay maybe it doesn’t fit the OP but it’s a recipe for _something…_ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/53 "2016-10-27T11:56:50Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > [URL=“[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK\_LN3XEcnw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_LN3XEcnw)”]…okay maybe it doesn’t fit the OP but it’s a recipe for _something…_ Trump would grab it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/54 "2016-10-27T13:24:43Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > _Someone left the cake out in the rain…_ > > **dodges bricks** Yes, but you’ll never have the recipe again. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/55 "2016-10-27T18:23:18Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > _John Barleycorn (Must Die)_ is a thinly veiled recipe for growing barley and making it into whiskey. I always assumed it was meant to be about beer, weak versions of which would have been a staple drink of English peasants, and stronger ones for special occasions. It works for whiskey as well, but that’s not a traditional English drink. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/56 "2016-10-27T18:24:30Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > I always assumed it was meant to be about beer, weak versions of which would have been a staple drink of English peasants, and stronger ones for special occasions. It works for whiskey as well, but that’s not a traditional English drink. Sounds like an old fashioned version of the cocaine-to-crack recipe from Master P that I offered earlier! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/57 "2016-10-27T18:28:13Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Sounds like an old fashioned version of the cocaine-to-crack recipe from Master P that I offered earlier! 😃 A complete aside, but always amuses me when people complain about drugs, sex, or violence in modern music, when there’s as much or more in traditional folk music (or bluegrass, or old blues, or any other similar thing). ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/58 "2016-10-27T20:47:46Z")
Cab Calloway, [A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88pD6vKNptk). > [@](#): > > Some people call it a fowl > That’s the story I heard > But let 'em call it this and let ‘em call it that > A chicken ain’t nothin’ but a bird > > You can boil it, roast it, broil it > Cook it in a pan or a pot > Eat it with potatoes, rice or tomatoes > But chicken’s still what you got, boy ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/59 "2016-10-27T21:33:38Z")
_It’s got two kinds a pig Ham and roast pork A slice a white cheese As long as your fork And throw on a pickle – If you’re ever in New York, Just say “Cubano”… That’s a Cuban sandwich._ Tom Russell, “The Cuban Sandwich” (a blues song about murder, lust, urban street violence, and Cuban sandwiches) ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723/60 "2016-10-27T23:47:05Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > …okay maybe it doesn’t fit the OP but it’s a recipe for _something…_ VD? I came in to nominate Chocolate Salty Balls but got beaten to the punch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-contain-recipes/769723.md?page=2)