# While cooking today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 19, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869 "2015-12-19T20:04:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869/1 "2015-12-19T20:04:41Z")

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There is something oddly sadistic about frying beef tongue in butter

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869/2 "2015-12-19T20:09:49Z")

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I sometimes feel the same when adding carrots to a rabbit stew.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869/3 "2015-12-19T21:43:08Z")

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> [@Sigene](#):
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> There is something oddly sadistic about frying beef tongue in butter

And something sadistic about smiling when reading your post. Thank You.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869/4 "2015-12-20T01:34:37Z")

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> [@Sigene](#):
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> There is something oddly sadistic about frying beef tongue in butter

That’s why we civilized Jews have rules against that kind of thing.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869/5 "2015-12-20T01:40:26Z")

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This whole thread so far, including the title, is reminiscent of a typical [Don Martin “One Day” cartoon](http://media.dcentertainment.com/sites/default/files/One-Busy-Day-in-a-Highway-Restaurant.jpg).

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**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:** [December 20, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869/6 "2015-12-20T03:12:39Z")

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That’s why you never see a chicken omelette. “Mother and Child Reunion.”

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**Author:** ![Sandwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@Sandwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandwood)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869/7 "2015-12-20T06:52:23Z")

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> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#):
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> That’s why you never see a chicken omelette. “Mother and Child Reunion.”

Oh, but you do! Let me present to you the Japanese dish [Oyakodon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyakodon), literally “parent child donburi”. Well, it’s _sort of_ an omelette anyways.