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“A hippo sandwich is easy to make. All you do is simply take one slice of bread, one slice of cake, some mayonnaise, one onion ring, one hippopotamus, one piece of string, a dash of pepper. That ought to do it. And now comes the problem... biting into it!”

Problem Easy Pieces Food Ought Cooking Rings Bread Culinary Strings Cake Sandwiches Onions One Piece Peppers Biting Hippo Mayonnaise Hippopotamus Onion Rings

Author:Shel Silverstein

“One of the problems with writing a cookbook is that recipes exist in the moment.”

Writing Moments Problem Food Cooking Culinary Recipes Cookbook

Author:Thomas Keller

“Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.”

Problem Humor Causes Answers Food Alcohol Drinking Alcohol Beer Drinking Funny Alcohol Alcohol Drinking Alcohol And Life Drinking Problem

Author:Matt Groening

“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.”

Thinking Problem Mistake Food Majors Cooking Solve Culinary Problem Solving Potatoes Problems And Solutions Solution To A Problem Major Problems Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Hitchhikers Guide Hitchhiking

Book:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five

“My life is simple, my food is plain, and my quarters are uncluttered. In all things, I have sought clarity. I face the troubles and problems of life and death willingly. Virtue, integrity and courage are my priorities. I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed but never shamed.”

“Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet as a vegetable it has original sin, and needs improvement. It can smell foul in the pot, linger through the house with pertinacity, and ruin a meal with its wet flab. Cabbage also has a nasty history of being good for you.”

Needs Years Problem House Grows Easy Sin Food Source Originals Cooking Smell Be Good Improvement Ruins Meals Culinary Pot Vegetables Wet Nasty Foul Original Sin Cabbage Greenery

Book:Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

Source: Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

“I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power.”

Problem Hours Food Cooking Hungry Chinese Restaurants Culinary Delicious Chinese Food

Author:Dick Cavett

“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.”

Knows Problem Cases Food Cooking Oil Brilliant Culinary Salad Vinegar Cookery Oil And Vinegar

Author:Oscar Wilde

“A hundred years ago, it could take you the better part of a year to get from New York to California; whereas today, because of equipment problems at O'Hare, you can't get there at all.”

Years Problem Humor Today Funny New York Food Humorous Hundred Years Ago California Equipment Airline Hares Air Travel

Book:Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need

Source: Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need